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    Just as Behrman was worried, his pilot became even more unbalanced because of an "air torpedo" on the left wing (the torque of the propeller would have caused the aircraft to naturally roll to the left).  , when he controlled the plane and finally turned his head, he saw that five of the eight airships were already burning and falling to the ground.  [ ] Bellman stared at the airship closest to him and approached it, trying to grab his head before it was shot down.  However, just when he was aiming at the airship and preparing to attack, from the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be an "airborne fish mine" shooting towards him!  "Damn it!" Behrman couldn't care less about the German airship in front of him now. No matter how much money he made, he still had to spend it with his life.  So he hurriedly pulled the operating lever, and an "air torpedo" dragged a long flame and passed under his wing.  Apparently, some stupid guy fired a volley at the German airship, but one of them missed the target and flew towards here.  By quickly pulling the lever, Bellman successfully avoided the yaw "air torpedo". However, this action and the unbalanced load of the aircraft put Bellman into another danger, that is, spiral flight.  Spiral flight is an extremely dangerous flight state. After entering such a flight state, the aircraft will continue to turn and fall on its own axis.  Because the aircraft is just spinning in place, the speed in the horizontal direction is relatively small, which makes the various operating surfaces of the aircraft inefficient. As a result, the aircraft can hardly get out of this state by its own power. Finally,  Just fall headfirst.  Of course, through reasonable aerodynamic design and reasonable control actions, it is not impossible for the aircraft to escape from the spiral.  Any fighter aircraft of later generations will basically have to study the spiral state and conduct relevant test flights to determine under what circumstances the aircraft will enter the spiral and what operations can be used to get the aircraft out of the spiral trap.  .  Some aircraft that have special requirements for this even have the feature of automatically getting rid of the spin as long as the pilot gives up all operations.  For example, the Red Rabbit Country's JJ5 has such characteristics, so it is particularly popular among rookie pilots with limited skills. It has become the largest export aircraft from the Red Rabbit Country to the White Eagle Country.  However, these technologies are all based on advanced fluid mechanics methods, lessons learned from a large number of crashes, and wind tunnel tests in later generations. In this era, these things are not available, although during the development process of the Sea Breeze fighter jet,  There have been many spiral accidents, but the technological accumulation of this era is not enough to solve such problems.  Therefore, once the Sea Breeze fighter enters the spiral, it is basically impossible not to crash.  ¡°Damn it!¡± Behrman cursed.  At the same time, he began to work hard to unbuckle his seat belt.  The McDonald Consortium is still very conscientious. In the process of developing fighter jets, it also developed a parachute bag. In addition, Bellman's plane flew at a very high altitude, so he still had a chance to escape.  Bellman unbuckled his seat belt, climbed out of the cabin, and jumped out.  He did not immediately open the parachute bag, but first let himself fall freely for a while to get away from the falling aircraft, and then pulled the parachute straps. So Behrman rushed over immediately. He seemed to have been pulled violently. This was  The parachute opened successfully.  "God bless." Behrman said very sincerely, and promised God in his heart that he would pray honestly every week.  Because parachutes in this era are not very reliable, and the chances of them not opening are definitely not low.  For example, if it is folded irregularly in a parachute bag, it will definitely cause problems.  Therefore, Bellman never asked the ground crew to help him fold his parachute. He could not trust these guys. He had to do this kind of thing himself before he could rest assured.  But even so, even if there is no problem with the folding of the parachute, there are still cases where the parachute cannot be opened. As for the reason, it is not clear yet, so it only depends on luck.  In this way, Bellman left a mark in the history of aviation. He was the first pilot in the world to achieve a successful air combat, the first pilot in the world to crash his plane in an air combat, and the first pilot in the world to achieve success in an air combat.  A pilot who successfully parachuted during a dogfight.  Eight Zeppelins were shot down at one time and one aircraft was lost. This result made the British very satisfied.  So they placed a new order.  Someone once said, "An arms dealer who does not buy weapons to attack his own country is not a true international arms dealer."  The MacDonald Group has always despised and opposed such bizarre talk that has no moral integrity and no bottom line.  At least, that's how it sounds.  However, if we are unwilling to sell weapons to both parties in the conflict at the same time, this obviously violates the principle of "free trade."  Besides, at the same time??The sale of weapons by both parties to the conflict can also maintain the balance of power, making both parties to the conflict realize that they cannot solve the problem by force, which will inevitably help to achieve peace in the end.  Therefore, based on the idea of ????pacifism, Donald not only dealt with the British and French during this period, but also dealt with the Germans.  Nowadays, Germany's route to the United States has been completely cut off, so large-scale sales of weapons, supplies, etc. are almost impossible. However, since the United States still maintains "neutrality", then all kinds of sales are the same  It can still be done.  For example, there is no problem at all with technical cooperation.  After the British won the victory over airships with their imported "Sea Breeze" fighter jets, while placing new orders, they also put some of these aircraft into the French front line to perform ground attack missions.  The appearance of these aircraft posed a great threat to the Germans, especially the German artillery.  In just one week, the more than twenty "Sea Breeze" fighter jets deployed by the British on the front line destroyed five or six German artillery positions, and also attacked a German column, causing it to capsize.  Although these aircraft have not brought decisive changes to the front line due to the shortage of aircraft and, more importantly, the number of pilots, the Germans learned through their intelligence system that the British were opening more pilot schools.  In order to train more pilots, they also introduced related production lines and prepared to start producing aircraft themselves.  And his allies the French are taking the same measures.  The Germans had to equip each artillery position with anti-aircraft machine gun units, but they also realized that even this might not solve the problem, because the range of the machine guns was too close, and the British could use that "fish in the air."  "Thunder" attacks outside the range of the machine gun. Although the accuracy of this thing is very problematic, it often flies around and even flies back after being fired.  But if a large group of British planes flew over and dropped these things randomly, the damage would be quite large.  Therefore, the Germans also came to the door, hoping to purchase these key military technologies from the United States.  "Mr. Hagen, you know that we have maintained friendly cooperation with your country for a long time. Therefore, business matters are completely negotiable. But we want to know, what do you plan to use to pay us?" Donald asked  road.  Donald¡¯s meaning is actually very clear, that is, he will never accept the German Reichsmark.  You can buy and sell, but please use hard currency, which is gold.  But Donald also doubted how much gold the Germans still had.  Because the war has been going on for so long, the Germans should have consumed a lot of hard currency.  Moreover, the quantity and price of the recent rubber transaction were considerable.  However, I recently heard that the Germans bought a batch of weapons to the Turks. Perhaps through this transaction, the Germans can get some more gold.  "We can use gold to pay the relevant amounts. In addition, we can also use gems and works of art to pay." The German guy sitting opposite Donald answered quite calmly. This answer confirmed Donald's opinion to a certain extent.  speculation.  "The value of gems is difficult to estimate, and the same is true for works of art." Donald said, "How to convert it requires discussion between both of us. Of course, this is just a small matter and can be discussed by the people below. In addition, these things account for  The amount should not exceed 15% of the total amount. What do you think of this limit? "Can this limit be increased to 25%?" Hagen asked.  "This ratio is too high." Donald said, "You know, although gems and works of art may seem valuable, their values ??fluctuate so much that once they need to be liquidated in large quantities, they may fall all of a sudden.  Of course, in order to show our sincerity, if there is something of real value, after the evaluation by our experts, I agree that the 15% limit can be exceeded.  The things must be recognized by our experts.¡± The meaning of Donald¡¯s statement is very clear, that is, MacDonald can accept this kind of transaction, but the evaluation of the value of these things must be entirely determined by MacDonald.  The person who has the final say has the final say.  "Well, in principle, that's it." Hagen also knows that today is a seller's market, and the Germans must make some concessions on this issue.  Anyway, gems and works of art are not worth much now. If you can use these things to get more gold, it is cost-effective no matter how you look at it. As for the future - if you win this battle, this loss is nothing.  If the battle is defeated, then this loss will be nothing.  "I think we can trade in Switzerland or other neutral countries." Donald said.    Speaking of which, Switzerland is indeed a very interesting country. Whether it was World War I or World War II, they successfully maintained neutrality and were leisurely in front of a neutral country without being affected by the war.  A big reason for this is that the countries at war need to do such things in Switzerland.  "Actually, we also have technologies that are more suitable for air combat, air combat technology specifically for aircraft, maybe you will also be interested." Donald smiled, showing eight white teeth.
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