Romanian Eagle

At the Coanda aircraft factory on the outskirts of Bucharest, a group of officers is visiting the aircraft produced by the factory. One of them, a yellow-skinned officer dressed in a completely different uniform from the Romanian Air Force, became the focus of the conversation.

"Gao, this is the Albatross fighter we are currently equipped with. The aircraft adopts a single-wing structure with a total length of 7.53 meters, a wingspan of 11.31 meters, a height of 3.10 meters, a total weight of 1317 kilograms, and a maximum take-off weight of 1942 kilograms. It is equipped with an air-cooled 10-cylinder Radial piston engine, the maximum output horsepower is 840 horsepower, the maximum speed can reach 440 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 950 kilometers, and the limit is raised to 11200 meters. It is completely suitable for your country, and compared with the current equipment in your country Hawker III fighter jets, there is simply no comparison."

Gao Zhihang listened to the chatter in his ear, the Romanian Air Force officer introduced the aircraft performance to himself, and looked at the albatross parked at the test site, and his heart burst into flames.

"Can I drive it myself?"

As an ace pilot, there is nothing better to know about its performance than to fly it yourself.

And for Gao Zhihang's request. The officer clearly understood the mood of a pilot, so he asked without hesitation. "Gao, do you know how to operate this plane?"

"It can't be learned, and I believe that the operation of this aircraft will not be too complicated. As long as it is an aircraft, I can fly it."

This is also Gao Zhihang's confidence as a pilot.

In fact, the operation of the current piston aircraft is not too complicated. As long as you can drive a fighter, you can learn the operation of other aircraft very quickly. Of course, this is limited to flying. If you want to make various extreme operations, you must be more familiar with this aircraft.

Of course, after the jet appears, the pilot's operational requirements will be further strengthened. Otherwise, no matter how tens of thousands of pilots in various countries are trained, they will be able to train after flying for dozens or hundreds of hours.

Seeing Gao Zhihang's firm attitude, the Air Force officer made a compromise. "Okay then, Gao. I'll have someone teach you to avoid possible accidents."

After being allowed, Gao Zhihang boarded the plane. In an accompanying pilot's presentation, he had a lot of confidence in operating the albatross. Because it is not much different from the Hawker 3 fighter that he drives.

After starting the plane, Gao Zhihang clearly felt its surging power. Compared with the most advanced Hawker III in the Republic of China, its power is stronger.

After slowly releasing the handbrake,

The plane began to accelerate. After taxiing for a while, Gao Zhihang felt that the speed was enough, and with a sharp pull, the plane immediately left the ground. Compared with the take-off distance of the Hawker 3, the Albatross is much shorter. He is here to evaluate the driving of the Albatross.

Then the next step is to test the performance of the aircraft. After Gao Zhihang performed the circling test, he pulled it sharply, and the albatross immediately began to climb rapidly. Faster climbs than the Hawker 3, he commented. When it climbed to an altitude of 7,000 meters, the nose began to dive down.

Then Gao Zhihang performed a series of operations to make the performance of this albatross fully displayed in front of him. When Gao Zhihang was driving the Albatross to perform various extreme operations, the officers below all showed stunned expressions.

"Are you sure this tall guy touched this plane for the first time?"

"I'm a little suspicious of what you said. This Gao, has he served in the Romanian Air Force."

Gao Zhihang, who was completely unaware of his actions and shocked the Romanian officers, was full of praise for the performance of this albatross. "It's a good plane, really good."

And just in the distance in the sky, a plane flew at high speed, but it caught his attention. The reason is very simple, this plane that I have never seen before is too fast. He would bet that the plane was absolutely 600 kilometers per hour, which was as fast as lightning.

"What plane is this?"

At this time, Gao Zhihang immediately focused his attention on the new aircraft. "I heard that a lightning-fast plane also appeared in the Spanish war. I don't know if it has something to do with it."

However, the plane just flew by from a distance, and Gao Zhihang had no chance to catch up and ask.

After the next test, he was immediately surrounded by a group of officers as he got off the plane.

"Gao, you have flown albatross before."

"Gao, this can't be your first time flying."

"high……"

Facing the surrounding officers, Gao Zhihang had no choice but to tell the truth. "This is really my first time flying, but the Hawker 3 I flew before was similar in operation to an albatross, so I was able to fly so well."

After hearing Gao Zhihang's explanation, the officers surrounding him did not continue to ask. In fact, the operation of the Hawker 3 is very different from that of the Albatross, but because there are not many countries where this aircraft is purchased, they are fooled.

And right here, Gao Zhihang expressed the doubts he encountered in the sky. "I saw a plane I've never seen before, and its speed can reach 600 kilometers per hour. Do you know what's going on?"

His questioning immediately silenced the scene when an officer spoke. "That's the demonstrator we're testing, and it only has the advantage of being fast."

And this officer's words immediately attracted the echoes of other officers. "Yes, yes, this is a verification machine, no big deal."

Gao Zhihang stopped asking about the explanations of the officers, because he thought it was a no-brainer. If they wanted to tell him, they would have said it long ago.

And he suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to discuss the purchase of Albatross fighter jets. He still recognizes the main combat power of this Romanian equipment. However, Minister Kong needs to discuss with Romania the issue of borrowing. Otherwise, he would have no money to buy the fighter he valued.

While the officers of the regiment were purchasing ordnance, discussions were under way in Bucharest on the loan.

"Mr. Special Envoy, you know what your country intends to use as collateral for this loan."

At the beginning of the opening, Miharakai, who was the prime minister, was the first to ask questions. He couldn't help but say nothing, because the loan amount requested by the Nanjing government was a bit high this time, which made him, the prime minister who worked so hard for Romania, feel a burst of anger. Its loan request of up to 280 million lei, and there is not enough collateral, how can it not make the Prime Minister feel dissatisfied.

For the dissatisfaction expressed by Prime Minister Miharakai, Kong Xiangxi and Weng Wenhao both had a hint of helplessness on their faces. Because there are so many things that need to be purchased in Romania this time, if the loan is not used, the Nanjing government will not be able to buy it at all. As for the issue of insufficient collateral, it is also because the raw materials that Romania needed before were mortgaged by the Republic of China in exchange for weapons and equipment.

However, in the face of Prime Minister Mihalakah's question, Kong Xiangxi, the special envoy, said. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the loan this time is indeed a lot more than in the past. Regarding the issue of insufficient collateral. In fact, this is easy to solve. As long as my country increases its export efforts, it can repay in time. And it is the first time that my country has borrowed money. It is about to be repaid, and the collateral of the loan can be transferred to the name of the loan after the repayment is completed.”

Kong Xiangxi's words caused a discussion in Romania, because there is absolutely no problem with the operation of this mode. However, considering the current situation in the Far East, many people are a little worried.

In fact, Romania has also assessed the current tension between China and Japan. This is the unanimous view that a war is destined to break out between China and Japan in the future. However, there are differences in the timing of the outbreak.

Optimists believe that the war between the two countries should break out around 39 years, not more than 40 years. The pessimists believe that war may break out between the two countries at any time. Especially in this year, Japan's continuous actions in China have made many people think that the war will start this year and next.

Romania's prediction of the outbreak of war between China and Japan has a lot to do with Romania's current loans to China. Because if war comes, it will cause heavy damage to its raw material exports, and its repayment ability is questionable.

After all, Romania's money is not blown by the wind, and the risk needs to be controlled.

Therefore, it is impossible for Prime Minister Miharakai to agree to Kong Xiangxi's words. "Even so, Mr. Special Envoy, the amount of this loan is too large. The risk to our country is too staggering."

"We cannot deny the risks mentioned by Your Excellency the Prime Minister. But you must also see that our country's loans are all used to buy your country's products. This can help your country expand sales and get out of the current economic difficulties. And In terms of our country's repayment ability, I believe that your country in the previous cooperation is also very clear."

Kong Xiangxi has been talking about the Nanjing government's repayment credit from economic issues. There is only one meaning to express, you have to believe in the integrity and repayment ability of the Nanjing government.

For this reason, the Prime Minister was still a little hesitant, but after many discussions, and with the strong push of a person with a heart (someone), the negotiations between Romania and Nanjing were finally negotiated. This time Romania will provide a loan of 250 million lei, which the Nanjing government can use to purchase various Romanian products and return them with raw materials such as tungsten sand and antimony sand. The interest on the loan is 5% per annum, no interest is paid on the unused amount, and no interest is paid on the repaid amount.

After signing the loan terms, the delegation immediately purchased a large amount of weapons and equipment. These include 180 Albatross fighter jets, 122 Jackal IV tanks, 84 wheeled armored vehicles, 118,000 rifles, and 150 million machine gun bullets. 248 75mm mountain and field guns, 38 105 howitzers, 8 150 cannons, 10,000 tons of various shells. There are also anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, 37mm anti-tank guns and a large number of weapons. In addition, there are a series of materials such as helmets, raincoats, rain boots, medicines, field phones, radio stations, vehicles and so on.

It took more than 20 ships to transport these materials in Romania alone. Of course, many weapons were exchanged from the Romanian military. The military in the process of refitting is very happy that someone bought it, which means they can use the new equipment again. It is also because of the existence of these second-hand equipment that it can purchase so many military supplies.

And these weapons and materials effectively helped it fight after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, so that the Japanese government specially protested for this. Protesting that Romania violated the terms that countries should not provide large-caliber artillery to the Republic of China, so that it suffered great losses.