JT went out for a walk and shrugged when he returned: "These people are inexplicable. ”

Xiao Peng asked him, "What's wrong?"

"The Boeing company in St. Louis didn't know what kind of aircraft they were working on, and they lost it! So the trucks became the biggest suspicions. JT said.

Chris's eyes lit up when he heard this: "St. Louis, that's McDonnell Douglas's technological power, what kind of avant-garde stuff is going to be researched?"

Xiao Peng sighed in his heart when he heard this,, they weren't looking for the thing in the ring by themselves, right? Combined with the words of JT and Chris, he increasingly thought that this was the most likely guess.

McDonnell Douglas, once the world's largest airline, did not have one, but then it decayed, was merged by Boeing, and now the name is gone.

If there is one sentence to describe the history of McDonnell Douglas, it is: it began in World War II, flourished in the Cold War, and died in reliability.

McDonnell Douglas is McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and it is itself the product of the merger of the two aircraft. The reason why it is said to have started in World War II is because during World War II, the best transport aircraft used by the Allies, the C-47, was their product. The total output is as high as more than 16,000 aircraft, and almost all film and television works about World War II will appear in this aircraft, such as "Band of Brothers", "My Regiment Leader, My Regiment" and so on.

After the end of World War II, Douglas continued its brilliant achievements, and for a long time it was firmly in the top spot among transport aircraft manufacturers, ranking ahead of Lockheed and Boeing, but in the development of jet politeness, Douglas believes that jet polite technology is far from mature, and not too many people will buy one, and Boeing was desperate to develop Boeing 707. By the time Douglas realized that something was wrong and wanted to develop a jet airliner, Boeing was left far behind. As a last resort, Douglas & Co. and McDonald & Co. merged to form the new McDonnell Douglas Company.

And the MacDonald Company, to be precise, made its fortune after World War II, and he went directly to the path of development of jet fighters. And quickly became the main supplier of carrier-based aircraft in the Navy, what F1H "Phantom", F2H "Banshee", F3H "Devil", the most successful is F101 "Voodoo" and F-4 "Phantom", especially F4 "Phantom", more than 5,000 units have been sold, and a small number are still in service with the armies of many countries. But to be honest, the plane was really bad, and the MiG-21 was abused during the Vietnam War。。。。。。 By the way, I complained about MacDonald's ability to name planes, all of which are weird things.

After the merger of the two companies, the development and production capacity can not be underestimated, directly come up with the world's best third-generation fighter: F-15, it is absolutely right to say that it is the best third-generation aircraft, from its birth to the past 40 years, F15 various modifications of dozens of kinds, exported to six countries, participated in more than 100 large and small battles, shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft, no record of being shot down on the battlefield! (All crashes were dropped by their own flight failures), due to the insufficient number of F22s, the F15 is still the main air superiority fighter of the Stars and Stripes Country!

Later, the company continued its efforts and launched the F-18 Hornet for the Stars and Stripes Navy. This aircraft is still the main carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier of the Stars and Stripes. And according to the current trend, it will not be a problem to persist for more than ten or twenty years, after all, the F35C carrier-based aircraft does not know that the year of the monkey will be able to board the aircraft carrier。。。。。。

In the 70s and 80s of the 20th century, McDonnell Doesnnell Douglas was calling for wind and rain, and in the civil aircraft market, the MD-80 series performed decently, but in the 90s, McDonnell Douglas really drank cold water and stuffed his teeth, first the A-12 program was canceled, and the ducks to the beak flew, directly knocking McDonnell Douglas with a big stick; then his YF-23 bid failed to Lockheed Martin, which had not built a fighter for 30 years, and became McDonnell Douglas's Waterloo; when the JSF fighter bid failed again, McDonnell Douglas even lost its pants。 In the civil aviation market, the MD90 performance is average, and the MD11 is even more of a big hole.

In fact, for so many years, there have been many people who have been crying out for the FY23 to lose to the FY22: the YF23 looks avant-garde, with trapezoidal wings, V-shaped tail, shovel-shaped front fuselage, S-shaped air intake, and the tail nozzle is shielded underneath, which is more conducive to stealth. And compared with the F22, its supersonic cruise speed is faster and its stealth performance is better. Not to mention the shape, YF22 is a turtle compared to YF23.

In general, both aircraft have their own strengths, and the final decision is not about the program itself. To this day, the reason for the failure of the YF23 bid has never been disclosed. But in any case, McDonnell Douglas was a complete failure, and when it came to the JSF program of the Stars and Stripes, McDonnell Douglas lost even more, and it was killed at the beginning, and it didn't even leave the blueprint! This crushed the last straw for the camel, and McDonnell Douglas let Boeing annex it.

However, no one can deny the power of McDonnell Douglas, and now Boeing's well-known R&D department, the 'Ghost Factory,' was formerly the McDonnell Douglas R&D Department! Their duty is to develop the most cutting-edge technology and build prototype fighters that belong to the next era! The famous 'Predator Bird,' the YF23, X32, and other planes are all from this design team! If McDonnell Douglas lost something in Missouri, it can only mean one problem: It was the 'Ghost Factory' that lost something.

Xiao Peng took a deep breath to calm his emotions, he seemed to have picked up something terrible. This is a big deal, you must be calm, if you don't make it, you will come back with a thunder.

"Dude, how long are we going to wait?" Yang Meng was already impatient.

Chris shrugged, "It's going to depend on the outcome of their negotiations with the truckers' union." According to my analysis. Don't think about driving here in three or five hours, you don't know the efficiency of our Stars and Stripes, that's and. ”

When Xiao Peng heard this, his eyes rolled: "Mengzi, prepare guy!"

Hearing Xiao Pengdi's words, Chris was startled: "What are you going to do? You don't want to rush out, do you? Be careful of being beaten into a sieve, the bullet is not long-sighted!"

Xiao Peng gave him a blank look: "What do you want?"

I saw that Xiao Peng and Yang Meng both opened the trunk of the car, Yang Meng took out the charcoal grill, folding tables and chairs from the back, and Xiao Peng took out the Xiaoice box, as well as pots and pans seasoning and the like.

Xiao Peng took out the beef brisket and lamb tenderloin from the refrigerator, cut them into small pieces and put them directly on bamboo skewers. There are also bullwhips, sheep treasures, beef hearts and the like that are cut and skewered together, except for chicken wings, other ingredients are not marinated in this link.

There is a lot of debate about whether to marinate meat on Chinese skewers, in fact, it is okay to marinate or not, and if you eat it with seasoning, black pepper flavor, honey-juice flavor, spicy flavor, and seasoning can indeed make the meat more delicious. But that takes more time, and the level of the marinade.

If the meat is good, a handful of salt, a little cumin, and a little chili powder, then the taste will all come out. It's still delicious.

In fact, the essence of real Chinese barbecue lies in the flour. While brushing the oil layer by layer, it is sprinkled with cumin powder, five-spice powder, chili powder and other powders.

Xiao Peng uses more than the same spices, he also has his secret weapon, he has his own spices, which are made by using cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves, sesame powder, peanut powder, and cashew nut powder.

It's a pity that there are still a lot of delicious things that can't be bought in this Stars and Stripes Country. The pork here is rarely castrated, so it has a fishy smell, it is not delicious, the internal organs of the pig can not be found, but the chicken heart is found, which is not easy, thanks to the Chinese quarter in St. Louis. And there are not many vegetables that can be used for barbecue, that is, potatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, etc. But this is enough, Xiao Peng and the two are very happy to roast there.

Everyone knows that the characteristic of this Chinese-style skewer is that the smoke is billowing and the taste is strong, and the two people's things have not yet been cooked, and a group of people next to them are already staring at the two with drooling.

"This thing looks so burnt, can you eat it?" TJ asked, leaning over.

Xiao Peng smiled: "Wipe off your saliva, and if you want to eat, you can take it yourself, there are yours." Xiao Peng said that the grilled meat skewers were put on a tray on the side: "If you want to eat it, you can take it yourself." ”

"Thank God!" As soon as TJ heard that he had his own, he took a string and took a hard bite: "Wow, God, what does this taste like? It's really delicious! Chris, come and taste it!"

Chris is much more reserved than TJ, and a little embarrassed. Xiao Peng pointed to the tray: "Eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold! But you can only drink light beer! You can't drink too much yet! You have to drive in a while!"

Yang Meng raised his hand: "Okay, Xiao Peng's father, we know what to do." After speaking, he took out the second pot head of the bottle, opened the bottle cap and poured a mouthful: "It's still a special thing!"

Xiao Peng glanced at him, okay, you can do it yourself. Anyway, now for them, they can resist drinking a few bottles of white. I was roasting and eating at the same time, and finally started the car, put the stereo in the car to the maximum, listened to the small song and skewers, and instantly felt that I had returned to the night market in China.

TJ even drank beer and danced to the music.

"Hey, Huaxia buddy, do you mind if you let us taste it too?" said a few people walking next to him.

Xiao Peng pointed to the tray: "If you want to eat, take it yourself, but we don't have much wine here." You'd better bring your own drinks. ”

"No problem!" said a brawny man carrying two light ales from his truck, "Sorry, that's all I have here." ”

"I've got beef here, count me in one!"

"I've got a bacon sandwich here, let's share it!"

"Try my wife's potato salad. That was the best treat!"

"Come on, my dear, take our barbecue out of the carriage and show everyone our family's ancestral secret barbecue. ”

The scene of the traffic jam instantly turned into a grand barbecue party, which was extremely lively.

Except for those military and policemen. While waiting for the instructions of the high-level, I smelled the fragrance and swallowed my saliva, damn, this job is really undoable!