When it comes to the Italian army, perhaps everyone's first impression is that "World War II was cute". In fact, in addition to the anti-aircraft artillery shooting down their own Governor in Libya, Marshal Balbo, six Greek Finnish volunteers stopped the pace of the Italian army, and the Italian soldiers could not find a crowbar to pry open the ammunition box and surrendered, Italy also has the elite 158 Lightning Paratrooper Division, the design of naval warships is avant-garde enough, and it is also the first country to propose to install aircraft with weapons and use them in war.

Albert only remembered that the most famous fighter in Italy was only the G55 Sagittarius, as for the First World War? At that time, the fighter was just used in air combat, and the early pilots still threw stones, scolded and greeted the other party's mother or drew their pistols to shoot, and it was not until the Germans' Fokker E fighter was developed that the real sense of air combat began.

"Was the plane that Mr. Calabria flew in World War II a G55 Sagittarius?" Albert racked his brains and could only pull out a little dry goods from his poor World War II knowledge reserve from a pile of spaghetti and pizza. The battlefields over Europe in World War II were all occupied by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Germans, and you Italians still obediently eat noodles in North Africa.

"Oh, you're still interested in airplanes?" Calabria was obviously very interested in Albert, perhaps because no one usually listened to his nagging story about being too much of a fighter, Calabria opened the conversation in front of Albert, "Yes, my plane at that time was a G55 Sagittarius fighter, my God, the rookies who dealt with the Americans and the British were like harvesting cabbage with the sharpest sickle." It's just that I quit the battlefield early because of an accidental injury. ”

"That's right, the G55 is indeed a good fighter, after all, its opponents are the British Spitfire, the American Mustang, the P47 and P38 Lightning, and the strength of the Royal Italian Air Force should not be underestimated." Albert pretended to talk eloquently, giving Mr. Calabria a little sycophant by the way.

Albert's sycophants are still very useful, war and weapons are an eternal topic among men, Calabria and Albert opened the conversation box, talking about Italian fighter jets. Albert learned that in addition to the relatively weak tanks, the Italians also had the level of aircraft, warships, and artillery to catch up with the Germans, but when the army had a brain convulsion, it was really the role of crossing the tower to send people to the head of their teammates.

The FIYART CR.32 fighter is a biplane fighter developed and produced by FIATRA in Italy in the mid-1930s, and it also has a name called "Arrow". The aircraft was mainly used in the Italian Air Force Corps in the Spanish Civil War, the Royal Italian Air Force at the beginning of World War II, and is said to have been exported to the Republic of China, Austria, Hungary, Venezuela and Paraguay. The CR.32 was widely used to support the National Army in the Spanish Civil War, earning it a reputation for its outstanding performance and being considered one of the finest biplanes. "When it comes to Italian fighters, Calabria always has a sense of pride that is born deep in the heart.

"But his biplane was already a backward design from 1930, after all, it was the era of monoplane fighters." Albert cautioned.

"Kid." Calabria smiled and said, "There are no most advanced fighters, only the most suitable fighters for the battlefield." ”

This sentence of Calabria made Albert fall into silence, is it true that the unbridled pursuit of stronger, faster, higher is really the primary goal of aircraft development? The A10 Warthog attack aircraft has been in service since 1975, and it is still the main fighter of the United States for ground support, although it is an outdated model, the United States wanted to replace its battlefield role with a more advanced F16, but finally found that the A10 attack aircraft is the most suitable ground tank killer.

Another example is the Soviet Union's black-tech Apocalypse tank, which only made a prototype and did not officially put it into use. Officially known as the prototype 138, the Apocalypse tank uses two 128mm 52 times caliber tank guns, which were designed in the 60s of the former Soviet Union and cannot be put into service because they are too "advanced" in technology. Even if it is put into service, the actual use effect is not as good as that of the T-62 and M60 of the times. So what is advanced does not mean that it is the most suitable.

"It was very rewarding to talk to Mr. Calabria." This time Albert was honest and praised, without the slightest hint of moisture.

"However, the times are developing, and technology must continue to follow, and the jet fighter made by the Americans is estimated to replace the propeller fighter in the future, and the piston fighter will eventually become history." Calabria seems to be sentimental about the gradual loss of the status of the piston fighter, but Albert does not have this sadness, and the innovation is a sign of the development of the times, and one day when laser weapons can be popularized on a large scale, ballistic weapons will also become a thing of the past. It is impossible for one to live in the past.

"Big brother, are you also going to the United States for shopping and fun? I heard that it is a paradise of wealth. Perhaps feeling a little bored, little Lori suddenly interjected a sentence, and she looked at Albert with an innocent look. Albert touched his head and said with a smile, "The paradise of wealth is just the saying of the rich, and there are still many poor people in the United States who live a precarious life every day, and prosperity and poverty are relative." ”

"Why are there poor people in such a rich place?" Little Lori asked.

Albert was speechless for a while, and it was difficult for him to explain to the children what was the theory of surplus value and what was Marxist philosophy, so he had to say perfunctorily, "You'll know when you grow up." ”

"Hmph, big brother, how old are you, just say that I will understand when I grow up, don't you know now." The little girl's rhetorical question made Albert speechless, but Lao Tzu is a good socialist young man who has crossed over, do you think I am a ** nobleman who smokes, drinks and plays with women?

"One day I will make all the poverty in this world disappear and everyone can have a good life." Little Lori said affirmatively. Albert thought of Princess Paula, a figure who had been active in various international rescue organizations.

"Paula, stop making a fuss. The big brother has read more books than you. The little girl's mother pulled the little princess by the way, took her in her arms, and apologized with a smile like Albert.

"It turns out that this little Lori's name is Paula!" Albert thought thoughtfully, "Hey, wait, something is wrong, if her name is Paula, and his father's surname is Calabria, then isn't she Paula Calabria, the wife of Albert II?" ”

Albert was so excited that he was about to vomit blood, this world is really a coincidence, I didn't expect that the man in front of him who was talking and laughing with him was his future father-in-law, Rufu di Calabria, Prince of Sicily, no wonder this name sounded so familiar just now. And Rufer also served as a fighter pilot during World War II.

Paula is also supposed to have an older brother who will inherit a host of titles as Prince of Calabria in the future, but it seems that her brother didn't go shopping in the United States today. The atmosphere was a little awkward at this point, and it was impossible for Albert to suddenly kneel down to the Prince of Calabria for some reason, and his father-in-law was on top to ask his son-in-law to bow down.

So Albert had no choice but to be silent, silently took out a book to pass the time, and wondered whether to have a relationship with this old man now, but in the end, he thought about it, he didn't forget it, there was no WeChat MSN in these years, and the long-distance relationship that relied on letters to maintain love was too beautiful to think. And his future wife is now a little Lori, so let's have a romantic encounter when she's older.