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Hoffman thought for a moment and said, "General Ozawa probably intends to use the Broken Aircraft Carrier Formation to carry out cross-platform ultra-long-range operations and send the planes on the Azores through the transit platform. ”

"Clever!" Yodel immediately thought of the ultra-long-range warfare method that was successfully tested some time ago, and then checked the current position of the Broken Fleet, and proposed, "Now that the distance between the two fleets is about 1,300 kilometers, let the Broken Fleet maneuver to the southwest at full speed, and the distance between them can be reduced to less than 800 kilometers tomorrow morning, and at the same time, the distance between the Broken Aircraft Carrier and the Azores is only 700 kilometers, which is completely feasible!" ”

Keitel added: "If the landing is successful tomorrow, will it be possible for the Marines to grab a piece of ground on the island of Newfoundland, so that the large transport planes and heavy bombers in Spain and Portugal can also be used." ”

Thanks to Hoffman's vigorous promotion and the learning and reference of the downed B-29\B-17\Lancaster, the bomber B section (American bomber project) has advanced faster than in history, and now has formed a test flight fleet of more than 140 aircraft, of which more than 70 are Messerschmidt's ME-264s, more than 50 are Junkers' JU-488s, and more than 20 are Heinkel HE-277s. Other models such as TA-400, JU-390 and others have been eliminated. Among the three heavy 4-engine bombers, the longest-range is the ME-264, the fastest is the JU-488, and the lowest price is the HE-277 (mainly based on the architecture of the HE-177, which reverts the original twin-pack 2-engine combined aircraft to a 4-launch board, and cancels the ridiculous dive bombing function).

The He-277 was not originally competing for the B bid, and the target he was aiming at was the A bid (that is, the medium-range bomber), but this bid was taken over by the Ju-188 and its upgraded version of the Ju-288, and after the Ju-298 was finalized and put into production, its situation was even more awkward, because these were twin-engine bombers, and the range could reach 70% of the He-277, but the price was much lower and faster, and the Ministry of Armaments did not hesitate to cut the 277 project, Junkers' goal now is to use the JU-298 to squeeze out the Joint Strike Aircraft, and even eventually replace the JU-188 and JU-288 after the upgrade, so as to unify carrier-based and land-based medium bombers -- a goal that Hoffman strongly supports, because it will allow the pilots of the Air and Navy attack aircraft to change jobs more quickly.

But in this way, the Heinkel company is in trouble, because its main product He-218 will soon be squeezed out of the carrier-based aircraft team, if it is squeezed out of the army, there will be no room for survival in the future, although other types of aircraft can be licensed according to technology, but for the arrogant Heinkel company, how to swallow this breath, through Speer's guidance, the Heinkel company on the one hand increased the research on jet attack aircraft, On the one hand, the technical parameters of the HE-277 were modified and the latest BMW801 engine was replaced, and the maximum speed was increased to 525 km / h and the maximum range was increased to more than 6,000 km under the condition that the carrying capacity remained basically unchanged, and the threshold of the B section was successfully squeezed in.

At this time, the JU-488 is a little embarrassed, because although its maximum speed can exceed 635 km / h, and the carrying capacity is also larger than that of the HE-277, but the range can only be 4500 kilometers after repeated increases - only a little more than the A bid section, which is really an insult to the "reputation" of the B bid section as an intercontinental bomber, and the price is not cheap, 60% more expensive than the HE-277 produced by mature components, but 2 JU-488 is certainly not as much as 3 HE-277.

In light of this reality, the memorandum submitted by the Ministry of Armaments was very clear: at the beginning of 1944, the target type of heavy bomber was finalized, Germany was not the United States, and there was no need or ability to maintain a large fleet of heavy bombers/transport aircraft, and it was proposed that the ME-264 should be used as a heavy bomber (compared to the B-29) and the HE-277 should be used as a heavy long-range transport aircraft (the ME-323 was heavier, but the range was insufficient, and this aircraft was compared to the C-54 transport aircraft).

On the one hand, it will help the Hinkel company maintain the production capacity of the most important main products, which is conducive to mobilizing its enthusiasm and creativity, on the other hand, the Junkers company will undertake too many models, which is not conducive to risk diversification, and finally it is also a very crucial point, if the HE-277 acts as a transport aircraft, its positioning will overlap with the JU-290, which is conducive to the Ministry of Armaments to reduce the price of the transport aircraft -- the profit of a transport aircraft is more than 10 single-engine fighters.

In the face of Junkers' doubts, Speer did not directly break it, but fooled that Germany still lacked a low-cost, twin-engine short- and medium-range transport aircraft (benchmarking the C-47 transport aircraft), and since Junkers had a foundation on the Ju-52 (three engines), it could also consider trying, and then the Junkers representative went away happily. As soon as they turned around, Speer told the Italians the same thing, because the Joint Strike Aircraft would soon be withdrawn from the mainstream stage, and he wanted to give an explanation to the Italians, who also went away happily.

The capitalists are very shrewd, and now Germany is not only much better than the historical strategic situation, but also richer and more able to pay, as long as the mainstream channel of the Wehrmacht is opened, the spillover effect will continue to come, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Iran, and even Spain, Portugal, Argentina, France, and a group of younger brothers are waiting to buy the same products, and their selection criteria are very simple, what the Germans use, they also want to get - can the Germans themselves not be equipped with weapons? Tiger tanks, 262 jets, STG43 assault rifles, Iron Fist bazookas, 88 guns, Whirlwind self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and other things that have been proven to be useful in actual combat are all sought-after goods.

In particular, the little brother in the Middle East, after seeing that the Iranians got the Tiger battalion, was very envious, and they all asked for 1-2 equipment, and they had sufficient means of payment: Iraq had oil, Egypt had canal revenues, Turkey had minerals, and Pahlavi began to fight the idea of submarines and jets after getting the Tiger tanks, and sent people to Germany to prepare to receive ready-made German submarines and jet fleets next year, and Hoffman readily agreed to sell him 12 submarines and 48 jets, and Pahlavi was not ambiguousHe sent Eva a huge diamond and a few precious Persian tapestries, and then once when Eva called Hoffman, she said nonchalantly: "This ...... The wife of the Iranian ambassador said that their king is also interested in aircraft carriers, can he sell one to them the year after next or the year after next? "Thundered Hoffman on the outside and tender on the inside, but he couldn't say anything, only told Eva to take care of the fetus and wait for childbirth, and not to be involved in this kind of thing......

"Then implement these two strategies to meet the operational needs of the front-line troops as much as possible, and at critical moments, all units must have a high degree of responsibility and bravery!" After careful discussion, the Supreme High Command agreed on the cross-platform reinforcement law and the tactics of calling up heavy combat aircraft.

At night, Newfoundland Island was like a catastrophe, everywhere was miserable, the airport and warehouse were burning fiercely, everyone was running for their way, trying to find a way for themselves, Canadian officers and soldiers and fire police desperately rescued, but in the face of such a chaotic scene, there was almost no way to say. Two waves of attacks completely destroyed the airport and a large number of public facilities, and everyone on the scene still couldn't believe that this was true, didn't the Germans say that they were going to hit the east coast, how did they hit Newfoundland? But there is no reason to complain about the treachery of the Germans, Germany and Britain are enemies in the first place, and whether to bomb or not to bomb is not in the minds of the Germans.

Lord Thomas was anxious to settle the fleet out of port and evacuate, but it could not be done quickly - since no order had been received to make it navigable, most of the freighters were left with only a small number of officers on duty, the engines were also turned off, and the rest of the sailors lived on the shore, so it was not easy to find people and move for a while. The traffic in the city has been completely paralyzed, and now no one dares to run to the pier, and the ferocious attack of German attack planes near the pier is still vivid.

The second wave of German attacks, unable to find suitable ground targets, also launched an attack on the ships staying in the harbor, sinking several escort warships, but not on the freighters. The pilots all knew that these ships were loaded with a large amount of supplies, and it was too extravagant to sink them, and the incident of blowing up an oil depot during the attack just now made the Germans feel distressed for a long time -- an armor-piercing projectile that was originally used to attack a warship pierced a certain fuel depot, and an earth-shattering explosion occurred, and then a mushroom cloud rose in place, and its sound was so loud that it could be heard clearly even from a distance of more than ten kilometers. If these things are kept, they will all be available to the landing force when they come up.

Many sailors on cargo ships want to abandon the ship and flee after going ashore because the ship cannot move for a while, and they are afraid of the German attack and strafing, a bunch of people want to get on the ship, a bunch of people want to escape, the dock is all knotted in a noisy, and the ships are all gathered together in layers, the ships inside the light want to open the way, and the warships that are struggling to sink have exacerbated the chaos of the scene and the congestion of the channel, from the beginning of the attack to the German planes to return after dropping bombs, There are very few ships that can only be driven.

"Evacuate, evacuate immediately, as soon as possible, if you don't want to be sunk by the Germans with naval guns or planes." Lord Thomas shouted hoarsely on the phone, but halfway through the phone line the Germans blew up, so angry that he threw down the telephone and went to the docks.