The United States spent $3 billion on the B-29, and Krupp and Messerschmidt absolutely could not afford that much money, so they could only develop a bomber with a slightly longer bomb load and a slightly longer range on the basis of Germany's existing bomber JU89, that is, the JU89.

In July 1937, Juncker completed the second Ju89 prototype. Still, Juncker used the two prototypes to make several test flights to gain information about the stability and handling of the larger aircraft in flight. But the third Ju89 prototype was disassembled after the cancellation of the program. During this period of testing, Juncker achieved a number of bomb loads and high-altitude flight records, such as carrying 5,000kg of bombs at an altitude of 9,312m and 10,000kg of bombs at an altitude of 7,242m.

A few years later, the bomb load of the American B-29 is only ten tons, which is basically the same as the German JU89, but the range of the B-29 is particularly long, because the overall load of the B-29 has reached 27 tons, basically it can carry 17 tons of fuel, and it can fly continuously for 16 hours, and the range of the JU89 is much shorter, only 2,980 kilometers, so the German JU89 can only be regarded as a heavy tactical bomber, not a heavy strategic bomber. But there is no need to re-develop it, it only needs to be enlarged a little, or improved, so that its combat distance reaches 5,000 kilometers, and it can be regarded as a strategic bomber, so that the investment in research and development costs is much less.

It is not that Germany cannot build heavy strategic bombers, but that there is a huge mistake in the perception of the German top leadership, believing that Germany does not need heavy strategic bombers, and they believe that a "blitzkrieg" only needs tactical bombers, and the result will be an unexpected disaster for Germany.

At the beginning of 1938, Göring decided that the aircraft would not be of much use to Germany and persuaded Hitler to stop producing it, and two prototypes of the aircraft were transferred to the Luftwaffe as so-called large military transport aircraft.

This aircraft has already been made by Germany, and the bomb load of ten tons is enough, but its range is still not far enough, and it should not be too difficult to continue to develop and improve, and the investment should be within an acceptable range.

"Second, we must not relax in all kinds of research and development, but also continue to increase investment, such as tanks, rockets, straw into diesel, diesel engines, iron fist anti-tank rocket launchers, etc."

It's not that Krupp doesn't know that technology is the truth of productivity, but the concept has not kept up, and Krupp's own ability is also very good, and now he has mostly accepted his son's business philosophy, which will be implemented by him to the letter.

"Third, Goering is the biggest hidden danger in our family, and it should be eliminated as soon as possible, I heard that Goering will be injected for pain relief when his old injury occurs, please ask my father to try to buy off his personal doctor, gradually increase the dose, and send this person to God as soon as possible."

Krupp would do it without Li Mo's orders, but after all, Goering was the German air marshal and Hitler's comrade-in-arms, and the assassination was definitely inappropriate, and this method could kill Goering invisibly.

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"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"

The whistle sounded in the port of Bremerhaven, and a huge fleet began to slowly sail away from the port, under the dim lights in the port, no one came to say goodbye, this operation was carried out in secret, so no one's relatives were forbidden to say goodbye, not even where to go to the people in the family, Li Mo was no exception:

"Brothers, go play with your soldiers! We have all spent the past half a month on this ship, and we have learned a lot about this time. ”

"Sir, can I play cards?"

Vincent was already a major at this time, and looking at his red face, you knew that he was living a nourishing life in Italy.

"Of course, as long as you don't bet on it, it's still okay to have fun."

Li Mo is still very tolerant of his subordinates, especially in normal times, Li Mo will not interfere with their entertainment time.

At the beginning of the boat, everyone was still very excited, but later, all the people had various situations, some were seasick, some had insomnia, etc., Li Mo, who was originally reluctant to play cards, also joined their entertainment.

"Sir, haha, you've lost again, come on, hurry up and put this note on your face...... And so on and with a steel helmet. ”

At this time, Li Mo already had five steel helmets on his head, and his face was covered with notes, which was a good way to kill time in this boring trip.

Li Mo and the others are carefree and play cards every day for entertainment, but the fleet commanders Raeder and Dönitz are not easy, they stick to their posts every day, closely watching everything in the surrounding seas, more than half of the twelve U2 submarines have been sent out to carry out reconnaissance missions, Germany has such a powerful fleet, less than two countries officially start a war, no country will take the initiative to attack such a powerful fleet.

But when the fleet reached the South China Sea, Japan learned the news, and Japanese Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe hurriedly called a cabinet meeting and reported it to the Japanese emperor, and the prime minister's office was the place of the meeting:

Nobuyuki Abe took out a telegram and some photographs and said to the dozen or so cabinet members below:

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the report of our reconnaissance planes in Taiwan, a huge German fleet has sailed into the South China Sea, and this fleet has one battle cruiser, two light cruisers, three destroyers, dozens of advanced U2 submarines, and 12 12 10,000-ton ships, two of which are passenger ships, and at the same time, we have also discovered that more than 200 of Germany's most advanced B109 and other fighter planes have suddenly been stationed at Nanjing Airport, I don't know if you have any reasonable suggestions. ”

"What the hell is this German trying to do? Is it to avenge the war and our revenge for robbing Qingdao? It's impossible! ”

"Germany has always been friendly with China, and those German armourers in China are armed by Germany, is Germany allied with China? Did Germany send troops to help China? In this way, we are in big trouble, with Germany's strong scientific and technological capabilities, coupled with China's infinite population and resources, we are afraid that we will suffer a big loss in China, how can this be good? ”

"Impossible, Germany cannot form an alliance with China, the relationship between Germany and China can only be friendly, and their friendship with China can only be in exchange for China's resources, so I can be sure that I see that they are afraid that they will exchange arms for resources when they come to China this time, or we will ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a telegram to the German Foreign Ministry to ask, we should have an answer after a short recess, what do you think."

"Very well, let's take a break! Please come to the lounge for a cup of tea! ”

The Japanese cabinet members made a rambling analysis and really came up with a little bit of an eyebrow: The Prime Minister's Office has a special telegraph room, and Nobuyuki Abe personally went to the telegraph room to send a telegram to ask the German Foreign Ministry what Germany's intention was for this large-scale military transfer, and Nobuyuki Abe also expressed a strong protest against the irresponsible behavior of the German Government.

In fact, it is also good that Nobuyuki Abe directly inquired about Germany's intentions, so as not to misjudge the two sides and misfire, Abe Nobuyuki just walked to the telegraph room, and a telegraph operator came out with a telegram folder and reported to Nobuyuki Abe:

"Report sir, here's an urgent message for you to sign for."

When Nobuyuki Abe got the telegram and read it, he understood that this telegram was sent by the German Foreign Office, and Germany made it straightforward that Germany had come to China to trade with the fleet, and that Germany had come to China for trade and was not here to start a war with Japan.

After reading the telegram, Nobuyuki Abe hurriedly returned to the conference room and convened the cabinet members to discuss at once:

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[Apology: I went out to eat with my family, I had the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the update was late. 】