When the decisive moment of the decisive battle of the "Battle of the Bay of Fundy" came at 4:35 p.m. on April 29, 1945, North American time, the U.S. military was actually in a rather disadvantageous and even desperate situation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

First of all, the US Navy fleet on the sea simply cannot form a relatively dense air defense formation as usual - because this is not a sea and air war in the traditional sense, but a nuclear war!

In fact, the appearance of nuclear weapons and their use in real combat have eliminated the conventional Navy!

From now on, there is no conventional navy in the world that can confront an enemy who uses nuclear weapons. No matter how many combat ships the United States has, it is a pile of scrap metal in the face of nuclear weapons.

Of course, if the Americans now have nuclear weapons to deter Germany, then their large surface fleet can be used to bully weaker countries that do not have nuclear weapons, such as the Japanese Empire......

However, the United States does not have nuclear weapons now, so under the threat of German atomic bombs, the US Task Force 56 cannot even put up a dense air defense formation, and can only rely on carrier-based aircraft to block the approach of German planes with atomic bombs.

Second, although Germany already possessed and used atomic bombs, this does not mean that the Germans have dropped both conventional bombs and remote-guided missiles into the sea. Among the German warplanes that appeared over the Bay of Fundy on the afternoon of April 29, 82 Br.810s carried Hs293 remote-controlled guided missiles!

If they were allowed to get close to the US ships, which could not form an air defense formation, 82 Hs293 remote-controlled bomb missiles would be enough to sink all 10 "Essex" class aircraft carriers of the Americans.

So when 82 carrier-based bombers of the Br.810 type, divided into 2 large groups, appeared under the cover of the same number of Fokker 636s, they immediately attracted the attention of all the F6F and F4U who were ordered to block the approach of enemy aircraft.

And just as they were swarming up, first seizing the altitude, and then launching a dive attack on the 82 Br.810s, in the rear of the 2 German aircraft groups that broke through from a height of 7000 meters, 4 huge Me264s suddenly appeared! These 4 Me264s were divided into 2 twin-plane formations, and each formation was escorted by hundreds of Fokker 636 regiments.

It turns out that these 4 planes are the real atomic bomb carriers and remote control planes!

"Right now, Thunder 3 and Thunder 4 begin their assault, targeting the entrance to the Straits of Fundy! Come on! ”

Admiral Kerten, who was on a Me264H AWACS aircraft being chased by US P-47s and P-61s, was now standing in front of the radar screen in the cabin. When he discovered that the number of enemy planes blocking in front of the 2 real atomic bomb drop groups was small, he did not hesitate to give the order for a final assault.

Before receiving the order of Admiral Kolden, the two "atomic bomber groups" at an altitude of 7,000 meters had already begun to accelerate. Although the Me264K long-range bombers are several tons heavier than the regular Me264 (in order to install radiation-proof lead plates), they also have more horsepower than the regular Me264, with four BMW802K 18-cylinder air-cooled engines with turbochargers, each with a maximum power of 3,200 hp (after combustion with the MW50 system). Four high-powered engines deliver up to 12,000 hp in 10 minutes. The BMW 803 18-cylinder air-cooled engine equipped on the Fokker 636 (this engine is improved on the basis of the British Sagittarius 15 18-cylinder air-cooled engine) is best suited to airspace at an altitude of 5,000 meters, but it can still play a good performance at an altitude of 7,000 meters.

Most of the pilots of the Fokker fighters had participated in the previous nuclear strike on Concepson Bay, and they could probably guess that the Me264 bomber they escorted was equipped with a superweapon that would bring them victory and glory.

Therefore, after receiving the order to assault, the morale was greatly boosted, and all the pilots pushed the oil pole to the end. Large puffs of green smoke suddenly rose from the exhaust pipes on both sides of the nose, and the engine began to roar violently. The flight speed of the two "atomic bomber groups" has also been increased to more than 700 km/h. Like lightning, it broke through the blockade of dozens of American fighters in an instant.

"Damn, we've been deceived!"

Mitchell, who was standing on the platform outside the island of the aircraft carrier "Essex", could already see the German planes roaring towards the sky with a telescope, and he could even see that two of them were the Me264 capable of carrying atomic bombs!

"Turn the rudder, the left full rudder! Get out of here! "Ali. Burke's shouts followed.

The chief of staff of Task Force 56 now knew that he had guessed the wrong target, and that the entire fleet was about to be wiped out. However, at this time he had not given up his efforts, and was loudly ordering the aircraft carrier to turn - the Essex aircraft carrier was originally heading east at full speed. Burke had already guessed that the Germans would drop bombs at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. Because it is the time of high tide, there is a high tide in the Bay of Fundy (because of the special terrain of the Bay of Fundy, which is trumpet-shaped, so the tide is very large), and the power of the atomic bomb will cause a tsunami nine times out of ten.

The only way to avoid this tsunami is to let the aircraft carrier Essex sail to the east of the island of Manan (at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). In this way, you may be able to use the island's shelter to escape.

So the Essex now has to change direction and go at full speed from east to north. The aircraft carrier, with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, made a rapid turn at sea at a speed of more than 30 knots, and suddenly a huge inertia was generated, and the aircraft carrier tilted sharply to one side, and the people on it could hardly stand without grasping the handrails.

Admiral Mitchell also almost fell to the platform outside the aircraft carrier island, but fortunately an adjutant quickly held him up. Before he could stand firm, he heard someone shouting, "Catfish! Catfish is coming! ”

Of course, it could not be a real catfish, but a French twin-engine carrier-based bomber Br.810 that looked a bit like a catfish. It turned out that part of the Br.810 had already gotten rid of the entanglement of the F4U and F6F and began to approach the American ships on the surface of the sea.

"Smoke! Hurry up and set off smoke grenades......"

Inside the bridge of the USS Essex, the captain of the aircraft carrier had already given the order to release smoke over the phone. The smoke launchers installed on both sides of the aircraft carrier's flight deck were already ready, and they immediately began to fire smoke grenades into the air over the aircraft carrier, and the smoke bombs exploded, releasing a large amount of thick smoke and completely obscuring the aircraft carrier.

The smoke tactics seemed to have had some effect, and the Br.810 bombers in the air did not drop bombs, but pulled up their altitudes one after another and rushed towards an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters.

"Major General, the planes of the Germans are climbing upwards, and they seem to have given up the attack."

The electronic officer on board the Essex immediately reported to the Fleet Chief of Staff Arleigh Brown. Burke reported on the latest findings of the radar.

"What? Give up the attack? "Ali. Burke was very surprised to hear the report.

Although the smoke can cover the aircraft carrier, the German pilots can still judge the approximate location of the aircraft carrier, and the effect of the smoke is only to reduce the missile's hit rate. At the same time, the smoke would also obscure the view of the anti-aircraft gunners on the carrier, making it difficult for German aircraft in the air to be attacked.

So it was impossible for the German planes to see the smoke and give up the attack. Moreover, according to common sense, an airplane cannot land a ship with a missile, otherwise it may detonate a missile in the event of an accident, which is a missile explosion of nearly a ton! Therefore, the Hs293 missiles they carry are going to be thrown out anyway.

"Sir, all the planes have climbed above 8,000 meters."

Hearing the electronic officer's report, Gunther. Admiral Korten nodded, picked up the communicator and began to give orders to the 2 atomic bomber formations: "Thunder 3, Thunder 4, I'm Gunther. Admiral Kolden, I order you to start implementing the 'Odin Plan', I order you to start implementing the 'Odin Plan'. Complete! ”

The "Odin Plan" is the code name for the combat operation that dropped the atomic bomb. To start implementing the "Odin Plan" is to start dropping the atomic bomb!

And all the German and French planes in the air suddenly increased their altitude to avoid accidental damage by the atomic bomb -- although the atomic bomb exploded after being thrown into the sea, it was almost impossible to threaten the aircraft at medium and high altitudes, but it was also good to have a more safety factor.

Two long-range bombers of the Me264K type, loaded with atomic bombs, were ready to drop bombs for a long time, and both hydrostatic and timed fuses were installed. At the same time, both aircraft were able to withstand the intended bomb drops, both at an altitude of about 9,000 meters, and there were two moving plumes of smoke directly below them - two small carrier formations, consisting of one Essex-class carrier, one Oakland-class air defense cruiser, and two Fletcher-class destroyers.

If it weren't for the huge clouds of smoke, they would have been able to fire at 4 Me264s (2 with atomic bombs and 2 with remote controls) at an altitude of 9,000 meters. If you're lucky, you might be able to shoot down one or two, but that won't stop the explosion of the atomic bomb, because the timing fuse is already installed on the atomic bomb.

On April 29, 1945, at 4:55 p.m., two atomic bombs with red flashes on their tails were dropped from an altitude of 9,000 meters. When the two atomic bombs fell to a height of seven or eight hundred, each of them opened a pair of huge red parachutes with swastika markings on their tails.

At the same time, all the German and French planes in the air flew eastward desperately in order to stay away from the blast of the atomic bomb. About 2-3 minutes later, two plutonium-239 charge atomic bombs, codenamed "Heisenberg Device 4" and "Heisenberg Device 5", fell into the sea at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy.

Chapter 1269 The atomic bomb is over

The dim light once again illuminated the lifeless White House bunker conference room.

Ernest. Admiral Kim's voice trembled and deepened, like an old man who had just lost all his loved ones in a disaster recounting his suffering. Everyone felt that what they were hearing was not an operational report, but a eulogy from the United States of America.

“…… The Germans dropped two atomic bombs at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy at once, and the two atomic bombs fell about 7,000 meters apart, creating two water walls that were 2,000 meters high, more than 700 meters wide, and nearly 100 meters thick. 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers, 2 Auckland-class air defense cruisers and 4 Fletcher-class destroyers located near the epicenter of the explosion were knocked over by the wall of water!

Later, the sea water, sea sand, and water mist that formed the two walls of water exhausted their kinetic energy and all fell back to the surface, first forming a giant waterfall hundreds of meters high. According to the reports of the surviving ships, the waterfall fell from the sky, stirring up a huge tidal wave that flooded all the surrounding ships and capsized 8 of the smaller tonnage ships (in fact, the ships that were not capsized, including the 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers, were later scrapped due to severe radiation contamination. Leahy doesn't know yet). Then there was another tsunami on the surface of the sea, up to a maximum of tens of meters, which spread outward from the center of the explosion.

Since the atomic bombings occurred at the same time in two underwater locations about 7,000 meters apart, all the ships located between the two explosion sites were crushed by two tsunami waves, all of which were only seriously damaged, and at least six light cruisers or destroyers were overturned on the spot. Of these, 1 Essex-class aircraft carrier was seriously damaged.

Because the atomic bomb exploded at the time of the high tide in the Bay of Fundy, the tide and tsunami waves combined to form a huge tsunami wave that swept eastward. When the sea waves reached a distance of 6,000 meters from the two atomic bomb blast sites, they were still as high as 7-8 meters, causing at least 9 ships of various types to be overturned, and another 21 ships were damaged to varying degrees.

All of the above are preliminary statistics 30 minutes after the atomic bomb was detonated. Since the German carrier-based aircraft group did not leave, and later there was the possibility of a fierce naval and air engagement, the losses could also increase ......"

William. Admiral Leahy placed the telegram on the table, his face as dead as ashes. 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers were overturned, 1 Essex-class aircraft carrier was heavily damaged, more than 20 light ships were overturned by the waves, and the hulls of twenty or thirty ships were seriously damaged due to the tsunami wave squeezing!

Such losses did not seem to reach the point of being unbearable, but the German effort to drop two atomic bombs on the Bay of Fundy at one time made everyone shudder.

If you count the atomic bomb dropped on Concepson Bay, the Germans threw away 3 atomic bombs with a yield of about 200,000 tons (in fact, all of them were 20,000 tons) in one day! This shows that the Germans had so many atomic bombs that they could throw a few a few a day.

William. Leahy said in a trembling voice: "We have lost, the war has entered the atomic age, the weapons we have are completely outdated, and we cannot confront the German army armed with atomic weapons......"

"Is this the official recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?"

William. Before Raisi could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by US President Harry S. Truman. Although in the meeting just now, William. Raisi had proposed a halt to the war, but that was not the official recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the president.

Admiral Leahy looked at Chief of Naval Operations Ernest Murphy, who was present. Kim, Jin sighed: "It's indeed defeated, there's no way." ”

"George, what do you think?" Admiral Leahy asked the Chief of Staff of the Army, George Brown, in turn. Marshall.

Marshall shook his head: "We can't fight at all, we really lost......"

"What do you say, Henry?" Leahy asked the commander of the Army Air Corps, Henry. Admiral Arnold. "Is it possible for us to block the German bombers from entering the skies over the big cities of the United States?"

"If Germany had gained a foothold on Newfoundland, it would have been very difficult for us to prevent their bombers from coming to New York and Boston." Henry. Arnold shook his head and said, "Also, judging from the three atomic bombings that happened today, the Germans used the atomic bomb as a tsunami weapon. And both New York and Boston are located by the sea, and the Germans could quite well deliver atomic bombs by submarines......"

William. Leahy was not interested in listening to Admiral Arnold's analysis and asked bluntly: "Henry, do you also think that the fight was lost?" ”

"Yes, it's already been lost." Henry. Arnold nodded bitterly.

William. With a long sigh, Leahy was about to tell the president in the name of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the war had been lost, and to suggest a peace peace—an official report and recommendation of the top staff of the US military, and an important basis for the US president and Congress to make decisions—but was preempted by Secretary of War Wallace.

"I don't agree with the analysis of the Army Chief of Staff and the Army Aviation Commander because we have the means to counter," Wallace said. It is time to let the Germans know that we have such means, and they are very effective! So that they will not dare to use the atomic bomb against our big cities! ”

"Henry, are you crazy?" President Truman said to Wallace with some annoyance, "If you want to resign, say it clearly, and take your people to join the Bolshevik Party, but don't say such crazy things!" ”

"President!" Wallace's mind was broken, and his face turned red and white, but he still said seriously, "It was my suggestion to start the Patriot program, and if you don't accept it, I will resign as Secretary of War!" ”

"I approve your resignation!" Truman glared at Wallace, "Mr. Wallace, on behalf of the U.S. government, I thank you for all you have done during this difficult time in the past. But it is very regrettable that our efforts did not lead to the United States winning the war, or even a decent peace. I hope that you and your comrades will leave to make an important contribution to the future revival of America. ”

Wallace spat out and activated the "Patriot Project" to retaliate against Germany with plague weapons and anthrax spore bombs. Now the Germans are only asking for money, and they have no intention of destroying the United States. If the Germans were angered with the "Patriot Plan" and the atomic bombs really flattened New York and Boston, then the United States would not have lost money, but would have to surrender unconditionally, which was not the result Wallace wanted.

"Mr. President, I will remember your words." Wallace stood up, "Before leaving, I have one last piece of advice, that the United States cannot abandon the Patriot program and the Manhattan Project under any circumstances...... Otherwise there will never, never have a day of revival for the United States! ”

The so-called "Patriot Project" is to use one-way B-29s or other long-range bombers equipped with powerful bacteriological weapons to bomb the European mainland. And the Manhattan Project, of course, is America's own atomic bomb program!

In Wallace's view, as long as the United States has a Patriot program, the Germans will not dare to push it too far, and at most they will lose money, which is affordable for the United States. Once the Manhattan Project is breached, the United States will immediately become a great power that can compete with Germany.

So no matter what temptations or pressures the United States faces, the United States cannot abandon these two plans.

President Truman nodded and said, "Henry, your suggestion is good...... The United States will never abandon the Patriot and Manhattan projects, which is our bottom line and the cornerstone of America's future revival. As long as I'm president, it won't change. But now, we have to throw in the towel! ”

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"Imperial Marshal, report of the 10th and 20th Task Forces, we have just achieved a great victory in the Bay of Fundy! What is certain at the moment is that 2 American Essex-class aircraft carriers were overturned by atomic bombs, 1 Essex-class aircraft carrier was heavily damaged, and another 5 Essex-class aircraft carriers were heavily damaged by Br.810 carrier-based bombers with Hs293 missiles......"

Almost at the same time that Truman decided to pay the money and sue for peace, in the Joint Intelligence Command Center of the German General Staff, Admiral Raeder was reporting to Hersmann what he had just received.

Operation Gulf of Fundy, initiated by Task Force 10 and Task Force 20 and the 802nd and 803rd Bomber Groups, has now ended. A total of 8 Essex-class aircraft carriers were sunk (in fact, capsized) or severely damaged (2 of them were heavily contaminated and later abandoned).

"How's the situation in Concepson Bay? Did Marshal Alexander already get there? Hersman interrupted Raeder's report, who was now of little interest in the loss of medium and light ships of the US Navy.

In the era of atomic warfare, they were not very useful. The main reason why there is still room for various surface ships to operate in later generations is that under the terrifying balance of nuclear deterrence, countries do not dare to use nuclear weapons lightly. Otherwise, with the power of the underwater explosion of a nuclear weapon, it is completely feasible to use ballistic missiles to attack the aircraft carrier formation, and as long as an atomic bomb with a yield of several hundred thousand tons explodes under water, the entire aircraft carrier formation will be wiped out immediately.

Now Germany is the only country that has an atomic bomb and does not have to worry about nuclear retaliation from the enemy at all. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely feasible to use nuclear weapons as tactical weapons and use underwater nuclear explosions against the US Navy.

So the question for Hersman now is whether the "Columbus Project" can be successful, as long as an airfield can be obtained on the island of Newfoundland that can take off and land Me264K and He219G, and the continental United States is under the threat of German atomic bombs.

Then, as long as another atomic bomb is dropped on the mouth of the Hudson River in New York, creating a horrific scene of an underwater atomic bomb, the American people should obediently pay for it.

Just when Hersman was thinking about wishful thinking, a senior staff officer of the General Staff suddenly walked in briskly and raised his hand to Hesman: "Imperial Marshal, the Prime Minister has just called, please go and answer it in person." ”