Since suffering a loss from a U.S. strategic bomber, the German High Seas Fleet quickly figured out a way to deal with it, and never let the Americans succeed since, so Wegener was not too worried about it before this war. However, when the Americans did repeat their old tricks this time, Wegener soon found that the situation was very different from what he had expected

The U.S. B-24 strategic bomber, which was shot down by German anti-aircraft artillery fire and carrier-based fighters, has been replaced by a more advanced and powerful B-29 "Flying Fortress" strategic bomber, which not only has a much larger bomb load than the B-24, but more importantly, its terrifying endurance.

Although the maximum range of the B-24 data is also close to 6000 kilometers, but that is the data without bombs, and when it is loaded with 3200 kg of bombs, its combat radius is only more than 600 kilometers, so when it first sailed into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to attack the German high seas fleet, the B-24 bombers not only had to reduce the bomb load, but also often found the target and could only rush up and drop the bomb, and then hurry up and return home, not daring to waste too much time in the middle, Otherwise, you may run out of fuel and fall into the sea on the way back. At the beginning, Wegener thought of this problem, and used the targeted maneuver of the fleet to make it impossible for the US strategic bombers from different airfields to attack in coordination and at the same time, and could only attack first-come, and as a result, it became a refueling tactic, and was largely wiped out by the German army at a limited cost.

And the B-29 has a range of more than 5,000 kilometers, even if it carries more than 9 tons of bombs. And its transit range is more than 9,000 kilometers, such an astonishing combat radius makes it completely indifferent to wasting more than ten minutes, or even more than half an hour, and can patiently complete the assembly in the air, form a numerical superiority before launching an attack, and the US military has an early warning aircraft so that it does not have to worry about the enemy slipping away, anyway, no matter how fast the warship is, it will never be able to compare with the plane, even if they are given a few hours to escape, they can easily catch up.

Although the unit price of the B-29 is more than three times that of the B-24, its bomb load is also nearly three times that of the B-24, and more importantly, the B-29 can carry super-heavy bombs that the B-24 can carry. In fact, this time the U.S. military not only wants to take out the German aircraft carrier. I also didn't want to let go of the German battleships, but the incredible super anti-sinking properties of the German battleships gave the Americans a headache. Originally, torpedoes were supposed to be the first choice against large surface ships, but torpedo planes attacked almost no different from suicide attacks, and it was a waste to have B-29 bombers, which cost nearly $1 million a unit, do this kind of work. Moreover, the huge size of the B-29 is not suitable for such an ultra-low-altitude bombing mission. On the one hand, it is prone to flight accidents. On the other hand, it is probably more difficult to miss such a large target and the German army's close fire artillery than to hit

To this end, the scientists of the allied countries have developed a super bomb "goblet" weighing nearly 6 tons based on the principle of the ground-penetrating bomb, which is even more terrifying than the historical bomb of the same name. Dropping at an altitude of 5,000 meters, it can penetrate a 5-meter-thick concrete layer, and can easily penetrate the horizontal armor of any warship in the world and burrow into the depths of the hull to explode, inflicting a fatal blow on it.

However, although the super bomb is powerful, it cannot be produced on an assembly line, which makes it very expensive, and most of the parts are hand-carved by experienced high-level craftsmen in order to meet the high precision of casting and machining. For example, in order to improve penetration, the shell of the goblet warhead is made of high-strength steel that has been specially hardened, and the warhead is required to ensure a high degree of symmetry during the machining stage to ensure the best aerodynamic effect

In fact, the scientists of the allied countries also developed an enhanced version of the goblet -- the 10-ton "Grand Slam" bomb, but because it was so heavy, although the B-29 could be carried after modification, it would seriously affect the range, so it was not necessary for this long-range air raid mission. But then again, the United States has so far made less than a hundred of even the "goblets", and even fewer if you choose to mainly produce the "Grand Slam", which is more difficult to manufacture.

Super bombs are indeed terrifying, but even if they carry ordinary bombs, the number of bombs to make up for the lack of power of a single bomb, with the B-29 carrying more than 9 tons of bombs, it is still enough to make people fearful.

Not only does the B-29 have an incredible bomb load, but its own defenses are equally formidable, and the B-24's sturdy fuselage structure, thickened armor, and larger size make it more difficult to shoot down than any other aircraft in the world. And the powerful self-defense firepower of 12 12.7mm aviation machine guns and 1 20mm aircraft gun can easily shred any enemy aircraft that dares to approach the attack, especially in the case of hundreds of B-29s forming a dense formation, although the German fighters have now been replaced with 30mm aircraft guns with a longer range, but the caliber is larger, the reserve ammunition is naturally less, and the distance will greatly reduce the hit rate.

If it is on the Western European continent, the land-based fighters still have a numerical advantage, but in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Germany's carrier-based aircraft force does not have any reinforcements at all, and more than half of the previous battles have been lost, it is even more difficult to stop more than 300 B-29s like air fortresses

And the B-29 is not alone like the original B-24, with a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers (it must be noted that the maximum range of fighters is real, unless it is bombed or rocketed to carry out bombing missions). The finalization of the P-51D fighter means that the US strategic bomber has a reliable bodyguard from now on, and even the longest-range B-29 "Flying Fortress", this new fighter can follow the whole process.

And the P51D fighter is not only a long range, this classic fighter model is called the strongest fighter during World War II in history, because its performance is very good, without any obvious shortcomings, and the most critical speed, acceleration, climb, dive and other key performance are top-notch, so when confronting almost all other models of fighters in the world, P51D pilots will have the right to choose whether to fight or not, the significance of this can not be overestimated.

And it is worth mentioning that the P51D fighter is quite friendly to novices, even new pilots who are not very skilled can fly this new fighter with relative ease after training, which largely makes up for the gap between US pilots and the German army, especially those of the German Navy (to be continued......