Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 476 Belfast (3)

The German Propaganda Department was very efficient. By noon, major German media were reporting on the war situation in Belfast. Goebbels personally performed the attack, using his most cunning words, harsh language and sharp and harsh words and sentences, which sprayed Churchill and the British government all over the body and cursed them bloody.

Subsequently, many countries issued statements condemning the British government's despicable act of blatantly dragging civilians into the war. People of Irish descent in the United States were even more indignant, cursing the British government as nothing, and despising the British army as cowards. If you have the ability, you can fight openly and openly. What kind of soldier do you think you are if you hide among civilians and shoot blackmail?

The British government seems to be unable to respond to these, and has remained silent in the face of condemnation from all sides.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, several IL-2 attack planes flew over Belfast, dropping leaflets all over the sky.

The content of the leaflet is very simple, urging residents in the city to leave as soon as possible. Belfast will be razed to the ground in 24 hours.

Belfast suddenly became a mess. The residents who had not left before thought that this place would be "peacefully liberated" like other cities. Unexpectedly, these defenders actually staged an ambush in the city and destroyed more than a dozen German tanks. .

Now the Germans are going to take revenge and destroy the entire city. While scolding the defenders, they hurriedly packed their luggage and fled with their families; fortunately, Belfast was a port city, and they could reach the other side by boat. Or simply run out of the city and report to the evacuation point for residents that has been arranged by the German army outside the city.

Time soon came to the evening of the next day. Yannick and Elizabeth, mother and daughter, were dining in the restaurant. Queen Elizabeth was obviously a little distracted and stopped talking several times.

Yannick took the initiative to speak. "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are no civilians in Belfast anymore." Of course, even if there are, if they haven't left yet, they are the same as enemies. "This is a warning action to the British government, warning them that if they dare to use such despicable methods again, we will bombard every city. We fully have the strength."

At this time, in a secret base in southern Germany, a super bomber was preparing to take off on the runway.

It is really a "super" bomber. This imitation of the original time and space US military "B-36" bomber has a fuselage length of 4 meters, while the fuselage length of the HE177 bomber is only 22 meters; that is to say, it is longer than the two HE177 bombers. It will grow a little longer.

The original B-36 long-range strategic bomber was the main nuclear weapons carrier of the US military at that time. In terms of size, its fuselage length of nearly 50 meters and fuselage height of 25 meters were slightly smaller than the B-52 strategic bomber, the main force of the US Air Force. Even better, its super-long wingspan of 12 meters is far ahead of the largest strategic bomber Tu-160.

Its maximum take-off weight is as high as 186 tons, which is equivalent to three B-29 bombers, the largest bomber during World War II. It can load 39 tons of bombs, which is equivalent to lifting a B-24 (fully loaded) and a P-47 at the same time. ; Its 10 engines can produce 44,000 horsepower, equivalent to 9 locomotives or 400 military trucks; its fuel load is enough for a diesel locomotive to travel around the earth 10 times; its high-altitude de-icing system can provide a high-altitude de-icing system for a hotel with 600 guest rooms. The hotel is fully heated; its wingspan is twice the distance of the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903!

Driven by the full power of 6 piston engines (each with a power of up to 3,800 horsepower) and 4 turbojet engines (with a maximum thrust of 23 kilonewtons each), it can reach a maximum speed of 685-700 kilometers per hour, which is the same as during World War II. The fastest fighter jets are almost the same, and can fly at a height of 13,700 meters, with up to 16 self-defense artillery pieces (including six movable remote-controlled turrets equipped with double-barreled 20mm cannons, and two turrets on the nose and tail). 20 mm cannon).

Of course, compared with other bombers, the most significant improvement of the B-36 lies in its bomb load and range: during World War II, even the best bomber B-29 had a maximum bomb load of only 9 tons. The B-36 can carry 4 times as much ammunition (including the heaviest nuclear bomb at the time); the B-29 has a maximum range of 6,400-6,700 kilometers, while the B-36 reaches an astonishing 16,000 kilometers - In other words, there is almost no target on Earth that is not within its reach of destruction.

But it is quite ironic that such an aircraft, which is specially prepared for a devastating nuclear war, has been given the nickname "Peacemaker" by the US Air Force, which is very interesting.

"Tower, tower, Falcon is ready, please take off!"

"You can take off."

As the takeoff order was issued from the tower, the six engines started in sequence. What's interesting is that the B-36's propeller engine is placed behind the wing, and the blades are reversed. It is said that the designer did this because the B-36's wings were too thick, so the power loss of the rear propeller was minimal. However, this layout also has disadvantages, that is, it is not conducive to heat dissipation. The Americans' evaluation of the B-36 was: "The two engines began to overheat and smoke, the two engines were burning, and the two engines were burned out." However, even so, a total of 386 B-36s were produced, which is not considered a failure. The output is small.

The B-36 bomber began to move forward slowly, accelerating amidst the roaring engine noise. The length of this runway is 3,000 meters. A runway of this length was quite rare during World War II. After taxiing nearly 2,000 meters, the bomber slowly pulled up its nose.

"Engines No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 are all normal. Do you want to start the turbojet engine now?" the first officer checked all the instruments and asked. The four turbojet engines on this bomber are mainly used for taking off, climbing to extreme altitudes and quickly crossing enemy airspace. However, even if the turbojet engine is not started, it can still take off normally with the thrust of the six propeller engines, but the taxiing distance will be a little longer.

The captain shook his head. "Don't start it yet. We are loading 30 tons of bombs. If something goes wrong, we can't imagine the consequences. Let's test it when we come back after throwing the bombs." This is their first test aircraft, although it has already been tested. Many times, so many real bombs were not loaded during test flights.

Yannick has not yet made up his mind whether to mass-produce this bomber. After all, the capital investment in building such a giant is not a small amount. In order to prioritize ensuring the service of the B-36 in the United States in the original time and space, the Pentagon drastically reduced the expenditure of the Navy (due to the historical relationship between the Army and the Air Force, the impact was smaller than that of the Navy) (much more), and even pulled down the CVA-58 "United States" aircraft carrier (the first super aircraft carrier planned to be built by the Navy) that had already started construction.

"That's true." The first officer nodded and agreed with his statement.

What followed was a formation of HE-177 heavy bombers, and there was a formation of Mosquito bombers ready to go at a flight base in Ireland.

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