Chapter 476 Belfast (3)

The German Propaganda Department was very efficient. By noon, all the major German media had reported the battle in Belfast. Goebbels personally took charge of the situation, using his tricky language, harsh words and sharp sentences to criticize Churchill and the British government.

Subsequently, many countries issued statements condemning the British government for its despicable behavior of blatantly dragging civilians into the war. The Irish descendants in the United States were even more indignant, cursing the British government for being a piece of shit and despising the British army for being cowardly. If you have the ability, you can fight uprightly. What kind of soldier are you if you hide among civilians and shoot from behind!

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

At four o'clock in the afternoon, several Il-2 attack aircraft flew over Belfast and scattered leaflets all over the sky.

The content of the leaflets was very simple, urging residents in the city to leave as soon as possible, and Belfast would be razed to the ground in 24 hours.

Belfast was in chaos. The residents who had not left thought that this place would be "peacefully liberated" like other cities. Unexpectedly, these defenders ambushed the city and destroyed more than a dozen German tanks.

Now the Germans want revenge and destroy the whole city. They scolded the defenders while hurriedly packing their luggage and fleeing with their families; fortunately, Belfast is a port city and they can reach the other side by boat. Or simply run out of the city and report to the evacuation point for residents arranged by the Germans.

Time soon came to the evening of the next day. Yannick and Elizabeth and her daughter were having dinner in the restaurant. Queen Elizabeth was obviously absent-minded and hesitated several times.

Yannick took the initiative to speak. "Your Majesty, don't worry. There are no civilians in Belfast." Of course, even if there are, if they don't leave now, they are equivalent to enemies. "This is a warning to the British government, warning them that if they dare to use such despicable means again, we will bomb every city. We have the strength to do so."

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.

The original time and space B-36 long-range strategic bomber was the main nuclear weapon 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 are slightly better than the B-52 strategic bomber, which is the main force of the US Air Force. The super-long wingspan of 12 meters is far ahead of the largest strategic bomber Tu-160.

Its maximum takeoff weight is as high as 186 tons, equivalent to three B-29s, the largest bombers in World War II; it can carry 39 tons of bombs, equivalent to lifting one B-24 (fully loaded) and one P-47 at the same time; its 10 engines can generate 44,000 horsepower, equivalent to nine locomotives or 400 military trucks; the fuel it carries is enough for an internal combustion locomotive to travel around the earth 10 times; its high-altitude deicing system can provide enough heating for a hotel with 600 rooms; its wingspan is twice the distance of the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903!

Driven by six piston engines (each with a power of up to 3,800 horsepower) and four turbojet engines (each with a maximum thrust of 23 kilonewtons), it can reach a maximum speed of 685-700 kilometers per hour, which is almost the same as the fastest fighter planes during World War II. It can also fly at an altitude of 13,700 meters. It has 16 self-defense guns (six of which are equipped with twin-barreled 20mm cannons in the six movable remote-controlled turrets, and two 20mm cannons on the nose and tail turrets).

Of course, compared with other bombers, the most significant improvement of 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, while B-36 could carry 4 times more ammunition (including the heaviest nuclear bomb at the time); the maximum range of B-29 was 6400-6700 kilometers, while B-36 reached an astonishing 16,000 kilometers - in other words, there is almost no target on the earth that is not within its destruction range.

But ironically, it is such an aircraft that is carefully prepared for a devastating nuclear war, but it is given the nickname "Peacemaker" by the US Air Force, which is quite interesting.

"Tower, tower, 'Falcon' is ready, request to take off!"

"You can take off."

As the tower's take-off order was issued, the six engines started one by one. Interestingly, the propeller engine of B-36 is placed behind the wing, and the blades are reversed. It is said that the designers chose this because the wings of the B-36 were too thick and the rear propeller had the least power loss. However, this layout also has disadvantages, that is, it is not conducive to heat dissipation. The Americans' evaluation of the B-36 was: "Two engines began to overheat and smoke, two engines were burning, and two engines had burned out." However, even so, a total of 386 B-36s were produced, which is considered a considerable output.

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

"Engine No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 are all normal. Should we start the turbojet engine now?" The co-pilot checked all the instruments and asked. The four turbojet engines on this bomber are mainly used for takeoff, climbing to the maximum altitude, and quickly crossing enemy airspace. However, even if the turbojet engine is not started, it can still take off normally relying on the thrust of the six propeller engines, but the gliding distance is a little longer.

The captain shook his head. "Don't start it yet. We are loaded with 30 tons of bombs. If there is any mistake, the consequences are unimaginable. Let's test it again when we come back after dropping the bombs." This is their first test aircraft. Although they have been tested many times, they did not load so many real bombs during the test flight.

Yannick has not yet decided whether to mass-produce this bomber. After all, the investment in building such a giant is not a small amount. In order to give priority to the service of B-36, the Pentagon of the original time and space drastically cut the expenditure of the Navy (due to the historical origins of the Army and the Air Force, the impact is much smaller than that of the Navy), and even forcibly pulled 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 right." The co-pilot nodded and agreed with him.

The next to take off was the HE-177 heavy bomber formation, and there was also a Mosquito bomber formation ready to go at a certain flight base in Ireland.