The US Army Air Force's operation to transfer a large number of P-51 fighters to the Caribbean Sea to combat is not concealed by the German General Staff. The conclusion can be drawn from the 1st Air Force Air Force sent to the Toxson General Staff on February 1.

The graph uses colored curves and vertical lines to show the losses of various types of fighter jets and the confirmable results, the deployment of aircraft, the increase or decrease in the number of enemy aircraft, and the number of pilots lost. Through this image, Hessmann and other top German personnel can clearly understand the changes in the US military's air force over the Caribbean battlefield.

"Obviously, we have successfully mobilized the American air force." Air Marshal Kesselin said at the General Staff Meeting on February 1. "From the statistical chart submitted by the 1st Air Force, the losses of the Fokker 636 used to attack the U.S. transport fleet rose sharply from January 21 to January 31, and the number of P-51 fighters shot down by us also rose sharply, while the number of transport aircraft such as C-47 shot down was greatly reduced. From this, we can conclude that the Americans are transferring a large number of P-51 fighters to the Caribbean."

"What about the situation in the direction of Newfoundland? Are there any new changes?" Hessman asked.

After replacing the Death 1b-2 cruise missile with a larger range (700 kilometers), the Luftwaffe resumed missile attacks on Boston, Philadelphia, New York and other places in late January. This also means that the competition between the me264 and the US interceptor has begun again. Because of the existence of the BV-138e long-range water radar early warning aircraft, interception has become very difficult, and the Americans also require a large amount of troops to be invested.

"There are some changes," Raidel said. "The Americans dare not dispatch destroyers to patrol Newfoundland-Bermuda. However, their p-61 and p-47 can still be close to the me264 often, and many times our me264 fired missiles randomly and fled."

The me264 is a bomber that saves life at high altitude and high speed. Once the missile is thrown, it can easily fly out of an extreme speed of 650-690 km/h, and it can easily escape the pursuit of p-61 and p-47.

"They also have radar early warning aircraft." Hessman immediately understood what was going on. The earliest radar early warning aircraft in history was created by the Americans. He thought about it and asked again: "When will the Adolf Hitler and Bernhard von Bielou be put into use?"

Adolf Hitler and Bernhard von Bielou are the 1st and 2nd ships of four large aircraft carriers built on the hulls of the H41 battleship. This class of aircraft carriers will be named after the Prime Minister who has made outstanding contributions in German history. The first ship is called "Adolf Hitler", so this class of aircraft carriers is also the Adolf Hitler class, while the other three are named Bernhard von Bielou, Marquis of Hornlower-Sillingsfest and Leo von Caprivi.

The standard displacement of this class aircraft carrier is as high as 65,000 tons, surpassing Japan's Yamato-class battleships and the US Montana-class battleships under construction. It is undoubtedly the largest combat ship in the world. The full platoon of this class aircraft carrier is as high as 74,500 tons, which is simply a floating city floating on the sea.

In order to drive such a behemoth, German shipbuilding engineers installed 18 Wagner-style high-pressure heavy oil boilers and 6 Brom-Fox steam turbines for this class of aircraft carriers, with a maximum power output of up to 240,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 29 knots.

In addition, when designing the Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carrier, according to Hessman's requirements, the designers also reserved space for nuclear power transformation for the aircraft carrier. As long as the marine nuclear power reactor is successfully developed, the Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carrier can be transformed into a first-class nuclear power aircraft carrier through transformation.

Of course, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are too far away for the world in 1945. So the real highlight of Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers is its special deck layout. This aircraft carrier adopts a beveled deck layout.

This layout does not make much sense for the most common single-engine piston carrier-based aircraft, because the biggest function of the angled deck is to allow fighter jets that fail to land at one time (without hooking the blocking cable). If the angled deck is not adopted, fighter jets that have completed landing will be placed in front of the landing area of ​​the aircraft carrier deck. There is no possibility of going back, and you can only rely on the blocking net to block the aircraft that does not hook the blocking cable.

However, for fighters with low landing speed and relatively light weight, interception with blocking network is not a problem. However, it is not reliable to use a net to block aircraft such as me262t carrier-based jet fighter and me410t dual-engine carrier-based fighter bomber, which are large and fast-landing aircraft, using a net to block them, so it is very dangerous to land on aircraft carriers without angled decks, so a bevel deck that can be re-flyed.

Because Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers are equipped with large me262t and me410t, and also have to prepare maintenance sites for the first time on the fleet jet. Therefore, although this class of aircraft carriers has a standard displacement of 65,000 tons, the number of carrier-based aircraft can be carried not many. Commonly used carrier-based aircraft is equipped with up to 80 (usually 72), and the reserve aircraft is equipped with up to 18.

In other words, two Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers can carry up to 160 me262t carrier-based fighter jets!

"The Marshal of the Empire, two Adolf Hitler classes, have completed the sea test," said Navy Marshal Redell. "Since January this year, the work is a bit difficult."

What's a bit difficult means that many ace pilots who can fly jet carriers have been killed! Compared to flying a piston aircraft like the Folk 636 on an aircraft carrier, flying jet carriers is not a little bit difficult.

"Can there be 130 pilots who can fly me262t before April 1?" Hessman knew that jet carrier-based aircraft was difficult to fly, but to ensure the smooth implementation of the Gauchiburg plan, jet carrier-based aircraft is a must-have. And the amount of investment should not be too small, at least 130 aircraft are needed.

"It's a little difficult." General Hubert West Air Force, commander of the Navy Air Force, replied.

"Then overcome the difficulties!" Hessmann stressed, "At least 130 pilots who can take off and land on aircraft carriers must be trained, because we need them to clear the sky of Newfoundland."

Because Newfoundland is far away from the Azores and Greenland controlled by Germany, the former is more than 2,000 kilometers, and the latter is more than 1,600 kilometers. The combat radius of me264 and ju288 can still be obtained, but fighters are basically out of reach. Therefore, they can only rely on carrier-based fighters to win air superiority, while me262t is an ace to attack American interceptors (p47, p61 and p38). Me262t does not have to fly over Newfoundland to fight, but can use me264 to pull out American interceptors.

Now most of the P-51s in Newfoundland may have been transferred. If we can hit the P-47 aircraft fleet there hard, and there will be hundreds of ship-based Fokker 636s, the air quality of Newfoundland Island will basically be won.

"Okay, OK," said Hubert West Air Force General, "then there will definitely be more than 130 pilots to participate in the battle."

"The me410t must also be prepared," Hessman made another request, "more than 130 me410ts must be used on the aircraft carrier."

"No problem at all." This time, General Hubert West's Air Force answered very simply.

The me410t is nothing more than a bigger size. In fact, the total combat weight is similar to that of the me262t. It is not difficult to eject with a hydraulic catapult, and the landing speed is not very fast, which is much easier to operate than the me262t.

These 130 me410ts, like me262t, are also quite critical aces in the Gaoqibao plan. These aircraft are "aircraft carrier killers" that can carry the HS293 series remote-controlled missiles/missiles.

The carrier-based aircraft of the European Combined Fleet seized the air supremacy of Newfoundland and began to land, the United States is likely to dispatch aircraft carriers to counterattack. At that time, the me410t will be needed, so in the Gauchiburg plan, a plan to change aircraft carriers in the mid-way, that is, after seizing the air supremacy of Newfoundland, all carrier-based aircraft on two Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers will be replaced with me410t for anti-ship operations.

"Where is the mine blockade?"

Hessman asked about the preparations for mine warfare, which was the same as the method of dealing with Trinidad. Before landing on Newfoundland, it would also have to carry out a mine blockade, cutting off sea traffic between Newfoundland and the North American continent to prevent US military reinforcements.

George Von Fredburg, commander of the Submarine Command, immediately took over the problem: "The Submarine Command will concentrate more than 200 large ocean submarines, of which more than 150 Type 21 U-boats are guaranteed to effectively block Newfoundland Island."
Chapter completed!