The p-51 fighter Mustang was developed by North American Airlines. It is a light fighter and is also the best single-engine fighter.

When it first came out, due to engine performance issues, it was possible to only use low-altitude combat.

However, when these Mustang fighters replaced the Merlin engine newly developed by Rolls Reus, their high-altitude combat performance was greatly improved.

Because the engine is equipped with a two-stage two-speed supercharger, which fully improves the power output of more than 15,000 feet, the p-51b used by the US military now, the future p-51c, and p-51d fighter jets continue to use this type of engine.

For the current US military, the P-51b Mustang fighter is the one with the longest range and the most powerful combat performance.

However, most of these newly released P-51b Mustang fighters were killed by the German army, its minion air force, and the Japanese Kamikaze Squad in the Battle of Sicily.

There are more than 200 P-51b Mustang fighters, but there are less than 50 left now.

Eisenhower was bleeding from his heart for such a huge loss, because he unexpectedly did not expect that when he had his trump card of this type of advanced fighter jet; the German army also dispatched their advanced fighter jets, bombers, and carrier-based aircraft groups to fight.

Moreover, the number and number of new fighter jets are much better than theirs.

Eisenhower and his Mediterranean Allied Air Force were both caught off guard and suffered heavy losses due to the unexpected battle situation.

Because their aviation troops were shot down, there were not only the most advanced type of P-51b Mustang fighter jets, but also the P-38 "Lightning" fighter jets that had been used on a large scale for a long time, and hundreds of P-47 "Lightning" fighter jets were also destroyed.

Even the B-17 Aerial Fortress bomber, the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, and the B-29 "Super Air Fortress" four-engine propeller bomber were unable to survive and were shot down a large number of them.

So now when the German aviation forces launched a sudden attack, Eisenhower was able to dispatch less than 80 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers to fight.

However, these B-25 Mitchell medium bombers were equipped with 18 12.7mm m2 heavy machine guns and 75mm tank guns.

Because the result of this is that the b-25 can attack horizontally like a fire broom, spraying shells overwhelmingly, and smashing enemy warships with weak defense capabilities into pieces and sinking the sea.

This combat method originated from the legendary American pilot Paul Evan Gan in World War II, and was famous for modifying the combat performance of B-25 to shoot Japanese warships.

Malta is composed of five small islands: Malta, Gozo, Comino, Conmino and Fairfra, with a coastline of 180 kilometers.

Malta is the largest natural and beautiful port - located between the three ancient cities of Valletta and Birgu, Senglea and Cospiqua. There are broad and beautiful coastlines in the port area, and there are many deep-water docks in the port, which allow a large number of ships to load and unload cargo, refuel, and store grain.

However, the Port of Malta, which is usually lively, was encountered a large-scale sudden air strike by the German army this morning, and the whole port and the city were shrouded in the rumbling sound of artillery fire and the huge explosion of buildings being bombed by bombs. Moreover, since the German army also dropped a large number of incendiary bombs from high altitude, the entire Malta port city had many flames bombed by groups of incendiary bombs soaring into the sky. The way the doomsday came, which was shocking and shocking.

As the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber began to fight, Eisenhower also took up only a few remaining P-38 "Lightning" fighters and P-47 "Lightning Fighters" to collect 120 full-scale takeoffs to fight the German fighter and bomber groups.

Unfortunately, the remaining P-51b Mustang fighters, a large number of P-38 "Lightning" fighters, P-47 "Thunder Fighters, B-17 Air Fortress bombers, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, and B-29 "Super Air Fortress" are returning from Sicily.

However, their return flight was also intercepted by the German F8D new carrier-based aircraft group and fighter aircraft group, so they could not return to rescue as quickly as possible.

In response, Eisenhower was anxiously receiving the battle situation telegrams that rushed into his command like snow.

The city of Veroliosa is an ancient city in eastern Malta. It is located on a small peninsula south of Valletta, bordering the big port. It is the most famous of the three sisters and the earliest habitat of the "Knights of St. John" in Malta.

"Hiss Commander! The battle situation is very bad now! Come with us to the air raid shelter to hide! It's too dangerous here!"

When Eisenhower irritated through the pile of telegrams in his hand and browsed the current situation, a chief of combat staff rushed into the command center with a face full of smoke and shouted worriedly at Eisenhower.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening bombing sound came from the area near the city of Veroliosa. The earth was shaking and shaking, shaking the earth, making people creepy and frightened.

"No! It's not safe now. The entire Malta is being bombed in full swing by German bombers. When we go there, we will be bombed in a slit style. Now we can only pray that our fighter and bombers can drive away all these damn German troops, or wipe out all!"

"And I have to stay in the command center and command the battle calmly! For victory, I cannot leave here now, because our Sicily Battle has ended in failure, and we have lost enough battles to the German army recently! I cannot let myself lose anymore! Otherwise, our soldiers will suffer more casualties and lose more morale!"

Faced with the insurgency of the German bomber group, Eisenhower said without fear while reading the telegram quickly.

"No! Commander! We can use field phones to command operations in the air raid shelter, so whether you are willing to leave now or not, I will take you away, otherwise I will not be able to explain to Admiral Marshall!"

But the chief of combat staff who rushed in uncompromisingly opposed it.

"Come in quickly and take Commander Eisenhower to the air raid shelter and make proper placement. He will never be hurt!"

Before Eisenhower could continue to respond, the chief of staff immediately waved his hand decisively to a team of live-fire guards behind him and issued an order.

"Chief of Staff Ball! Let's act now!"

Guard Captain Ridley immediately agreed.

"Sorry! Commander Eisenhower! I offended you for your life safety!"

Then he led his troops down to Eisenhower and said with a standard military salute.

"What are you doing? Are you going to violate the orders of weapons? If I say I won't leave, I won't leave! Get out of here! Or I will send you all to the military court!"

Seeing this, Eisenhower roared angrily.

But no matter how he yelled and roared, the guard captain Ridley and his subordinates quickly escorted Eisenhower and went to the air raid shelter outside to hide.
Chapter completed!