Curses Tomo Pauk for removing this beauty from the timeline:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_G.I
We can have the G.I designed as a fast bomber.
Yup thats the problem you can have range/performance or armor/survivability but not both. Saw an article once that said give the Zero self sealing tanks and its range halved ( may have been other tweaks as well I don't remember ). Other issue can be reliability , two engines means one can fail and you still get home, quite important for long range maritime aircraft with nowhere to land mid flight.
Let's look at the Ki-61: has self-sealing tanks for almost 200 US gals of fuel (= two times as much as Spitfire I/II/V/IX or Bf 109E/F/G), can carry two drop tanks, all of that on engine that was modern in 1939, and on airfoil that was modern in 1935. As fast at Spitfire I/II/V or Bf 109E, was never considered as a push-over even once the Hellcats, Corsairs and Lightnings became the norm of the day in Pacific.
Even the P-40B + drop tank(s) make a long-range fighter with protection, along with speed of what Bf 109E was managing. Unfortunately, USAAC was not interested in drop tanks until some time of 1941, and no P-40B got them.