Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine of V-type construction, comprising:

• a first cylinder bank with four first cylinders and a second cylinder bank with four second cylinders;
• a first fresh-gas line for the first cylinder bank and a second fresh-gas line for the second cylinder bank;
• an exhaust system with a first exhaust-gas turbocharger with a first compressor in the first fresh-gas line and a first turbine with a first first exhaust-gas inlet and a second first exhaust-gas inlet, and a second exhaust-gas turbocharger with a second compressor in the second fresh-gas line and a second turbine with a first second exhaust-gas inlet and a second second exhaust-gas inlet, wherein
• the first fresh-gas line is, downstream of the first compressor in a flow direction of a fresh gas, connectable in fresh-gas-conducting fashion solely to the first four cylinders,
• the second fresh-gas line is, downstream of the second compressor in the flow direction of the fresh gas, connectable in fresh-gas-conducting fashion solely to the second four cylinders,
• a first cylinder and a second cylinder of the four first cylinders are connectable in exhaust-gas-conducting fashion via the exhaust system to the first first exhaust-gas inlet,
• a first cylinder and a second cylinder of the four second cylinders are connectable in exhaust-gas-conducting fashion via the exhaust system to the second first exhaust-gas inlet,
• a third cylinder and a fourth cylinder of the four first cylinders are connectable in exhaust-gas-conducting fashion via the exhaust system to the first second exhaust-gas inlet,
• a third cylinder and a fourth cylinder of the four cylinders of the second cylinders are connectable in exhaust-gas-conducting fashion via the exhaust system to the second second exhaust-gas inlet;
• a single third compressor arranged in the first fresh-gas line, between the first compressor and the first four cylinders.