However, Su Xiong is about to return to China, so this embarrassment cannot be left behind, right? Moreover, as a new star of the navy's local fleet, Su Xiong believes that even for his old friend Redel's future career, he should have a good exchange with others.

Then, half an hour later, Logan finally came. After a few people exchanged greetings, they began to prepare for today's dinner. Originally, Su Xiong was planning to have a few drinks, but he and Redell were fine tomorrow, but Logan refused, indicating that there was still important things to do tomorrow.

"Zepplin just came back for maintenance. You should rest tomorrow, right?" Raidel said inadvertently.

"Tomorrow is a break, but it happened to be right. This afternoon, I received a parcel from China, which contained the latest information about the Imperial Navy's aviation attacks. I will study it tomorrow." Logan said. In terms of aviation, Logan is the most professional person in the entire Suxiong fleet, so professional data and analysis will naturally be given to him.

"Is there any new information? Is it easy to talk about it?" As soon as he heard this, Radell also put down his wine glass and signaled the servants next to him to remove his wine. After all, Radell still continues to fight on the front line of the Pacific battlefield. Radell is still very concerned about this cutting-edge tactical information.

"It's about the dive bombing of bombers. I've roughly scanned today. The most important thing is the judgment on the dive bombing effect. According to the data, if the attack angle exceeds 60 degrees, then under the same ammunition, the accuracy and power of the dive attack will be much greater than that of horizontal bombing. This time, the poor dive bombing effect of the US Navy may be another problem." Logan began to talk about the serious matter at the dinner table without surprise.

"But dive bombing has high requirements on the performance and structural strength of the aircraft. Moreover, if dive bombing is used, the weight of the bomb thrown by the aircraft is much lower than that of horizontal bombing. For example, if horizontal bombing can throw 500kg of bombs, then dive bombing can only throw 250kg." Raidel thought for a while and said.

"This problem exists, but the accuracy has been greatly improved. In terms of tactics, dive bombing is more difficult to defend against and the attack method is more flexible. Horizontal bombing is much worse, because horizontal bombing can generally only achieve better results with cover strikes. When covering attacks, aircraft generally have to attack in a certain formation, with fixed routes, and aircraft must maintain formation. This is undoubtedly a target for enemies with strong defense. Fighters can easily cause huge damage to horizontal bombers groups. The accuracy of horizontal bombing for a single aircraft is not good." Logan explained patiently that for professional officers, they are talking about some technical and tactical issues with each other, but the most harmonious.

"Maybe, this question is too professional, and I can't answer it," said Redell. "But this question doesn't have much to do with us, right? At least from the moment, it's impossible for carrier-based aircraft to have the ability to dive and throw 500kg bombs at a 60-degree angle."

"But twin-engine aircraft is perfectly fine, so from the current situation, if twin-engine bombers carry high-power bombs and air strike warships, it will pose a great threat. The speed of twin-engine high-speed bombers also puts high demands on our air defense." Logan said.

"So has this tactic entered the practical stage now?" Redel's heart tightened. He felt as if he had grasped something, but he ran away in an instant!

"The attack aircraft wing belonging to the Imperial Navy has refined its tactics and has relatively suitable aircraft. It can be said that it can be put into the battlefield at any time, but unfortunately, the situation on the Pacific battlefield may not be useful," said Logan.

"So have the British conducted similar tactical research?" Redell asked.

"This is really not clear. I'm afraid you have to ask the archives room. Even if the British destroyed their data to a certain extent, the information we obtained from the British must be calculated in tons. It is really not easy to find it out from the vast number of documents." Logan said.

"Okay, leave this matter to me. I will do this immediately after I go back. Now, the two generals of the empire, can we have dinner together? It's almost time to eat." Su Xiong said.

"Sorry, General, I will definitely come to apologize after I return to Germany." Logan realized at this time that this was Su Xiong's farewell dinner. It was really not good to say so much.

"I'm with General Logan." Redell next to him also hurriedly said.

"Okay, I'll have some Bordeaux, you guys do whatever you want," said Su Xiong. So a tactical discussion stopped, and everyone began to talk about friendship. The atmosphere of the dinner was very good, and it was also a successful farewell dinner. Logan still did not drink, and Radell then drank two symbolically. The wheel of history was rolling forward, and when the sun rose again the next day, it was one step closer to the time when the Americans were preparing to launch an attack!

In this last period, the US Navy focused on two things. The first point was the issue of aircraft carrier formation. This time, the US Navy will dispatch a total of 5 aircraft carriers. (including USS Zeppelin) Considering that the aircraft carrier has very poor defense against air strikes, the Americans decided to disperse the aircraft carrier formation when launching an attack. The five aircraft carriers were divided into three groups, two of which each had two aircraft carriers. Their main task was to be responsible for the attack. The USS Zeppelin aircraft carrier was used as the air defense pillar of the fleet, and all the aircraft carriers were loaded with fighter jets.

Another thing is the supply problem of the fleet. Although the US Navy has set up a forward base in Micronesia, it is still quite far from the base at the westernmost end of the archipelago to Kalimantan. If the fleet wants to maintain high-speed navigation, it must be replenished in the middle. It is difficult to make a large number of high-speed merchant ships provide companion supply. First, it is difficult to gather so many high-speed merchant ships for a while, and second, such a large fleet will be more easily exposed. Therefore, the US Navy adopts the pre-set method. Before the fleet sets off, it deploys transport ships in a safer high seas, and then quickly completes supply when the fleet passes.

Of course, if you want to replenish supplies, you must not directly rush into the Japanese controlled area, so the Americans set the last supply point near Helen Island at the western end of the Caroline Islands. After completing the supply here, the US fleet will rush directly to the Sulawesi Sea.
Chapter completed!