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BristolBrick · 07-23-17, 08:26 AM

First patrol, I did really well. I will admit I loaded saves after dying a few times.

I found a convoy near southern Japan and was attacked by 4 destroyers, who when I acted as I did in SH3 by diving, killed me. Very badly. It appears the Japanese Navy is very good at using depth charges.

Trying again, I instead SURFACED and slogged it out with the deck gun. The destroyers were terrible shots and rarely fired, I survived. They did not. Is this a viable tactic, or did I do something stupid and get lucky?

Then I sunk all of the cargo ships in the convoy. ~80k tons for whole mission

Unfortunately while doing this my submarine got damaged, and I cannot dive.

I'm completely out of ammunition except for 40 deck gun AP rounds, and I'm making as fast as I can for Manilla. (Ahead flank all the way, I accidentally turned off limited fuel)

But those bloody airplanes! I can't dive, is there any way I could thwart them? Learned from SH3 that a zig-zagging course does nothing, I'd not be surprised to learn there is nothing I can do.

07-23-17, 08:26 AM	#1
BristolBrick Seaman Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 42 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Any advice? Am i screwed? First patrol, I did really well. I will admit I loaded saves after dying a few times. I found a convoy near southern Japan and was attacked by 4 destroyers, who when I acted as I did in SH3 by diving, killed me. Very badly. It appears the Japanese Navy is very good at using depth charges. Trying again, I instead SURFACED and slogged it out with the deck gun. The destroyers were terrible shots and rarely fired, I survived. They did not. Is this a viable tactic, or did I do something stupid and get lucky? Then I sunk all of the cargo ships in the convoy. ~80k tons for whole mission Unfortunately while doing this my submarine got damaged, and I cannot dive. I'm completely out of ammunition except for 40 deck gun AP rounds, and I'm making as fast as I can for Manilla. (Ahead flank all the way, I accidentally turned off limited fuel) But those bloody airplanes! I can't dive, is there any way I could thwart them? Learned from SH3 that a zig-zagging course does nothing, I'd not be surprised to learn there is nothing I can do.