HMCS
08-13-07, 08:51 PM
March, 1942. My fourth patrol. Type VIIc, GWX, 90% realism. Four eels left in the forward tubes, 3 in the stern.
I am tracking a convoy heading E, a bit W of Rockall. Mostly small stuff, and the sea is calm, clear visibility. I pull whithin 4k m of the leadmost ship on the outermost column.
Hmmm. Funny. No escorts. Oh well, in we go.
Pulling closer, I begin to feel uneasy. I can see the ships pretty clearly now, and I'm only at 3000m. If they spot me, I'm Swiss Cheese. I better go to periscope depth. I line up a Medium Merch., and let fly with two eels. Ahead standard. Now I'm taking chances. If there is a DD nearby, he's gonna hear me. I back off to ahead 1/3.
Boom, Boom. Ahead flank. I scan the area. Still no escorts. I line up a couple more targets, fire all my eels and dive. Two more hits, make for a total of three going down.
As I am pulling away, I hear three more explosions. Wait a minute. That can't be.
I pull to periscope, reloading my stern tube. Three ships are on fire, and there are flashes to the NW. The convoy is all discombobulated.http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_01.jpg
Somebody is attacking this convoy, and still no escorts about. Knowing that Ubisoft didn't include wolf packs, I was still puzzled. So I pull away further to the S and surface. Sure enough, this is what I see!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_04.jpg
So my friend is popping away with that deck gun, but he has done some real damage. Several ships are either on fire or listing. So I take the chance to load my external reserve, and attack submerged for a second time. After disabling a Liberty Merch. I surface and finish her off with my deck gun. This was the end result. Four for me, two for him.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_03.jpg
After that, it was back to St. Nazaire to collect my Ritterkruez. And to buy my friend a drink or two.
Hey, kudos to you cats with GWX....the pack is back.
I am tracking a convoy heading E, a bit W of Rockall. Mostly small stuff, and the sea is calm, clear visibility. I pull whithin 4k m of the leadmost ship on the outermost column.
Hmmm. Funny. No escorts. Oh well, in we go.
Pulling closer, I begin to feel uneasy. I can see the ships pretty clearly now, and I'm only at 3000m. If they spot me, I'm Swiss Cheese. I better go to periscope depth. I line up a Medium Merch., and let fly with two eels. Ahead standard. Now I'm taking chances. If there is a DD nearby, he's gonna hear me. I back off to ahead 1/3.
Boom, Boom. Ahead flank. I scan the area. Still no escorts. I line up a couple more targets, fire all my eels and dive. Two more hits, make for a total of three going down.
As I am pulling away, I hear three more explosions. Wait a minute. That can't be.
I pull to periscope, reloading my stern tube. Three ships are on fire, and there are flashes to the NW. The convoy is all discombobulated.http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_01.jpg
Somebody is attacking this convoy, and still no escorts about. Knowing that Ubisoft didn't include wolf packs, I was still puzzled. So I pull away further to the S and surface. Sure enough, this is what I see!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_04.jpg
So my friend is popping away with that deck gun, but he has done some real damage. Several ships are either on fire or listing. So I take the chance to load my external reserve, and attack submerged for a second time. After disabling a Liberty Merch. I surface and finish her off with my deck gun. This was the end result. Four for me, two for him.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c27/citrjazz/pack_03.jpg
After that, it was back to St. Nazaire to collect my Ritterkruez. And to buy my friend a drink or two.
Hey, kudos to you cats with GWX....the pack is back.