BulSoldier
12-03-07, 03:13 PM
February 1942, u-125 IX-C is going on a patrol in the carribean, base is lorient.Day starts strange,on the way out the escort ship hits a rock and is disabled.We are moving from the base unescorted yet no truble is sensible.So it happens, everything is fine and we u-125 cross Bay Von Biskaya safe and without any problems.
Around hundred or so kilometers from northwestern tip of spain , CONTACT !
Kaleun Rummel orders full ahead forward of the heard contact.Visual contact is found near sunrise,the relic town class destroyer is sighted slowly moving ahead.
Periscope depth and slowly aproaching the old ship. "Torpedo 1 and 4 " to be ready.The worst happens,somehow the English have heard das boot and are puting searchlights to find it somewhere around.Kaleun Rummel begins calculating solution, he is inpatient to sink the old baby. Geting the solution and launching the Aals,they began their stealth aproach on the target. "Take us deep chief " says Kaleun and comes back in the command room.The time is right but no explosion ? Hell, probably miss. Sonarman detects 3 more contacts, merchats. It seems it is a small convoy.
The boot is going deeper and yet the destroyer even old is on its way to bomb the hell out of her.Wasserbomben ! Several explosions are heard some fall behind but one blows up several meters above the enine room, damaging it slighty along with the conning tower.
Slowly but surely u-125 gets out of the way with no more damage.Everything seems ok, exept Kaleun Horst Rummel, they damaged his boot and he is about to pay it back.
An hour later, the sun is already above the horizon and the boot is on the surface, she begins her chase and course to intercept.Regular dives on every hour and a good position for a attack is being achieved. No mater that its a day Kaleun thinks that old ships is no match for his IX-C.
Moving at ahead full the watch spots the four smokers ship along with it 2 small mearchants and one large.They are barely visible but the underestimatemant of that town class destroyer is a mystake, "all you need is a good crew" was said and it is damn true. That bucket of half rusted iron hear the boot and comes with guns blazing !
"Damn those swines!" cries out Kaleun Rummel. "not now my is friend, we are going to put this 105mm gun to good use!" says Horst and the crew goes to man the gun, a experienced officer is going with Kaleun to the conning tower to direct the guncrew. Several shots by both sides but no, no hits.Horst Rummel goest down to the deck gun and begins aiming but no time,destroyer is damn close, two shots are fired and the boot is taking damage by the fire of those machineguns on the destroyer.Crew on the deck is at risk,nowhere to cover."Dive dive!" cries Rummel and gets in the boot.
PING PING, "hell this damn old bucket has a sonar !" Diving fast but the they dont lose u-125 bombing for hour, taking light damage on the gun platforms and conning tower,the chase is very intense but in the end Kaleun Horst Rummel gets out the boot. "no no no! they will pay ! I will not leave them for so long as i can guess where they are !" Horst Rummel again plots a interecept course and by regular dives manages to track down the small convoy.
Again a contact. This is it,third and final time. U-125 manages to attack the convoy since the first contact at 0623 hours until now 1417. This time the convoy is barely visible and the boot is traveling at one third. Horst Rummel gets his reading on the escort so he will be able to sink the rest with the deck gun.All the mearchants are unarmaed ! A torpedo for four ships,thats hell a good oportunity.
"Damnnnn" the cry echoe throughout the boot.These english are damn good.
His best chance is to dive deep and go silent,but no.He climbs on the bridge and orders,cries "Not this time my friend,not this time!". The destroyer meanwhile is moving at them and only his bow is visible ,the bow gun is blazing.Shells fall around but not hits till now.The crew is realoading and a shell hits the conning tower but by the god the pressure hull is intact and everyone is little dazed but OK. "Feuer Frei" cries out Kaleun Rummel and shells begin to fall.SOme fire exchange and yes the bow gun gets blown.The destroyer makes turn and shows his board.Several shells hits the waterline between the superstructure and the stern,a mighty explosion and the ships gets down, fast !
A cry full with joy is heard beneath the conning tower when the crew heards the news !
90 shells are left,the mearchents are making some evasive actions but to without any luck.The guners began shelling them and few maneuvers by the Kaleun and all the ships are sunk ! Sadly the boot is damaged,not badly but yet the engagement is near spain and the patrol where u-125 is asigned is on the other side of the atlatik ozean.Playing it safe Horst Rummel orders returning to base.No matter the early return he comes with 16k tons, not much but a victory none the less.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2229/notthistimemyfriendsln4.th.png (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=notthistimemyfriendsln4.png)
Around hundred or so kilometers from northwestern tip of spain , CONTACT !
Kaleun Rummel orders full ahead forward of the heard contact.Visual contact is found near sunrise,the relic town class destroyer is sighted slowly moving ahead.
Periscope depth and slowly aproaching the old ship. "Torpedo 1 and 4 " to be ready.The worst happens,somehow the English have heard das boot and are puting searchlights to find it somewhere around.Kaleun Rummel begins calculating solution, he is inpatient to sink the old baby. Geting the solution and launching the Aals,they began their stealth aproach on the target. "Take us deep chief " says Kaleun and comes back in the command room.The time is right but no explosion ? Hell, probably miss. Sonarman detects 3 more contacts, merchats. It seems it is a small convoy.
The boot is going deeper and yet the destroyer even old is on its way to bomb the hell out of her.Wasserbomben ! Several explosions are heard some fall behind but one blows up several meters above the enine room, damaging it slighty along with the conning tower.
Slowly but surely u-125 gets out of the way with no more damage.Everything seems ok, exept Kaleun Horst Rummel, they damaged his boot and he is about to pay it back.
An hour later, the sun is already above the horizon and the boot is on the surface, she begins her chase and course to intercept.Regular dives on every hour and a good position for a attack is being achieved. No mater that its a day Kaleun thinks that old ships is no match for his IX-C.
Moving at ahead full the watch spots the four smokers ship along with it 2 small mearchants and one large.They are barely visible but the underestimatemant of that town class destroyer is a mystake, "all you need is a good crew" was said and it is damn true. That bucket of half rusted iron hear the boot and comes with guns blazing !
"Damn those swines!" cries out Kaleun Rummel. "not now my is friend, we are going to put this 105mm gun to good use!" says Horst and the crew goes to man the gun, a experienced officer is going with Kaleun to the conning tower to direct the guncrew. Several shots by both sides but no, no hits.Horst Rummel goest down to the deck gun and begins aiming but no time,destroyer is damn close, two shots are fired and the boot is taking damage by the fire of those machineguns on the destroyer.Crew on the deck is at risk,nowhere to cover."Dive dive!" cries Rummel and gets in the boot.
PING PING, "hell this damn old bucket has a sonar !" Diving fast but the they dont lose u-125 bombing for hour, taking light damage on the gun platforms and conning tower,the chase is very intense but in the end Kaleun Horst Rummel gets out the boot. "no no no! they will pay ! I will not leave them for so long as i can guess where they are !" Horst Rummel again plots a interecept course and by regular dives manages to track down the small convoy.
Again a contact. This is it,third and final time. U-125 manages to attack the convoy since the first contact at 0623 hours until now 1417. This time the convoy is barely visible and the boot is traveling at one third. Horst Rummel gets his reading on the escort so he will be able to sink the rest with the deck gun.All the mearchants are unarmaed ! A torpedo for four ships,thats hell a good oportunity.
"Damnnnn" the cry echoe throughout the boot.These english are damn good.
His best chance is to dive deep and go silent,but no.He climbs on the bridge and orders,cries "Not this time my friend,not this time!". The destroyer meanwhile is moving at them and only his bow is visible ,the bow gun is blazing.Shells fall around but not hits till now.The crew is realoading and a shell hits the conning tower but by the god the pressure hull is intact and everyone is little dazed but OK. "Feuer Frei" cries out Kaleun Rummel and shells begin to fall.SOme fire exchange and yes the bow gun gets blown.The destroyer makes turn and shows his board.Several shells hits the waterline between the superstructure and the stern,a mighty explosion and the ships gets down, fast !
A cry full with joy is heard beneath the conning tower when the crew heards the news !
90 shells are left,the mearchents are making some evasive actions but to without any luck.The guners began shelling them and few maneuvers by the Kaleun and all the ships are sunk ! Sadly the boot is damaged,not badly but yet the engagement is near spain and the patrol where u-125 is asigned is on the other side of the atlatik ozean.Playing it safe Horst Rummel orders returning to base.No matter the early return he comes with 16k tons, not much but a victory none the less.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2229/notthistimemyfriendsln4.th.png (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=notthistimemyfriendsln4.png)