Commander Gizmo
09-12-09, 08:17 PM
I was chasing a convoy earlier and ended up having to take on most of the escorts, sinking each one as the need occurred. That's not as easy as it used to be in GWX3.0 it seems. Anyway, I was down to a flower class tailing the convoy to one side and a black swan class leading at the front.
I decided to have a little fun since I am a pretty good shot with the deck gun, even in GWX. So I slipped in behind the convoy and surfaced about 6500 meters behind the flower and sighted him in. After firing for a while and getting plenty in return huge plumes of smoke were coming up. I continued my barrage laughing at their captain's vain attempts to hit something with his green crew. A few shells later and it exploded quite nicely and my crew and I started to celebrate.
At just that moment the frigate decided to show up all guns blazing. Having an apparently more seasoned crew, they actually landed a shell in the forward compartment. After ordering a crash dive, I spend some time evading and hiding before slinking back towards the convoy. You see, I had a plan. While the frigate searched in circles I moved back the direction he would have to travel to return the convoy. I was figuring that if I could catch him heading in a straight line back I would have the whole convoy to myself.
For once it worked and I managed to line up the shot. The torpedo slid under the keel quite nicely and exploded just as I had planned. However, that's where things turned for the worst. Although I had manged to destroy the engine compartment and bring it to a stop, the crew apparently had no intention of abandoning ship. There they sat on the deck manning the guns while their crew mates were undoubtedly pumping all that water back out of the hull. It simply wouldn't sink.
I really needed him gone because a convoy moving at 4 knots will take forever to get out of gun range. However, I discovered another problem. By this time, I was out of my main stock of torpedoes in my IXB and didn't have time to get the ones off the deck for the job. So after sighing and figuring I would just have to move my torpedoes while I wait for the convoy to get out of gun range a thought suddenly occurred to me. Something so dastardly it just might work.
I carefully maneuvered my uboat in next to the frigate so that I could only see his hull in my scope. After coasting to a complete stop, I have the order to surface. No, I wasn't going to board her -- though I could have used some fresh food at that point in my patrol. I ordered the men to the deck and flak guns. "I want their deck guns taken out first!" I ordered. A few shots rang out and the frigate's main guns were flying through the air with some very satisfying explosions beneath them.
It was only then that I suddenly gave thought to the amount of ammunition that would shortly be exploding a few yards from my boat. "CRASH DIVE!!!" As the frigate started to rip itself to shreds, we were just starting to dip under the waves. We took some heavy damage on the conning tower and flak guns, but we made it down and survived to devastate the rest of the convoy.
Thank goodness there wasn't an s-class there. I sank a South Hampton, three Black Swan, a Town, two KF, and a flower in that one convoy; but I've never sank an S-Class. Can it even be done? I blew their deck and flak guns off the boat once and then pulled up along side and put all my shells into their hull and they didn't even flinch. I couldn't even see damage marks on their hull. I think I need one of those!
I decided to have a little fun since I am a pretty good shot with the deck gun, even in GWX. So I slipped in behind the convoy and surfaced about 6500 meters behind the flower and sighted him in. After firing for a while and getting plenty in return huge plumes of smoke were coming up. I continued my barrage laughing at their captain's vain attempts to hit something with his green crew. A few shells later and it exploded quite nicely and my crew and I started to celebrate.
At just that moment the frigate decided to show up all guns blazing. Having an apparently more seasoned crew, they actually landed a shell in the forward compartment. After ordering a crash dive, I spend some time evading and hiding before slinking back towards the convoy. You see, I had a plan. While the frigate searched in circles I moved back the direction he would have to travel to return the convoy. I was figuring that if I could catch him heading in a straight line back I would have the whole convoy to myself.
For once it worked and I managed to line up the shot. The torpedo slid under the keel quite nicely and exploded just as I had planned. However, that's where things turned for the worst. Although I had manged to destroy the engine compartment and bring it to a stop, the crew apparently had no intention of abandoning ship. There they sat on the deck manning the guns while their crew mates were undoubtedly pumping all that water back out of the hull. It simply wouldn't sink.
I really needed him gone because a convoy moving at 4 knots will take forever to get out of gun range. However, I discovered another problem. By this time, I was out of my main stock of torpedoes in my IXB and didn't have time to get the ones off the deck for the job. So after sighing and figuring I would just have to move my torpedoes while I wait for the convoy to get out of gun range a thought suddenly occurred to me. Something so dastardly it just might work.
I carefully maneuvered my uboat in next to the frigate so that I could only see his hull in my scope. After coasting to a complete stop, I have the order to surface. No, I wasn't going to board her -- though I could have used some fresh food at that point in my patrol. I ordered the men to the deck and flak guns. "I want their deck guns taken out first!" I ordered. A few shots rang out and the frigate's main guns were flying through the air with some very satisfying explosions beneath them.
It was only then that I suddenly gave thought to the amount of ammunition that would shortly be exploding a few yards from my boat. "CRASH DIVE!!!" As the frigate started to rip itself to shreds, we were just starting to dip under the waves. We took some heavy damage on the conning tower and flak guns, but we made it down and survived to devastate the rest of the convoy.
Thank goodness there wasn't an s-class there. I sank a South Hampton, three Black Swan, a Town, two KF, and a flower in that one convoy; but I've never sank an S-Class. Can it even be done? I blew their deck and flak guns off the boat once and then pulled up along side and put all my shells into their hull and they didn't even flinch. I couldn't even see damage marks on their hull. I think I need one of those!