maillemaker
07-01-10, 12:10 AM
So tonight I hit a convoy west of Spain. The usual assault. Took out the heavies, including 2 tankers, 2 large cargoes, each time diving to avoid the escorts.
On my last evasion, I noticed a straggler on the hydrophone. In fact, this convoy had been damaged by someone before as there were several burning ships in it!
So I maneuvered into position to pick off the straggler with my last torpedo.
I hit it, but it did not sink! And along comes another escort chugging back from the convoy to help them, so I headed north, pointing my stern at both of them.
After I was sure the escort had left, I surfaced and charged at the crippled Ore Carrier. I opened up with the 105 at 5000m, and it only took a dozen or so hits before it went down.
Just as it started sinking, I saw a shadow beyond it! That damn escort was heading back again, about 9000 meters away!
I decided to run for it. So I go to flank speed and come about, heading north again.
Suddenly, WHAM! We are hit and flooding! Oh no!
I put my damage control team to work and dive. I'm afraid to go too deep now that I'm damaged, so I settle for 100m.
On my way down, my sonar man detects another warship contact headed our way from the north! Great, just what I need!
The destroyer works me over pretty good. No damage from the depth charges, but three of the passes were close enough to rock us pretty violently.
And then, I hear gunfire! Strange, I think, since it's not night time so the destroyer is not firing star shells...
The gunfire goes on for a couple of minutes, and then the escort contact turns into a grey sunken ship on the map!!!!!
So I come up to periscope depth, and what should I see heading my way but another beautiful Type IX u-boat!!!
I guess radioing in all those contact reports as I hit the convoy paid off! I was saved by the Kriegsmarine!
Steve
On my last evasion, I noticed a straggler on the hydrophone. In fact, this convoy had been damaged by someone before as there were several burning ships in it!
So I maneuvered into position to pick off the straggler with my last torpedo.
I hit it, but it did not sink! And along comes another escort chugging back from the convoy to help them, so I headed north, pointing my stern at both of them.
After I was sure the escort had left, I surfaced and charged at the crippled Ore Carrier. I opened up with the 105 at 5000m, and it only took a dozen or so hits before it went down.
Just as it started sinking, I saw a shadow beyond it! That damn escort was heading back again, about 9000 meters away!
I decided to run for it. So I go to flank speed and come about, heading north again.
Suddenly, WHAM! We are hit and flooding! Oh no!
I put my damage control team to work and dive. I'm afraid to go too deep now that I'm damaged, so I settle for 100m.
On my way down, my sonar man detects another warship contact headed our way from the north! Great, just what I need!
The destroyer works me over pretty good. No damage from the depth charges, but three of the passes were close enough to rock us pretty violently.
And then, I hear gunfire! Strange, I think, since it's not night time so the destroyer is not firing star shells...
The gunfire goes on for a couple of minutes, and then the escort contact turns into a grey sunken ship on the map!!!!!
So I come up to periscope depth, and what should I see heading my way but another beautiful Type IX u-boat!!!
I guess radioing in all those contact reports as I hit the convoy paid off! I was saved by the Kriegsmarine!
Steve