Tuz
06-11-06, 07:07 AM
Just finished patrol 9 - Im enroute to AL29 from port - on the way there I run across a lone c3 cruising by - veer off course to him - sunk.
Continue on to AL29.
Radio report of merchant to my west close....head that way.....as soon as im approaching them radio report of a merchant BEHIND ME RIGHT from where i just came from....hoookah. I mark him on the map and continue on.
Once i get in visual of the first merchant...its not one but two! A t2 and a c2. Sink them....turn around to head back to the first merchant.....its a coastal....sink him. Right as i sink him my sonarman picks up audio on 2 merchants and a warship to my south at extreme range- i speed off in that direction....2 c1s and a vw des. Sink the c1s and give the vwa slip. By this time I'm down to 3 torps left....
I continue on to AL29.
I arrive at 29 and sit still on the surface in the middle of the grid- content with returning to base after 24h.......wait....whats that radioman? You have a report of a large convoy coming directly at us from the west.....oh good grief.
I run NE and then turn south killing my engine and wait.....sure enough 12h later a large convoy made of american and british ships + 1 vw des come steaming by. I wait for the des to pass and the convoy is directly S of me 2500M away. Launch my two front at lead T2. (there were 3 amercan c3s in the convoy that I didnt engage because its still '41- they looked sooo juicy). I quickly reverse course & go to flank speed - launch rear torp at c2. Dive to 50m and duck under the convoy then kill engine.
VW des gives up looking for me- convoy moves on. I go to P depth and look around....C2 didnt sink- he's still sitting there dead in the water listing. Stormy seas - bah cant use deck gun. Time compression + 12 hours. Calm seas- surface & finish him off.
Meanwhile back at the ranch my radioman is still giving me reports of the convoy....well im out of torps but i wonder if i can catch up to the convoy and pick off one or two ships from the rear before the destroyer comes after me.....
a day later i catch back up with the convoy...start shelling a C2. Kill him. No des yet. Mind you, I'm NW of the convoy paralelling it at same speed. Shell a c1 and sink him. Destroyer angry now. He comes at me from the front of the convoy - i engage him at 4500m w/ deck gun but he isnt firing yet....i get 1 or 2 hits in and at 3800M he turns broadside to me- still not firign on me yet...Odd. While he is broadside I open up a can of whoopass landing 20+ AP & HE shells on him - lots of explosions...he gets scared and runs back to the convoy. I kick engines into high and catch back up with the rear. Start shelling c1...sunk. C2....sunk. C1....sunk. C1...sunk. Destroyer NEVER came back to look for me- just stayed out ahead of the convoy doing search patterns.
Anywho----93,000 tons sunk this mission. 13 ships alltold.
Best mission yet for me...however maybe I wont use my torps up so much before reaching my patrol grid from now on.....
Continue on to AL29.
Radio report of merchant to my west close....head that way.....as soon as im approaching them radio report of a merchant BEHIND ME RIGHT from where i just came from....hoookah. I mark him on the map and continue on.
Once i get in visual of the first merchant...its not one but two! A t2 and a c2. Sink them....turn around to head back to the first merchant.....its a coastal....sink him. Right as i sink him my sonarman picks up audio on 2 merchants and a warship to my south at extreme range- i speed off in that direction....2 c1s and a vw des. Sink the c1s and give the vwa slip. By this time I'm down to 3 torps left....
I continue on to AL29.
I arrive at 29 and sit still on the surface in the middle of the grid- content with returning to base after 24h.......wait....whats that radioman? You have a report of a large convoy coming directly at us from the west.....oh good grief.
I run NE and then turn south killing my engine and wait.....sure enough 12h later a large convoy made of american and british ships + 1 vw des come steaming by. I wait for the des to pass and the convoy is directly S of me 2500M away. Launch my two front at lead T2. (there were 3 amercan c3s in the convoy that I didnt engage because its still '41- they looked sooo juicy). I quickly reverse course & go to flank speed - launch rear torp at c2. Dive to 50m and duck under the convoy then kill engine.
VW des gives up looking for me- convoy moves on. I go to P depth and look around....C2 didnt sink- he's still sitting there dead in the water listing. Stormy seas - bah cant use deck gun. Time compression + 12 hours. Calm seas- surface & finish him off.
Meanwhile back at the ranch my radioman is still giving me reports of the convoy....well im out of torps but i wonder if i can catch up to the convoy and pick off one or two ships from the rear before the destroyer comes after me.....
a day later i catch back up with the convoy...start shelling a C2. Kill him. No des yet. Mind you, I'm NW of the convoy paralelling it at same speed. Shell a c1 and sink him. Destroyer angry now. He comes at me from the front of the convoy - i engage him at 4500m w/ deck gun but he isnt firing yet....i get 1 or 2 hits in and at 3800M he turns broadside to me- still not firign on me yet...Odd. While he is broadside I open up a can of whoopass landing 20+ AP & HE shells on him - lots of explosions...he gets scared and runs back to the convoy. I kick engines into high and catch back up with the rear. Start shelling c1...sunk. C2....sunk. C1....sunk. C1...sunk. Destroyer NEVER came back to look for me- just stayed out ahead of the convoy doing search patterns.
Anywho----93,000 tons sunk this mission. 13 ships alltold.
Best mission yet for me...however maybe I wont use my torps up so much before reaching my patrol grid from now on.....