They must be joking
 

Good evening all, I made the mistake of calling in a Convoy. I think I read on a post somebody did the same thing. Anyways, of course I get orders to "Inflict heavy losses to Enemy task force" being the good captain that I am I Follow them. What was I thinking! I had only four fish left and tried to take out a Hiryu carrier. Well let me tell ya there are too many ships in this convoy. A total of 14 ships of various types. I was think Carrier high tonnage pop a couple of torpedos in her. My plan was going to work but a small old engine aft got in the way. Only one of four hit the proper target. One was a dud:down: , one actually hit it but caused no visual damage, one hit the small engine aft and the last one missed(I think I had the spread too much). Now I am slowly creeping away trying to get back to base in Java. I am not sure how I got close about 2300m to me that is close without getting detected still need to work on my interception skill I think I got lucky on this one but there is always another coming. Happy Hunting!

Yup...you gotta check your stock to see if your up for an attack before you radio it in ;)

2300...thats outside the taskforce right? Cant you work your way inside?

I have to admit I was a little nervous trying to squeeze a few more meters. It was my first attempt attacking a military convoy with so many ships and escorts.

Apparently, real life doctrine was not to report enemies before an attack, because the enemy might notice the radio transmission and evade. The sub should make a stealthy approach, attack, and only break radio silence after the opportunity for attacking had passed, so that others could continue the attack.

Of course, that would be a terrible idea in the game, because you'd probably get an order to attack after you're no longer in a position to do so. Just don't report anything.

With some experience you should be able to work your way in, so your shots will be from 500-1500.

The good thing about being on the inside is that the escorts will have a harder time manuvering ;)