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Sledgehammer427 12-02-07 09:46 PM

A touch of luck!
 
on my third patrol, 64% realism. GWX 1.3
i have manual targeting (only do it on stationary ships.) off, external views, and a couple others.

on my way up the english coast (i follow the coasts to reap as much as possible from the coastal traffic.)
i came across a task force leaving inverness
3 fiji cruisers, and im guessing about 6 destroyers. cant remeber exactly.

i torp 2 cruisers with two-torp spreads...leaves them both immobilised.
finding a touch of patience, i wait until the escorts leave
nobodys picking up survivors i guess
i swing around, and finish the fist with shots to the boilers and the ammo hold (no catastrophically large explosions:cry: )
and i swing around and finish the other likewise.
i surfaced, and exited the patrol, im not gonna try and push my luck, but i ended up sinking about 25000 on that one.
slowly but surely...

Sledgehammer427

U49 12-03-07 07:09 AM

Very good!
 
You have shown the right spirit of an Uboot captain.
:up:

Avatar 12-04-07 01:00 PM

Here, here. Good attack on the task force, and avoiding their escorts is tricky business after you sink the vaulable ships.

Jonathan 12-04-07 01:10 PM

I wonder if they were carying more precious cargo...so much so that they decided it was best to leave their comrades behind than risk losing it!

I am glad to see that the Kriegsmarine does not operate under such an impetus!


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