Impressive stuff.
I encountered two Japanese invasion fleets in my first Philippines mission. The first was east of Luzon. My sonar man picked up what must have been two dozen warships, and I went to periscope depth hoping to see a great armada of battleships, cruisers, and maybe even a carrier for me to destroy. But as I looked around, my heart sank, then fell into the icy grips of fear. THEY WERE ALL DESTROYERS!
So here I am in my dinky little S-class boat surrounded by two dozen destroyers, and a couple of them have clearly spotted my periscope. I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!
How I escaped with my sub intact I'll never know. I had a bit more luck against the second fleet off the north coast of Luzon.
The Asiatic Fleet/TF3 campaign does a great job of showing how bad things were in the East Indies early on in the war.
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