Well, I'm glad I saved the patrol at the point I did. I know some may frown on this but it gives me a chance to try different approaches for bagging as many ships as possible. I returned to the patrol still about 13 km ahead of the southern convoy (hydro range). I surfaced and raced ahead to the northeast and submerged at a spot where I could ambush the northern convoy with hopes of escaping south just in time to greet the southern convoy that's steaming at 6 knots.
I managed to get that far and got a good look at the convoy running at 13 knots. A passenger liner, T3, three T2's, two Troopers, and the rest a gaggle of C3's, C2's, lots of Liberties and Victories, and so on. It's a whopper.
But...as soon as I raise my scope just enough to see the convoy for shooting, I'm instantly detected. This time, there were no scuba crewman on the sail. It's January 1944, so I guess the escorts are either all super elite or got some new technology. The escorts were on me in two minutes (I was sitting submerged about 1000 meters of the convoy's centerline). The lead escort went right by me at 750 meters or so. I guess I'm going to have to try a more distant position for my attack.
I'll keep you posted.
scrapser
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