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Catfish · 11-28-09, 08:39 AM

Hello,

ok, made one game reload, and survived - cheating i know, would not have had a second chance in reality

What i did is just run on parallel in front of the approaching coloumns, but went to 200 feet (lights began to flicker below, so ...) and made revolutions for 1 knot.
When i heard the destroyers go by left and right, i again rose to periscope depth with 2 knots, while preparing the torpedoes etc. for the strike. Without really knowing their speed i hoped i would be close enough so the exact speed did not matter - set all tubes to 12 knots.

When i raised the periscope i fired my last rear torpedo at a Fuso at 200 degrees, and all bow tubes at a Kongo class battleship. I was running parallel and the latter Kongo was a bit ahead of me. I did not wait to see anything through the scope, but ordered crash dive and changed my former parallel course to 90 degrees left, going through under the baffles of the Kongo. 4 of the 5 torpedoes had hit, and exploded. When the course was changed, and i was at 120 feet i changed the speed to 1 knot again, and went deeper to 200 feet.

I had hit the Fuso with my rear torp., but she was going on, not really impressed. 3 of the four bow tubes had hit the Kongo, and stopped her.
There were at least 6 destroyers searching the area, some dropping depth charges, but no one came really near.

When i hit "F11" i saw the following:
(my Porpoise just behind the smoking Kongo)

Looking at the damage ... almost believed to see the innards of the engine room ..

2 hours later it still swam, so i fired the last torpedo from the other side, and the battleship capsized ..

Thanks for the tips !
Greetings,
Catfish

11-28-09, 08:39 AM	#10
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,820 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, ok, made one game reload, and survived - cheating i know, would not have had a second chance in reality What i did is just run on parallel in front of the approaching coloumns, but went to 200 feet (lights began to flicker below, so ...) and made revolutions for 1 knot. When i heard the destroyers go by left and right, i again rose to periscope depth with 2 knots, while preparing the torpedoes etc. for the strike. Without really knowing their speed i hoped i would be close enough so the exact speed did not matter - set all tubes to 12 knots. When i raised the periscope i fired my last rear torpedo at a Fuso at 200 degrees, and all bow tubes at a Kongo class battleship. I was running parallel and the latter Kongo was a bit ahead of me. I did not wait to see anything through the scope, but ordered crash dive and changed my former parallel course to 90 degrees left, going through under the baffles of the Kongo. 4 of the 5 torpedoes had hit, and exploded. When the course was changed, and i was at 120 feet i changed the speed to 1 knot again, and went deeper to 200 feet. I had hit the Fuso with my rear torp., but she was going on, not really impressed. 3 of the four bow tubes had hit the Kongo, and stopped her. There were at least 6 destroyers searching the area, some dropping depth charges, but no one came really near. When i hit "F11" i saw the following: (my Porpoise just behind the smoking Kongo) Looking at the damage ... almost believed to see the innards of the engine room .. 2 hours later it still swam, so i fired the last torpedo from the other side, and the battleship capsized .. Thanks for the tips ! Greetings, Catfish