not more than 2 hours ago, im cruising Nordsee and spotted a convoy approaching. I submerged and stopped the screws to see how large the convoy was. I found it to be 12 large ships with 3 escorts. So I lay in waiting for the convoy to surround me, as this is a tactic I use to confuse the escorts, and so I can dive under merchants to avoid charges.
I was able to take 2 of the escorts out, going Flank speed to gain their attention, and hitting both of the destroyers with bow shots right down the throat. Fired ALL my fish, weather was too bad for guns, so I just looked for the cleanest shots and took them. I spent 1 "real time" hour evading a destroyer that appeared to have an endless supply of depth charges. I thought those boats only carried 30....wrong. I started marking a piece of paper after a while of being charged, and I had 46 marks...and that was after many depth charges. I think im going to set up a chalk board now.
Luckily for me, the ocean floor was 90 meters deep, cause thats where I kept going when my boat filled with water. I pulled out all my tricks...stop, silent speed, run flank and turn. I was finally able to slip away, but not before the destroyer had his way with my boat. I had too many kills to just give in..and since I have learned that I cannot savegame near ships, I just had to ride it out.
Half my crew died, but I was able to limp back to port. I got allot of nice kills, but my VIIC will never drive straight again.
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Apache312
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