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Originally Posted by jimbuna
SINK EM ALL!!  |
Will do... as always... Alright, now an update on my second career...
September 15, 1939.
ObLt.z.S Günter Weitz
If I ever wanted to know what being part of an actual war was like, guess I just learned that in the last few days. We patrolled our grid (AN52) for about 2 straight days, without even seeing a single ship. The crew was itchy to get their first kill. So, I decided to head SW and go for a harbour attack. Only a ASW trawler was patrolling. I sneaked in, at periscope depth, in the middle in the night. about 10 km out, I took the periscope up and scanned the horizon. The trawler was about 15km away, had a nice shot at a medium cargo, about 9km away and a small merchant, about the same distance but a little bit further to the left. Had 4 torpedoes left, only used one on a coastal tanker that we sank, during the previous day on our way here. Sent 2 towards the medium cargo and lined up for the small merchant and fired the 2 others. 3 out of 4 hit their intended targets, the last one bounce off the small merchant and exploded beneath. Both ships went down in about 2 hours and a half. Quite a good run with an old boat. The ASW trawler didn't even approached our position, it was searching with its searchlight for a periscope, but I was far enough away and sneaked out shortly after seeing the 2 ships sink. The way home was pretty uneventful.
