1943 isnt a very good year
I've survived to June of 1943. And i think it's now mostly luck.
The occasional search plane incident seen in 1942 has been replaced by B-24 Liberators harassing me on such a constant basis, I can never have a full charge on my batteries. I'm crash diving to avoid groups of bombers 3-4 times a day.
German high command sends me on suicide missions off the coast of England.
I feel much more like the hunted than the hunter.
My favorite day is when the weather report is heavy fog, heavy precipitation. Then I can actually surface for extended periods of time and go sink some ships.
Twice I've had to return to port less than 3 days from my mission start date because my bridge was totally wasted by surprise Hurricane attacks. One mission I completed on a single engine and no flak guns, radar detector, antenna, radar, or deck gun and 5 crew dead.
Oh Luftwaffe, where arte thou? At least I sunk a destroyer last night.
|