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Old 10-08-05, 10:54 PM   #18
Laughing Swordfish
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It's suicide, kamerad, so just do it.

Is there any sort of deepish water exit for you? Otherwise get well ahead and do a stand-off attack as a compromise, if the Carrier is sailing straight?

I think you know that a 25% boat in shallow water against 8 irritated destroyers can only end one way

The alternative is explaining to Doenitz how you had a capital ship with a major strategic bearing on the Mediterrainean campaign in your periscope, closed bow caps and ran!

Tough call, but it was done.

Although no boats that successfullly penetrated the Med, ever got out....

Viel Gluck!
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