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Originally Posted by Itkovian
Salutations.
So anyway, has anyone else tried such attacks? What about doing them in clearer weather (at night)? Indeed, does the sim handle the phases of the moon and changes nighttime visibility accordingly?
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i have, twice!
the first was a small convoy of about 9-11 ships wih 3 destroyer escorts, as it was dark i innitially ignored the 2 destroyers in the rear (they were on the back corners of the convo and there was 1 lone merchant ship in between them, the rest of the convoy were in 2 collums of 4-5 with 1 escort infront
i took out the lone merchant and the world lit up, that's when the 2 escorts changed direction and started closing, i freaked and, seeing as how the on behind me was closer, i lined up and fired off a torpedo out of my rear tube ( i take time to line up too as i HATE missing with a torpedo) i hit it and the destroyer starts sinking like a rock, i then check my map and the second destroyer is bearing down on me, switching tubes i drop to minimum speed, order crash dive and fire off a torpedo at the same time, my periscope just misses the ship, and only beause i lower the periscope as an added avoidance measure when sailing under a ship, the torpedo hits it luckily, and it begins sinking, after i pass along side it (resurfacing) i order the deck gun manned and sail thru the middle of the convoy, shooting at all the ships, i get hit with some small arms fire from 1-2 armed merchants, but they do minor damage and just end up singling themselves out for firing, after the first 3 ships sink the escort at the lead has made a u-turn and is sailing right for me, i don't notice it among all the other ships though until cannon shells start raining on me, (i've also climbed up onto the deck too) noticing some cannon flashes ahead of me i hop on the uzo and take up, firing off a torpedo at high speed, it smacks right into the from of the ship opening up it's bow and it essentially dives like a submarine... 3 ships left i've run out of he rounds and have 4 torpedos left, this is when the sun starts coming up and the ships have decided to make a u-turn and scatter- the first ship crosses right across my bow and i order the firing of armor peircing rounds, got the ship down to about 50% and fired off a torpedo, BOOM! it explodes in a nice fireball
, i kick it into full speed to catch up to the other ships and fire off a torpedo at the closest one, saddly... it missed D:, luckily (in a hillarious way) the ship ahead of it decides "now is a good time to turn" and gives it's broadside to the torpedo, it detonates right smack in the middle of the ship and breaks it in half
, i then fire off my 2 remaining torpedos right up the last ships...umm...rudder? and watch it sink
.... of course at this time i'm pretty much out of ammo except some armor peircing rounds, so i sail back to the nearest friendly port for resupply.... (i'll continue my story with my second convo later =D )