Duck IID's commander decided to try the boats luck and sneak into Dover.
After 4 succesful patrols and a refit it was July 1940. 25.500 GRT sunk for about 6 ships, not a bad score fo a duck.
Very carefully under a huge storm IIA U-12 snuck within 2000m of Dover port. A quick check on the hydophones KorvetteKpt Sauer lifted the ob scope to see what was at the port. Couple of juicy tagerts, Sauer picked a small tanker, small merchant, and another small merchant for his targets. A quick turn with the ob and.. O my god...
"Dive quick DIVE!!!!"
"Kapitan Depth only 10 meters under our keel"
"BOTTOM HER OUT! FAST"
The boat hurled out of control at 4 knots into the seafloor. Minor damage. The crew listened to the trawler as she passed over, hurled over a few charges, and BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!!
"WASEERRRBUNG!!!!!"
"Batteries damaged Sir!"
"COnning tower took major damage sir!"
"Keep her bottomed out! They have not pinged us and may believe we are trying to get away, lay doggo! SILENCE!!!"
Tense moments passed...
NO pinging.
"Franz! Where is she"
"Passing at 180 sir behind us"
"Keep her bottomed out, we will sit until darkness"
One hour passed..two.. The crew began to cheer up. Sauer went to his bunk and dry heaved, letting nobody see..
"Screws! SCREWS! Coming Fast! Approaching! Long Distance!"
The boat remained, Sauer was determined to sink those boats at dover.
"Medium range"....
"Short range KALUEN!!!!"
"WASSSEERBUUUNNG!!!"
The charges had sealed the fate of U-12.
Sauer gathered everybody in the command room, told them he was honored to serve with them, and passed out a bottle of Vodka he had hid under his bunk. The men all looked at each other, not knowing what would await them when they blew the ballast...
Tense moments passed, the 3-4 destroyers seemed to be toying with U-12. Sauer gazed at the ceiling of his boat...
"Blow ballast"...
U-12 rose only 23 feet.
End result. 12 Dead (including Sauer and 2 officers).
It was a preetty intense couple of hours RT!
I am in process of doing a fresh install of SH3 to do more mods. Was running NYGM and MaGUI F..
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