I could only
wish a German plane showed up to finish a cargo ship I tried to sink this morning.
I put a torp in it and it just slowed down. It's still early in the war for me so I surfaced and sent the deck gun crew up for action. After about four shots they ran out of ammo. Damn! I am still on my way home from a successful patrol and I've only got one torp in the rear spaces, and it's not loaded because no one is in the room! So I put a full compliment of sailors and 'chiefs' in there to load it and I spend my time making sure the cargo ship doesn't ram me, which it tried to do while I was thinking of my next move and looking at my 'crew' page. Now I've got to get my hind end facing this joker. I caught up, turned hard to port, shut down the speed, and launched my last torpedo. I hit it squarely - and it STILL wouldn't sink! I've got external 'extra' fish but I don't know how to get them loaded, so I've got nothing.
Then I rermembered reading somewhere else here that you can use the Flak gun if you take control yourself. So I do it. I'm slinging shells like a crazy man and I've got the entire deck on fire. The cargo stacks are exploding all over, and stuff is flying around like popcorn. YEAH! But, still no sinking. I'm going nuts. Now I'm just shooting at the same spot on the waterline in the hope it will pop a leak and list.
And then it happens. I'm attacked from the air and I just say "The hell with it". I'm not taking a chance on engaging this bird with my highly successful patrol almost under my belt. I "duck and run", and now I'm still headed for home.
