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Old 05-01-11, 08:11 PM   #1
CptLoonee
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Default Need some tactical advice...

I'm not the most experienced captain out on the seas, but I am getting better. I am decent at manual aiming using both the stadometer and using the Dick O'kane method, and I am fairly good at remaining undetected. This current situation is a bit beyond me though...

Here's the Situation:


It's late 1944.

I am in the USS Balao. I have completed a patrol right off of Hong Kong with limited activity, though I have managed to sink 4 medium to large marus with no more than two torps each. Each was a single contact apparently moving east through the formosa strait.

Recognizing that pattern, I decided to go through the strait. As I came out on the other side, in the shallow water a hundred miles out from shore, I get radar confirmation of a convoy in the middle of a terrible squall. It is about 1 AM.

I set up ahead of the convoy and setup for a Dick O'kane attack, but as the convoy creeps closer at 7 knots, I keep getting more and more radar contacts.

By the time I sweep the area, I have confirmation of THIRTY SIX ships!

I have never seen a fleet this large.

By the radar tracks, there seem to be at least 6 destroyers flanking and preceding four columns of what I believe must be freighters and tankers (due to the low speed).

I am on the surface.

Visibility is LESS than a complete boat length in a terrible storm at 1am. I cannot visually ID any target before collision, let alone in torpedo arming range.

I have 6 MK14 fish in the front tubes with 4 cuties in the aft tubes. No reloads left. 3/4 fuel left and a full battery charge.

I am running TMO2.1
RSRDC
IJN Radar Fix
Max Optix IV
Visuals for RSRDC
ShipPlaneFireDamage v1.3

I run on full real settings

What would your approach be?

Thanks for the help.

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