I'm sorry if this is not the place to ask, but I felt those sharing patrol stories might be a place to start.
At the beginning of my Career, operating out of Fremantle, heading up through Makassar. On or about Oct 7, flash traffic arrives giving co-ordinates for an expected passage on Oct, 10, early AM, of a 42 unit convoy ex Singapore, heading to Rabaul.
Now, I know "Navy Intelligence" is an oxymoron, but I have tried re-running this scenario multiple times now, loitering for 48 hours around the co-ordinates (0300N 12120E), both on surface and long sessions submerged (Improved Surface Radar & Sonar). Nada.
I've also drifted up toward the entry passage, and also plonked myself squarely in the gap between Borneo and the Sulus (Tawi Tawi). Zip (other than the odd Maru waddling through. I don't mind taking out the solos with torps and/or gun (someone must like it - they keep lumping Navy Crosses on me), but I'm hankering for the convoy action and a bit of IJN action!)
Any clues? Or is the flash traffic junk intel?
Ta
Gryff