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Sniper297 · 03-22-14, 10:40 PM

Of course you still have to actually hit the target.

More fun today, after the fall of Manila I resupplied at Phantom 42 then headed for Java by way of Saigon to see what trouble I could get into over there. Halfway across the South China Sea I met a task force with 1 BB and some CLs in one column, 4 BBs in the center, and some CAs in the far port column. Playing with realistic reload it's very difficult to get 5 BBs, so I decided to try a new tactic. Set one forward tube and four aft tubes for low speed, turned the stern toward the approaching columns and fired 2 each at the leading BBs about 7000 yards. Wound her up and popped the clutch, spun around to head toward them and fired the one forward tube, leaving the other three set at high speed (SARGO, 4 forward and 4 aft). The idea is by the time the slow fish hit and you close inside the formation, some of the tubes will be reloaded by then.

Either the formation changed course or I aimed wrong because I sunk a Furutaka cruiser and a lifeboat, missed both BBs and all the ones in column behind them. Had a cool effect tho, busted up the square dance and turned it into a rugby scrum with ships running every which way and into each other. For the next hour I was running around shooting BBs in all directions while half a dozen escorts were on the other side of the panicked mob trying to get to me without getting run over. When one finally did he was too close to an exploding BB;

and was unable to complete his depth charge run due to being sunk by the fallout.

Expended all 22 fish but did manage to sink all five BBs and a couple heavy cruisers that got in the way of fish aimed at assorted BBs, including one FUSO that obstinately kept dodging around so that 4 out of six shots fired at him were near misses.

03-22-14, 10:40 PM	#8
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Of course you still have to actually hit the target. More fun today, after the fall of Manila I resupplied at Phantom 42 then headed for Java by way of Saigon to see what trouble I could get into over there. Halfway across the South China Sea I met a task force with 1 BB and some CLs in one column, 4 BBs in the center, and some CAs in the far port column. Playing with realistic reload it's very difficult to get 5 BBs, so I decided to try a new tactic. Set one forward tube and four aft tubes for low speed, turned the stern toward the approaching columns and fired 2 each at the leading BBs about 7000 yards. Wound her up and popped the clutch, spun around to head toward them and fired the one forward tube, leaving the other three set at high speed (SARGO, 4 forward and 4 aft). The idea is by the time the slow fish hit and you close inside the formation, some of the tubes will be reloaded by then. Either the formation changed course or I aimed wrong because I sunk a Furutaka cruiser and a lifeboat, missed both BBs and all the ones in column behind them. Had a cool effect tho, busted up the square dance and turned it into a rugby scrum with ships running every which way and into each other. For the next hour I was running around shooting BBs in all directions while half a dozen escorts were on the other side of the panicked mob trying to get to me without getting run over. When one finally did he was too close to an exploding BB; and was unable to complete his depth charge run due to being sunk by the fallout. Expended all 22 fish but did manage to sink all five BBs and a couple heavy cruisers that got in the way of fish aimed at assorted BBs, including one FUSO that obstinately kept dodging around so that 4 out of six shots fired at him were near misses.