On my 2nd patrol in a new career after reinstalling and just had to relate this:
Christmas came early to the crew of U-28 ib patrol in Grid AN55 off the east coast of England. An unescorted convoy of 18 ships appeared from the south. Night time, clam sea. Perfect conditions.
An hour later I'd used all my torpedoes and deck gun ammunition. 11 out of 18 ships including 2 large troop transports were newly resident on the bottom of the North Sea. GRT for 1 hours work.... 94500 tons (add a merchant I sank on my way to my patrol grid and the total for my patrol comes to 98950 tons.)
Needless to say I'm pretty pleased with myself. Whistling merrily I tell the radio operator to send in a patrol report. I'm thinking Knights Cross.... All the Berlin beauties I can handle.........
...... Then Cyber Donitz, that master of personnel motivation sends his reply:
"Be more aggressive!"
More aggressive?
MORE aggressive????????
What does a Kaleun have to do to make Uncle Cyber Doughnuts happy? Should I have jumped overboard after expending all my rtorpedoes and ammo, swam across to one of the remaining ships and chewed its keel off with my teeth?????
