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PanTast · 06-29-14, 02:46 PM

Well on my second attempt to find the carriers I followed the traces of the planes NNW until sundown.

By luck I managed to make contact to the battle group at eleven p.m. during a horrible storm. I used the bad conditions to place my ship in the center of the group undetected. I just drove at flank speed surfaced!!
At 00:50 a.m. I indetified the carrier Shokaku at a distance of 1100 meters and immediately start to launch four torpedos on her.

At 00:54 the Shokaku sank after three hits.

During the next 24 hours I was not able to maneuver my ship into a position to launch another attack, because the group was travelling at 17 knots.

So I decided to break off and travel to my patrol area at the coast of south Japan. Half way there I stumpled over another enemy wargroup two hours before midnight. I identified two Hiryu, two Shokagu, two Mogami and two modern tankers. There were also a few destroyers present and probably one or two additional small carriers.

I managed to maneuver into a good position undetected and sank one Hiryu and one Shokagu.

I was suprised that japan had this much carriers.

All this before I even reached my patrol area.

I played IL-2 Sturmovik a lot and can say that SH4 is as entertaining and demanding as the old WW2 planes were :-)

06-29-14, 02:46 PM	#6
PanTast Nub Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 3 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Well on my second attempt to find the carriers I followed the traces of the planes NNW until sundown. By luck I managed to make contact to the battle group at eleven p.m. during a horrible storm. I used the bad conditions to place my ship in the center of the group undetected. I just drove at flank speed surfaced!! At 00:50 a.m. I indetified the carrier Shokaku at a distance of 1100 meters and immediately start to launch four torpedos on her. At 00:54 the Shokaku sank after three hits. During the next 24 hours I was not able to maneuver my ship into a position to launch another attack, because the group was travelling at 17 knots. So I decided to break off and travel to my patrol area at the coast of south Japan. Half way there I stumpled over another enemy wargroup two hours before midnight. I identified two Hiryu, two Shokagu, two Mogami and two modern tankers. There were also a few destroyers present and probably one or two additional small carriers. I managed to maneuver into a good position undetected and sank one Hiryu and one Shokagu. I was suprised that japan had this much carriers. All this before I even reached my patrol area. I played IL-2 Sturmovik a lot and can say that SH4 is as entertaining and demanding as the old WW2 planes were :-)