I was on the second North Atlantic Air Gap mission enroute to the patrol area AL4878 when I found a large unescorted convoy. The escorts were to the south heading towards the convoy.
This was the first unescorted convoy I had come across in the campaign so I was able to dispatch 11 of their number before the Escorts arrived on the scene.
After spending the rest of the night evading depth charges with angry warships buzzing about, hell bent on revenge, they finally gave up and decided to catch up with the remnants of their battered convoy.
Having expended all the internal torpedos, I decided to refit at Brest which was the closest friendly port before continuing the patrol.
The weather was inclement into and out of Brest with heavy rain, high wind and rough seas. To my surprise, the flack gunners remained at their stations with waves sometimes crashing over the bridge!
I thought...you beauty! Maybe changing the delay timings is now actually working.
Having spent all my promotion points on the Gunners, and all my crew being 100% trained, I was keen to see how they performed against aircraft with their two new twin barreled flack guns.
While steaming along at 7 knots minding our own business, mid-atlantic, we were bounced unexpectedly by two Swordfish biplanes!!
I thought, this is my chance to watch them in action so I started the the zig zagging script and sat back to watch the show.
With the gunners pouring lots of rounds into empty airspace and not hitting a thing, I decided to take over and managed to splash both bandits before they planted their bombs on our heads!
Although disappointed with their accuracy, I was happy that they were actually at their stations when we were bounced, even though the weather by this time was blue skies and glassy seas.
With my seemingly reliable flack gun crews, I decided to see if decks awash was out of the question. The moment my mouse touched the icon, my gunners threw a hissy fit and went on strike once again and all my crew including the navigator have decided to be strictly "fair weather" boaties once again .
In the mid north atlantic where the seas seem to be predominantly rough, it seems if there is a job to be done, you just have to do it yourself!!!
Regards.....Kev*