Originally Posted by jorgegonzalito

I have not yet begun naval career and I am testing individual missions, which apparently are guaranteed action. My story concerns a mission entitled "Attack on Philippines 1941", whose action starts on the evening of December 8, 1941. My submarine was ordered to leave the port of Manila and the Philippines border to northern Luzon, where They took place the first Japanese landings, and produce all the damage possible. At the same time we left, amid a strong enemy air attack, occurred several Allied war vessels of different types and sizes that supposedly integrate the Asian fleet. Shortly after dawn combat these boats were held with Japanese task force that had entered Manila Bay. This force was followed by another equally composed of warships and aircraft carriers but troop transports, so it was not an invasion fleet but of harassment with the possible aim of deepening the aerial and naval bombardment of Manila. The fighting was fierce, so our submerged submarine had every chance to sneak Manila Bay undetected and out to sea. I would reach my goal more than 30 hours surfing surface speed standard, which would have been unlikely given the air superiority, and the large presence of Japan naval units, so to finally get the invasion would already be very advanced and my intervention would have no weight. Having before my various periscope and appetizing targets in Manila Bay, decided to join the attack which was the aircraft carrier Hiryu balance and a merchant ship sunk. The battleship attacked with 7 torpedoes and "unsinkable" proved to be the Kongo type. Clarify that regulate torpedoes to 3 meters deep and contact, and not yet started testing with magnetic fuze deeper. What I found striking was that I could not move the speed selector of torpedoes, from slow to fast, I do not know why.