7 Year Old Submarine Ace
My son has been developing an interest in submarine history. I have been including him on my recent missions and sharing information and historical facts, especially tatics.
Recently I set him up on a war patrol with a Porpoise class boat off Luzon. Realism is set to 38. With a little help, he penetrated the escort screen and got within 2700. Yards of 2 Kogo battleships and 2 Mogami heavy cruisers. Constant zig-zagging made it impossible for a good shot, so I told him to attack the destroyers using methods I demonstrated.
The escorts were literally so heavy some as if they were in tow. He fired a nice stern tube spread, with 2 hits followed by a bow tube spread and 4 hits. 2 Azuki's collided and sank in the ensuing chase.
I had him dive to 165 feet and head for Manila at 1/3 silent. On the way, he surfaced at night for recharging and sank a merchant with deck gun fire.
When he docked, we checked the log and noted 6 sunken destroyers. The icons were gray on the ones sunk by collision, so he did a good job first time out!
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