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Originally Posted by propbeanie
Exactly, and no right-minded commander of anyone's navy would have sent any submarine into Kii Suido, much less Osaka Bay. In fact, US subs were told to stay away from them. Too heavily guarded. Not an "historical" mission. You might call it a "Hollywood Mission"... The thing to do is go to your favorite hunting ground, and find about 10,000 ton of shipping to sink, then go home. You won't be "penalized" in the game for not completing a mission. You just won't earn the renown points, which probably isn't more than 350 points anyway. A Biyo Maru is worth 180 each, 5425 tons. Sink to medium freighters, and you get the renown of 360 and the 10850 tons, and you might get a medal even!... If you are good at spotting a convoy, and not getting caught by them seeing you, and can "lock" on a target with a couple other merchants in sight, you can call in a Contact Report, and get assigned a temporary mission objective, that usually has some renown associated with it, along with the renown from the ships sunk...  |
Now you tell me!
I risked my sub and my crew, crawling submerged and at night into Osaka Bay, via the shallow ship channel between the western coastline and island, then surfaced to run at flank speed up the bay - while carefully sneaking past sub-chasers and fishing boats. I then submerged to periscope depth at about 9,000 yards from Osaka, crawled at 3 knots, until close enough to photograph the poxy merchantmen, then spent the next 12 hours at periscope depth, or just under (because the water is so shallow) evading air attacks while trying to conserve battery power.
Once it was dark enough, I surfaced again and was able to run back at flank speed, only to discover a couple of sub-chasers were patrolling the western exit, meaning I had to take the easternmost exit. In doing so, one sub-chaser got a little too curious and I had to sink him at close range with a Mk 18 electric torpedo; fortunately, the other sub-chaser was too far away to spot me and started circling and depth charging in the wrong direction.
Meantime, I sneaked past the eastern coastal batteries, with my battery capacity running down to 15%, only to find a well escorted convoy heading up the Kii-suido: I had to lie doggo for another couple of hours, before finally escaping with my hide intact.
Should I sue Adm. Lockwood at Pearl Harbor for ordering me to undertake this mission...?