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Originally Posted by Ducimus
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- In high air patroled areas, recharging with your decks awash acutally does help. An IXD2 has a crash dive time of around 42 seconds. With decks awash i can cut that down to 15-20 seconds.
- If aircraft is detected at such a range where you do not feel you can crash dive and get below 30 meters in time, stay on the surface. Being caught with your boat looking like an ostrich with its ass broached on the surface isnt a good thing. Instead Go to flank speed, turn the rudder hard left or right, and man the flak guns. Engage closing targets only. Once the aircraft have made their pass. IMMEDIATLY straigten your rudder, and crash dive. It takes planes awhile to setup for another run, use this time to get under.
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And that's exactly what you must do if you want to survive the Biscaya in 1942-44 with the IX. Until you get the snorkel in mid '43 the Biscaya is a "run through hell". Load your batteries at daytime to spot planes earlier.
Surfaced at night the last thing you will see is often enough the cone of a searchlight and then the "lost boat screen".
Best thing to do in Biscaya: Pray for bad weather.
Thanks Ducimus!!