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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
Task Forces seem to sail somewhat confused also. within Stock and the other megas, TF are in ordered columns of two or three with a ring of escorts. but in FOTRSU, the TF is never in columns and the escorts are interspersed amonst the capital ships in a rather helter-skelter fashion. in other megas, when we attack, several escorts focus on counterattacking us. However, in FOTRSU, everything slows down or stops, except for the CA/CL and they increase speed and either attempt to ram you, especially if they have hydrophones and sonar, or run off at 90 degrees. Only a close escort will counterattack and some escorts go off in seemingly random directions.
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Yeah... funny that you mention that about Task forces & their odd behavior, as now that I think about it, I recall during that pisser of a storm I ran into, before I got into My assigned patrol, that I commented about last post that propbeanie replied to...
Ran into a task force... comprised of 3 cruisers (no idea if light or heavy) think it was about 6 escorts... & think it was 6 merchies with 'em.
No firm ID's on them, as with the weather conditions... couldn't get in close enough to lock on to them for definitive break down than that as I described.
Escorts were all muddled about, 3 in front of the lead cruiser... the 2 trailing cruisers, were looking like they were in a mad staring contest with themselves... the merchies & the remaining DD escorts, were scattered at random throughout the space between the lead cruiser & those 2 stare down cruisers. all facing different directions that I could tell from the intermittent radar contact info on the nav map.
After a bit, & deciding that discretion was the better part of valor, I disengaged contact & continued on to My assigned 1st patrol area near by Sibutu pass, for 5 days in the Sulu archipelagoes... with heavy interest in tawi tawi... with skippers discretion if I went into the passage to scout about in the north side of tawi tawi.
The whole of it was kinda comical, as if the task force, couldn't make up its mind which way to go...
except for the lead cruiser.. which it seemed to keep a straight heading of like... 230'ish to 240, as I recall...
Was shortly after that run in with the task force i described... that I noted during daylight before submerging... of those crazy foo fighters...
M. M.
