I showed my friend the Bismark single player mission since he wasn't finding my patrol campaign very exciting. In that we managed to get depth charged and I dove to 100m. We had damage and flooding in two compartments, so I just sat there and waited to see when the DCs would stop.
About then my friend says, "Hey, weren't you at 100m?" and I look down and see us passing 160m!! We were sinking!! I redoubled our efforts on damage control and told the boat to suface. Engines on flank, aim'd upwards but still we sank slowly.. into the red.. 200m.. 220m.. 230m.. we were doomed! The hull was screeching, the younger crew was paniced, then I remembered, blow ballast!!
So I slam the emergency suface button and watch our depth.. 225m.. 227m.. 231m.. 230m.. 228m.. 225m.. we did it!!
Finally we burst through the surface into the hellish sounds of the battleships still fighting. I was busy looking down at my officers and checking that they were all fine when my friend says, "Hey, watch out for that ship behind you!" I look up just in time to see a DD full speed slam into me from behind. Our uboat tilted 90 degrees to port and starboard, dipping the watch crew into the water on each side at least 15 times!! It was like something out of a cartoon with some baby slamming down his toy left and right over and over.
Ahh such fun.
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