08:21 After checking on the periscope that the sky and sea are clear of contacts I surface the boat. Ahead full to chase the contact. The watch spot an enemy trawler, all the hassle for this?... I am not spending valuable torpedos on this gnat, gunners to the deck gun if you please.
09:05 After a short pursuit and three gun shots, the trawler goes down.
09:11 ALARM!!... These Walrus really are an annoyance. This one keeps its distance.
09:32 The Walrus gets close and the flak gunner shot it mercilessly.
09:33 We submerge to 60 meters, ahead slow, in case the pilot managed to call some nasty friends.
21:48 Sound contact, medium speed, merchant. We move to intercept.
23:21 I fire a single torpedo, magnetic pistol under the keel. And she sinks.
October 18, 1939. (What the heck happened with 17?)
02:33 Radio message from the BdU, the magnetic pistols are very unreliable. We must only use impact pistols... I JUST SUNK A SHIP WITH MAGNETIC PISTOL, YOU DESK JERKS!!
At the afternoon weather gets nasty, we have winds at 15 m/s. I submerge to 50 metros slow ahead to avoid the "samba dance".
October 19, 1939.
14:16 With O2 reserves at 50% I decide to surface and increase the speed to Full. Weather is still lousy.
20:20 New message: The area in wich darkened ships can be attacked is now bigger by 20° to the west. They must not be boarded; we can make a warning shot and later examine their papers, but they can only be sink with torpedos (funny guys those at the BdU).
October 20, 1939.
12:47 Radio message (Somebody pull the plug please) We are informed that torpedos travel 6,5 feets (We are german and we use the imperial system instead of the metric? This war is already lost!
) deeper than the depth configured; we must not attack ships with draft lesser than 13 feet.
15:42 French small coastal vessel spotted in OUR waters. With these weather the deck gun is useless, not to mention the flak... to hell with the BdU, I'm sinking those escargot fans with torpedos!
15:56 Sunk. See? Torpedos are working fine! Pesimists!
October 21, 1939.
Home is near. Winds have calm down, but is raining cats and dogs, and the fog is heavy.
