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Originally Posted by Morts
just fire a salvo of 4 eels set for magnetic detonation at 9-10 meters
and you will get a kill or 2
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Yeah, I wish...
An update: Well I got to the front of the convoy, only to find out it had changed course. I kinda thought it might, since a convoy of that size probably wasn't destinied for the Hebrides... In front again, and I snuck in behind the lead Corvette. It was pitch black, so I had to trust my faithful WO to do the shooting... But what to shoot? I had only 3 fish in the bow, probably not enough to sink the Revenge, and I was in a lousy position to do that anyway. Instead I chose to send 2 fish after the first tanker, 1 after the next, then hope I could turn fast enough to send my second to last fish from the stern after #2 tanker. I hit the first tanker with only 1, they must still be zigging. I missed #2 completely, but did get the stern shot off - exploded prematurely. And, of course, I had woken up the escort
So the next 2 hours I spent dodging Wasserbomben, Herr Kaleun, all of the time trying to guess the depth of the water. Finally they gave up, but while I listened to them withdrawing, I heard the "scream" of a wounded ship. So I marked out the bearing, surfaced and went to have a look-see. And sure enough, there was the tanker, dead in the water, but with no intention of sinking. My last fish changed that, so now it's RTB.
But such a large convoy, and 1 measly tanker *sigh*. Still I did get to try escort evasion in GWX - quite a lesson
BRGDS
Sven