I hit an Asizuki (or whatever the name is) destroyer the other day with a single torpedo; it burst into flames, came to a complete stop, and developed about a 20 degree list to starboard. I waited for it to sink, but it did not. I waited there for 13 hours under time compression, submerged, while the fire raged. At midnight, when it was still on the surface and burning, I maneuvered to the rear of the destroyer. I got about 1000 yard off his stern, facing away from him, and surfaced. Then I engaged with the deck gun.
Now, I figured after 13+ hours, either the fire would have been under control or everyone aboard would have been dead. Not so. At my third shot, a spotlight came on and his two stern turrets opened up on me. I did eventually sink him, taking one hit in the rear, but I'll never do that again.
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We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
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