Well, its been a loooonnnng time since i've done battle with a convoy....and well....i'm somewhat out of practice.
Some condidions i've been in, the wind has been really heavy, makign the sea really rough, hence being at Periscope depth is risky incase my tower broaches the surface.
I've been thinking the following strategies:
1. For calm seas: Maneuver into an attack position possibly on the outside of the convoy, pick my targets, and fire. Or maneuver into the convoy, and fire at my targets from within the group.
2. For rough seas: Maneuver past the escorts and into the convoy, then swing around and begin heading in the direction of the convoy, when they move from visual, surface, and try to plot a course that would take my uboat alongside the convoy, and keep going till I get ahead, with occassional sound checks every hour or so to check on convoy bearing reletive to my boat.
Basically keep shadowing them until there is a break in the weather.
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