Continued...
After I sank the Ise it was time to RTB to Soerabaia. Decided to stop by my old port of Manila which had recently fallen, just for sh*ts and giggles and to see what the Japs were up to. Was very interesting...
I sailed in surfaced just to see what would happen. Passed a couple Jap merchants and a sub chaser on the way in, nothing happened. As I approached Cavite, a single shore battery opened up on me and didn't score a single hit.
Sailing into Manila proper, there were 2 Small Old Tankers and a sub chaser tied up at the docks.
Here's what I did to one of the tankers:
This was done with the deck gun, can't afford to waste torpedos
You can see me there in the distance.
Next I went to the other side of the harbor to take out the sub chaser and the other tanker. Engaged the sub chaser 1st, also with deck guns. She'd ignored me the whole time since I arrived but after 2 or 3 hits she finally woke up
She fired about 15 rounds before going to the bottom and scored 2 minor hits on me.
The tanker got the loving attention of my deck gun next and joined her Jap buddies on the bottom in short order.
While I was taking out the tanker, shots were whizzing over my head from a DD that had gotten the word and was closing from the other side of the harbor -
finally, the Japs are gonna mount a response? I put the last of my deck gun ammo into her as she charged in on me, and here is the result:
Seems like I've seen this before? I think in "The Enemy Below" at the end of the movie...
At this point, I've got minor damage to 2 diesel engines and the main pump, minor damage to the conning tower bulkhead, sonar stack and attack periscope. Strangely, despite the fact that the bow of that DD is all over my deck gun, I've got no deck gun damage showing??!?!?!
We'll see how it plays out, I've had so many interruptions since I started these posts (starting just as I took that last screenshot) that I guess I won't find out 'till later how it all turns out...
Have I mentioned how much I love SH4 despite her many "blemishes"?
DH