A little update.
Just for fun I re-ran the convoy intercept last night. This time, 5 ships went down as the convoy approached. I was drifting at PD and was not bothered by any warships as I infiltrated between the columns of remaining ships. This time I targetted a large cargo, a medium tanker and a Liberty, two torpedos each. As I went down to 100m, the large cargo and the Liberty sank. A while later I got an amazing number of explosions and a video of what I took to be the tanker burning (with only one hit, the other looked like it bounced off maybe due to the heavy seas). Anyway the ship sank but my Log showed a medium cargo. On the map it was grey not red so not sure what was going on.
Anyway 24000+ tons for me plus 5 ships already sunk by others.
The really interesting bit was that as I slipped away I got contacts for not one but two Type VIICs behind the convoy, one heading north and the other west and both at exactly the same time.
Did a lot of VIICs head over that far? I thought IXs (like my IXC) were the weapon of choice for this destination...
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