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Originally Posted by jimbuna
As Captain Nemo said....keep going back and have a little nibble, then slink off and set up another attack.  I often spend a week in game time harrassing a convoy  |
thats exatly right... take little nibbles not big bites.
some of my best convoy attacks have been spread out over the course of 4 to 6 days of attack - evade - shadow - intercept - attack - evade - shadow - intercept - attack -. . . . etc.
by the final day when im running out of torpedoes, most of the heavy tonnage has been sunk leaving only a hand full of passenger/cargo and tramp steamers escorted by a bunch of dumbfounded DDs that can expect a severe tongue lashing upon their arrival to port.
make like a sniper. dont rush in and attak the minute you spot a convoy... you might just be patient and observe them for a day... answer some questions abou the convoy - are they changing course every 10 -15 hours? Do the flanking destroyers frequently split off from the group leaving a gap? does the lead destroyer speed out ahead of the convoy and then sit silently just listening? all throughout these observations - if you are close enough to make out masts - decide what your targets will be many hours before you attack... dont pick the targets the first time you raise the scope because sure enough when you shoot at that medium cargo - a large tanker will roll right by you and you wont have any fish loaded.
hang in there - learn from experience - and sink them all!
Being a U-boat commander is a tricky thing... you start out with two bags... a full "luck bag" and an empty "experience bag" the idea is to fill up the experience bag befor the luck bag runs out!!