I just got my first assignment outside of the North Sea last night. It was BF31 near Portland actually IN the ditch itself. I was tempted to try to shoot the straight of Dover but i went around. The other challenging thing was that bf31 is at least half british mainland.
Within 45 minutes of arrival i detected 3 british warships, not sure what they were. The weather turned from bad to worse (15m winds, heavy fog, heavy rain), so i got brave and made for Portland... I was a tad displeased when my lookout crew hollered "we're under attack" prior to hollering ship spotted. Luckily it was just a little patrol boat and i was able to dive & repair very quickly then go silent before his friends showed up to DC the heck out of where i used to be.
Anyway, my 25 hrs is up and i'm still lurking in the area... I've got one small freighter down, 3 torps left in my iid.
I'm kinda eyeballing that Dover straight as the patrol is winding down, but i'm still a bit shy. It's Oct 40 and i've got a iid, but i just don't know. I think i'll go around again even though it takes 2 hours RL time just to get around England!
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