For me, it's the thrill really. I agree that if your sole concern is tonnage gathering in (relative) security, the lone merchant approach makes sense: Until you have slipped through a destroyer screen and had a full 15 ship convoy in front of you, like a wee boy being locked overnight in a sweetie shop, hit some of the biggies, had 2 hours of depth charging and STILL managed to slip away, you haven't lived.
I am not entirely sure about this, but I get the feeling too that while you can pick off small merchants, coastal freighters etc relatively easily, esp 39-41, if you want the 10 and 20k targets, they are almost invariably in the centre of convoys.
It's whatever sinks your boat, really...
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