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Originally Posted by KeptinCranky
Now that is close  they must have been drinking heavily to keep out the cold or something...
1 question, why not bag the Aux. Cruiser instead of 1 ore carrier? it's worth like 16000 GRT and counts as a warship  |
Good question, the Aux Cruiser was positioned at the rear in the row furthest from my approach course. It would have been a difficult shot, but possible, however I decided on the ore carriers as they were moving straight in front of my bow tubes at under 1,000 metres. I took two out on my first attack and another two on my second attack. 20K+ GRT sunk in two attacks. I only had a stern torpedo left afterwards so decided to break off from the convoy and head for home.
Nemo
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