December 1940. Last patrol had more targets (two convoys) than I had fish to throw at them. Now, this patrol is absolutely barren (feast or famine, right?). I finally came across 1 lone ship, hit it with a fish and it started to sink by the stern, the back end of the ship nearly all the way in the water, then it stops sinking and just sits like that. I'm 2000 meters away and it's night time, and figure I'll surface and start hitting it with the deck gun to finish it off. Right after I get surfaced, man the deck guns and take a shot or two at it to get the range corrected, the merchant starts using his own deck gun on the back of his ship, which is already nearly in the water. He takes a couple of really wild shots, so I figure he's not going to hit me, then he nails my deck gun, killing all three of my guys.
I then shot his gun off the back of his ship and shelled it until it sank. Made me mad that I lost those guys though, the first three (and only three) I've lost in this campaign.
