First up, I love Op Monsun. SH3 is a great game for me, but the only thing that got me was the aspect ratio (can't even use the fix).
Second up, I know I can't top the sinking of the QE above, but I did come across Two R-class battleships early in the war.
They were escorted by three destroyers (can't remember their class) and were steaming along at a healthy 15ish Kn, but on a constant bearing. I found them just after 21:00 on a calm and still night, with a full moon.
Torpedoes were fired from a perfect angle at both ships from approx. 3 km.
I hit the first one with three torpedoes, two magnetic and one impact. They all struck her amidships, but she exploded with a huge fireball from Number 3 Turret and sank within 5 minutes.
The second one, travelling about a km behind, began evasive manoeuvres and was struck by one magnetic torp just under the engine room, blowing three of her four propellers off. But she did not sink.
To say this annoyed their escorts would be an understatement.
With only 50m of water in the middle of the North Sea, the destroyers made my life a bit tricky over the next 5 hours. Constant pinging and DC runs from two of them inflicted minor damage to some bulkheads, but I got away in the end.
However, we still had a problem, the second Revenge Class did not sink. She was down to one engine and listing to the right and the stern.
At a sunny 9am the next morning, damage repaired and tubes reloaded, I went for it. Running as close to the sea floor as I dared, I crept into range of the crippled battleship, still ablaze from the previous night's attack.
As soon as I was 3km away, the infernal pinging began again. "Periscope depth, ahead flank! Open tubes one and two!"
Even if this cost me my U-boat, crew and life, I was
going to sink this thing. The propaganda victory only a few days into the war would have been overwhelming. I fired both tubes as magnetics, set to 50cm beneath the stricken ship's draught, still in calm seas. One dudded on me, the other exploded beneath the engines again, ripping off the fourth and last propeller, leaving the Revenge class dead in the water.
Again, I had two destroyers bearing down on me, I went to 30m (in 60m seas) and tried to put as much distance as I could between myself and them. As soon as they past overhead, a small but accurate spread was fired. There just was not enough room for me to hide from them. After hours and hours of cat and mouse games, I finally got the blessed call: "Enemy unit destroyed, Sir!"
We'd done it. A pair of Revenges.
This seemed to demoralise the destroyers, who made only a few more runs, then let me be. I don't know if I lost them, or they just gave up, but I got away.
The list of damages was as follows; both periscopes destroyed, conning tower heavily damaged, all bow tubes either damaged or destroyed, trim pumps damaged, batteries wrecked and only holding 25% charge, 3 bulkheads damaged, hydrophone destroyed, TDC damaged, only one diesel engine capable of running and all dive planes damaged. Multiple crew injuries and deaths also reported, but somehow, no flooding whatsoever.
I made it back to Kiel a few days later. One hell of a ride, I think we deserve some time off.
Apologies for the lack of screenshots for illustration, but I was slightly busy
