Ahoy...
My question is comprised of a couple of points...
1. Concerning when in peri view... when you go from seeing ship info, speed... etc., then click on the itty bitty grey box near the bottom, which takes you to torp settings, (Sargo boat, by the way...) there are 2 dials there, 1 I know is to set the depth of the torp... that's the bottom 1.
The top 1, am assuming relates to offset of the torps travel, based on 3 fish I sent off after a Fuso BB, in a task force comprised of 1 Fuso, 1 Kongo, 3 cruisers... I think 1 heavy the other 2 light ones.... escorted by 6-8 DD's... or was, I should say... they now have 5-7 now.
With regards to that dial, I assume, again... that adjusting it down, sends the torp on an offset to the right & adjusting it up, offsets its travel to the left.
This is based on sending 3 fish at the Fuso, in the above mentioned task force.
End results were, 1 missed aft of it & ended up taking out a Fubuki destroyer, by sheer dumb luck... the remaining 2, 1 struck aft, near the waterline, destroying it's rudder (blew it slap clean off... yet it managed to somehow do a turn to starboard, once the props got to going again... when that torp hit, it caused the ship to lose engines for about... mmm... 30 or so seconds. The 2nd torp, impacted about mid point between the 1st torps impact point, & the # 4 gun mount (main gun... sucker had 6 of them, 2 fore, 2 mid & 2 aft.. wow..
) no appreciable damage to see... once it regained forward movement, 3 of the 4 props, were spinning... the out board 1 by where that 1st torp hit, was dead in the water... it weren't spinning... any way, 1st torp I sent off, I did an adjustment down, near about 1 tick of dead center on the top dial, the 2nd fish I sent off.. I set to dead center... & the 3rd, I adjusted the dial to .5 from dead center up.
That ends this part of the question, am I correct on the assessment of that top dial.?
Point 2.
This pertains to that self same task force above...
after they steamed off away from Me, (after I sent them 3 fish off, I dropped scope & dove for 3-350 deep, all quiet, & headed on course 315, away from the task force...
after seeing the hydro lines disappear from sight, I then went back to My original heading of 015, to go through Sibutu Passage, on My way to My 1st assigned objective for Patrol 3. Imagine My surprise, to learn I had a task force on a rough SW heading just a bit ahead of Me. Double that surprise, to figure out, somehow I had that same task force I attacked, heading back...
Oh joy... a 2nd crack at the Fuso... or so I thought...
Imagine My being confounded, to get a look see through the Uzo, at the group.. & see not the Fuso, spewing flames & dragging arse, but instead.. the Kongo was...
say whaaa.... you read this right... Kongo, not the Fuso... was bringing up the rear... no props moving at all... & down by the arse end, looking ready to give up & sink... & supposed to be cranking out 17 knots, no less... sayyyy whaaaa....
Ok... what gives...????
M. M.
