After receiving a radio contact regarding a distant convoy, U-99 makes her way south to intercept it.
With the crew's morale low, after several days of inactivity, Commander Gruber is unsure if he will successfully find this convoy, and give his men a sign of hope.
On the political side, Goering fails to assist Doenitz and his U-Boats with Luftwaffe support, favoring to assist the Fuhrer's land campaign for approval. Talks of a US handout to the British have been heard. A type of trade agreement between Roosevelt and Churchill would destroy everything the BDU have been working towards in the Battle of the Atlantic.
The men of the Kriegsmarine feel ever more isolated...
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