Real Time Patrol (1x TC), First attempt!

[Philipp_Thomsen]

La Rochelle, France. Autumn, 1941.

Yes, you heard this before, but it's true. Im starting a new patrol, and I have nothing planned for the next 3 days, as I'll be alone in my house, and I do have 2 computers, both with internet, so I decided to start a real time patrol (1x TC) in the living room computer, wich is plugged into a 40" Sony Bravia, while I can work and do the rest of my stuff in the other computer, including use the internet to post the patrol here, as it goes, like reports to Bdu. The computer is also linked to a sound system, I kinda have a home-theater PC in the living room. The sound is 5.1 with speakers around the living room, where I'll just throw a mattress in the floor, and sleep there. In that small place, surrounded by sofas, and a few feet away from the kitchen, I'll have my own uboat. If something is spotted, they will yell and I'll wake up, otherwise I'll just sleep with the sound of the waves. I installed a red bulb as a light in the living room, while the rest of the house will remain all lights out.

The game clock is set to my real life clock, so its night here, night there.

I've done the first 18 hours of the day without posting anything here, but I was writing it down, to put all at once. From now on, one new post on regular basis, reporting anything interesting.

Day 1.

La Rochelle, France. January, 1942. Im using WAC 4.1, in wich the 3th flotilla is placed at La Rochelle, just like in Das Boot. Left with my VIIC at 2am of January 8th, the designed grid patrol is BF42. Went northest, passed St. Nazaire in the first light of the morning. Went west. Bearing 275. Ahead 2/3.

Nothing on sight.

18:55, submarine spotted. SS Class. 13 km away, 8kts. Quadrant BF6472. We went down, 25 meters. Submarine passed on my right, 6.7km away. Surfaced. Strangely this submarine was way too close to the French coast. Reported submarine position, heading and speed to Bdu. Kept course.

20:13, lost track of submarine. Waited half hour, nothing on hydrophones. Returned to the surface, resumed course to patrol grid.

21:42, some nice old tunes in the gramophone, while I was having my dinner. Rice, brown beans, smashed potato, chopped meat, orange juice. (for real).

Day 2.

01:33, Currently grid BF5552, course 279, speed 10kts. Reading a book. "Die Geheimnisse der Weisen von Sion", or "Protocols of the Sages of Zion", published by Gottfried zur Beck, in Charlottenburg in 1920. Of course my edition is not so old, it was published in 2001, but its not an easy book to find. Very interesting book, tho... Full of truths.