Somebody is going to pay for this!

[Razman23]

Let me set the mood.

I am only running the GW mod only. I also use the external camera just to see the ships sink.

Type VII-C U-Boat.
Third patrol with only three ships sunk to show for it.
I spent all my fish on a convoy except two (1-ES and 1-E).
Results - C3, medium tanker, and one large tanker.
Heading home after required patrol time.

Sea conditions are bad with a 13m/s wind with light fog, overcast skies, but no rain.
While heading home, I get a report that a large convoy is heading towards me. I turn and run down the line on a head on collision course. I anticipate making contact around midnight. Shortly after 12:30, lookout spots a ship. I head straight to the conning tower. Stupid weather, my men didnt see the convoy until I was almost in it. I go to periscope depth. The reports come flooding in. Merchants here, merchants there, warship.................what? Warship? Warship approaching fast. CRAP!

Up scope! Hmmmmmmmmm.........C3.......C2........Tanker!..... ..another tanker!........and another and another. Holy sweet Jesus! Ive hit the mother load!!!!!

Wait...........what is this? Oh yes...............a troop transport. The gods have smiled upon me today!

Needless to say, I was spotted a while back so all the ships are zig-zagging and sure enough, the escorts are coming full speed. I spot two Flower corvettes and two more that I could not identfy. I knew I would be cutting this close. The more I wait, the harder it is going to be with more escorts showing up. I lay out my plan. I will stay at 25m with my nose pointing to the perpendicular to the transports course line. I will wait for it to come across my bow and then shoot my last two fish. I set up my shot with the scope. What is this? The ships are changing course! Crap, my shot is ruined and to make things worse, the transport is now heading towards me! The angles are all wrong so I decide not to take the shot. I will sneak away, Steam ahead of the convoy and set up my shot then. I head down deep 120m at least and at silent speed. Since I am not going to make the shot, I decide to be a third person and watch the escorts hunt for me. I pop up above the surface when I punch F12. Sure enough ships are heading everywhere, spotlights are shinning. Escorts are buzzing around the convoy ships like angry little bees. And there sits my prized Transport ship sailing away.

The escorts must have gotten a bead on me because a large DD came steaming up towards the transport ship. Uh-oh, this doesnt look good. Just as the DD passes the transport on port to port and hasnt cleared the stern of the big ship, the DD lets fly with its depth charger projectors. Amazingly one depth charge lands right next to the transport ship. BOOM! Now thats gotta hurt! I fly down towards the stern of the ship and sure enough, a propeller is gone and the rudder is jammed to starboard. The ship slows and the DD makes a hasty retreat away from there. I couldnt believe the DD captain was that stupid. Bad for him, good for me. I will continue with my plan to make a hasty exit and get ahead of the convoy. Now my chances of sinking this behemoth has just gotten better.

This is where I saved the game and exited. I need to do some RL things so the game must wait. Lets see how this turns out tomorrow.