Failed Convoy attack turns into Hunt for the Rodney

Brag · 08-08-07, 04:55 PM

19 May 1940
U-53 (Kptlt. Johan Sebastian Balz)

Some days things don't work right even for brilliant U-boot Kommandants such as myself. I did an excellent penetration of a heavily escorted convoy, which included the Rodney. Aimed a salvo of 2 eels on the battleship and then one each at two large tankers.

This tactic should have given me 60, 000 tons in a mater of seconds, so we went deep while I whistled Meet me in Balzimore You Hoochie Woochie(I'm still working on the lyrics for the song).

One torpedo hit Rodney. Everything else missed. Rodney continued on his way. After chewing out my idiot officers who caused the misses and premature torpedo explosions we surfaced and began a brilliantly executed convoy overhaul maneuvre.

Being a perspicatious commander , I guessed correctly that the shells flying overhad came from Rodney who was no longer with the convoy.

With my superior navigation and seamanship we went around Rodney and realized that even though they convoy changed course, Rodney was doing it's own thing for King and country.

Of course that did not confuse me, the great Balz. After a couple of tries, with decks awash, maneuvered U-53 into a favorable firing position and dove.

The British crew would not get their bangers and mash lunch today.

This time, I let Rodney have 4 eels from 1200 meters. All torpedoes hit (2 mags & 2 impacts). Rodney blew up and sank withing 5 minutes.

Steel_Tomb · 08-08-07, 05:00 PM

Lol...not that you were satisfying your ego there: "brilliant U-boot Kommandants such as myself". Congrats on your kill herr kaleun!

Brag · 08-08-07, 05:12 PM

Thank you, Herr Tomb. I will personally make a Balzing Mathilda cocktail for you after my triumphal return to Willi

Balz J.S.

Mooncatt · 08-08-07, 05:42 PM

grats and nice tacs Herr Kaluen

Biggles · 08-08-07, 06:31 PM

pffh, there you go bragging again! Always seems to get the action now aren't you?

GoldenRivet · 08-08-07, 08:28 PM

Brag... i know you have these skippers with personality traits...

But i have a feeling this Balz guy is going down in a bad way sooner or later :rotfl:

could you imagine being stuck on a U-boat with that cocky bastard for a month or two??? :rotfl: :rotfl:

08-08-07, 04:55 PM	#1
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Failed Convoy attack turns into Hunt for the Rodney 19 May 1940 U-53 (Kptlt. Johan Sebastian Balz) Some days things don't work right even for brilliant U-boot Kommandants such as myself. I did an excellent penetration of a heavily escorted convoy, which included the Rodney. Aimed a salvo of 2 eels on the battleship and then one each at two large tankers. This tactic should have given me 60, 000 tons in a mater of seconds, so we went deep while I whistled Meet me in Balzimore You Hoochie Woochie(I'm still working on the lyrics for the song). One torpedo hit Rodney. Everything else missed. Rodney continued on his way. After chewing out my idiot officers who caused the misses and premature torpedo explosions we surfaced and began a brilliantly executed convoy overhaul maneuvre. Being a perspicatious commander , I guessed correctly that the shells flying overhad came from Rodney who was no longer with the convoy. With my superior navigation and seamanship we went around Rodney and realized that even though they convoy changed course, Rodney was doing it's own thing for King and country. Of course that did not confuse me, the great Balz. After a couple of tries, with decks awash, maneuvered U-53 into a favorable firing position and dove. The British crew would not get their bangers and mash lunch today. This time, I let Rodney have 4 eels from 1200 meters. All torpedoes hit (2 mags & 2 impacts). Rodney blew up and sank withing 5 minutes. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

08-08-07, 05:00 PM	#2
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lol...not that you were satisfying your ego there: "brilliant U-boot Kommandants such as myself". Congrats on your kill herr kaleun! __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

08-08-07, 05:12 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thank you, Herr Tomb. I will personally make a Balzing Mathilda cocktail for you after my triumphal return to Willi Balz J.S. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

08-08-07, 05:42 PM	#4
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	grats and nice tacs Herr Kaluen __________________

08-08-07, 06:31 PM	#5
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	pffh, there you go bragging again! Always seems to get the action now aren't you? __________________

08-08-07, 08:28 PM	#6
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Brag... i know you have these skippers with personality traits... But i have a feeling this Balz guy is going down in a bad way sooner or later :rotfl: could you imagine being stuck on a U-boat with that cocky bastard for a month or two??? :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________

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