Will We Able To.....

03-17-07, 10:30 AM

Re-reading Clay Blair's 'Silent Victory' for the umpteenth time got me wondering if we will be able to place our boats in locations at the historical dates and intercept ships, convoys, invasion fleets, etc. Say we have our Tambor class fleet boat off Wake Island on Dec 23 '41, will we be able to intercept Hiryu and Soryu or the transports bringing the invasion force from Kwajalein? :hmm:

It would be ahistorical I know to have the 20/20 hindsight to place yourself into an action where no U.S. sub was in real life but I sure would like to try to do those things that the U.S. sub fleet didn't do early in the war like patrol straights that were heavily traveled by Jap(anese) supply vessels. Blair points out that wolf-packs patroling the Luzon Straight would have been more effective than individual patrols that had major fleet warships as a primary target.

Waddaya think?

Sailor Steve · 03-17-07, 10:31 AM

Don't have to think anything. They have already said that all major historical events will be represented. You will also be able to use the "Individual War Patrols" mode to go to major battles and just watch if you like.

03-17-07, 10:49 AM

OK then, we'll save Wake Island, stop the invasion of Luzon, strangle the oil shipments from Surabaya, pick off all the stragglers from the Battle of Midway, hell the Japs will quit in '43!

:rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 03-17-07, 10:54 AM

Cheatercheatercheater!:rotfl:

Capt. D · 03-17-07, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by UBootMann

OK then, we'll save Wake Island, stop the invasion of Luzon, strangle the oil shipments from Surabaya, pick off all the stragglers from the Battle of Midway, hell the Japs will quit in '43!

:rotfl:

All we really need to do is get the proper info from Washington to the right people at Pearl and get our subs on a picket line waiting for the Jap fleet on Dec. 7th and send them to the bottom, they'll not have a chance to quit in '43 as we won't give them a chance to start in '41!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Happy Hunting

03-17-07, 10:30 AM	#1
UBootMann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Will We Able To..... Re-reading Clay Blair's 'Silent Victory' for the umpteenth time got me wondering if we will be able to place our boats in locations at the historical dates and intercept ships, convoys, invasion fleets, etc. Say we have our Tambor class fleet boat off Wake Island on Dec 23 '41, will we be able to intercept Hiryu and Soryu or the transports bringing the invasion force from Kwajalein? :hmm: It would be ahistorical I know to have the 20/20 hindsight to place yourself into an action where no U.S. sub was in real life but I sure would like to try to do those things that the U.S. sub fleet didn't do early in the war like patrol straights that were heavily traveled by Jap(anese) supply vessels. Blair points out that wolf-packs patroling the Luzon Straight would have been more effective than individual patrols that had major fleet warships as a primary target. Waddaya think?

03-17-07, 10:31 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Don't have to think anything. They have already said that all major historical events will be represented. You will also be able to use the "Individual War Patrols" mode to go to major battles and just watch if you like. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-17-07, 10:54 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cheatercheatercheater!:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-17-07, 10:49 AM	#3
UBootMann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	OK then, we'll save Wake Island, stop the invasion of Luzon, strangle the oil shipments from Surabaya, pick off all the stragglers from the Battle of Midway, hell the Japs will quit in '43! :rotfl: