What the....?! Part 2

DavyJonesFootlocker · 12-19-07, 07:38 AM

Man, I just love how this sim works. Here I am passing the thermal layer and surfacing due to low battery power. A destroyer is just a few metres away behind just waiting for me. All of a sudden he sends depth charges but his speed is too slow and his own charges sent him to the bottom. Talk about blowing yourself up.:rotfl:The game saved my virtual life.

AVGWarhawk · 12-19-07, 08:25 AM

Yeah, sometimes the guys on the fantail get a bit excited and start dumping DC like candy.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 12-19-07, 09:10 AM

Forgot to mention, I restarted a new career and last night I was on my 3rd patrol east of Celebes sea. It was a field day with targets. Enemy cargo vessels criss-crossing all over the place. I sank a total of 7 merchants and a total of 35,000 tons! Used up all of my deck gun ammo and torps. A couple of destroyers and aircraft tried looking for me but I slipped through. I went on slow speed to conserve fuel and made it back to Java. Got top skipper back in the office and got a Wounded Medal? I didn't get injured so what gives?

rrmelend · 12-19-07, 11:38 AM

I think I remember reading somewhere that you get the wounded medal if your sub takes a certain % of damage. I know that the times I've gotten this medal I've had the crap knocked out of me.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 12-20-07, 07:42 AM

Well, last night I started another patrol. Got orders to deliver supplies from Java to the Phillipines. Sank two small merchant on my way. Enroute and at night I intercepted the tail end of a convoy. Sank a Small Passenger ship but that's all. Continued to the dlivery point and sent a message to Command. Got orders to do a Photo Recon at the harbour in Borneo. Well, this is where things get exciting. At around 2am I entered the mouth of the harbour and what do I see? A Task Force made up of two Escort Carriers and other warships! They were now leaving harbour and they were ahead of my bow. So I went to periscope depth and sent a volley of four torps into the closet carrier which was about 3,000 metres away. The first torp was a dud but the next three found their mark and the carrier went down, all 17,000+ tons of it.

I made a 180 degree turn and because the water was shallow not much else to do when 4 destroyers are on your tail. Well, one stopped directly in front of my stern tubes and I sank it with 2 torps. The Task Force high-tailed it out of the harbour and still submerged and the dawn light coming I made my way to take photos. It was around 5am when I sighted a Large Modern Composite Merchant and well, you know what happened. She went down fast. After completing the mission I saw my batteries were real low I sailed as far away from the harbour as much as possible and surfaced. About a zillion aircraft from the remaining carrier came after me! My AI AA Gunner shot down 6 aircraft but one damaged my sub (42% damaged and half the crew injured). So with what remained of my battery power I submerged and waited for darkness. Finally under the cover of darkness I tried to make my way home. The next day sank a Tanker with my deck gun. All ammo spent now. Got orders to relocate to Fremantle, Australia. Refitted in Java. Two days after leaving Java the Japanese took the island. Glad I took along my dog, Buffy. No way I'm I gonna leave me pooch to the enemy!

Anyway, back at the office I received a Patrol Star and another one (which I can't recall). Promoted two of my crew. Damn, should've gotten a Medal of Honor for that carrier!

. But the best patrol in my career so far. Sank a total of over 80,000 tons of metal. Now where's the bloody beer!

12-19-07, 07:38 AM	#1
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	What the....?! Part 2 Man, I just love how this sim works. Here I am passing the thermal layer and surfacing due to low battery power. A destroyer is just a few metres away behind just waiting for me. All of a sudden he sends depth charges but his speed is too slow and his own charges sent him to the bottom. Talk about blowing yourself up.:rotfl:The game saved my virtual life.

12-19-07, 08:25 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah, sometimes the guys on the fantail get a bit excited and start dumping DC like candy. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-20-07, 07:42 AM	#5
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Well, last night I started another patrol. Got orders to deliver supplies from Java to the Phillipines. Sank two small merchant on my way. Enroute and at night I intercepted the tail end of a convoy. Sank a Small Passenger ship but that's all. Continued to the dlivery point and sent a message to Command. Got orders to do a Photo Recon at the harbour in Borneo. Well, this is where things get exciting. At around 2am I entered the mouth of the harbour and what do I see? A Task Force made up of two Escort Carriers and other warships! They were now leaving harbour and they were ahead of my bow. So I went to periscope depth and sent a volley of four torps into the closet carrier which was about 3,000 metres away. The first torp was a dud but the next three found their mark and the carrier went down, all 17,000+ tons of it. I made a 180 degree turn and because the water was shallow not much else to do when 4 destroyers are on your tail. Well, one stopped directly in front of my stern tubes and I sank it with 2 torps. The Task Force high-tailed it out of the harbour and still submerged and the dawn light coming I made my way to take photos. It was around 5am when I sighted a Large Modern Composite Merchant and well, you know what happened. She went down fast. After completing the mission I saw my batteries were real low I sailed as far away from the harbour as much as possible and surfaced. About a zillion aircraft from the remaining carrier came after me! My AI AA Gunner shot down 6 aircraft but one damaged my sub (42% damaged and half the crew injured). So with what remained of my battery power I submerged and waited for darkness. Finally under the cover of darkness I tried to make my way home. The next day sank a Tanker with my deck gun. All ammo spent now. Got orders to relocate to Fremantle, Australia. Refitted in Java. Two days after leaving Java the Japanese took the island. Glad I took along my dog, Buffy. No way I'm I gonna leave me pooch to the enemy! Anyway, back at the office I received a Patrol Star and another one (which I can't recall). Promoted two of my crew. Damn, should've gotten a Medal of Honor for that carrier!. But the best patrol in my career so far. Sank a total of over 80,000 tons of metal. Now where's the bloody beer!

12-19-07, 09:10 AM	#3
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Forgot to mention, I restarted a new career and last night I was on my 3rd patrol east of Celebes sea. It was a field day with targets. Enemy cargo vessels criss-crossing all over the place. I sank a total of 7 merchants and a total of 35,000 tons! Used up all of my deck gun ammo and torps. A couple of destroyers and aircraft tried looking for me but I slipped through. I went on slow speed to conserve fuel and made it back to Java. Got top skipper back in the office and got a Wounded Medal? I didn't get injured so what gives?

12-19-07, 11:38 AM	#4
rrmelend Medic Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 162 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I think I remember reading somewhere that you get the wounded medal if your sub takes a certain % of damage. I know that the times I've gotten this medal I've had the crap knocked out of me.