Ordered to attack the escorts?!?

[HertogJan]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I have never heard of such a thing. Are you running any mods?

I'm running SH IV 1.5 with:TMO 2.5, OTC (for TMO 2.5 / 8 to 5 aspect ratio), Improved Stock ENV (for TMO) and DC water disturbance_V 2.0.

Originally Posted by Armistead

Don't recall ever seeing that one4, but don't worry, radio message orders aren't connected to score, sink what you want.

I Didn't know that ooh well...

I sunk the port DD with by firing all 4 bow torpedoes, spread at 0.5* angle interval to port with the third one set to 0.5* starboard angle just incase she decided to go for a halt.

3 out of 4 hit and obliterated her by the second torpedo.

I was getting greedy when the lead escort came looking for me I decided to lure her in and fire 2 aft torpedoes, both hit the nose and bounced off of her. (forgot to set them to magnetic).

After a few hours of dodging I finally escaped unharmed.

(On one of my earlier patrols, getting destroyed by my own torpedo when she exploded by the phrase "torpedo in the water" I went with 'no dud's').

Originally Posted by TorpX

I think there is the question of interpretation here. If you were positioned for an immediate attack on a heavily escorted convoy, and another sub was farther along it's track, you might be given an order to the effect that you should make an attack even if a successful attack was not especially likely. Drawing off escorts would help set up later attacks. I do not think a USN submarine would ever be given orders for a suicide mission, though.

The message read more or less something like:
"Attack the escorts, weakening the convoy for later attacks with other assets". So you have a point there.

Originally Posted by TorpX

You should have saved the message. Maybe it was just poorly phrased.

Hasn't that bin saved somewhere in my SH4 saved games folder?


HJ