Second patrol and I think I found the motherload... advice needed

Commander Klank · 01-07-14, 12:37 PM

Greetings. I need some tactical advice; I’m playing ver 1.4 with the RFB mod installed. I went through sub school and I’m in my first career. Its 23:45 hrs with rather clear skies, the date is Dec 10th 1941 and I’m on my second patrol in an S-18 off the Philippine coast. My base is out of Manila. On my way to the designated patrol area, as luck would have it, I have come upon a huge convoy of Jap warships and transports (about 8 contacts so far) heading west (I’m heading east) off to my left side. At least one of the warships looks like a cruiser of some type. I suspect this is a big part of the Jap invasion fleet for the Philippines.

It was late so I saved the game at that point and went to bed…

So there it is… the edge of the convoy is about 7500 years off to my left moving slow to medium speed. I’m on the surface for now in the saved game.

How do I approach and attack this convoy? About how close can I get to it on the surface before I should go to periscope depth?

I’m reading through the tutorials posted above but any advice from you skippers would be appreciated as well. I'm thinking; turn around and rush ahead of the convoy at flank speed just out of sight to get in front of it, submerge to periscope depth and wait for it to come to me... does that sound about right?

01-07-14, 12:37 PM	#1
Commander Klank Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Killeen Texas (Ft Hood) Posts: 13 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Second patrol and I think I found the motherload... advice needed Greetings. I need some tactical advice; I’m playing ver 1.4 with the RFB mod installed. I went through sub school and I’m in my first career. Its 23:45 hrs with rather clear skies, the date is Dec 10th 1941 and I’m on my second patrol in an S-18 off the Philippine coast. My base is out of Manila. On my way to the designated patrol area, as luck would have it, I have come upon a huge convoy of Jap warships and transports (about 8 contacts so far) heading west (I’m heading east) off to my left side. At least one of the warships looks like a cruiser of some type. I suspect this is a big part of the Jap invasion fleet for the Philippines. It was late so I saved the game at that point and went to bed… So there it is… the edge of the convoy is about 7500 years off to my left moving slow to medium speed. I’m on the surface for now in the saved game. How do I approach and attack this convoy? About how close can I get to it on the surface before I should go to periscope depth? I’m reading through the tutorials posted above but any advice from you skippers would be appreciated as well. I'm thinking; turn around and rush ahead of the convoy at flank speed just out of sight to get in front of it, submerge to periscope depth and wait for it to come to me... does that sound about right?