Changing my play style for survival

[RConch]

Originally Posted by sharkbit

All of that becomes more important as the war progresses. Wait 'til you get to '43 and later when sinking one or two ships and bringing your boat and crew home is a major victory. Survival is the victory then.

Amen to that!

[K-61]

I just barely made it back from my fifth career patrol. In an earlier attack I got caught on the surface by guns from merchantmen in a convoy. As the weather was murky I was hoping to make a surface attack, fire my torpedoes and then skedaddle the same way. Didn't work out and I got my hull knocked down to about 70%. With my last two torpedoes I again attacked a second convoy that I had earlier attacked without damage. Just two torpedoes left and I was crazy enough to risk it. Got knocked to about 50% and had to dive to over 100 metres to avoid the DC's of the angry escorts after I bagged one more ship from their convoy. Eventually we got down to 111 metres and I was terrified that the hull would give way. We made it back to Lorient and I expect we'll be having an extended shore leave as U-32 is rehabilitated. I think now would be a good time to apply for that IX that I have been coveting.