So what has Bernard messed up on your patrol

kiwi_2005 · 10-23-06, 05:03 AM

Feb 1940 Kapitan of U196 VIIB, we got orders to take on an replacement by the name of Bernard, strangely enough U51 was happy to see him go - Hes an excellent gunner they said. So there we were 3 days later 4:35am out in the atlantic chasing a convoy - will sneak up on them as close as we can get then go to periscope depth. Slowly we inched our way, closer & closer I ordered an all ahead slow, until we could see the flags on the ships, to our right was an escort not more than 4200yrds away and her far left was another zigzaging patroling up and down the convoy.Hmm tis a good nite for a fight as long as we remain undetected, we could try a surface attack i said to my 2nd in command. Next thing i hear is a loud "BOOM"!....seconds go by..... another BOOM!.........BOOM........BOOM! WTF IS THAT! ARE WE BEING ATTACKED!!! My 2nd in command look at me with an impression that he just saw death itself - NO KAPITAN its our new gunner Bernard firing at the convoy!!! BERNARD!!!!

Bernard didn't hear a thing he was in his own little world....

(In other words i forgot to call back my gun crew to "Watch Duty" from a previous attack a few days before. Bernard must of been so bored standing manning that gun for the past 2 days that he just lost it and fired) :rotfl:

10-23-06, 05:03 AM	#1
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	So what has Bernard messed up on your patrol Feb 1940 Kapitan of U196 VIIB, we got orders to take on an replacement by the name of Bernard, strangely enough U51 was happy to see him go - Hes an excellent gunner they said. So there we were 3 days later 4:35am out in the atlantic chasing a convoy - will sneak up on them as close as we can get then go to periscope depth. Slowly we inched our way, closer & closer I ordered an all ahead slow, until we could see the flags on the ships, to our right was an escort not more than 4200yrds away and her far left was another zigzaging patroling up and down the convoy.Hmm tis a good nite for a fight as long as we remain undetected, we could try a surface attack i said to my 2nd in command. Next thing i hear is a loud "BOOM"!....seconds go by..... another BOOM!.........BOOM........BOOM! WTF IS THAT! ARE WE BEING ATTACKED!!! My 2nd in command look at me with an impression that he just saw death itself - NO KAPITAN its our new gunner Bernard firing at the convoy!!! BERNARD!!!! Bernard didn't hear a thing he was in his own little world.... (In other words i forgot to call back my gun crew to "Watch Duty" from a previous attack a few days before. Bernard must of been so bored standing manning that gun for the past 2 days that he just lost it and fired) :rotfl: __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

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