Fritz starring in "Sitting duck"

Brag · 04-03-08, 03:10 PM

Keep dishing out problems

Able72 · 04-03-08, 05:05 PM

planes, I hate planes. In stock SH4 they were no biggie, go to guns and its one more kill to add to the roster. In GWX 2.0, its dive, dive, dive and hope they miss you while your on your way down.

Looking forward to the rest of it.

NealT · 04-03-08, 06:16 PM

Anxiously waiting with baited breath for the next installment.....

Jimbuna · 04-04-08, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Able72

planes, I hate planes. In stock SH4 they were no biggie, go to guns and its one more kill to add to the roster. In GWX 2.0, its dive, dive, dive and hope they miss you while your on your way down.

Looking forward to the rest of it.

As was generally the rule in RL

Freiwillige · 04-04-08, 07:16 AM

The boat ever so slowly slipped beneith the waves and there was an erie silence aboard. Every man looked skyward as if they could see thru their steel coffin at the depth charges that were soon to be falling around them. "Hold depth steady at 25." Fritz whispered to the helmsman. "take a course 180 ahead slow." "180 ahead slow aye herr kaleun." The boat vibrated badly but movement was the only viable option.

"Wasserbomb!" the sound officer reported. "Port not close." With that the concusion from the first blast could be heard in the distance. Followed closely by the rest. "Alright cheif all stop"
"All stop aye herr Kaleun." Fritz looked at the battery guages. They were low from the damage received in the firt attack. "The damage control team did all they could Herr Kaleun but im affraid that after bypassing all those cells this is all we get." Fritz knew his cheif officer was right but would it be enough?
"Not one ship." His number one looked puzzled. "Not one ship sunk on this patrol." Again his cheif officer tried to find the words but could come up with nothing to say. "Remember the good ol' days when there seemed to be more ships than water?" Fritz asked. "Im going to rest the crew and myself, Keep seeing what we can do with those engines........We have a long trip home."

"Herr Kaleun!" "Fritz wake up!" Fritz opened his eyes to see his to see his number 1 standing worriedly above him. "Well what is it Jurgen?" Fritz asked while rubbing the much needed sleep out of his eyes. "Sonar has picked up a destroyer. Its running a search pattern towards us." Fritz jumped up so fast he hit his head on the upper wood works in his qaurters. Rubbing his smarting head he turned the corner to the sound station. With out a word the sonar man handed him the headphones. Fritz listened intently "Its a destroyer alright but it isnt pinging." Fritz then ducked thru the hatch into the command room. He grabbed the observation periscope, ran it up just breaching the water and peered thru it. "I think they beleive they got us!?" Fritz stated matter of factly. "Its acting like it looking for survivors." Fritz loward the periscope and climbed into the tower followed by Jurgen to the attack periscope. "Flood tube V stand by." Fritz clenched the scope controls. "Just a little closer..... Come on just a little more and well give you some survivors to be looking for." Tension was building inside the sub ass they all awaited the sound of the torpedo launch. Fritz had to keep wiping the sweat off his brow with his sleeve. "Damn he's heading away!" Just as fast as the ship showed up it dissapeared. "Wait till dark Jurgen then well surface the boat" Fritz quiped "Ja Herr kaleun, its getting hard to breath in here."

T.B.C.

Brag · 04-04-08, 11:43 AM

Well . . .Damn. Will their problems never stop?

NealT · 04-04-08, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

Well . . .Damn. Will their problems never stop?

I hope not...this is getting fun...

Freiwillige · 04-06-08, 11:38 PM

The boat breached the waves bow first, It was a slow crawl to get on top. "Ahead slow." Fritz was not trying to over strain the shaft bearing. "When the deisel fails we can use the electric for short bursts and Johannes may still be able to get number 2 started Herr Kaleun." The number two moter was completley ripped out of it mount and the shaft was twisted beyond all usefullness. "Well has Johannes gotten that shaft removed?" U-96's last bit of hope was to remove the screw shaft of number 2 and use it for reacharging only. "I will look into it Herr Kaleun."

The night was clear with a full moon shining like glass on an unusualy calm sea.
"You know Jurgen, If we cant make it we could always surrender to the tommy's"
Fritz knew that time for his beloved u-96 was running short. "Were lucky this ol' boat is a Hamburg boat. Others wouldnt of lastd this long." It did feel like a small miracle that the type VII was afloat at all. "Herr Kaleun, we will do all we can, As long as we can. We beleive in you and this boat. We will return home Herr Kaleun. With you guiding us how could we not!" No sooner had the words finished slipping past Jurgens lips When a loud thud was heard. "Herr Kaleun we have lost the bearing brace to the number 1 shaft coupler. Doreen is Kaput!"

"Send a report to B.D.U. informing them that we are dead in the water. Let them know that we will do our duty to the last man, U-96 out."

"Herr Kaleun vessal bearing 196 closing fast!" Fritz grabbed the binoculars and peered through the night sky at the distant horrizon. "I beleive it is that destroyer that was searching for us earlier!" Fritz knew the situation was hopeless. "Man the Deck gun!" The well trained crew sprang across the deck and immediatly began to swing the gun towards the target. "Get the Flak gun into action as well!" There was an odd feeling of hope in the back of Fritz's mind. "At least we wont just be sitting ducks!" When the destroyer closed to 3,000 meters its foward cannon belched out a sheet of flame into the night like a dragon snorting before battle.
Every man on the conning tower instinctivly ducked although all knew that the tower offered no protection. The shell cracked over head. "Its a warning shot herr Kaleun, We wont get a second one." Fritz pondered his thoughts for a moment. "All hands Destroy all clasified material set scuttling charges and prepare to abandon ship!"

Fritz could hear small explosions below decks as all hatches flew open and men poured out lining up on deck before diving into the water. The destroyers lights lit up the water as Fritz and his command crew joined their men into the water. The destroyer passed slowly around the side of the boat firing machine guns over everybody's head to keep them from re boarding the boat.

"Why havent the scuddling charges gone off!? Did we at least open the flood valves?" He was right although the boat was very slowly sinking it should have been slipping beneith the waves by now. Fritz's thoughts on this were interupted by a weird feeling of something quickly passing by his leg thru the crowd of swimmers. Was it a shark? He thought momentarilly before his answer came in the form of an explosion!
The concusion blast disoreintated every man in the water. It felt as if being struck by an automobile made entirely of water. Fritz slowly regained his mental capability.
He looked up to see the remnants of the destroyer broken and sinking 100 meters away. The flames licked the dark sky siloetting the tower of u-96 in a most comforting way. "My god. She's going down....but ......but how?" Then Fritz realised that that feeling he had felt moments earlier was not a shark but a torpedo! But how?

"All aboard U-96 and shut off the valves we just might be able to save her!"

04-03-08, 03:10 PM	#1
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Able72 Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in the North Atlantic Posts: 343 Downloads: 299 Uploads: 0	planes, I hate planes. In stock SH4 they were no biggie, go to guns and its one more kill to add to the roster. In GWX 2.0, its dive, dive, dive and hope they miss you while your on your way down. Looking forward to the rest of it. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink, others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

04-04-08, 11:43 AM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Well . . .Damn. Will their problems never stop? __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

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04-03-08, 06:16 PM	#3
NealT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 2 Meters Below Jimbuna Posts: 1,060 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Anxiously waiting with baited breath for the next installment.....

04-04-08, 07:16 AM	#5
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The boat ever so slowly slipped beneith the waves and there was an erie silence aboard. Every man looked skyward as if they could see thru their steel coffin at the depth charges that were soon to be falling around them. "Hold depth steady at 25." Fritz whispered to the helmsman. "take a course 180 ahead slow." "180 ahead slow aye herr kaleun." The boat vibrated badly but movement was the only viable option. "Wasserbomb!" the sound officer reported. "Port not close." With that the concusion from the first blast could be heard in the distance. Followed closely by the rest. "Alright cheif all stop" "All stop aye herr Kaleun." Fritz looked at the battery guages. They were low from the damage received in the firt attack. "The damage control team did all they could Herr Kaleun but im affraid that after bypassing all those cells this is all we get." Fritz knew his cheif officer was right but would it be enough? "Not one ship." His number one looked puzzled. "Not one ship sunk on this patrol." Again his cheif officer tried to find the words but could come up with nothing to say. "Remember the good ol' days when there seemed to be more ships than water?" Fritz asked. "Im going to rest the crew and myself, Keep seeing what we can do with those engines........We have a long trip home." "Herr Kaleun!" "Fritz wake up!" Fritz opened his eyes to see his to see his number 1 standing worriedly above him. "Well what is it Jurgen?" Fritz asked while rubbing the much needed sleep out of his eyes. "Sonar has picked up a destroyer. Its running a search pattern towards us." Fritz jumped up so fast he hit his head on the upper wood works in his qaurters. Rubbing his smarting head he turned the corner to the sound station. With out a word the sonar man handed him the headphones. Fritz listened intently "Its a destroyer alright but it isnt pinging." Fritz then ducked thru the hatch into the command room. He grabbed the observation periscope, ran it up just breaching the water and peered thru it. "I think they beleive they got us!?" Fritz stated matter of factly. "Its acting like it looking for survivors." Fritz loward the periscope and climbed into the tower followed by Jurgen to the attack periscope. "Flood tube V stand by." Fritz clenched the scope controls. "Just a little closer..... Come on just a little more and well give you some survivors to be looking for." Tension was building inside the sub ass they all awaited the sound of the torpedo launch. Fritz had to keep wiping the sweat off his brow with his sleeve. "Damn he's heading away!" Just as fast as the ship showed up it dissapeared. "Wait till dark Jurgen then well surface the boat" Fritz quiped "Ja Herr kaleun, its getting hard to breath in here." T.B.C.

04-06-08, 11:38 PM	#8
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The boat breached the waves bow first, It was a slow crawl to get on top. "Ahead slow." Fritz was not trying to over strain the shaft bearing. "When the deisel fails we can use the electric for short bursts and Johannes may still be able to get number 2 started Herr Kaleun." The number two moter was completley ripped out of it mount and the shaft was twisted beyond all usefullness. "Well has Johannes gotten that shaft removed?" U-96's last bit of hope was to remove the screw shaft of number 2 and use it for reacharging only. "I will look into it Herr Kaleun." The night was clear with a full moon shining like glass on an unusualy calm sea. "You know Jurgen, If we cant make it we could always surrender to the tommy's" Fritz knew that time for his beloved u-96 was running short. "Were lucky this ol' boat is a Hamburg boat. Others wouldnt of lastd this long." It did feel like a small miracle that the type VII was afloat at all. "Herr Kaleun, we will do all we can, As long as we can. We beleive in you and this boat. We will return home Herr Kaleun. With you guiding us how could we not!" No sooner had the words finished slipping past Jurgens lips When a loud thud was heard. "Herr Kaleun we have lost the bearing brace to the number 1 shaft coupler. Doreen is Kaput!" "Send a report to B.D.U. informing them that we are dead in the water. Let them know that we will do our duty to the last man, U-96 out." "Herr Kaleun vessal bearing 196 closing fast!" Fritz grabbed the binoculars and peered through the night sky at the distant horrizon. "I beleive it is that destroyer that was searching for us earlier!" Fritz knew the situation was hopeless. "Man the Deck gun!" The well trained crew sprang across the deck and immediatly began to swing the gun towards the target. "Get the Flak gun into action as well!" There was an odd feeling of hope in the back of Fritz's mind. "At least we wont just be sitting ducks!" When the destroyer closed to 3,000 meters its foward cannon belched out a sheet of flame into the night like a dragon snorting before battle. Every man on the conning tower instinctivly ducked although all knew that the tower offered no protection. The shell cracked over head. "Its a warning shot herr Kaleun, We wont get a second one." Fritz pondered his thoughts for a moment. "All hands Destroy all clasified material set scuttling charges and prepare to abandon ship!" Fritz could hear small explosions below decks as all hatches flew open and men poured out lining up on deck before diving into the water. The destroyers lights lit up the water as Fritz and his command crew joined their men into the water. The destroyer passed slowly around the side of the boat firing machine guns over everybody's head to keep them from re boarding the boat. "Why havent the scuddling charges gone off!? Did we at least open the flood valves?" He was right although the boat was very slowly sinking it should have been slipping beneith the waves by now. Fritz's thoughts on this were interupted by a weird feeling of something quickly passing by his leg thru the crowd of swimmers. Was it a shark? He thought momentarilly before his answer came in the form of an explosion! The concusion blast disoreintated every man in the water. It felt as if being struck by an automobile made entirely of water. Fritz slowly regained his mental capability. He looked up to see the remnants of the destroyer broken and sinking 100 meters away. The flames licked the dark sky siloetting the tower of u-96 in a most comforting way. "My god. She's going down....but ......but how?" Then Fritz realised that that feeling he had felt moments earlier was not a shark but a torpedo! But how? "All aboard U-96 and shut off the valves we just might be able to save her!"