Headline News Dec 1941: Single Sub turns back Jap invasion forces!

Max2147 · 02-22-09, 08:33 PM

Impressive stuff.

I encountered two Japanese invasion fleets in my first Philippines mission. The first was east of Luzon. My sonar man picked up what must have been two dozen warships, and I went to periscope depth hoping to see a great armada of battleships, cruisers, and maybe even a carrier for me to destroy. But as I looked around, my heart sank, then fell into the icy grips of fear. THEY WERE ALL DESTROYERS!

So here I am in my dinky little S-class boat surrounded by two dozen destroyers, and a couple of them have clearly spotted my periscope. I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!

How I escaped with my sub intact I'll never know. I had a bit more luck against the second fleet off the north coast of Luzon.

The Asiatic Fleet/TF3 campaign does a great job of showing how bad things were in the East Indies early on in the war.

02-22-09, 08:33 PM	#5
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Impressive stuff. I encountered two Japanese invasion fleets in my first Philippines mission. The first was east of Luzon. My sonar man picked up what must have been two dozen warships, and I went to periscope depth hoping to see a great armada of battleships, cruisers, and maybe even a carrier for me to destroy. But as I looked around, my heart sank, then fell into the icy grips of fear. THEY WERE ALL DESTROYERS! So here I am in my dinky little S-class boat surrounded by two dozen destroyers, and a couple of them have clearly spotted my periscope. I WANT MY MOMMY!!!! How I escaped with my sub intact I'll never know. I had a bit more luck against the second fleet off the north coast of Luzon. The Asiatic Fleet/TF3 campaign does a great job of showing how bad things were in the East Indies early on in the war.