3RD Patrol (BALZ)

[Brag]

Once we jacked the port diesel back into place and aligned the shaft, Balz said, " This sumbie has taken enough damage, we´re done with convoys on this patrol. We´ll just head quietly back to Wili.

The following day, the sound man, reported a convoy coming our way.
"Course three six zero," Balz ordered to get out of the way. The convoy changed course also and rumbled overhead.

Scheisse happens," Balz said. Since we are in the middle, we may as well sink a Tommy. He raised the periscope. "Aha! A large freighter is approaching its doom. Flood tube one."
Whoosh, the sound of a torpedo departing surprised everyone.
"What was that?" Balz asked.
"Tube five, Herr Kaleun," The chief said.
Mystified, Balz looked at the gauges.
"Woo hoo!" Bernard ran into the Zentralle. " I fired a torpedo, woo hoo."
"You bastard," Balz grabbed Bernard by the throat. You have wasted a good tor--"
"Torpedo treffer," the sound man announced.
Surprised, Balz let go of Bernard.
"I sunk a ship, woo hoo, I sank a ship!"
Balz looked into the scope lens. "Incredible, a large freighter is sinking." Balz turned the scope forward. "Einz los!"

Balz´s torpedo also found its mark. That is how we got twenty thousand tons that day.

Everyone is still scratching his head trying to figure out how Bernard fired that torpedo.