A few Questions

[SS Norholm]

New question for you old sea dogs!

I'm now in July 1940 (Happy times) I requested Atlantic air Gap again (nothing else available yet) after successfully completing the spy mission the first time.

This time they sent me to: 'Intercept convoy and sink two ships' i got to the x on the map, and hung around for a day or so and only saw 2 Whales.
Then i had one of those convoy reports and went to try and intercept it, about 200-300km away i got a message from BDU saying 'cease all operations, continue on own initiative' that's when i noticed the above objective was in red (fission mailed ) and said complete, even though i didn't see squat or complete it.

I've seen a few posts on here about it, and i know that from TWoS FAQ it says they're not really necessary.....but i'm guessing, and have read, that there is some sort of invisible patrol zone there? Probably 100-200km?
I've got a save from when i arrived that i can reload.

Happy hunting,

John.

[Rwearjr]

As I recall that particular mission I spent around 48 hours within a 35 KM area of the red X before finding the specific convoy in question. Convoy was composed of a couple of troop transport liners and freighters, 5-6 ships total if memory serves me well. It was heavy fog, and precipitation conditions when I completed the mission. I literally had to pull alongside the transports (luckily they were unarmed) and torpedo them from 400 meters or so. They had one small escort only armed with guns. They were on a 90* heading exactly, and moved right through the designated area on the map.
-Wayne
Rolf Weare U-51 2nd Flotilla, Lorient

[SS Norholm]

Cheers Wayne, yeah I completed it yesterday after reloading my save from when I arrived.

I drew a 140km circle from the X and stayed within it. About 3 days later I had a large escorted convoy pass through the South East corner of the 140km area, I sank 3 ships from it, 2 large bulk carriers, and a large merchant. ....job done.

o7