Cant get to american coast

melnibonian · 11-11-06, 01:54 PM

Why don't you try to get to the patrol area after the convoy attack, get the renown and then refuel from a milk-cow??? That way you will not spend so much time in transit.

thegroo · 11-11-06, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by melnibonian

Why don't you try to get to the patrol area after the convoy attack, get the renown and then refuel from a milk-cow??? That way you will not spend so much time in transit.

Good idea

Maybe, on the next patrol i'll stop by a milk-cow and then proceed to the american coast.

But as i'm close to my home base, i think in reality any kaleun would resupply there.
I think Karl would forgive me

Dieter

melnibonian · 11-11-06, 02:23 PM

Ideally I try to be at sea as much as possible, so even if I'm out of torpedos I still try to hunt using the deck gun (within limits obviously).

Safe-Keeper · 11-11-06, 03:16 PM

Heh heh, I know the feeling. I just found myself ordered from Bergen to the BD grid, and didn't get farther than north of England before I found a large convoy and emptied almost all my eels into her. Frustrating, though it should not really be - successes are successes, after all.

Hartmann · 11-11-06, 03:46 PM

That´s the question.... spend the torpedoes if you find a convoy or ignore the target and go to the patrol grid..

thegroo · 11-11-06, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hartmann

That´s the question.... spend the torpedoes if you find a convoy or ignore the target and go to the patrol grid..

Hmm, a good question.
How would that be handled in WWII.
Tactically it would be better to attack, but there could be strategic reasons to bypass the Convoy.
Any pro knowing anything about such situations?

Dieter

Ducimus · 11-11-06, 06:26 PM

The uboats assigned to Drumbeat, the original effort, had orders to not engage any ships until an appointed time they were on station. The element of surpise was to be kept at all possible costs. The exception was any ship 10,000 tons or higher. To quote, "we never pass a 10,000 tonner".

So, operational requirements, or mission requirements in some cases take more precedent. Everything else becomes a secondary target or target of opportunity. So i guess it really depends on what the parameters of your patrol are, or what you interrpret them to be.

11-11-06, 03:16 PM	#4
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Heh heh, I know the feeling. I just found myself ordered from Bergen to the BD grid, and didn't get farther than north of England before I found a large convoy and emptied almost all my eels into her. Frustrating, though it should not really be - successes are successes, after all. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

11-11-06, 03:46 PM	#5
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	That´s the question.... spend the torpedoes if you find a convoy or ignore the target and go to the patrol grid.. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

11-11-06, 01:54 PM	#1
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Why don't you try to get to the patrol area after the convoy attack, get the renown and then refuel from a milk-cow??? That way you will not spend so much time in transit.

11-11-06, 02:23 PM	#3
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Ideally I try to be at sea as much as possible, so even if I'm out of torpedos I still try to hunt using the deck gun (within limits obviously).

11-11-06, 06:26 PM	#7
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	The uboats assigned to Drumbeat, the original effort, had orders to not engage any ships until an appointed time they were on station. The element of surpise was to be kept at all possible costs. The exception was any ship 10,000 tons or higher. To quote, "we never pass a 10,000 tonner". So, operational requirements, or mission requirements in some cases take more precedent. Everything else becomes a secondary target or target of opportunity. So i guess it really depends on what the parameters of your patrol are, or what you interrpret them to be.