Foray into the Med - Page 2

Hartmann · 11-13-07, 06:52 PM

I´m in the med but i have a problem now .

i had sunk two cruisers, one destroyer, one troop ship (torpedoed and deck gun fire), one landing ship with vehicles and some merchants but i had my IX-B boat base at lorient.

i don´t have to stay here.:hmm: my patrol grid was in the atlantic.

what i have to do ?? return to gibraltar , run and pray ? or scuttle my boat ? or try a transfer from one italian port ?

only three torpedoes left, morale (still) high , Waiting a response of BDU.......

KeptinCranky · 11-13-07, 07:40 PM

Dock at an Italian port, send a Telegram to BDU about your whereabouts and expect a fairly cross response, like being reassigned to patrolling on the Russian front without any cold-weather gear

WTF are you doing in the med with a IXB?!?

it's supposed to be used near Freetown and Newfoundland

My suggestion, grab some eels in Sardinia, stock up the boat with Pizza and Pasta and other Italian delicacies and get back through Gibraltar ASAP before the guards there get really nasty, if that doesn't work, keep resupplying in Italy until Salamis is available and then transfer to there

or use the Return to Base teleportation device your boat is equipped with and if you bring enough Italian goodies Donitz may not have you shot...

Or as an absolute last resort, or if you're tired of life, try to get through the suez canal and visit Japan

Hartmann · 11-13-07, 11:09 PM

Ok thanks for the advices. :hmm:

suez ?... british are there and the waters are very shallow, they can close the doors and empty the water...like a fish in the barrel, but it sounds interesting.

i think that i will ressuply and after go to gibraltar again. if my ix-B can get into, it can do it again in the opposite direction , i think... it´s still early 1942.

i like a lot IX-b boats , but i had some nasty aircraft encounters, including at night with lights.

and i think that is a bit too large for the med. it´s a blue waters shark.

KeptinCranky · 11-14-07, 04:58 PM

Ah the planes, gotta hate them

My standard operating procedure after 1941 and in the Med is to run surfaced by day and submerged at night until i get to the shipping lanes, when I only surface when I've run out of air or battery juice, and only long enough to replenish.

The idea is that before radar warning is available the planes will get you easier at night than by day, when you can at least see them coming and dive in time (hopefully)

Stealth Hunter · 11-14-07, 08:11 PM

Just something I wanted to warn you about, be ready for all Hell when the Americans attack our Italian brothers. The Med can be your best friend for tonnage OR your worst enemy, in which case YOU are made into someones tonnage.

If you need to make an escape, there's pretty much only one safe way: Gibraltar.

Otherwise, I hope you have a bit of flight training... and some sort of anti-gravity device that makes your U-boat fly.

11-13-07, 06:52 PM	#16
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I´m in the med but i have a problem now . i had sunk two cruisers, one destroyer, one troop ship (torpedoed and deck gun fire), one landing ship with vehicles and some merchants but i had my IX-B boat base at lorient. i don´t have to stay here.:hmm: my patrol grid was in the atlantic. what i have to do ?? return to gibraltar , run and pray ? or scuttle my boat ? or try a transfer from one italian port ? only three torpedoes left, morale (still) high , Waiting a response of BDU....... __________________ 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

11-13-07, 11:09 PM	#18
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Ok thanks for the advices. :hmm: suez ?... british are there and the waters are very shallow, they can close the doors and empty the water...like a fish in the barrel, but it sounds interesting. i think that i will ressuply and after go to gibraltar again. if my ix-B can get into, it can do it again in the opposite direction , i think... it´s still early 1942. i like a lot IX-b boats , but i had some nasty aircraft encounters, including at night with lights. and i think that is a bit too large for the med. it´s a blue waters shark. __________________ 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

11-14-07, 08:11 PM	#20
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	A Word of Advice Just something I wanted to warn you about, be ready for all Hell when the Americans attack our Italian brothers. The Med can be your best friend for tonnage OR your worst enemy, in which case YOU are made into someones tonnage. If you need to make an escape, there's pretty much only one safe way: Gibraltar. Otherwise, I hope you have a bit of flight training... and some sort of anti-gravity device that makes your U-boat fly.

11-13-07, 07:40 PM	#17
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Dock at an Italian port, send a Telegram to BDU about your whereabouts and expect a fairly cross response, like being reassigned to patrolling on the Russian front without any cold-weather gear WTF are you doing in the med with a IXB?!? it's supposed to be used near Freetown and Newfoundland My suggestion, grab some eels in Sardinia, stock up the boat with Pizza and Pasta and other Italian delicacies and get back through Gibraltar ASAP before the guards there get really nasty, if that doesn't work, keep resupplying in Italy until Salamis is available and then transfer to there or use the Return to Base teleportation device your boat is equipped with and if you bring enough Italian goodies Donitz may not have you shot... Or as an absolute last resort, or if you're tired of life, try to get through the suez canal and visit Japan

11-14-07, 04:58 PM	#19
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ah the planes, gotta hate them My standard operating procedure after 1941 and in the Med is to run surfaced by day and submerged at night until i get to the shipping lanes, when I only surface when I've run out of air or battery juice, and only long enough to replenish. The idea is that before radar warning is available the planes will get you easier at night than by day, when you can at least see them coming and dive in time (hopefully)