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08-06-12, 07:20 AM | #1 |
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Op Monsun Convoy... what would you do ?
So I'm patrolling quite happily when the watch crew spot a warship just over the horizon,but he's not alone....
23 merchants and.... A Queen Elizabeth BB all proceeding along at 7 kts I plot their course and speed when it occurs to me to send in a contact report which I do and receive this.... So the question is this,would you obey orders and break contact or would you proceed with an attack ? |
08-06-12, 10:18 AM | #2 |
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That's an unusual message. In real life you probably would have been told to shadow the convoy until the "further assets" arrived. The game doesn't know the difference. I would go ahead and attack.
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08-07-12, 11:09 AM | #3 |
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Yea I was thinking of just going in for an attack.The majority of merchants are South American so I presume they're neutral at this point though there are a few British ones scattered about and picking out two for a two torp each attack would be awkward.The QE BB however is quite isolated at the rear left corner so I'd probably go for her.
The other option would be a bit of roleplay and that would mean obeying orders,however ridiculous those orders may appear to be. I have a save at a nice spot in front of the convoy so it could go either way at this point |
08-29-12, 11:55 AM | #4 |
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Ha, I think just ran into that same convoy last night (except on Sept.11/39, just off the coast of Spain).
I was ordered to sink merchants, but I figured the loss of the battleship Q.E. would hurt Churchill more than the two (at best) tankers I'd be likely to hit on my first attack. Took 3 hrs (game time) to reach a firing position. Fired all 4 forward tubes at the Q.E. with 2 duds, 1 miss, and a single hit to the stern. Turned the boat and gave her both stern tubes for another dud and another miss. 1 hit didn't even slow her down. P.S. Under the rules of engagement at the time, any merchant under escort of an enemy warship was considered to be an enemy merchant.
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08-30-12, 04:42 PM | #5 |
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Ouch... I feel your pain there Capt.
Know what you mean about taking all that time to get in a good firing position,target cruises across your scope,you're certain you've got her and then....pigging duds Have been playing TMO lately but must load this one up and take a pop at the QE. We shall have our revenge |
08-31-12, 01:54 AM | #6 |
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While I'm tempted to go around to take another crack at the QE, I have to assume that in real life the convoy commander wouldn't let her remain in so vulnerable a position after a near miss.
If she falls behind the convoy I'll try again, otherwise I'll go for the thin-skinned tankers full of inflamables. I wish you better luck with your torpedos than I had.
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