Who let Bernard command my boat last night?

Nangleator · 11-05-08, 07:16 PM

October '39 and I run into a convoy. I position myself with utmost care and caution. (I now know what it's like in '43, so I'm a bit convoy-shy now.) Soon, it's clear there's only one escort, and it's a Flower.

OMG squee!!!

So I keep myself 4 kilometers away and wreck his day. He never even fires back. (Can they?)

Now I've got about 16 ships all to myself and it's still night. I've only spent about fifty rounds from the gun and two eels. (I lost the forward deck eel during a crash dive from aircraft. I didn't know that could happen.)

I've never been in this position, so I tell myself "take your time and do things right." There are American ships, so I have to be careful not to waste shots on them.

I expend most of my remaining deck gun rounds on a coastal merchie, then let some eels swim. Another small merchie goes down with one hit, and I get two solid hits on one of the C2s.

I thought I learned something about C2s on my last patrol. I guess I didn't learn enough.

Even though I aim carefully, I get some misses and bad hits. I also decide to work on the second C2 as well. To make a long, embarrassing story short, I leave two C2s dead in the water, watch a damaged small merchie sail away with the convoy, and head home with only the Flower and that first merchie as kills. I expended every torpedo and round from both guns, including star shells.

Dammit, I'm stupid.

11-05-08, 07:16 PM	#1
Nangleator Mate Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Billerica Posts: 58 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Who let Bernard command my boat last night? October '39 and I run into a convoy. I position myself with utmost care and caution. (I now know what it's like in '43, so I'm a bit convoy-shy now.) Soon, it's clear there's only one escort, and it's a Flower. OMG squee!!! So I keep myself 4 kilometers away and wreck his day. He never even fires back. (Can they?) Now I've got about 16 ships all to myself and it's still night. I've only spent about fifty rounds from the gun and two eels. (I lost the forward deck eel during a crash dive from aircraft. I didn't know that could happen.) I've never been in this position, so I tell myself "take your time and do things right." There are American ships, so I have to be careful not to waste shots on them. I expend most of my remaining deck gun rounds on a coastal merchie, then let some eels swim. Another small merchie goes down with one hit, and I get two solid hits on one of the C2s. I thought I learned something about C2s on my last patrol. I guess I didn't learn enough. Even though I aim carefully, I get some misses and bad hits. I also decide to work on the second C2 as well. To make a long, embarrassing story short, I leave two C2s dead in the water, watch a damaged small merchie sail away with the convoy, and head home with only the Flower and that first merchie as kills. I expended every torpedo and round from both guns, including star shells. Dammit, I'm stupid.