Close calls w/ base changes

Lord Kelvin · 04-12-09, 12:54 AM

Wondering if the following's ever happened to anyone here:

I was out on a patrol in February 1942, managed to rack up quite a few merchant kills and pull off a couple of recon missions. Around the fourth mission I was given, I was told to recon an enemy harbor off Taiwan, so off I went, with about half my fuel remaining. I figured that I'd make this my last mission, since I was also running low on warheads at the time, so I go in, take my pictures, and get out, then set a course for Soerabaja. I was forced to let several merchies pass and didn't bother trying to report any contacts either since command might accidentally send me to take them out, and I didn't want to waste any fuel.

Then, just as I enter the Java Sea on the 25th, I get the message, base moved to Freemantle. Which happens to be over 2500 nm away. And I'm down to about a quarter of a tank left.

Crap.

So, then I'm forced to hoof it down the strait between Sumatra and Java, past The Settlement, south along the western coast of Australia, and I just manage to make it to Freemantle with exactly 10% of my fuel reserves left.

Note to self: read up more thoroughly on when strategic locations changed hands during the war to avoid a situation like this in the future.

04-12-09, 12:54 AM	#1
Lord Kelvin Loader Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 88 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Close calls w/ base changes Wondering if the following's ever happened to anyone here: I was out on a patrol in February 1942, managed to rack up quite a few merchant kills and pull off a couple of recon missions. Around the fourth mission I was given, I was told to recon an enemy harbor off Taiwan, so off I went, with about half my fuel remaining. I figured that I'd make this my last mission, since I was also running low on warheads at the time, so I go in, take my pictures, and get out, then set a course for Soerabaja. I was forced to let several merchies pass and didn't bother trying to report any contacts either since command might accidentally send me to take them out, and I didn't want to waste any fuel. Then, just as I enter the Java Sea on the 25th, I get the message, base moved to Freemantle. Which happens to be over 2500 nm away. And I'm down to about a quarter of a tank left. Crap. So, then I'm forced to hoof it down the strait between Sumatra and Java, past The Settlement, south along the western coast of Australia, and I just manage to make it to Freemantle with exactly 10% of my fuel reserves left. Note to self: read up more thoroughly on when strategic locations changed hands during the war to avoid a situation like this in the future.