Ducimus gave me an early Christmas present.
Feb 44 in South China sea, pick up a convoy on radar. Aux subchaser in front, one on the right, and a destroyer on the left. 6 cargo ships. It's night and heavy seas.
Fearing what is going to happen, I race ahead and get in front of them. At periscope depth and silent running, the lead subchaser passed right in front of me at 1,000 yards! Set up for 3 on the first and 3 on the second. Hit all 3 on the first and it blew in half! Wow, that was easy. But my plot on the second was off, and only one torp hit. The second freighter blew in half with 1 hit!
Went deep and turned to match the convoy. The escorts couldn't locate me, so I popped back up as the trail freighter came by. All four stern tubes resulted in only 2 hits (I was rushed, he spotted my scope and started shooting at me). One was a dud, but one hit. The 3rd freighter blew in half with 1 hit!
The escorts finally came after me and I had to sneak away. But I think I seriously put a dent in the Japanese ammunition supply. Either that, or the hulls are now made of thermite.
Thanks for the spectacular fireworks, Ducimus. And the big bad AI sensors didn't get me (yet).
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