Just once, I'd like to play a campaign from the beginning to beyond 1943.
Sep 22 1943, sitting on the convoy route north of the Canary Islands.
The weather has been horrible. I cannot catch the high speed convoys in the 15M/S winds and high sea states. Only fired two eels the entire patrol so far, and those missed. Evidently, I left the scope up a hair too long and it was spotted on radar, because the entire convoy zigged when I gave the command to fire.
Finally got a report of a task force headed our way. OK, if there is a carrier included, we have a target.
Worked our way into position, fired two eels, both hit, escorts pinging away as usual. We are diving, decoying and evading. We are at 180 meters, silent running, 8 degree port rudder. The first reports of depth charges and that was all she wrote. Neptune starts banging on our hull with a humongous hammer.
Already had men in position for damage control, but to no avail. Just as we got a handle on the major flooding, the aft torpedo room collapsed due to pressure, and it hadn't even been damaged in the attack.
I was just too close to the escort, and Evarts class, from the beginning. Should have attacked from 4k+, not 2.5k.
Pinpoint precision with the first volley of wasserbombs. D I D. 1939 here we come.
