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Old 04-24-15, 08:09 PM   #4856
UKönig
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Well trained radio officer received contact report of England bound convoy in grid AJ96. Moved to intercept on the surface. Dove to take a quick listen to make sure I was in the right area. Sound contacts popping up all over. Jackpot. Perfect approach position. Weakly guarded convoy. Some ships new to the task and are sailing in differing directions.
First shot, seeking torpedo at clemson destroyer, one hit, one kill.
Second shot, flanking C3 heavy cargo ship. Hit and sunk.
Third shot, trailing C2 heavy cargo, hit and damaged, forward speed slowing.
Fourth shot, T2 tanker. Missed.
Fifth shot, flower corvette walking drag. He got a little too close for comfort so we fired the seeker from tube 5. Looked like it wasn't going to hit, so we upped scope as far is it would go, and cranked up the speed a bit. That got his attention. As he came in to investigate, the seeker bit him in the ass. Sank stern first. Two of three escorts down.
Had some nailbiting moments while we reloaded, and came around again at the damaged cargo ship. Second corvette getting too close, but not sure where we are. Hit on the cargo ship, damaging it again, but if refuses to sink. Played cat and mouse with the corvette, until we were able to line up a shot with our 3rd seeker. Hit and sunk. No more escorts.
Fired again at another tanker, and hit. No more tanker. Fired at C3 cargo that suddenly changed course. Missed him too. Let the convoy gain a bit of distance on me, surfaced, and began with the deck gun.
Finished off the damaged cargo ship, sitting less than 2km away. Only a few merchantmen seem to have guns themselves so we risk staying surfaced.
Took a few hits reducing our hull to about 49% of normal, but managed to sink 3 more ships. Had to crash dive and blow ballast a few times in between, but we finally ran out of ammo.
With 55,000 tons in the locker, we return to base...
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