full detailed report -- issues with escorts while submerged
Mods:
Ops Monsun_V705
OMv705-715A
OMEGU_210
OMEGU_210 hotfix
100% reality except for map updates (which makes easier to get range)
single mission: RUM 410316 U99 March 1941
time 21:45
approach
Got into course 330, ahead standard
soon after: ship spoted bearing 11, long range.
radioed convoy report: estimated speed 11knots, course 90
ordered flank speed, course 335
first detection
happened at 22.27, escort was at 1,250mts aprox bearing 100
he start shooting at me
I fired one torpedo (not aimed, just to recharge it and make more noise while submerged).
then I ordered crash dive to 120mts, I kept flank speed
I heard merchant propellers from bearing 295 to 330, change course to intercept
tube 1 was ready at 22.40
nothing else happened, I didn't hear DC
1st attack
ordered PD at 23.00
reached PD at 23.05
22.06, raised attack periscope, I am surrounded by merchants, I can see more than 30. at least 3 are closer than 1000mts, I didn't see any escort close
22.08 surface the boat and all stop
22.09 why waste torpedoes if I have a deck gun? ordered deck gun manned and start shooting
23.18 still shooting, 1 merchant already destroyed
23.19 escorts arrived, and again, shoot non aimed torpedoes (this time 5 tubes) to make more noise
23.20 crash dive, change course to follow convoy, depth 100mts
23.22 can hear pings
23.29 reached 98 meters, kept flank speed
2nd attack
00.09 finished recharging 5 tubes, ordered PD
00.13 reached PD, change course to intercept convoy again
00.14 surface the boat
00.28 in position to launch more torpedoes
I aborted the mission after that, it was kind of too easy to keep doing it until running out of ammo, escorts were definitively not an issue, other than during the few seconds between getting detected and submerging
I hope someone could try to test it
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