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Old 11-20-13, 07:59 PM   #4496
the dark knight
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May 1940, U-123 type IXB

After spotting an Empire freighter NW of Scapa Flow and sinking it, we decided to hunt off the northern waters off of Scotland. We found a group of 3 ships, 1 destroyer and 2 auxiliary cruisers. I set all 4 eels to magnetic and adjust the depth to pass under my victims. I fire one at the destroyer, 2 at the first cruiser and one at the last. 3 of the 4 hit, one on each ship right under the ammo stores. 3 huge explosions, and my victims quickly sink! It was then I decided to go scope out the waters surrounding Iceland, and in the process, I stumble onto an enemy convoy. The water is shallow, only 35m, but I decide to take the risk since this is a huge group of ships. I fire upon and sink a ceramic ocean liner, large tanker, and 2 C3 cargo's. I did have reload time after polishing off the liner and then bag the tanker and cargo's, since the escorts were not really looking for me yet. After 6 hours of holding my breath during intense depth charging in shallow water, we are headed home. Luckily the escorts set the charges way too shallow as I crept along the sea floor at 32m.
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