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Old 09-01-22, 09:47 AM   #1
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Default What a terrible patrol - Jan/Feb 1940

I am on patrol off the NW of Scotland as ordered and it as been grim. Constant bad weather (to be expected) and no targets - well almost none.
I saw a small fishing vessel miles from anywhere bobbing around like a cork and I could not use my deck gun because of the weather. I would not have attacked it if I could have. It was that small and not even worth a shell.
Then at last a target, a large troop carrier heading West but its speed was so great I could not intercept it.
My fuel is now at 50% and I am searching, diving, listening repeatedly and finally I find a small freighter which I sent to the bottom.
Now I am searching again, I am wondering if I should use my fuel (speed 5 knts) and slowly head back home and see if I can find some targets down the East Coast of England.
The thought of RTB with just one kill is worrying. I mean it has been 4 days real life doing this.
Anybody ever gone back to base with no kills?
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Old 09-01-22, 08:33 PM   #2
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I would say more often than not. I am using TWOs and on medium difficulty I get very few contacts in 1940-41. Most contacts turn out to be neutrals. Very disappointing, but I guess more true to real life patrols.
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