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FreekS -> AAR: A tale of two carriers: part 1 (1/9/2010 4:34:06 PM)
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Played this scen from Russian side in 394. I had three subs, Foxtrot, Tango and Charlie II and Satellite info gave me great pictures of the CV Principe the Asturias with 4 escorts. All three subs could plot intercept courses, but I detoured one towards a hostile unescorted tanker first.
The Foxtrot arrived first in the vicinity of its calculated intercept. It found two escorts and snuggled its way between them. Knowing how poor its sensors are, I brought it to persicope depth intending to switch on the radar. Luckily this proved unneccessary, the carrier was detected 4nm South. Charlie was in range so I fired 4 ASuW missiles (all conventional). These were all Intercepted. Fox then made a quick 14 knot dash brought me to the usual torpedo firing range, 1400 yards or so. I fired 4 fish but did not see results as my sub was wiped out by a nuclear detonation.
The Tango next intercepted its target and made a standard pericope attach which caused the tanker to blow up. The Tango was then ordered to move towards the Carrier group at 8 knot.
Some hours later Charlie stumbled on an escort racing towards it at 23 knots. From 2nm it fired 2 torpedos and sank the enemy ship. Not sure if my Foxtrot had managed to sink the carrier, Charlie came to the surface and detected two more escorts using radar. It fired on and killed on but was then hit I think by helo dropped depth charges.
Now sure that I had at least killed two warships, a tanker and almost certainly the carrier I retreated Tango and victory was awarded - but at significant cost.
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