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Turn 126 11 April, 1942

It's been quiet for the past few turns, but the quiet was shattered on this day with this attack on the carrier Hermes.
I-11 caught her transiting the strait at Denpasar and put one fish into her, wounding the old lady and forcing her to go dead in the water.

After evading the single DD standing by the carrier, the I-11 completed her reload and returned to put three more torpedoes into the carrier.

4 Torpedoes were too much for the carrier, and she slipped beneath the waves. This picture was taken by a long range reconnaisance plane that happened to be in the area.

I have no idea how Traskott will fare without the 12 Fulmars that were on this ship. It could cripple his war effort.

Seydlitz,
Congrats for the sinking of HMS HERMES !... I-11 C.O.must be honored !
Best wishes,
Ramón.

Thanks Ramon,

I think that hitting and sinking a carrier or even a battleship is one of the toughest tasks in the game for a sub. I was quite excited when it happened.

Well, well, I have finished of reading the AAR, and looks like splendid, very ilustrative.

Some notes:

a) Even with the butcher job of the japanese SS, at the time of the end of the game, I hadn't had supply shortages.
b) DD losses HURTs.
c) The only time I feel a bit depressed was when the two raiding CVs flee. That action is interesting because the CV Yorktown which took the torpedo DIDN'T turn back to P.H. but continue in formation with the fleet ( she has 15 major flooding, no more).
d) KB raid over W.C., although interesting, was ( I think ) a mistake: I was able to move all my assets all over the map knowing 100% where the KB was.
e) "Fortress Palembang" is a very good tactic for the allied, specially against cautious japanese players [;)]. At October 1942, Palembang was at allied hands with 120k supplies.
f) I HATE your SS [:D][:D][:D].
g) My SS warfare was crippled by your VERY good air asw effort. However, the random hits got by aircrafts is overrated: I lost 3/4 SS at 21 days just with random hits...

It's a pity I had to stop this game, but I'm enjoyed it VERY much ( the chinesse offensive!!; Bangkok at 46 miles !!, The hunt of the miniKB!! ). Seydlitz is an excelent player, better person, and have a very remarkable skills painting french tanks !!! [;)][;)]