All of a sudden, we are...not doing well.
“The early, desperate days of the war—when it seemed doubtful that any success could be achieved—are gone. They won’t be back.”— Me.
“Just average luck should result in a pretty good week.”
— Also me.
Right.
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| Hatsuzuki. These guys are having a much better April than my guys. |
Where to begin? How about the first combat encounter for a Next Gen sub. That’s historically significant, right? It turned out to be USS Gato (SS-212) herself who saw the first fighting for her class. Patrolling in the Coral Sea, she encountered a very small group of ships that turned out to be a smallish (5,000 ton) oiler, escorted by three destroyers. Which was...unfortunate. She managed to get off only a single low-odds shot (which she almost made) before being damaged herself in the counterattack. Hardly an auspicious start to our New Era.
