Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7)
ROADS 1 CHAPTER ON MARCH 8TH 1862 NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD CSS VIRGINIA STEAMED INTO BATTLE BUILT ON THE HULL OF A SALVAGED UNION WARSHIP THE VIRGINIA WAS COVERED IN THICK PLATES OF METAL ARMOR IN ONE LONG DAY SHE DESTROYED TWO MASSIVE UNION WAR SHIPS AND LEFT THREE TRAPPED AND HELPLESS THEIR HULLS STUCK FAST IN THE MUDDY BOTTOM OF HAMPTON
MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED UNION SAILORS WERE LOST BENEATH THE WAVES IT WAS THE WORST DEFEAT IN UNITED STATES NAVY HISTORY UNTIL NOW 1941 AWWWW YEAH
CLICK THE TARGET IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND GET CLOSER TO THE WATER APPROACHING TARGET LOWER FIRE FIRE TORPEDO TORPEDO AWAY IT'S LAUNCHED IT'S GOING TO MAKE
DID WE HIT SOMETHING RETURN TO THE SHIP THIS PRACTICE RUN WAS A TOTAL FAILURE YEAH WE HIT THE NET AGAIN KAGOSHIMA BAY KYUSHU JAPAN THE NETS ONLY GIVE US FORTY FEET THERE'S OF WATER NO ROOM FOR THE TORPEDOES TO LEVEL OUT YOU MUST FLY EVEN LOWER LIKE A DRAGONFLY SKIMMING OVER A POND IT DOESN T MATTER HOW LOW WE FLY THE TORPEDOES NEED DEEPER WATER OUR ACTUAL TARGET ZONE IS FORTY FEET DEEP ON AVERAGE SEVENTY FEET AT LEAST THIS PILOT IS CORRECT OUR TORPEDOES WON T SWIM IN THAT SHALLOW WATER SIR WHAT CAN WE DO WE CAN EITHER WAIT FOR THE SEA TO RISE COMMANDER GENDA SIR OR WE CAN TRY A NEW TYPE OF TORPEDO COME TAKE A LOOK
