Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7)
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
SIR THAT LOOKS LIKE OUR SAME TYPE 91 TORPEDO YES IT IS THE GOOD OLD GYORAT THE THUNDERFISH HOW SHALLOW BUT LOOK CLOSER IT'S GOT A WOODEN BOX ON THE FINS THOSE PIECES OF WOOD WILL STABILIZE IT OUR MODIFIED THUNDERFISH WILL SWIM IN SHALLOW WATER TIME TO FIND OUT REFUEL THESE BOMBERS AND ATTACH THE MODIFIED THUNDERFISH THIS WILL NEVER WORK FIRE TORPEDO AWAY HOW IT LOOKING CLICK I TRUST COMMANDER GENDA HE'S A PILOT JUST LIKE US I DON'T SEE IT I DON'T THINK IT CONGRATULATIONS COMMANDER GENDA YOUR THUNDERFISH CAN SWIM THEY WORK REFUEL THE BOMBERS AND PUT MORE TARGETS OUT WE WILL PRACTICE UNTIL WE ARE PERFECT
NOT WHILE THE TORPEDO BOMBERS AND SUBMARINES HIT THE TARGETS BELOW THE WATERLINE WE WILL STRIKE FROM ABOVE YOU WILL HIT THE AIRFIELDS GROUNDED PLANES ARE TARGETS PLANES IN THE AIR ARE PRIORITY TARGETS MEMORIZE THESE TARGETS ESPECIALLY THE CARRIERS PROTECT THE BOMBERS SIR THESE PRACTICE RUNS TAKE SO MUCH FUEL SO MUCH OIL MERCIFUL HEAVENS I'D HATE TO BE THEIR TARGET SO WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG IF THIS PLAN WORKS WE'LL HAVE ALL THE FUEL WELL EVER NEED CAPTAIN HALE YOU'VE TOLD US MANY TALES HERE ON THE GALLOWS TO GET TO THESE AMAZING FLYING MACHINES AND HE'S OFF AND RUNNING DO YOU THINK HE'LL COME BACK TORPEDOS AWAY I HOPE
