On the Admiral Graaf-Spee, the gun in the middle of the No. 1 turret in the bow of the ship, the elevation angle had been raised, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the distance, ready for fire.

"The target is still speeding away, and he is asking for an immediate artillery warning." With the sound coming back from the radio, Colonel Langesdorff gave the order: "Fire!" ”

Fire! With the command, the first gunner pressed the button, and the shell was fired.

"Boom!"

The cartridge violently released its own energy, and the projectile in front was rapidly pushed forward under the high-temperature and high-pressure air flow that suddenly appeared behind it, and almost in a ten-thousandth of a second, it went out of the long barrel.

When it was discharged from the muzzle, a stream of flames flew out from behind it with a huge amount of smoke, and the shell had reached a speed of nearly a kilometer per second, flying into the distance.

If it were an ordinary shell, the firing process would have ended, but now it was a rocket-boosted extended-range projectile, and the moment it flew out of the barrel, the rocket engine in the tail also began to ignite.

After the shell flew out of the barrel, the tail was with a blazing flame, and this flame was reflected in everyone's retina, and it looked so spectacular.

The shell continued to accelerate forward, and although the rocket engine in the tail only burned for a few tens of seconds, its speed had been increased to nearly two kilometers per second, so its trajectory was higher and its range was longer.

Overhead, the reconnaissance plane was still flying nearby, neither coming down to strafe or give more warnings, and on the cargo ship, most of the crew had relaxed, and these Germans would scare people, what about the shells? Where did the shells come from?

Shells flying at speeds close to Mach 6, they can't hear sound, and if they look up, their retinas can't catch such a high-speed vehicle.

So, almost without anyone noticing, the 283 mm rocket range extender flew over like this.

"The trajectory is a little high, I'm going to miss the target, I'm going to correct the trajectory." Ludwig, with the help of rigorous training and instinctive reactions, caught the flying cannonball, he said to Lucas in the back seat.

"Yes, subtract five points from the elevation angle, adjust two close positions to the right, and the next shot will definitely be more accurate." Lucas had already begun to calculate at a rapid pace.

At this time, the shell had already fallen, located 200 meters on the port side of the opponent, and when the shell fell, a violent explosion occurred.

"Boom!" The loud explosion was loud enough to shock any eardrum, and when the explosion happened, they had covered their ears and they saw the terrible sight on the port side.

The water wave was lifted more than 20 meters high, and the entire water wave was spreading rapidly in all directions, forming a terrifying wave, and the power of this cannonball was simply amazing!

With the waves, a lot of fragments of shells also flew, and those fragments expanded into the space of two hundred meters around, and some of the fragments even flew to the side of their ship, hitting it with a thud.

With the cargo, their ship was already almost 20,000 tons, and in this wave, it also began to shake violently.

"Large-caliber naval guns, at least with a caliber of more than two hundred millimeters!" The first mate on the ship has seen the naval gunfire of the navy, and this momentum is definitely caused by the large-caliber naval guns, which shows that there are large warships of the Germans near their side!

But where? They still couldn't see it, which only deepened their fears.

The flight of this cannonball completely dispelled their idea of escaping, and even Chris's eyes were filled with fear, if the cannonball was fired directly at his own ship, it only took one shot to kill his own side!

In this icy Arctic Ocean, if there were no ships, even if they took a lifeboat, they would definitely freeze to death, and they would not have survived at all.

He was already scared.

"The last warning, the shell just now is a warning, if you don't stop the ship, the next shell will be fired on the cargo ship, and the Maritime Joint Enforcement Committee will not be responsible for any consequences caused, repeat it again, please stop the ship immediately and wait for inspection!" Lucas continued to shout through the microphone.

In fact, at a range of 100 nautical miles, the accuracy is quite poor, and if the opponent maneuvers to dodge again, it may run dozens of nautical miles and shoot dozens of shells, but it will not be able to hit.

However, the Americans did not know, how could they know that the shells were fired from hundreds of nautical miles away, and in their minds, the naval guns could only hit a few dozen nautical miles, indicating that the German ships were nearby, perhaps behind some floating iceberg.

This cannon is just a warning, and the next cannon really greets their ships, how can they stand it!

So, Chris could only reluctantly give an order: "Stop the ship." When he said this, he was powerless.

Stop the ship, go for inspection, and the result of that inspection is that their ship will definitely be detained, and according to the inspection conditions of the Maritime Joint Enforcement Committee, any cargo ship is illegal, because all cargo is prohibited.

As long as they are caught and detained, then these crew members will have to stay in Europe honestly, and they don't know when they will be able to go back.

But it's better than floating on the icy Arctic Ocean as a corpse, right?

The black smoke in the chimney was smaller, the ship slowed down, and in the air, Ludwig excitedly shouted over the radio: "They have stopped the ship!" ”

As a maritime reconnaissance aircraft, they had quite a lot of fuel reserves, and they were constantly circling over this, and almost two hours later, a high-speed S-100 torpedo boat came with a wave of wind and waves.

This is the crystallization of Germany's advanced shipbuilding technology, relying on three high-speed diesel engines, it can soar at sea at a high speed of more than 40 knots, but unfortunately its seaworthiness is not good, the displacement of the hull is small, and the turbulence is terrible.

The flag of the Joint Maritime Enforcement Committee, designed only a few days ago, fluttered on the mast, and the newly painted coast guard ship came to inspect the American freighter.

Bad luck, at this time, Chris has already regretted it a little, until now, they have not seen the heavy artillery battleships of the Germans coming, what the hell is going on? Perhaps, the explosion of the naval artillery shell was a trick by the other party?

Unfortunately, he had no chance, the German speedboat quickly approached, several men with guns came up, completely controlled their ship, and when the cargo was discovered, the Germans immediately declared the freighter to be illegal, and needed to be detained in a special British port, waiting for the ransom to be paid before returning.