The North Sea, north of London, is dark and windy, and the waves are rough.

On the cruiser Enterprise, the lights are strictly controlled, and the radio is in a state of silence, which is only less than 100 kilometers away from the Danish coastline, which can be regarded as a deep German control area, but now the German Navy has long existed in name only, except for the U-boat, the surface ships have no combat effectiveness, and this cruiser dares to be so close to the Danish coastline to carry out this inexplicable mission.

Until this point, the captain of the ship, Major Atwood, did not know what task he was going to perform, and the order given to him by the command was to cooperate with the request of the Captain Heshu in front of him, and the boss at that time told him semi-formally that even if Captain Heshu asked him to drive the cruiser into the German port, he would have to carry it out to the letter!

"Captain Heshu, this place is already extremely close to the Danish coast, we can't get any closer!" The captain, Major Atwood, couldn't help but remind.

With him, in addition to Captain Heshu of the Naval Intelligence Department, there were two other people, both wearing German uniforms, it seems that the mission this time is to send the two of them deep into the German-controlled area, but why not take the land route? The captain, Major Atwood, couldn't help but think.

Captain Heshu was staring at the map on the desktop, where the cruiser Enterprise was located, there was a red cross, and on the sea more than 100 kilometers away from the cruiser Enterprise, it was a small mixed task force, and its strength was not strong, and it would not attract special attention from the German army. His gaze went all the way east, across Denmark, the Baltics, on Lithuania, the republic of the USSR, and further east, Belarus, and then Moscow!

"Ray!" Captain Heshu breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and said, "You have to keep flying east, remember, try to go in a straight line and save fuel!" Here you are, the area of engagement on the Western Front, you have to find a way to find the Soviet Red Army and get their response! I've memorized the secret words! ”

Lei Rui nodded.

Captain Heshu continued, "Good! This Ar196 water reconnaissance aircraft has been modified to add two auxiliary fuel tanks, which can increase the range, so the greatest possibility, you will land in the Lithuanian Republic of the Soviet Union, and the rest will depend on you! ”

Sailing from London, on a trip across the North Sea, Lei Rui and James . Hudson received high-intensity training in piloting the Ar196 water reconnaissance aircraft in Aladao, which was completely improvised, chasing ducks to the shelves! Fortunately, Lei Rui has a very strong receptivity and has been able to eject from the cruiser in the Ar-196 water reconnaissance aircraft of Aladao, land on the water, and cruise at high altitudes.

As for James. Hudson was only responsible for correcting the position and orientation, controlling the MG81 rapid-fire machine gun on the plane, and responding to the German army's communication requirements if necessary through the radio station.

What should be explained, what should be memorized, Lei Rui and James. Hudson had all in his head, and the captain, Major Atwood, listened silently to these conversations between them, but his heart was shocked, what kind of crazy mission was it to get these two guys to cross the line of fire and go to Moscow?

The captain, Major Atwood, did not ask much with interest, but led the three men to the deck, the rain was not heavy, but the wind was not light, and the cruiser Enterprise was swaying in the wind, quite bumpy.

At such a time, the catapult and take-off of this Aradao Ar196 water reconnaissance aircraft is really crazy! However, according to the information I heard just now, these two guys were going to fly this reconnaissance plane disguised as Nazi Germany over Denmark and the Baltic Sea, and take off at this point in time, just enough to reach their destination after sunrise, reducing the possibility of being discovered by the Germans on the way.

Captain He Shu was a little worried, and asked loudly: "Captain, can you take off in this weather?" ”

"We didn't have a choice! Captain! "I will order the cruiser to change course and take off when the wind is downwind, but as soon as possible, the danger of the warship fighting the wind and waves is too great, and the opportunity to catapult and take off is only a few minutes!" ”

"Enough! Captain! Thank you! Lei Rui shouted.

He simply shook hands with Captain Hirsch and Captain Atwood, and said goodbye to James. Hudson climbed into the cockpit of the water reconnaissance plane and prepared for takeoff.

The seaplane's catapult was located on the side of the cruiser Enterprise, and the captain, Major Atwood and Captain Hirsch, returned to the command bay and issued a series of orders, and the cruiser began to slowly turn around, changing from the bow facing the wind and waves to facing the wind and waves.

After several attempts, the cruiser failed to achieve the ideal angle and orientation, and because the roll was too strong, it had to be quickly adjusted back to prevent the cruiser from capsizing.

"Captain! It's too dangerous! Everywhere the same request was returned, but the captain, Major Atwood, kept his face calm and continued to order to try again and again, thinking that compared to the mission that those two fellows were going to perform, what this cruiser Enterprise could do was not dangerous at all!

The wind and waves are getting stronger and stronger, even the face of the captain Major Atwood, there are beads of sweat the size of beans, in the wind and waves, the cruiser Enterprise slowly turned its direction again, a wave hit, and the cruiser that hit the horizontal was rushed to the top of the wave at once, and the captain Major Atwood shouted: "Take off!" Launch! ”

This is the best time so far, the time window is not a few minutes at all, but only a few moments, and when it falls into this wave, if the water reconnaissance plane has not catapulted and taken off, there will never be such a good opportunity again.

Bang!

There was a muffled sound in the wind and rain, the Ar196 water reconnaissance plane was thrown into the air by the catapult, and the cruiser Enterprise immediately turned around, and Captain Heshu kept holding a telescope by the window of the command cabin to check, and kept muttering, "Take off!" Take off! ”

I can't complain that he is so nervous, this Ara Dao Ar196 water reconnaissance plane, but this is the only one, if it crashes here, not only will it be very troublesome to rescue Lei Rui and the two, but this task is difficult to carry out!

Because it is no longer possible to find such a good German water reconnaissance aircraft!

In the dark stormy night sky, a few faint lights suddenly flickered, and Captain He Shu waved his hand excitedly and shouted: "Good! The take-off was successful! ”

This flickering light was the agreed signal, issued after the successful lift-off of the Lei Rui pilot, so that the cruiser Enterprise could return to the sea with peace of mind instead of thinking about search and rescue operations.

The captain of the ship, Major Atwood, also took a long breath, the adventurous action just now made him sweat in his heart, he watched the flickering faint light disappear into the dark stormy night sky in the telescope, and sighed: "These two bastards have successfully taken off!" ”

"Yes! Captain, these are two bastards! "But thankfully, it's two bastards on our side, not on the Nazi German side!" ”

In the wind and rain, the Ar196 water reconnaissance plane of Aladao was like a kite with a broken line, up and down, and could not be stabilized, Lei Rui tried his best to control the plane, while slowly climbing, while paying attention to various signals in the cabin.

"Ray! We're off course and we're flying southeast! "James in the passenger seat. Hudson reminded loudly.

Lei Rui shouted angrily: "I know! I know! This damn wind and rain, why is it endless?! ”

The altimeter on the cockpit shows that it is now at an altitude of 3,000 meters, but there is still no cumulonimbus cloud, and nothing can be seen outside the cabin.

And what is even more shocking is that there is no radar on the plane, Lei Rui did not expect that the radar of this era has not been able to be equipped on the plane, and now he is like a blind man in the air, or deaf, he is flying with a compass, if he hits another plane, it will be completely hanging.

However, this probability is very low and negligible! Lei Rui comforted himself in his heart.

After a strong turbulence, the whole plane suddenly lightened, like a bird that got rid of the burden, the sudden stability and lightness, so that Lei Rui was so happy that he was about to sing a hymn loudly, the bright moon in the sky was exceptionally bright, it was really bright and clean, and the thick clouds below, like the ground, as if stepping on it, could jump directly on it!

Hudson behind him took a long breath and reminded Lei Rui: "Ray! We've gone off course, we're heading southeast, and we're going to Hamburg! ”

Of course, there was still a considerable distance from Hamburg, Lei Rui laughed, adjusted his direction, and flew straight to the east in the moonlight.

The long rainy night finally passed slowly, and a ray of morning light began to appear in the east, and the Ar196 water reconnaissance plane of Aladao was controlled by Lei Rui, maintaining an altitude of 4,000 meters for cruising, and the wind and waves were calm all the way, without any radio inquiries, and no fighter came to intercept it.

It's just that the amount of fuel has been slowly but firmly decreasing, but unfortunately there is no GPS navigation at this time, where to fly, Lei Rui has no concept at all, and can only be estimated by speed and flight time.

The sky is getting brighter, and James in the back seat. Hudson finally woke up and asked in surprise, "Huh?" Where did we go? ”

Lei Rui replied: "The current flight time is 3 hours and 36 minutes, and we should be almost there!" ”

"How is that possible?!" Hudson exclaimed, "I fell asleep?!" ”

"You slept for 3 hours and 24 minutes, to be exact!"

Hudson gasped, he didn't even know he was asleep! I thought he was just taking a nap, but more importantly, he slept soundly and didn't have the same nightmare repeatedly!

Just as he was confused and trying to think about what was going on, Lei Rui suddenly cursed: "Damn! There's a plane coming at 11 o'clock! We were discovered! ”