Secret Mission (BALZ)

[Brag]

Before entering the BDU building, Balz removed his bazaar medals and kept only his Iron and German Cross. The secretary told him to go right in. He entered Doenitz­`s dispatch clacked his heels and saluted.
"What do you want to see me for?" Asked the admiral.
"I want to report the Loners Lane."
"Report a lovers lane? What that has to do with me? You come all the way from Wilhelmhaven to report that? You belong in a looney lane."
"Loner's Lane has no lovers, just loners by themselves, with no one else for company. Just one ship at a time sailing to assured destruction if you happen to position a U-boat there to listen for the kawoombah, kawoombah, rhythmic pounding of of loner engines, ready to deliver a kaboom grand finale to the luckless vessel flying the British red ensign."
"Ah," Doenitz said. "And where is this location?"
"It is ten miles north of the northern edge of AM 52 to ten miles south of it. We sunk three ships there in four days. Then the weather got bad and we heard several more ships. We would have heard more ships if the loners were not loners."
"Obviously." Doenitz tapped a pencil on the chart on his desk. "I´m going to send you on a secret mission. You´ve met our secret agents, Baba Haji Jimbuna, the magic carpet merchant, and Ali Baba?"
"Yes, when pirating in the Persian Gulf, they gave me support and recruited the Seven Peelers of Wisdom."
Doenitz chuckled. "You will meet them on your next mission."
"I don´t have enough fuel to reach the Persian Gulf."
"You´re not going there. They are in Ireland. You will sail into Cork and make contact with them. "
Balz assumed a heroic posture. As if inspired by a higher being, he addressed the ceiling. "Corkahoochie," he said in a low tone.

Stay tuned.
U-45 Sailed on this dangerous mission from Wilhelmshafen on 30 December 1939