A lonely ship (Balz)

[Brag]

"What a perfect approach," Balz said and smiled. "Sometimes I find it hard to believe how good I am at this business of sinking ships. In a minute we will raise the periscope and find out who is this lonely, fast ship racing toward his doom."

Bernard dusted the tea cozy and placed it on Balz's head. "I greatly admire your cozy warmed brain, Herr Kaleun."
"Not only you, but the rest of the crew admires my skill and hoochiewoochie." Balz smiled benignly. at the choir assembled in the control room. "Up periscope."
The scope hummed, Balz slapped the handles open and placed his eye against the eye piece. "This is schwooggie, the sea is calm and our hapless victim is a tanker. We will sink it with the deck gun."
"Oh, no, Not the deck gun," Bernard wailed..
"Well, I am not going to toss the sandwiches you have made for breakfast at it.
"But the tanker will shoot back and sink us."
Balz chuckled and assumed a heroic pose. For your pleasure and the glory of German arms, I will demonstrate my great skills as a naval, maritime, nautical gunmanship master. I just make waterborne artillery sing a delightful song of doom to the enemy."
"Can I yodel while you perform your song of doom? "Bernard asked.
"No, you will hum together with the choir." Balz tapped his tuning fork .The choir hummed
"Surface, man the deck gun."
Air hissed, U123 rose to the surface.

To be continued stay tuned for another exciting epode of the Balz chronicles