(Story) U52 - Another Wolf plays its part

Bosje · 06-07-14, 03:50 PM

U52 – Another wolf plays its part

December 2nd 1939

Wilhelmshafen quickly vanished from sight as the boat cut through the cold fog which had settled in at sunset on this winter afternoon. Gray, cold and desolate, even 10 miles out of port. Some six weeks of loneliness lay ahead and the north Atlantic was not likely to be very hospitable this time of year. The Old Man lit up a cigarette on the bridge of the U-boat and inhaled deeply. Immediately he coughed with a sound like his grandfather and his mouth filled with the taste of blood. He had a bad cold but it would pass, he assumed. No point staying in bed, they had a job to do. He straightened himself up, still coughing and ignored his watch officer who looked at him in a disconcerted way. 'I'll be fine,' he grumbled and he continued to smoke his cigarette, trying hard to suppress the disgustingly unhealthy sounding old man's cough. After all, he was only 34 years old.

06-07-14, 03:50 PM	#1
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	(Story) U52 - Another Wolf plays its part U52 – Another wolf plays its part December 2nd 1939 Wilhelmshafen quickly vanished from sight as the boat cut through the cold fog which had settled in at sunset on this winter afternoon. Gray, cold and desolate, even 10 miles out of port. Some six weeks of loneliness lay ahead and the north Atlantic was not likely to be very hospitable this time of year. The Old Man lit up a cigarette on the bridge of the U-boat and inhaled deeply. Immediately he coughed with a sound like his grandfather and his mouth filled with the taste of blood. He had a bad cold but it would pass, he assumed. No point staying in bed, they had a job to do. He straightened himself up, still coughing and ignored his watch officer who looked at him in a disconcerted way. 'I'll be fine,' he grumbled and he continued to smoke his cigarette, trying hard to suppress the disgustingly unhealthy sounding old man's cough. After all, he was only 34 years old. __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!