The Arctic waters are quite cold. If they were still the previous convertible aircraft, they would definitely freeze people after performing a flight mission.

Now, the German Navy is developing carrier-based aviation forces significantly, and aircraft carriers are built one by one. However, Germany has not paid much attention to the development of seaplanes. Until now, it is still using a single-wing Ar-196 seaplane.

In the past few years, when it first appeared, it was very advanced compared to those biplanes, with a maximum speed of 310 kilometers per second, surpassing other seaplanes. However, with the development of time, it has gradually fallen behind and is incomparable to those carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers.

However, Germany did not continue to invest energy in seaplanes. For Germany, the aircraft carrier formation is gradually growing, and when facing serious threats, there will definitely be aircraft carriers involved, and the aviation side will be handed over to the aircraft carrier.

On the other hand, it is because the helicopters being developed by Germany will be equipped on the warship after success. Compared to the need to take off and then land the floater on the water surface, as for seaplanes recovered by cranes, carrier-based helicopters can take off and land directly on the warship with their own capabilities. This is the most suitable type of aircraft for ordinary warships.

Now, more than 500 ar-196 seaplanes have been produced, which is almost the standard configuration for German surface ships. Even cruisers worth thousands of tons can be equipped.

The current seaplane was ejected by Admiral Graf Spee. Now this warship has been converted into the Coast Guard's force and is the flagship of the Coast Guard.

Since the base camp issued its mission, it has been wandering near the Arctic, but there was not a single American transport ship on the channel, which still made Colonel Langer Sdorf, the captain and coast guard leader, wonder.

Did the Americans really accept their own provocations strangely and then stop transporting? Impossible, is Americans so easy to fool?

So he ordered his search aircraft to expand the search area and continue to search northward under the harsh weather conditions within the Arctic Circle.

Pilot Ludwig soon saw the black smoke rising from the sea in the distance, and was delighted that it was the exhaust gas burning from the boiler of the water-surface ship. Lucas, the machine gunner in the back seat, could see clearly and shouted to him: "It's the Freedom Wheel, the American cargo ship!"

The aircraft is a two-person system, and the machine gunner behind it is also an observer. In this mission, the machine gun is fixed, the cabin is closed tightly, and there is also the engine heat in the cabin to keep warm, which makes them acceptable.

Now, the target has finally been discovered.

"Coast Guard 1 and Coast Guard 1 have discovered a free ship, which is now driving eastward in the sea at 76 degrees north latitude and 10 degrees east longitude. We are about to intercept it." Ludwig shouted in the radio.

At this time, the code name of the Graf in the radio has become Coast Guard No. 1.

The latitude of 76 degrees north is 10 degrees north than the sea they reserved. No wonder they didn't find it before. While calling, Ludwig pushed the operating rod and swept quickly towards the direction where the ship was.

Don't worry, cargo ships will not be equipped with weapons.

In later history, the American Freedom Ship was not equipped with any weapons in the early stages. That was because Germany began to attack their cargo ships at sea, so it had to add weapons in the later stages.

Now, freighters are used for civilian purposes, so they have to use civilian means. If they dare to add weapons, then Germany will directly use warships to greet them without having to draw up a European Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Committee.

At the same time, Lucas in the back seat soon started his work, and his hand turned the switch on the control panel to preheat the newly installed high-powered amplifier.

Germany has begun to quickly reach the transistor era, but transistor electronic products have always been in short supply. In terms of amplifiers, electronic tubes have outstanding advantages, large power and wide bandwidth, which means slower preheating.

Looking at the machine gun above him, Lucas was speechless and nagged: "Machine gun, you should rest first. If the people below are disobedient, I will let you teach them a lesson."

Two minutes later, Ludwig was flying the plane and had already begun to circle the ship, while Lucas picked up the microphone, the tweeter installed behind the floats on both sides, and began to shout down.

"Listen to the ship below, we are the maritime patrol aircraft of the European Joint Maritime Enforcement Commission. Now, you need to stop sailing immediately and wait for us to enforce the law."

"Repeat, we are the maritime patrol aircraft of the European Joint Maritime Enforcement Commission. Now, you need to stop sailing immediately and wait for us to enforce the law."

The reconnaissance plane was wandering on the ship, and at this time, everyone on the ship was in panic.

The civilian ships are all ordinary sailors. Although they know that they are transporting arms, they are actually ordinary people with high wages. They are not soldiers and have never experienced such a scene.

Captain Chris looked at the plane above his head, and at this moment he was also hesitating.

what to do?

Continue to move forward? Now, as long as they continue to move forward for dozens of nautical miles, they can reach the airspace of the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet of the Soviet Union. If they send a distress signal now and ask them to take off the fighter plane to escort, they can still catch up.

But if we continue to move forward, how about this plane? It is endless and the other side's warship should be still far away, maybe hundreds of nautical miles.

What if it doesn't matter, keep moving forward!

These Germans are simply hooligans. The routes on this ocean should be public. When will it be the Germans turn to be a hero here?

If they directly dispatch warships to intercept, that would be fine. Now they have created a joint maritime law enforcement committee that is both a bitch and a archway, which is really disgusting.

Ignore them!

"Keep going and ask for help from the Soviets," Chris shouted loudly, his eyes full of determination, and the ice on his beard was shaking as he spoke.

We must fight against such hooligan behavior!

Black smoke came out of the chimney, the steam boiler continued to pressurize, the bow of the ship split the waves, and continued to accelerate.

"It seems that the Americans are going to resist law enforcement, warn them again!" Ludwig shouted, instead he felt a little excited.
Chapter completed!