(1989) White Guns by Douglas Reeman

Author:Douglas Reeman [Reeman, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, War & Military, Historical, General
ISBN: 9781407010120
Google: MRhOcNRKaTkC
Amazon: B003RRY5V8
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2008-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

187

“Thank you.” Marriott walked carefully through the door and climbed thankfully towards the sunlight. After the sealed cabin it felt like the Solent.

He had been half-expecting Lowes, worried about some unexpected setback, but it was Fairfax.

“Hello, Number One. All finished out there?” He hoped his voice did not sound slurred.

Fairfax tore his eyes from the great heap of bicycles.

“The Russians have taken one of our passage-crew, sir.”

“What?” He took his arm and led him away from the watching gangway-staff. “Tell me!”

“We were transferring the German passage-crew to our boat and the ML when suddenly they pulled out one of the young sailors. It seems he had no proper authority, sir. Everyone else did.”

“Bloody hell! Somebody has made a damned mess of this.

There’s not much we can do. The rules come from the top—”

He stared at him and added, “That’s not all, is it?”

“It was one of my passage-crew, sir, in the Augsburg. After all this happened the German skipper told me that the youth is the son of the senior German officer at Kiel. Von Tripz, I think he said his name is. The skipper assumed it was okay and didn’t want any trouble.”

“Well, he’s got it all the same, the bloody idiot.”

It was all coming back through his foggy brain. Von Tripz had been the captain of the dockyard when the port had fallen to the British. He had stayed on under RN control as his knowledge and experience would prove invaluable. He had been cleared by the officers investigating war crimes and Nazi connections. A man of honour, they had said. And now his son was in Russian hands.

Fairfax was watching him anxiously. “We could make a signal—”

“It would be too late. There’s more to this than meets the eye. Quite a coincidence, wouldn’t you say?”

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