A Dawn Like Thunder by Douglas Reeman

Author:Douglas Reeman [Reeman, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, War & Military
ISBN: 9780434002153
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1996-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

on to his arm where the bayonet had driven into the muscle and flesh. Bandages were brought and the wound rebound with a strange-looking leaf between it and the skin.

Tucker glanced around at the lined, impassive faces. All fishermen, who would be killed without mercy if the Japs discovered what they were doing.

They brought more fish and rice, and a fresh-tasting green tea which was even more welcome. They all ate, even Napier.

Then the others departed, and Tucker guessed they would be going to prepare their boats for an early start.

The headman waited until they had finished, and seemed surprised when Tucker offered him one of the gold sovereigns. But he took it without comment and Tucker wondered if it had happened before. The headman said, ‘Tomorrow you hide, get back strength. Then we talk about escape.’

Napier whispered, ‘Escape? How?’

Rice snapped, ‘Don’t ask, just let him get us out of here!’

‘My boy will look after you.’ He spoke his name, but it still sounded like ‘Mango’.

He continued in the same mellow voice, ‘My people tell me about your underwater ship. Big explosion.’ He made a gesture like a fish darting through water. ‘Torpedo, yes?’

‘We don’t know.’ There was no point in revealing their role with the chariot. The headman probably imagined that a submarine had somehow managed to move so close inshore, and had fired on the grounded freighter.

The headman’s eyes glittered in the lamplight. ‘Torpedo.’ He sounded definite.

Napier’s mind was becoming clearer. He said, ‘How could the Japs have seen Turquoise? It’s not possible.’

The headman shook his head while he waited for his son to serve more tea. ‘You not understand. It was another submarine. I have seen it.’

He unfolded himself and stood up. ‘I leave you here. You will be hidden if Nippon soldier comes. I must go and pray now with my fishermen.

‘What a dignified old bloke.’ Tucker glanced around the hut. ‘Makes me feel a right scruff.’

Rice asked, ‘Could there be a sub around here?’

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