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3rd of March 1940, 21:35, Grid AL 48, U-46
U-46 was motionless, with the water moving around them gently. On the deck Thomas Frankfurter with his small repair team worked as fast as they could to repair the battery recharges. They had been at it for about two hours give or take and had made minimal progress. Smith had retired to the quarters for some sleep, leaving CE Otto Luft in command. Otto had been onboard for U-46s last three patrols, all of which had been highly succesful. Before he came aboard U-46 had been on one patrol, however no enemy ships had been sunk and the engines had blown up just outside of port. His expirience with U-46 had been good after all it was his first assignment. However he disagreed with his kaluens unorthodox methods when dealing with stressful situations. He was gaining quite the reputation serving on U-46, so he didn't speak out against his kaluens actions. Until today when his kaluen had put the entire crew at risk and now he was putting them at risk by refitting the rechargers. Now was his chance to turn the crew against U-46s kaluen and claim captaincy. Turning away from the map mounted on the wall, he went to the bow tubes to plot and scheme.
(To be continued)
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