Konpeki no Kantai::Volume1 Chapter5
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Konpeki no Kantai Volume 1 Chapter 5
Chapter Five: The 8000 Kilometer Undersea Strike of the Fugaku
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The Deep Blue Fleet greeted the new year 17, seven days after having sortied from the Hawaiian Islands.
Rear Admiral Maehara Issei, for the first time in a while, saw the faint outline of an island upon the sea, though not with his naked eye. When the periscope of the Fugaku lifted out of the sea on the morning of New Year’s Day, it was in the field of view.
The morning sun was just rising, precisely behind the volcanic island. The glittering, golden dawn shone brightly, as if it were shooting him in the eyes...
The view from the scope vanished in the great waves of the ocean, only to reappear.
"You take a look," said Maehara Issei, urging the captain of the Fugaku, Irie Kuichi.
When Captain Kuichi peered through the scope,
"That must be Clipperton Island," he said.
The French island of Clipperton is a volcanic island floating in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is located at ten degrees north latitude, one hundred and ten degrees west longitude. From Hawaii, it is 5000 kilometers to the south-east. Without consulting a map of the seas, we knew that America was not far away. The coast of Mexico to the northeast is less than 1000 kilometers away.
"Our voyage is on schedule," said Maehara.
The Deep Blue Fleet ran at marvelous speed through the East Pacific, reaching fifteen knots on and under the water, covering 360 nautical miles (670 kilometers) per day.
"Yes. We are still sixteen hundred nautical miles from our target, but the real battle is about to begin," said Irie.
Sixteen hundred nautical miles is about three thousand kilometers.
"We are in enemy territory," nodded Maehara. "From now on, we will have to go underwater day and night."
"Yes sir."
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