The Sea Chase Page #8

for any report...

... which might be received in London.

This is Berlin calling...

... and here again is Lord Haw-Haw at the

microphone of our shortwave station...

... speaking to England.

We've all heard of the Ergenstrasse 's

game of hide-and-seek...

... with the Royal Navy.

It's been most amusing to report the

bungling British attempts to capture her.

We're therefore going to lend them

a helping hand.

Some enlightening clues to the evasive

Ergenstrasse 's whereabouts.

Of course, from their former record,

it'll do them little good.

Are you ready, admiralty?

The Ergenstrasse is now proceeding

along the coast of Norway...

... at a present speed

of about 5 knots.

At this moment, she should be

off the mouth of Korsfjord.

Captain!

The Nazis had made a decoy

of the Ergenstrasse.

Karl Ehrlich, on the brink

of fulfillment...

... had been betrayed by the new party

to which everything was expendable.

It must have been a shock,

but no surprise to him...

... because it didn 't alter

his determination.

Tell the engine room to cut down

on the smoke, Mr. Bachman.

Aye, aye, sir.

Yes, I've read that monitored report

of Lord Haw-Haw's broadcast.

They're inviting us

to send out heavy ships.

Ships that we need badly.

Give their air force a field day.

- A stupid invitation we won't accept.

- Thank you, sir.

I know I'm violating procedure,

coming directly to you...

...but this has become an issue

that I can't put aside.

How does your crew feel about it?

Same as I do, sir.

They're all volunteers.

If I consent, where do you propose

intercepting your friend?

Thank you, sir.

I believe somewhere in here.

Elsa, how long

have we known each other?

I've known you since that day

on the island.

When I was driving this crew

24 hours a day?

At the grave.

That's a long time ago.

When you said,

"They were good men. Seamen."

That they were.

Well, it's a poor reward,

a forgotten grave.

Not forgotten.

Immortality has nothing

to do with fame.

Come on outside,

I have a present for you.

That's the Norwegian coast.

Karl, you've kept another promise.

Perhaps your greatest.

You brought your men home.

- And to all that it means to them.

- And all that it means to them.

We'd better get out of the weather.

It means happiness and home

for everyone else onboard...

...but what about us?

What about you?

Arrest, imprisonment?

Probably. But we'll face that

when we come to it.

Let's face it now.

This is a neutral coast.

Why can't we land here

and let the men go on?

Elsa, you're asking the captain

to leave his ship?

Captain! Captain!

Ship off the starboard quarter, sir,

showing no lights.

Bearing red 10, sir.

Put a shot across her bows.

Let this go over her.

Stop engine.

Pass the word to abandon ship.

Move!

- Engine room.

- Schmitt, we will follow the plan.

Everybody out!

Clear the bridge.

When she loses steerageway,

get to the boat.

Aye, aye, sir.

She's losing headway, sir.

Lot of activity on the boat deck.

Might be some sort of trick.

Well, we'll see.

Elsa, this is our log.

Make sure it gets to Jeff Napier.

Schlieter! Hang onto this

for Miss Keller.

But aren't you coming

on the same boat?

No.

- Everything rigged below?

- Yes, but I'm staying with you.

Chief, I promised you

your grandchildren. Get in that boat.

- But...

- That's an order!

All right, everyone aboard!

Mr. Kirchner, report to the bridge.

Kirchner, you're staying

aboard with me.

- What?

- You're such a loyal party member...

...you'll fight for your cause,

while I defend my ship.

Your ship? You're a lunatic!

You have no crew,

no armament, no guns.

- But a propeller. One.

- Now...

There's no activity onboard

at all now, sir.

Boats are approaching us, sir.

Are we going to pick them up?

I don't like the look of it.

Throw a net over the side.

Prepare to take them onboard.

- Yes, sir.

- Bring the captain to me.

Here's our log.

Take it to your captain.

We have the survivors onboard.

The captain isn't with them.

This is their log.

They're changing course, sir.

Shall we commence firing, sir?

- No. Put a star shell over her.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Put a star shell over her!

He's making a hoist

from the bridge.

- What flag is that? It has no swastika.

- The imperial battle flag.

- He can't be going to engage us, sir?

- He is.

I think he's gonna try and ram us, sir.

- Commence firing.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Commence firing!

- Up 200.

- Up 200.

Hit on the well deck, sir.

Hit on the boat deck, sir.

You maniac!

Elsa. Strike that flag!

Elsa, the lifeboat.

The boilers are gone, sir.

Cease fire.

Cease fire.

Shall we break radio silence, sir?

Report the taking of the Ergenstrasse?

No.

I'll report this in person.

We'll search for survivors.

- Slow ahead.

- Slow ahead, sir.

We searched for survivors...

... but all that we found

was a riddle of the sea...

... some tide-swept wreckage

on the nearby beach.

Had the sea taken them...

... or had they reached the nearby shore

where the fjords could hide a secret?

Who can say?

There are only two people who can

answer that, wherever they are.

But knowing Karl Ehrlich as I did,

I have my own opinion.

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