"Dis iss das unterseeboot nein und zwanzig."
For a moment there was a deathless silence. Then again the heavy voice
to port:
"You speck not the truth. U-boat 29 is in der Kiel Canal. You are
English or Yankee. We call on you to surrender!"
McClure's answer was to slam down the lid of the conning tower and ring
for full speed in the engine room. Instantly he switched the rudder
to starboard as the _Dewey's_ propeller blades began to turn.
"Dive!" yelled the commander to his navigating officer, as he himself
slanted the submerging rudders.
Almost at the same moment the German warship's powerful searchlights
turned full upon the American submarine. Then came a great spit of
fire from a battery aboard the enemy vessel followed by the roar of
her guns and a salvo of shots.
"It's no use, boys," said the submarine commander to his officers.
"They have us trapped. Unless we surrender here we are going to be
blown out of the water in short order. We cannot submerge quick
enough to avoid that terrible gunfire.
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