Chapter 1242： Cant provoke and hide (2/2)

Historically, from 1941 to 1945, a total of 2,751 free ships were built in 18 American docks.

This kind of cargo ship has a displacement of 7,000 tons and can carry more than 10,000 tons of cargo. It is the most suitable for the United States now. Unfortunately, its appearance is quite ugly.

The bottom of a general cargo ship is U-shaped, but now the bow post is indeed tilted forward, and the bottom of the ship is V-shaped. This type of ship can reduce resistance and increase the speed of the ship when ordinary main engines are installed.

After it was built, Time Magazine called it the Ugly Duckling.

Roosevelt valued these freighters very much. He knew that only strong maritime transport capabilities could enable the United States to win this war. Therefore, when the first ship was launched by the Patrick Henry, Roosevelt himself personally hosted Launching ceremony.

”Freedom or death, these ships will bring freedom to Europe and freedom to the world.” Roosevelt borrowed Henry's words back then, which became the origin of the name Freewheel.

Now, this Liberty ship is full of cargo, including trucks, grain, high-grade fuel, and some disassembled Flying Snake fighters, sailing towards the port of Murmansk in the Soviet Union.

They have no choice.

Although the Germans claimed to have set up the European Maritime Joint Law Enforcement Commission to carry out maritime inspections here, and made it clear that the route was to be blocked, but they were already full of cargo ~~ It takes time to unload the cargo. It would take many more months if they circumvented to the Pacific Ocean, so they could only take the risk and continue on the planned route.

At the same time, for safety, they deliberately moved the route north.

Originally, they planned to walk the slightly warmer Norwegian Sea, but now they crossed the Danish Strait to the colder Greenland Sea, planning to go east from here, around the northern part of Jan Mayen Island, and reach the Barents Sea.

Can't mess with it, can you avoid it? Going around all the way, the Germans really don't give people a way to survive?

Navigation in the Arctic Circle is full of risks. The wind here can sometimes exceed twelve levels. The ubiquitous ice floes are a huge threat. Just facing these natural problems is enough to make people nervous. At this time, The Germans will definitely not make trouble, right?

Chris is wearing the thickest clothes, his beard is all frozen, almost everyone in the cockpit is the same.

There was heating on the ship, but I don’t know what happened. If they heat up the cab, the glass in front will quickly frost, and nothing can be seen.

But now, they can only open the windows to keep the cockpit and the outside at the same temperature, so that the glass in front is finally clear, and they are all shivering from the cold.

If they wear another hat, they all look like Santa Claus.

Holding the telescope and placing it in front of his eyes, Chris continued to look at the route ahead, as if the front was much better and no more glaciers were found.

”Go forward three, speed up!” Chris said.

At this moment, his almost frozen ears heard some extra movement, he raised his head and saw a bright spot in the sky. ()

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