Azur Lane: The King of the Ocean

Part - 5 Attempted Escape

Ar196 A-2 Stats

· Type: Two seat reconnaissance seaplane.

· Dimensions:
Wingspan 12.4 meters (40ft 8in),
Length 11 meters, (36ft 1in)
Height 4.4 meters (14ft 7in)

· Weights: Empty 2,335 kg (5,138 lb), loaded 3,300 kg (7275 lb)

· Armament:
2 x 20mm MG FF Cannons (in the wings)
1 x 7.92 mm MG-17 Machine gun (forward-firing)
1 x 7.92mm MG-15 Machine gun (Rear-mounted flexible)
2 x 50kg bombs of the types SC50, SD50 or LC50F (under wings)

· Power plant: BMW-132K, 9 cylinder radial (1050 horsepower)

· Max speed: 332 kph (206 mph)

· Range: 497 nautical miles

· Crew: 2 (Pilot & Observer)

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Ernst clambered into the seat of his plane, followed swiftly by Günter, who was preparing his camera.

"How's the day been treating you Herr Leuntnant?" Ernst asked.

"Just perfectly...." Günter said.

"Do you think we'll see anything?" Ernst asked,

"I don't know, but we sure won't be if this #@$#* camera doesn't decide to work." Günter said.

"Do you think it was that fog we went through?" Ernst said.

Günter looked at him strangely,

"What does fog have to do with anything?" Günter said.

"I dunno, I thought that thing was working just fine a while ago." Ernst said,

Günter slid down into the rear cockpit of the aircraft,

Ernst bent out of the cockpit of the plane

"Has the damage to the catapult been fixed?" He shouted to a crewman on deck that was tasked with fixing the catapult

"It should be working just fine!" He shouted

Ernst nodded, and slammed the canopy shut.

He started the BMW engine

*vrmrmrmrmrmrm

The prop rotated slowly,

And then, contact

*chrt! - BROOAAAAAAAAM!

The engine advanced up to a steady rpm,

Ernst increased the throttle,

The engine grew louder as he pushed the throttle forwards