A war of the Icy Sea

Chapter 24, HMS Norway vs DKM Berlin

Elsa watched from the Snow Queen's crow's nest as the Norway and Berlin engaged each other in combat. Her heart pounded in her chest with worry for her love who was in the thick that battle right now. All around her though, the Alliance fleet fought on, they were making slow but steady headway against the enemy fleet. HMS Sami and HMS Inuit had formed a battle line behind HMS Snow Queen and together, the three destroyers darted in and out of the enemy formation, attacking them at random. The SS Ocean Star was doing her best but she seemed to be mostly using her own weight and powerful triple expansion steam engine as a weapon other than her guns.

The Wildcat fighters were doing their best but their attacks were slowly beginning to slacken due to a dwindling supply of ammunition. But then without warning, the low droning of four powerful radial engines filled the air. The Sunderland flying boat flew at high altitude towards the Berlin, four very large bombs under its wings. As the flying boat approached, the Berlin's AA guns opened up, spreading a shield of hot lead around the German battleship. Elsa heard the 20 mm cannons in the Sunderland's nose open up as the flying boat dived towards the enemy. At the last moment the plane pulled up and all four bombs dropped. They all slammed into the Berlin's deck, sending huge explosions everywhere! As the Sunderland climbed back up, Elsa could see that one of its engines was on fire and the big plane was struggling to stay in the air. Gently the Sunderland turned to the right and headed for home, smoke trailing behind it.

Elsa hoped the big plane would get back safely. But now she had a battle to attend to. Her icy magic filled the air and the Snow Queen's 4.5 inch guns kept on firing. But then without warning a huge explosion filled the air! Elsa whirled around to see the Norway, crippled, listing to one side and completely unable to move, white smoke rose from her midsection and her guns kept on firing but at a slower rate than before.

"Alex!" Elsa yelled as she turned the full fury of her magic on the Berlin, surrounding it with a powerful blizzard.

"Lieutenant Blackburn, I want this ship followed by HMS Sami and HMS Inuit to make a torpedo attack on the Berlin immediately!" Elsa ordered.

"But, High Admiral McDonald said that we shouldn't go after the Berlin" Blackburn protested.

"I am the Queen of Arrendelle and my soul mate is on the Norway right now so I order you to make a torpedo attack on the Berlin followed by HMS Sami and HMS Inuit!" Elsa snapped, her eyes blazing with anger.

Blackburn nodded and gave orders for the orders to be transmitted to the Sami and Inuit and for the Snow Queen to begin her attack. The three destroyers swung around and drove at full speed towards the enemy. Water turned white around their flanks as they charged, the Snow Queen's crew were already loading the torpedo tubes and were ready to fire them at a moment's notice. The Berlin was completely focused on the Norway so hardly any of the crew of the Berlin noticed that the three destroyers were steaming at full speed towards them. But as they drew closer, almost within torpedoing position, Berlin's secondary's on the port side (the side opposite the Norway) opened fire!

"Damn, they've detected us!" Elsa muttered under her breath. The Splashes from the Berlin's secondary's rose high into the air in front of the Snow Queen's bow but the valiant destroyer charged onwards, the Sami and Inuit followed close behind, their funnels pouring out thick black smoke in an attempt to hide themselves from the Berlin. HMS Snow Queen however couldn't make smoke very easily without damaging her delicate engines since the Snow Queen was a prototype vessel and her engines and boilers hadn't been perfected yet. But instead, the Snow Queen had Elsa.

Using her powers to the maximum without going "Super Blizzard" as Anna called it since it could cause another time-space rip, Elsa created a huge blizzard full of sharp icicles which proceeded to attack the Berlin and blind the gunners on the enemy battleship. As the Snow Queen drew into a torpedoing position, the tubes swung out and with a loud POP and a series of hisses the torpedoes launched. If anyone on the Berlin had known the torpedoes were coming, they couldn't have done anything about it. The Torpedoes hit the Berlin's port side sending huge plumes of water high into the air. But another thing also happened; the Berlin seemed to be bending in the middle!

"SHE'S BROKEN HER BACK!" someone shouted and Elsa couldn't help but smile at that. The Berlin was now split in two and sinking and crew members rushing into the lifeboats. Beyond the sinking Berlin, HMS Norway stood there, badly listing and severely damaged but still afloat.

Behind the Snow Queen, HMS Sami and HMS Inuit broke formation to rescue the survivors and behind them, the rest of the Alliance fleet was mopping up the final remnants of the Wesleton Navy.

Elsa rushed down from the crow's nest and directed the Snow Queen to pull alongside the Norway. As the Destroyer Approached the Enormous Battle-cruiser, Elsa grabbed the whistle cord and pulled it. The Snow Queen's whistle let out a long triumphant blast to which the Norway replied with two short, deep blasts from its own whistle. Soon the bay was filled with the sound of Alliance ships blowing their whistles in triumph.

"The war's finally over!" Elsa said cheerfully at the top of her voice.

"Hailing HMS Snow Queen, Hailing HMS Snow Queen, this is HMS Norway, just want to say thanks for helping us out back there" Collins's voice said through the radio.

"Roger that Norway, just give Alexander a message for me" Elsa replied.

"Saying what?" Collins asked.

"Don't ever disobey my orders again!" Elsa replied.

"Roger that" Collins said before Elsa turned to Blackburn and said "ready a tow line, we need to get Norway to a dry dock"

Blackburn nodded and as the crew rushed to carry out her orders, Elsa smiled again at the setting sun, feeling the warm glow of its rays on her face. The war was now over and soon a new era of peace and prosperity for all would begin.