Chapter 19: Flames Beneath the Ice
While Europe reeled from the shock of Operation Winter Fang, a new front stirred in the frozen North.
[Strategic Alert: Arctic Theater Active]
British ambitions had not died with the sabotage of the Baltic Fleet.
Instead, they redirected—toward the Arctic shipping lanes and the vital port of Murmansk.
Icebreakers were spotted.
Supply ships disguised as whalers navigated the frigid waters, escorted by experimental British dread-submarines known only as "Valkyries."
The Tsar’s spies confirmed it: the British sought to establish a permanent Arctic base.
One that could cut off Russian trade and strangle the Empire’s northern lifeline.
[Intel Gained: Operation White Guillotine – Enemy Arctic Naval Base Construction Underway]