Toutaine laughs from the water. "Yes, laugh from your ship at us. Your mistreatment of us will result in nothing nut destruction. The three ships you describe are likely cruisers. One alone is far more powerful than your three frigates could ever hope to be. I will happily sit here and die, so that you may speed along your own destruction."

"Aye!" His crew shouts next to him, many of them laughing along. Within minutes, the laughing dies down as the cold sets in.

*Reinforcements*
The subs enter the Kara Sea. The cruisers continue on through the Barents Sea.