Part V, The Amy Bigelow: Chapters 73 - 75 Summary

Pitt, Moe, Jack, and Manny fight valiantly to keep their ships headed seaward, but the Soviet Naval vessels, one of them a destroyer, begin an attack on the trio of renegade ships. Pitt and Manny manage to escape prior to the destroyer firing upon them. Pitt is disappointed that they were not able to get the ships further away. Back on shore, Velikov is facing a furious Fidel Castro. Velikov purports diplomatic immunity, but Castro will have none of that. Instead, he threatens Velikov with torture if he does not reveal the location of the transmitter and detonators. Velikov's answer is to pull a transmitter from his pocket and press the button. In the harbor, the Amy Bigelow vaporizes. As planned, the Ozero Zaysan, then the Ozero Baykai explodes. Hundreds of...