After handguns were handed over and searched by a guard, Qin Chuan and Colonel Koch were allowed to enter the office.

There was only one desk lamp in the office, and in the dim light a German officer was flipping through the papers...... With a neatly combed seven-minute hair, wearing a pair of round black-framed glasses, a white complexion, and a mustache on his mouth, if it weren't for knowing that the person in front of him was Himmler, who had millions of people's blood on his hands, Qin Chuan would even mistake him for an immature college student.

"Your Excellency, National Leader!" Koch and Qin Chuan stood in front of their desks and saluted.

Himmler's military rank was unique, he was the leader of the National SS, so his subordinates called him "National Leader...... Of course, "the whole country" is obviously a burden, but calling it that way makes it sound more special, and more importantly, Himmler likes to be called that.

Himmler didn't even lift his eyelids, he still looked through the papers on the table, and after a long while, he said: "Colonel Koch, I remember I said that I wanted to see the captain!" ”

Colonel Koch couldn't help but be taken aback, and then hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Excellency the National Leader!" ”

He didn't dare to hesitate a little as he spoke, and after saluting, he left Qin Chuan standing alone in front of the office desk.

"Captain, you should know about our 'precautionary arrest powers'!"

The so-called "preventive arrest power", that is, in order to deal with many unexpected threats, the Gestapo can carry out "preventive" arrests to prevent these threats from occurring.

This is similar to the "pre-emptive strike" theory of the modern United States...... which is to deal with many unexpected threats, and the United States believes that it has the right to "take preemptive action when necessary."

It is conceivable that, once these are recognized, then their powers can easily be infinitely expanded or even developed into "do whatever they want", since any of their actions can be described as "preventive" in response to a potential and possible threat.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Leader of the Nation!" Qin Chuan replied.

"So......" Himmler raised the document in his hand, "how do you explain this?" ”

Qin Chuan knew that Himmler was talking about his killing and wounding of four Gestapo.

An answer quickly turned in Qin Chuan's mind: the Gestapo did not identify themselves to me, and Qin Chuan thought that they were killers sent by the enemy to deal with Qin Chuan.

This answer may be a good explanation, after all, Qin Chuan had a similar experience on the Eastern Front.

However, the best answer is not necessarily the most appropriate answer...... Everyone knew that it was impossible for Qin Chuan not to guess that they were the Gestapo, and Himmler certainly knew this.

In this case, the best answer is to hide something from Himmler, which may be the point of Himmler's question.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "I just want to live, Your Excellency, National Leader, out of instinct...... You know, I just came back from the battlefield, and my first instinct was to protect myself and kill the other party, and I didn't have time to think about it! ”

"So...... Did you know they were Gestapo before you did it? ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

The atmosphere in the office fell silent in an instant, Himmler stared at Qin Chuan for a long time and did not speak, seeing that Qin Chuan was a little confused in his heart, he didn't know if he had bet on the right treasure.

"Well done, Captain!" Himmler said: "A clean counterattack, the whole process is said to be only three minutes, worthy of the 'legendary sergeant', they obviously underestimate you!" ”

As soon as Himmler's words came out, Qin Chuan was relieved, which showed that Qin Chuan had gained Himmler's trust to a certain extent.

"And your efforts on counterfeit banknotes!" Himmler continued: "This is a testament to your ability and loyalty to the Reich, but ......"

At this point, Himmler stopped, and with a "click" he lit a match, lit a cigarette for himself, and smoked silently.

Qin Chuan knew Himmler's distress, he could be said to be raising tigers, single-handedly cultivating Heydrich but making him sit big, and even Hitler intended to make Heydrich his successor...... This is also where Himmler was in a dilemma, Heydrich was nominally Himmler's subordinate, but he held great power, especially with Hitler's favor, which made Himmler never dare to do anything to Hedrich, even if he now captured a Gestach sent by Heydrich, assurances would not help.

The reason is simple, the Gesta retains the "power of preventive arrest", and Heydrich only needs to explain that he suspects Qin Chuan of some aspect of the problem and tries to arrest and interrogate.

Of course, Heydrich did not want this matter to be exposed, because he did not want to bear the doubts from the people and the Wehrmacht, after all, Qin Chuan was a German combat hero, and the Gestapo's approach would obviously cause public indignation among the people and the Wehrmacht...... The fact that the Wehrmacht soldiers, who had fought to the death at the front, were persecuted by the Gestapo in the rear was also disadvantageous to Germany from the point of view of the war, because it would have severely damaged the morale of the Wehrmacht.

Therefore, Heydrich tacitly accepted Qin Chuan's previous statement of "Soviet assassination".

"You can get out, Captain!" Himmler said: "I want to talk to Colonel Koch!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Leader of the Nation!"

After Qin Chuan walked out of the office, he raised his head to Colonel Koch, who was waiting outside the door, and Colonel Koch understood, straightened his military uniform and walked into the office.

Qin Chuan lit a cigarette outside the office, he didn't understand what kind of medicine Himmler was selling in this gourd, since he wanted to see himself, why was it just a few words, and he didn't even make a vague statement, did he want this matter to pass like this?

But given Himmler's current condition, he should at least do something about it, given that he did not know that Heydrich would soon die.

Colonel Koch soon came out of his office, and with him came Himmler.

At this time, Himmler had already put on his military cap, he looked at Qin Chuan who was standing outside the door, nodded slightly, and then left with the guards.

After Himmler walked away, Colonel Koch said to Qin Chuan with a happy face: "Captain, we are going to be lucky, the national leaders intend to fully support us in making counterfeit banknotes, and will also send guards to protect us!" ”

"What did you say?" Qin Chuan's face couldn't help but change.

"Yes, you heard it right!" Colonel Koch said: "It turns out that the national leader also had a plan to make counterfeit banknotes, but I don't know why it was terminated, and the national leader said that he would send all the information to people, which will obviously speed up our research!" ”

Qin Chuan's face was as dead as ashes when he heard this, and he realized that he and Colonel Koch had been used by Himmler as pawns.