In the dark night, several dark shadows quietly drifted over Washington.

"Your Majesty, the night view here is indeed beautiful, but it's a pity that I can't see a single valuable military target now!" Max Hoffmann, Tatsutian's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the Imperial Army's General Staff, commented on the scenery outside the airship's porthole in a sour tone.

"What? Do you want to drop the bomb? Chen Tian responded to him jokingly.

"Even if you don't drop bombs, it's not bad to take this opportunity to find out what the defense of the U.S. capital is! I think one day I will be able to use it! Hoffman was not shy about speaking his mind. In the previous operation to suppress the coup d'état, he was responsible for coordinating the arrest of several former princes, although his merits were not as good as the "undercover" Ludwig III and Matthew who guarded Berlin, but he also cleanly and beautifully arrested Ettel Friedrich's younger brothers one by one. After that, he hurried back to Berlin to meet Chentian, and now the focus has shifted from the previous "net fishing" to a new task - to assess the current military strength of the US Army.

"Shhhh......h ”

"Your Majesty, we are very, very peace-loving, aren't we?" In fact, a new "Schlieffen" plan for the United States has already taken shape, and Hoffman himself will soon visit Mexico, one of the strategic pedals, said in all seriousness.

Instead of continuing this false topic of peace, Chentian suggested that Hoffman "focus on the artillery and artillery units of the U.S. Army, followed by the use of armored vehicles and aircraft."

"I need a cautious assessment report, which may save the lives of countless German soldiers!"

Hoffman clasped his feet together, "Rest assured, my honorable majesty! ”

On a large zeppelin in the back, 25 Army officers, including junior non-commissioned officers, battalion and company lieutenants, and divisional and regimental staff officers, will form a professional assessment team to assist Hoffman.

"By the way, Your Majesty, there is information that the Russians, the Japanese, and the Austrians have made some small moves. I fear that some of them will be detrimental to His Majesty's safety! I will be away from Your Majesty for a while from tomorrow, and I hope Your Majesty will be careful in everything! ”

Hearing these words, Chen Tian's heart suddenly swelled with a little emotion, and he hadn't felt this way for a long time.

By this time, the airship had slowed down and descended slowly, and they were about to reach their destination, a makeshift airfield northwest of Washington, near the Naval Observatory. Outside the portholes, the triangular lights have replaced the night view of the city, where a large group of U.S. government officials and some members of the German delegation who arrived early are already waiting.

The other side. The beautiful night view of Washington also did not attract the Russian gunners. After wiping the pistol and bullets he carried with him could no longer be clean, the young man with a shaved face took the trouble to practice drawing the gun. When there was a knock on the door, he quickly drew his pistol and stared at the door.

Boom...... Knock knock knock...... Boom...... Knock knock knock......

The gunman breathed a sigh of relief at the right knock on the door, and he whispered back: "My heart is still there!" ”

The door opened, and I saw a middle-aged man and Ban Cuntou walking in with a tired face.

After closing the door, the board head was attached to the door as usual and listened for a while.

"It's not good!" The middle-aged man casually put his hat on the bed, looked at the innocent face, and sighed.

"Sir, what's going on?" Scratch asked in a whisper, as if a shy little boy was talking to a girl.

"The connector didn't show up. Luckily, no one was planning to ambush us either! The board grabbed the words. He handed a paper bag to the face.

"What then?" Shaved face took the paper bag, and before he opened it, he smelled a burst of meat.

Ban Cun looked at the middle-aged man, and then sat down on the bed. "If we don't want to return to the ground in vain, I'm afraid we need to figure out our own way!"

He stopped talking, took out a hot dog and ate it unhurriedly.

"It's fine if we get one or two guns, but what we need is ......" Ban Cun said at this point and suddenly stopped, and the middle-aged man was listening intently.

Seconds later, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, I'm a waiter here!"

"What's the matter?" The middle-aged man replied in English, and although his English was far from authentic, it was much better than his two subordinates.

"Do you need hot water, dinner, whiskey, cigarettes, or chicks?"

The middle-aged man looked at the board and shaved his face, "No need! ”

After stopping for about five or six seconds. The man outside the door said, "I'm sorry to disturb you, if you need anything, please feel free to ask!" ”

Then, the sound of footsteps came from near and far, and finally became completely inaudible.

At this time, Ban Cun suddenly thought of something, "Major, do you think it is possible for the owner of this hotel to get what we want?" ”

"Uh......" the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, "if other people are in trouble like us, then we'll have to take some risks!" I'll test it later! Remember, if something happens, we can't tell who we really are! ”

"Got it!" A depressed face replied with a shaved face with a hot dog in his mouth.

Five minutes later, the middle-aged man was standing at the counter in the lobby on the first floor. However, the innkeeper White was not there, and the waiter who was called "Skinny" during the day was the one who guarded the counter.

"This guy didn't ...... just now" The thin man muttered with a rather dissatisfied look, he saw the middle-aged man and Bancun coming back before, so he planned to take advantage of the boss's absence to go up to see if there was any oil and water to fish, but he didn't expect to eat a closed door, which naturally annoyed him. Still, he asked very politely:

"What can I do to this gentleman?"

"Your boss isn't there?" The middle-aged man said, glancing at the room behind the counter.

"Oh, the boss has something to go out, what can you tell me!"

As if in order to strengthen his right to speak, the "thin man" added a sentence at the end: "As long as you speak, nothing can stump me!" ”

"That's right......" The middle-aged man touched his chin with his right hand, as if he didn't believe it.

"Don't underestimate me!" The "thin man" looked left and right and leaned closer to each other, "In this area, I eat both black and white, asking for prostitutes and drugs." If you want arms, it's all a one-sentence thing! ”

"Arms are okay too?" The middle-aged man had a surprised expression.

The "thin man" patted his chest, "Of course! ”

"I don't believe it!" The middle-aged man said and walked back.

Seeing that the rich main man was leaving, the "thin man" hurriedly came out of the counter to stop the middle-aged man.

"As long as you can afford it, I can get it, and the quality is the best!"

The middle-aged man stopped, "I have the money, it depends on whether you have the ability to earn it!" ”

The "thin man" gritted his teeth. "Do you really want arms?"

The middle-aged man didn't speak, just looked straight at him.

The "thin man" lowered his voice: "So...... Would you rather have a pistol or a bullet? ”

"It's just a joke, don't mind!" The middle-aged man took his right foot, just took two steps and stopped, he looked back at the "thin man", "But if you really have this ability, my friend needs a batch of explosives, he is richer than me!" ”

"Dynamite?" "Skinny" was surprised.

The middle-aged man looked at him calmly, "Uh-huh! ”

"You're kidding!" The "thin man" changed his relaxed expression, "If it is used to open mountains and mines, and build dams." Can't you just ask the government to buy it? ”

"My friend looks like he's going to blow something up. I don't know, but that's what the government doesn't allow! The middle-aged man walked to the stairs again, and this time the "thin man" stopped him when he was about to reach the top of the stairs.

"Sir......" "Thin Man" walked quickly to him. "I can ask for you, but it's very risky, so the price is ......"

The middle-aged man took out his wallet from his jacket pocket, pulled out a small stack of them and put them in the "thin man's" hand, "These are tips for you!" If there is a stock, my friend can pay a deposit again, and the price is negotiable! ”

Seeing such a generous "tip", the "thin man" was stunned for a few seconds before he nodded hurriedly, "Okay." I'll ask you! By the way, how much explosives does your friend need? ”

"The more the merrier!" The middle-aged man said that he would not look back and went upstairs.

The "thin man" carefully put the stack of money in his pocket, returned to the counter, put the notebook in a drawer, locked it, and ran out of the hotel with a cigarette.

At this time, the Capital Hotel in the center of Washington was heavily guarded because it hosted VIPs from all over the world, and the entire hotel was chartered by the U.S. government, of which the 1st to 3rd floors were American police and military personnel responsible for security work, the 4th to 8th floors were occupied by the Austro-Hungarian crown prince and his wife and the naval delegation, and the 9th to 13th floors were arranged for the German emperor and his wife and delegation. The 14th-18th floors were occupied by Russians, the 19th-23rd floors were inhabited by Turks, and at the special request of the Japanese government, the Japanese delegation moved into the 5th floor of the building, the 28th-32nd floors.

Just after 10 o'clock in the evening, with the arrival of Kaiser Wilhelm III, the dignitaries of the six countries who have confirmed to attend the international naval conference have gathered. In addition to the host country, the United States, Germany, Austria, Japan, Russia, and Turkey all sent considerable delegations, apparently influenced by the Kaiser's personal presence at the meeting, and the reluctance of the countries to reduce their influence on such an important international occasion.

It is worth mentioning that Turkish President Kemal did not come this time, but appointed Prime Minister Aimo and Minister of the Navy Admiral Ozturk to attend the meeting. However, this does not mean that Turkey intends to give up its rightful interests, in fact they are already privately agreeing with the German government, for whom the meeting is just a formality, and Kemal and his staff are already focused on the upcoming national elections.

When Chentian walked into Lynn's suite, Lisa almost pounced on her with tears.

"Your Majesty, you are finally back, I am really worried about you during this time!"

Tatsu knew that this worry came at the cost of a restless sleep and a weight loss of more than 10 pounds, which had already been reported to him in detail by his attendant Jonalet. For the queen's sentimentality, although Chen Tian felt that it was not atmospheric enough, he also felt a lot of emotion in his heart. He patted Lisa on the shoulder and comforted:

"Little fool, didn't I say that? Everything is under my control, and I am only going back this time to let everyone remember that I am the only and supreme ruler of Germany! ”

Lisa raised her head and looked at Chentian, her eyes full of melancholy, "Your Majesty, when will this brutal fighting and killing end?" ”

"There is no end to it!" Chen Tian did not simply comfort a few words as usual, but said the truth deeply: "In this world of the jungle, only the fittest can survive!" ”

"Wouldn't we be ...... if one day a stronger person emerges"

Chen Tian gently covered Lisa's mouth with his right hand and stopped her overly worried speculation, although this was not an unfounded idea, but Chen Tian did not want this pessimistic thought to continue to linger in his wife's mind.

"For you, for our children, for this big family, I will always work hard!"

Lisa finally calmed down, and Tatsuten told her some interesting stories he had encountered in New York during his previous voyage around the world, only to find that Lisa had fallen asleep in his arms. After carrying her to the bed and covering her with the quilt, Chen Tian moved his arms, and then walked alone to the study next to the bedroom, where some documents sent from China were already on the table.

At this time, Rainey was leading some of the guards to inspect the sawing building where the German delegation lived, especially the stairwells and garbage rooms, which were easily overlooked, and everything was normal from the current inspection. Despite this, Rainey muttered dissatisfiedly: "I really don't know what those Americans think, they actually arranged the delegations of various countries in the same building!" Two emperors, one crown prince, two cabinet premiers, and hundreds of important officials and generals only need to put a few tons of explosives in the underground garage, and the world will be completely quiet with a bang! ”

The guards behind him were also surprised by the strange words of the leader, and they did not speak, but still followed seriously. If the heads of state are arranged in villas in the suburbs, then the security work will not only be much more troublesome, but sometimes even impossible to prevent; a few years ago, there was an incident in which a Japanese dignitary was sniped at the villa arranged by the US Government, and the mysterious gunman escaped under the cover of the woods after committing the crime, which made the US Government lose face and later caused a considerable international dispute.

Therefore, the US government has put a lot of effort into security work this time, not only bringing the commanding heights within a two-mile radius of the Capital Hotel under the control of the police, but also imposing special martial law in several nearby neighborhoods, which can be called "three steps and one sentry, five steps and one post." More than 1,000 police and military personnel were deployed around the hotel, nearly a quarter of whom were on duty day and night in the hotel's two-story garage.

From the point of view of protection against conventional attacks, the Americans felt that this time it should be foolproof!