"Colonel Rainey, so you're here, we've been looking for you for a long time!"

When Rainey appeared near the burning warehouse, the officer on duty before came running out of nowhere, he was not only anxious but also panting, but judging from his neat and clean military uniform, this guy was not tired from fighting fires, but did a certain amount of pure exercise, in other words, he had been running around looking for Rainey.

"I just put out the fire over there! What's wrong? Rainey said and pointed to the crowd fighting the fire next to him, his face and uniform were covered in black ash, and there were still a few beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead, and no one would have suspected that he had just fought the fire.

"The superiors ordered us to protect you, but just now you disappeared all of a sudden, and we were scared to search everywhere. Good thing I found you here, thank goodness! Relieved, the officer on duty was a little incoherent.

"Oh, I'm fine! I've been fighting fires with everyone before, but now that the fire is finally under control, our efforts have not been in vain! Looking at the warehouse, which was burned to the point of only skeleton and still smoking, Rainey looked very proud, and the poor officer on duty did not ask anything more, but firmly followed him and did not dare to leave half a step again.

Rainey laughed contemptuously in his heart at the ignorant officer on duty, this guy must have been reprimanded by his boss for not taking a good look at himself, so he was so active in looking for himself. However, he came just in time, Rainey was still thinking about how to find someone to prove that he was at the scene of the fire, and the two corpses in the prince's bedroom would definitely cause an uproar.

When the two unfortunate patrolmen found themselves, Rainey made a decision in 0.1 seconds that even if he had strayed into the prince's dormitory under the pretext that he had strayed into the prince's dormitory due to the chaos caused by the fire, the two patrolmen would take themselves to their superiors, and the matter would not be easy to end. It's better to do it than to be so troublesome, it hardly cost him any effort to kill two defenseless soldiers, and when it comes to cutting people's throats, he, a ninja, is no worse than a special soldier.

Once the fire was under control, Rainey returned to his room with the officer on duty and the sentry. As he expected, the fire incident was not over, due to the discovery that two guards of the prince's dormitory had been killed, martial law was immediately declared in the palace, and the Praetorian Guards stationed nearby were ordered to enter the palace to be on guard, and the heavily armed soldiers soon spread throughout the palace, and then not only a dozen armored vehicles drove into the palace, but even tanks rumbled in, and the palace was not particularly grand and suddenly filled with troops.

From dawn onwards, the Praetorian Guards began to search the rooms in the palace one by one, while Rainey stayed in his room as if nothing had happened, noticing that the sentry at the door and the officer on duty had been summoned away, and later a group of Praetorian Guard soldiers conducted a routine search of his room, but these people did not find Rainey's nightcoat and other household belongings, after all, they were hidden by the ninja.

After the Praetorian Guard soldiers left, Reni, who had worked all night, slept beautifully. By noon, the Janissary search for the palace was coming to an end, but they could not find any suspicious figures, and most of the Janissaries who had been ordered to enter the palace to maintain order withdrew in the afternoon, and the palace gradually began to return to its former calm, but the atmosphere in the palace was still very tense, after all, the two soldiers did not die by accident.

In the middle of the afternoon, Rainey saw the two sentries again in the morning, and he thought for a moment before leaving the room.

"Colonel! Are you going out? The soldier on the left asked with concern, his face clearly showing signs of exhaustion, it seemed that he did not go back to the barracks to sleep as usual after the morning change, if nothing else, he went to be questioned by the commander.

"Yes, I've been bored for most of the day and want to go out for a walk! I heard that something terrible happened in the palace? Rainey asked tentatively, as if he had no idea of what had happened last night.

"Colonel, I advise you not to move around, martial law is still under fire in the palace!" The answer is still the sentry on the left, Rainey usually only needs to wait for the emperor's summons, as long as he does not leave the palace and enter the forbidden area, he can come and go as he pleases, it seems that now his special authority has not been withdrawn, what this sentry said is only kind advice.

"Yes! It is said that the warehouse fire in the morning was deliberately set on fire, and then there were soldiers in the prince's dormitory who were murdered! The sentry on the right interjected.

"That's right! It's terrifying, I didn't expect our palace to be mixed with assassins! The general also asked us to interrogate in the morning, and we all went to extinguish the fire in the morning, where did we see any suspicious people! The sentry on the left spoke, and out of the corner of his eye, Rainey saw that the guy on the right was glaring at his companion, and it seemed that their commander, General Maas, had told them not to talk nonsense in front of Rainey.

Rainey naturally pretended not to care about this, but he now wants to pass on Prince's situation to Chentian as soon as possible, although he doesn't need to ask Chentian for instructions to kill the emperor's father and son, but regardless of whether the assassination operation is successful or not, Chentian needs time to make enough preparations, the best plan is to quickly accept the emperor's power, and the worst plan is to mutiny. Although Rainey did not know much about military affairs, he still knew very well that the current situation was not conducive to the Chentian Mutiny at all, after all, his cronies' troops were all fighting in Britain, and it was difficult for other troops to be trusted 100%, including the Hindenburg Army and Tirpitz's Admiralty, even if they stood up against Wilhelm II when the German army continued to win, most of the people and soldiers would not agree.

"Thank you for the reminder, but I'm going to see Your Majesty now!" After Rainey finished speaking, he began to walk downstairs, the two sentinels did not follow him as usual, and naturally there were "familiar faces" waiting for him downstairs.

After leaving the residence, Rainey walked straight to the emperor's study, Wilhelm II was usually there in the afternoon, and those shadows just followed him from a distance, because Rainey usually did not have the need to go out at night and moved, these shadows were much more relaxed at night, not only did they not find that Rainey sneaked out a few times before, but they also did not do their duty when the fire broke out in the morning, in Rainey's opinion, these guys are just some useless followers.

After asking the emperor's chamberlain to report, Rainey waited for more than an hour to be received by the emperor, and while waiting outside the study, Rainey saw that there were constantly officers of the Praetorian Guard coming in and out, and when the door of the study was opened, he could faintly hear the angry roar of Wilhelm II, presumably the hot-tempered emperor was very disappointed that the Praetorian Guard's search was fruitless.

Before entering the emperor's imperial study, Rainey still underwent an extremely strict full-body inspection, and anything offensive could not be brought in, and the attendant in charge of the inspection was already familiar with Rainey, so the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding this time, and it only took 5 minutes for Rainey to pass, and the small pendant around his neck was still allowed to be carried inside.

Rainey remembers that at first, the chamberlains were curious to ask him what it was.

"Family Emblem!"

The Germans still have a lot of respect for the family emblem, and even Prussia, Bavaria and other states have their own unique emblems, and it is not surprising that each prominent family has a badge, and the chamberlains did not continue to ask which family it was.

It was Koga's emblem, and when necessary, it could also be used as a powerful weapon to kill with a single hit.

The moment he entered the Emperor's study, Rainey could be sure that the Emperor was not suspicious of him, and that meeting him in person as usual was the best proof of this, and that there were still only four guards in the study as usual, two standing by the door and two standing in the corner behind the Emperor. When the Emperor conversed with his guests, they stood like statues, and in the event of an accident, the gunners would use their speed to subdue the plotters.

Whether it was the speed at which the four guards drew their guns and fired, or the speed at which they shot their own darts, even Rainey wanted to know.

Rennie glanced at the Emperor quietly, and Wilhelm II's face was flushed with anger, and there were many cigarette butts in the ashtray on the table. The Emperor had apparently become accustomed to the news of victory since the outbreak of war, and in the past five months, Germany had greatly improved both in strength and prestige, and the Emperor's confidence and self-esteem had naturally been greatly satisfied. Two extremely bad things happened around me overnight, and the huge psychological gap is indeed easy to make people irritable.

"Colonel, is there anything you want to report to me?" Even in the face of Rainey, Wilhelm II's voice is still very blunt, but Rainey is at least superficially responsible and negligent about these two things, after all, he is only a secret liaison between the crown prince and the emperor.

The Emperor had apparently not yet known how terrible the kung fu of the East, especially ninja arts, was, like the vast majority of Europeans, who only believed in the power of firearms and technology. When Rainey was less than 5 meters away from Wilhelm II, the monarch with the most powerful empire in the world did not expect that his life could be so easily in the hands of others.

This time, though, Rainey wasn't here to claim the emperor's life.

"Your Majesty, I have the courage to ask you whether everything that happened in the palace today will be reported to His Royal Highness the Acting Crown Prince, I think that such a big thing as the palace fire will soon spread, and the soldiers on the front line will inevitably worry about Your Majesty's safety. Instead of this, it is better to inform the generals of the truth through His Royal Highness the Acting Crown Prince, so that they can fight with peace of mind! ”

After spending some time at the palace, Rainey's wording improved considerably, after all, he was facing a majestic monarch.

Wilhelm II did not answer immediately, but lit a cigarette and frowned in thought. In the emperor's opinion, it is best not to let outsiders know about this matter, which is detrimental to the image of Germany, but it is impossible to hide such a big movement from the citizens and ambassadors of various countries, and in the afternoon the heads of state of Austria-Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and other countries have sent telegrams of condolences one after another.

"Okay!" After half a cigarette, the emperor finally thought about it, "Then please convey the truth of this matter to my dearest Gigi, tell him that the empress and I are fine, and let him fight on the front line with peace of mind!" I am very satisfied with his performance and I and the people will be waiting for him in Berlin! ”

"Yes!" Rainey turned to leave, not wanting to stay in this place for a second longer, and before leaving, he glanced at the four guards, who were still staring at the front with indifference.

In this way, Rainey had the opportunity to convey a message to the outside world, and of course he could not simply "rekindle the cigar and prepare to put out the fire!" This message was sent directly to Chentian, but it was first transmitted to Chentian's secret liaison personnel specially stationed in Berlin, and then they transmitted the information to the headquarters of the Chentian Group Army through special channels, although this speed will be slower, but it can ensure the security of communication.

By the time Chentian received this news, it was already the morning of December 30, the next day, and by this time the Praetorian Guards had already conducted a second thorough search of the palace, and the results were self-evident. That morning, Rainey saw the Oriental doctor again in the corridor next to the back garden, and he couldn't help but silently admire the fellow's medical skills.

"That's a mysterious country in the East!"

On the "Border Governor", Chen Tian couldn't help but sigh, the most unfortunate thing still happened, at this moment he didn't know whether to be proud or helpless about China's profound medical skills, judging from the telegram behind Rainey, Prince has only partially recovered his physiological functions. However, even if Prince is completely well now, at this time when the war in England is fierce, the emperor does not dare to announce the abolition of the status of the crown prince of the Chentian Dynasty, once there is any change in Chentian on the front line, the battle of England, which is in a good situation, is likely to be aborted, and after the great loss of Germany's vitality, it is very likely that the British will survive this most difficult period, you must know that there are still two ambitious countries in Japan and the United States that see interests are paying close attention to the European battlefield.

"Without further ado, we're going to act now!" When there were only Chentian and Hoffmann in the room, Chentian said very firmly, the throne of the German Empire is dreamed of by anyone, but now Chentian is first of all to protect himself, Wilhelm II has an extremely bad "case record", only a fool will imagine that he will let a normal Prince and Chentian coexist in the world.

"Your Highness, please believe that at any time, more than 200,000 officers and soldiers of our East Prussian Legion and millions of people throughout East Prussia will support you!" In such a situation, whether out of loyalty or self-interest, a smart man like Hoffman would not be in the wrong place.

"This is a life-threatening operation, and I don't want anything to go wrong! Before the Berlin operation, I hope that no third party will know about it except you and me! All you have to do is to direct and coordinate the combat operations here with the entire staff of the regiment when I return to Berlin, and do not let the fighting here get out of our hands! I believe that my staff has the ability to do this, so let it go! "Chen Tian is not in a hurry to return to Berlin now, only after the emperor is assassinated is the best time for him to leave for his country, otherwise his sudden departure from the front line may attract everyone's attention.

"Understood! There are also General François, General Olge, and even if you leave for a while, we will teach those British a good lesson! When Hoffman spoke, the general offensive of the British army in this direction had entered a state of near madness, and the Chentian Group Army did not show weakness to put most of the reserves into battle, the landing force at this time every minute of ammunition consumption is amazing, but the British consumed the lives of countless soldiers, in the eyes of Chentian and his generals, it was a matter of time before the British offensive became the end of the crossbow.

"Very well, now send me a few telegrams!" Chen Tian said as he wrote something quickly on the paper.

At noon on December 30, the vanguard of the Hindenburg Army advanced to the western suburbs of London, imitating the Chentian Army to establish the 5th Army Mixed Panzer Division here met the reinforcements from the southwest front of England, and the two sides immediately started an encounter station, the German army had tanks, armored vehicles and high morale, the British army had some armored trains, the artillery fire on both sides was very happy, with the arrival of the Hindenburg landing force one after another, the battle immediately rose to the level of 100,000 people.

The wind and snow did not cool the fighting spirit of the officers and men on both sides, and the two battles in the southeast and southwest of England intensified throughout the afternoon, and the fighting did not gradually subside until dusk, when the fate of the British and German armies and the two nations came to light.

On the Dorchester-Southampton front in southwest England, the final general attack of the British army ended in complete failure, and the British army lost more than half of the price in exchange for only 80% of the ammunition consumption of the German army.

In the battle of the western suburbs of London, both armies paid a considerable price, and the two sides soon fell into a stalemate in their temporary positions, and with the addition of the artillery of the Hindenburg Army, the balance of victory in this battle finally tilted in favor of the Germans, and after the concentrated assault of the German armored forces, most of the 10 infantry divisions supported by the British army were defeated, and the remaining troops also retreated northward in a hurry.

During the battle of the day on the 30th, the Luftwaffe and naval aviation units were always not involved due to the weather. Chen Tian is no longer interested in discussing whether these two battles have a retro flavor, he is now paying full attention to the news in Berlin, Rainey may seize the opportunity to do it at any time, as for how to act, it is entirely up to Rainey himself. After all, plans can't keep up with change.