.“ Checkmate! ”

The Captain's Communications Officer, in his cloth short-brimmed military cap, whispered, and it seemed that he was worried that he would frighten the great man in front of him, for in his simple and direct thinking, the general in charge of Berlin's security should be bewildered by the terrible situation at this moment, and might take out his thoughts on anyone who disturbed him as a scapegoat.

As the dawn of a new day approaches, the mentality of people who have never slept all night – coups, defenders, bystanders, people of all stripes – quietly changes. The defenders have never given up, but the seemingly clueless defenses and counterattacks have made more and more people pessimistic! Not only the captain, but also the middle and junior officers in this underground fortification near the official residence of the commander of the Janissary in Berlin were all worried and anxious, and some of them even began to feel panicked.

"Huh?"

The general, who had his eyes pinned to the model of the city, did not raise his head, reacted without the slightest lag, and did not seem to be in a bad mood.

"Uh......" The captain was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses from his immature speculation, and his duty was only to relay to his superiors the message he had received from the telegraph.

"General Fred has sent a telegram that he has completed the deployment according to the plan!"

"yes, got it!"

The general's eyes flickered as he spoke, which the low-ranking captain naturally didn't notice, and it was impossible for him to imagine the more complicated secrets behind this complicated matter.

After saluting, the captain walked away with doubts in his heart, and so far there were not many people who had doubts, for quite a few people thought that the whole situation was decided. To be exact, they feel that the defeat of the defenders is assured! In the captain's opinion, maybe his general is just trying to hold on to his dignity!

It took a few moments before the general took his eyes off the model of the city. He looked up at the clock, it was about 2 hours before dawn, and the grand fireworks show was coming to an end.

Of course, at this time, people outside don't know what is hidden behind the fireworks.

After standing in front of the window for a few moments, Duke Albrecht of Württemberg returned to his place. He was in a villa in the western suburbs of Berlin, far from the Imperial Palace. But when you look up, you can see the colorful flowers.

"These ceremonial flowers...... What does that mean exactly? ”

The Duke, who had only recently been freed from the "cage", tried to learn something from General Furman Curran, who had been ordered to rescue him, but unfortunately General Curran only gave the same speculation as the others:

"Presumably a stupid and useless move by the government to avoid panic among the population!"

"That's right......" the duke had a look of sudden realization, and as for what he was thinking, no one else knew.

"Your Excellency, our Grand Duke has been an admirer of you since childhood, he admires your eloquence on the battlefield very much, and thinks that trapping such an excellent commander as you in Potsdam is simply a blasphemy against the emperor, so he does not hesitate to turn against the emperor to rescue you!" General Furman Curran spoke with a slick tongue, and Albrecht, who had recovered from his previous predicament and embarrassment, had re-shaved his beard. He was dressed into a brand new marshal's uniform. The whole person is rejuvenated!

"Thank you for the kindness of the Grand Duke, although my ability is limited, I vow to make that man pay for his stupidity! From today. The entire Württemberg family will obey the Grand Duke's orders! The Duke replied with pride, of course he knew why Friedrich had rescued him, and although he had been under house arrest for a while, he believed that once he returned to the kingdom of Württemberg, he would be able to rally his old ministry to regain power.

Unfortunately, the Duke did not know what had happened in the Kingdom of Württemberg not long ago, and it was not under Friedrich's control.

"The Duke's words are truly uplifting! I have good news for you, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke's troops have stormed the Berlin Imperial Palace, and victory must be in sight at this moment! Kelan said proudly, "As far as we know, one of the emperor's sons and daughters are in the palace. If nothing else, they will fall into our hands with the mother of the Emperor and Empress! ”

The Duke's eyes lit up, "Oh, that's great! Belch...... And what about the cabinet ministers and generals? How many people are willing to pledge allegiance to the Grand Duke? ”

"Your Excellency the Duke doesn't have to worry, as long as the day dawns, the whole of Germany will return to the orthodox hands of the royal family, and then the usurper will have to go into exile......"

Listening to General Kolan's introduction, Albrecht couldn't help nodding, and his heart was already eager to go and share the glory of victory with Friedrich.

Truly. As time went on, most of the putschists like General Colan became excited about getting closer to their victory, but in fact, the delay in achieving key results made the situation increasingly confusing! In the face of the almost frenzied attack of the coup army, the palace defenders who resisted to the death were still powerless, and the last corners of the palace also fell into the hands of the putschists, but Friedrich's soldiers did not find any of the people on the list, the crown prince, the princess, the emperor's mother and the queen's mother were all missing, and even the former Empress Victoria and the former crown prince Prince who were under house arrest in the palace were gone! At this time, the only thing left for the coup d'état was the badly damaged palace and corpses all over the ground, and there were very few defenders who surrendered, and no one knew whether the commander of the defenders, General Vogel, was dead or alive.

"They must be hiding somewhere!" Friedrich felt something bad in his heart, but he couldn't say why, so he had to let his men continue to search more carefully. In his staff, the wiser staff officers were already secretly complaining, because after the loss of these important goals, the palace that had been taken at great cost was nothing more than a little symbolic meaning.

The aged Field Marshal Golz was well aware of this, and his face was no longer as ruddy as it had been at the beginning of the attack, but as lifeless as a shriveled apple. He was neither obliged nor in the mood to take comfort in the slightly agitated Friedrich, who, although the Janissaries in Berlin had not yet launched a counterattack against the coup army, had no time to adjust his strategy and redeploy!

"Thankfully, the Janissaries of Berlin are still pinned down by our sniper units, and we still have plenty of time to search the palace thoroughly!" A staff officer, who seemed to be close to the Grand Duke, tried to ease the tension, but this sentence made everyone frown, and it was not easy for the huge palace to be thoroughly searched. What's more, there's a good chance that their target has already escaped from the palace through a secret passage!

The colonel, who had previously succeeded in destroying the defenders' tanks, had been silent in the crowd for a long time and then said something that chilled everyone's hearts:

"I'm afraid this will be a trap designed by the enemy! 1 6K mobile station"

The speculation was harsh, but Friedrich turned his gaze to the colonel, "Tell me about it!" ”

"Your Highness, as far as I know, nearly half of the current Praetorian Guard are the emperor's old subordinates in the Prussian Legion, and the companies and battalions have not disrupted the formation, and there will be no significant decline in combat effectiveness and cooperation! Although we have disrupted their communications, none of the troops have left the barracks until now, which is really unreasonable! The one that best explains this phenomenon. It's a big conspiracy hidden behind it! ”

"Conspiracy? How can there be a conspiracy? Someone leaked? Or did they guess that we would carry out a coup d'état at this time? The other staff officers shook their heads one by one in disagreement, in fact, they were even more reluctant to admit that this possibility existed!

The Grand Duke and the Marshal thought about something without saying a word.

"It's possible to leak secrets!" The colonel looked around, "Perhaps, this matter is a trap set for us by the enemy!" Look around us, look above our heads, it all seems so weird! ”

Goltz suddenly sighed and whispered a name: "I think we may have really fallen for the Emperor and that old fox Ludwig III!" ”

Friedrich's eyes widened, and he savored every word of Goertz in silence.

While the group of putschists wondered if this was a conspiracy and a trap, the soldiers who entered the palace carefully cleaned every corner of the palace under the leadership of the officer. Although it is difficult to search in a badly damaged building. But the soldiers discovered several secret rooms and two secret passages leading nowhere, and when the news was reported to Friedrich, the Archduke, who had just been full of ambition, said with great disappointment:

"Damn it! Our Plan A is completely bankrupt! ”

Actually, it's more than just Plan A. The Grand Duke's Plan B is also being dealt a serious blow. At this time, the whole city was still under the influence of fireworks, and the putschists around the palace could not hear the gunshots from the direction of the train station, but there was indeed a fierce battle going on there!

Just 3 hours after the first uninvited guests, the Berlin train station in the south of the city welcomed the second group of "invaders"! A large number of soldiers with the words "109", "105", "115" and other words on the collar came on foot along the railway line, and most of the soldiers who came earlier with the first three digits of "415" and other three-digit numbers starting with 4 have entered the city, and only a few rearguard troops left behind at the station, although they have built some fortifications, they are not "strong" at all!

So on this chaotic night, some Berlin citizens who lived near the train station had the pleasure of witnessing the battle between the two German teams. Both sides of the exchange of fire were regular units of the German Army. They had similar faces, the same language, the same attire, and even the military dogmas and fighting styles they had learned were almost identical. The soldiers of the attacking side, though somewhat tired but not demoralized, were outnumbered and launched a tidal and almost savage charge, in which the defenders' defenses on the outskirts of the station and on the platforms did little to help, and the defenders were soon forced to retreat to the city. The battle soon spread to the streets near the station, and despite the best efforts of the defenders, they could not prevent large numbers of troops from entering the city from the railway line along the road they had come.

Almost at the same time. As if summoned by some unknown, more than 100,000 soldiers from Berlin's 22 barracks quickly formed and left the barracks in a matter of minutes, still shooting cold bullets in the dark, but the chaotic scene was replaced by a strict order that bordered on cruelty, although many unfortunate people could no longer follow the troops!

In this battle between the Germans and the Germans, the Frenchman Gar Zirier had no idea of victory or defeat in his mind, and he wanted to be happy but could not really be happy when he looked at the deserted playground and streets. In the past ten minutes or so, he has shot and killed more than 70 German officers and soldiers, as evidenced by the corpses that are still left in the playground and on the streets! Zirier should feel extremely honored to soar hundreds of places in the world sniper rankings overnight, after all, many excellent snipers in the non-war years have no way to increase their own records, and it is even more difficult to catch up with the 489 people set by the German captain Hildeland, who is known as a cold-blooded killer, in the war.

When the last group of German soldiers left his range, Zirier's mind was blank, he was victorious in terms of the number of kills, but his ultimate task, which was to delay and confuse the assembly and march of the German Janissaries, had failed. Even the French mercenary felt an inexplicable unease about the performance of the German officers and soldiers.

"The palace has been stormed? Oh, it's time to build a new palace, and to be honest, I don't like the style and design of the current palace, it's too lavish and too practical! ”

After being woken up by the communications officer, Chen Tian rubbed his sleepy eyes and said something that seemed like a dream to outsiders.

The communications officer didn't dare to say anything, but asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?" ”

"Send a telegram to General Matthew and let him do what we planned!" After Chen Tian finished speaking, he thought about it again, "By the way, send another telegram to the King of Bavaria, asking him to cooperate with us to tighten the fishing nets!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although he didn't know what the Emperor's words meant exactly, judging by his expression and tone, the communications officer knew that everything was under his control at the moment.

At this time, the helium airship they were riding on was over the territory of the Netherlands, of course, the Dutch sleeping on the ground would not be disturbed by the slight engine sound of the airship, and when they woke up, the world of the Dutch would be as peaceful as ever!

Germany, on the other hand, will be as neat and clean as a cleaning.