Lin Jun asked Ibos why he wanted to stay in Berlin for a day, did he not have a car?

"Yes, they don't have trains from Berlin to other countries at Christmas. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Fortunately, when Ibos answered, he was lying in the lower bunk, and he couldn't see Lin Jun's appearance, because Lin Jun's expression was a little strange. Although he remembered the date, he was dispensable to this Western holiday, and he didn't even notice that Christmas was coming in Western Europe.

"So that's what happened, it's Christmas the day after tomorrow." Lin Jun thought.

Why is it "their" Christmas? Because Christmas for ethnic Russians who profess Orthodox Christianity is January 7.

At night on December 24, 1936, the train slowly entered the Berlin train station.

Lin Jun, who left the train station, saw Postan Square, there were few people in the square, and there was a car from the Soviet Embassy in Germany waiting for them at the gate of the station.

The Soviet ambassador to Germany, V. Dekanozov, and the rest of the embassy were waiting for them, and as soon as he arrived at the embassy, Lin Jun was greeted by all the embassy staff.

At the dinner party to welcome the hero, the staff kept toasting the "Hero of the Soviet Union", which made Lin Jun collapse not long after and was carried back to the room.

It stands to reason that the identity of this "military attaché" should be kept secret, but there is no need for this in the embassy, and there is no way to keep it secret, because Lin Jun's popularity is too high, and all the staff here know him, so Dekanozov has no intention of keeping it secret in the embassy at all.

The next morning, Lin Jun still had a headache in his head caused by a hangover, but it was not a matter of continuing to sleep, because Ambassador F. Dekanozov and Igbos were already waiting for him, and Comrade Ambassador was going to take him on a tour of Berlin in person.

"Comrade Dekanozov, is this appropriate?" Lin Jun felt a little strange about being accompanied by an ambassador to visit Berlin.

"Hehe, Comrade Andrei, I think that the German intelligence services should have known your identity and movements for a long time, so we will simply visit Berlin with great fanfare, and then visit their Foreign Minister Newright (Ribbentrop's predecessor) at their Foreign Office in the afternoon, so as to ensure your safety in Germany."

Ginger is the old spicy!

To be honest, everyone here can't understand Lin Jun's feelings about Germany, because he is looking at Germany from the perspective of the "Third Reich", and everyone else is basically unaware of its real threat and power.

Where does Lin Jun's understanding of the "Third Reich" come from? Documentaries, World War II movies, World War II archives, etc., most of them are the killings of future wars and the brutality of the Nazis, Lin Jun is like wearing a pair of colored glasses to see the world, of course, the feeling in his heart is different, he can see farther, see more clearly, and also see a little extreme, because he already has a fixed ideology in his heart.

On the way to the embassy last night, Lin Jun had already seen the swastika flags at the doors of some government departments on both sides of the street, but he didn't see much clearly in the twilight. Now the car is moving along the street under the linden tree, and many of the buildings on both sides are hung with the swastika flag, which makes his heart feel a shock: this is a strong nation, and it is also a nation that will bring disaster to the world! Because it has been stirred up, and the power of Germany, once mobilized, is enormous!

Although you know the power of the "10,000-character flag" and the dangers ahead, you can only stand by and watch. Because your power is too small, the * of history is not something you can shake.

If someone asks which street in Berlin is the most famous, the most common answer must be Unter den Linden, which is the most famous street in Berlin and a famous boulevard in Europe, comparable to the Champs-Élysées in Paris. On both sides of the street, four rows of tall linden trees, like a verdant promenade, stretch straight to the Brandenburg Gate.

Unter den Linden was founded in 1647 and was originally lined with linden and walnut trees. Later, due to the expansion of the town, many trees were cut down, and in 1680 linden trees were replanted. By the time of Frederick the Great's reign, it had become a major transportation artery in Berlin. On the piers of the bridge at the east end of the street, there are 8 marble statues. Masterpieces from the mid-19th century, these statues depict goddesses from ancient Greek mythology. It was only in 1942 that the statues were removed and stored in West Berlin in order to save the "goddesses" from the destruction of the war, and it was not until 1984 that they reappeared and were put back in their original positions.

More than 100 years ago, the German poet Heine lived at 24 Unter den Linden. Standing on the bridge overlooking the street, he once said: "On the right side are the majestic armory hall, the new garrison hall, the university and the college; On the left are the Royal Palace, the Opera House and the Royal Library".

Lin Jun was thinking about something else, by the end of April and early May 1945, there would be the last bloody battle before the destruction of the German fascists, and Unter den Linden Street would be in ruins. It will be a real bloody battle, the final battle of a people and a faith, bloody to the end, never to the death. (There were still large-scale battles in Austria after the German surrender, but it is generally said that the final battle for the defense of Berlin was the last battle, because of its cruelty, and the meaning it represented, for both sides.) )

At the front end of the street garden on Unter den Linden, there is a bronze statue of Frederick the Great. He was dressed as a prancing horse, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and his posture was heroic, and the car was further ahead of the Brandenburg Gate.

Lin Jun, Dekanozov, and Igbos stand at the Brandenburg Gate, and Dekanozov tells Lin Jun about its history.

Looking up at the 26-meter-tall building, Lin Jun thought of the famous photo: in 1945, the Soviet Red Army held up the red flag on the Brandenburg Gate. And the German soldiers, in order to destroy the red flag, they opened fire on the door of victory in their hearts, and the Brandenburg gate would become full of holes.

The Brandenburg Gate, 26 meters high, 65.5 meters wide and 11 meters deep, is a neoclassical sandstone building modeled after the gates of the Acropolis and designed by the Prussian architect Langhans. The 12 Doric columns, which support the flat roofs, are 15 meters high and 1.75 meters in diameter at the base, and are carved according to the Ionic columns. The wall between the front and rear columns divides the entire gatehouse into five gates, and the slightly wider passage in the middle was originally designed for members of the royal family. These reliefs on the inner wall of the gate depict Hercules, the greatest hero of Roman mythology, Mars, the god of war, and Minova, the goddess of wisdom, the patron saint of artists and craftsmen. The tallest bronze statue in the center of the top of the Brandenburg Gate is 5 meters high, she is the goddess of victory, that is, Nike in Greek mythology, Victoria in Roman mythology, the goddess spreads her wings behind her, and drives a four-horse two-wheeled chariot facing the city of Berlin to the east, holding in her right hand a scepter with an oak wreath, inside which is an iron cross, on which stands an eagle with wings spreading, wearing a Prussian crown. The sculpture symbolizes the victory of the war, and the sculpture is the work of the Prussian sculptor Shadov, and it should be said that the designers of the year combined Germany and victory very well, hehe. Dekanozov seems to be not only an ambassador and diplomatic expert, but also an expert in German history, and he knows a lot about the Brandenburg Gate, which also allows Lin Jun to know the history of this city gate from him.

The Brandenburg Gate was originally the city gate, but there is only one such gate left in Berlin at present, and the other gates were demolished with the city wall in the 60s of the 19th century.

Today is Christmas, and there are many Berlin citizens passing by on the street, which allows Lin Jun to really get close to the German people before World War II, and people's faces are full of smiles and pride, which is not much different from the people of the Soviet Union, they are also living and enjoying the joy of Christmas.

I didn't see the shocking scene of the German army parade under the Brandenburg Gate in the documentary, Lin Jun felt a little pity, every time he saw those ancient Roman military parades in his previous life, he always had a feeling of blood boiling, this is not to say that Lin Jun has pro-Nazi tendencies, but he just likes to feel the shocking feeling, because this kind of shock to others can only be "born" by extremely crazy beliefs.

Some people say that if an army can shock its opponents with just a military parade, then it must be an army with terrible combat effectiveness.

Lunch was served at the high-end restaurant on Kurthou Street, which was very hearty and definitely an authentic German meal.

A cousin who had the best relationship with Lin Jun in his previous life worked in Europe for a long time, and he said to Lin Jun: Chinese cuisine is the first in the world, and German cuisine can barely rank first in Europe. That's why he still has a little curiosity about German food.

Lin Jun was not disappointed by what he ate today, but he was just not disappointed: the cold dish was fish jelly and garlic roasted pork loin with an egg salad. The first course was a thick soup, which looked like chicken soup, but Dekanozov said it was duck soup. The second course is pork cutlets, and the third is sausage with boiled cabbage. On the sweet tooth are cookies, which taste good. At the end, I drank a bitter cup of black coffee.

After lunch, Ambassador Dekanozov accompanied Lin Jun to the German Foreign Office and visited the then German Foreign Minister Newright. Lin Jun has no image of this Newwright, he only knows that it will not be long before the German foreign minister will be the notorious Ribbentrop, a guy with diplomatic talent but no political foresight at all.

The meeting was completely like a routine, the two sides chatted for a while, Dekanozov just wanted Lin Jun to show his face here, and that Newright was also okay haha.

Nuwright knew very well who the "Soviet military attache in France" Andrei was in front of him: when the Soviet embassy sent the appointment documents yesterday, the Gestapo people told him that this Andrei might come with him, but the rules of diplomacy made him still think that he did not know anything, as if he had heard the name of Andrei Nikolayevich Prenyakov for the first time.

After 30 minutes of nonsense, Lin Jun and Dekanozov left the German Foreign Office and returned to the Soviet Embassy. Lin Jun will stay in the embassy until tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Lin Jun had a conversation with Dekanozov.

"Comrade Dekanozov, do you think Germany will pose a threat to us?"

"That's for sure, but we don't know when."

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Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Dekanozov had the opportunity to provide early warning preparations to the Soviet Union, but unfortunately the upper echelons missed it, but it cannot be denied that this little man was an outstanding diplomat.