Chapter 50: Arrival in Poland
Early in the morning of December 26, Ambassador Dekanozov personally sent Lin Jun and Igbos to the Berlin railway station. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoAt 9:30 a.m., the train from Berlin to Warsaw departs on time.
The German wilderness is white, with farmsteads and small towns dotted along the railway, and there is no tension in the idyllic landscape.
Outside the window, it was peaceful, but inside the train was a little different, there were almost no people in the aisle outside the box, and most of the passengers did not want to show their heads.
At lunchtime, Lin Jun and Ibos arrived at the dining car, and the two of them simply ate some grilled steak. After returning to the box, Ibos opened the double-layer window glass and said to Lin Jun, "Someone has entered the box. β
The "old Cheka" is just amazing, he had already made secret notes in the box before going out, and the tricks of the German secret police still couldn't escape his eyes.
After a brief check, Ibos told Lin Jun that everything had been passive, but nothing was missing, and it was estimated that these Germans just wanted to know if they were carrying something secret.
"It's almost routine, every time they come, take a look and go."
"Hehe, who would leave something important in an unguarded box waiting for them to come and find it." Lin Jun also found this kind of "routine" a bit interesting.
"That's what they do, everybody's the same, who knows if something will be found. To be honest, the German intelligence agencies are also very powerful, and the two boxes next to us should be their people, and they are probably still eavesdropping on our conversations. β
Lin Jun also knew why Ibos opened the window on a cold day, just to make the noise in the box louder. The Germans would not be stupid enough to install bugs in Lin Jun's boxes, which would be too naΓ―ve, and the partitions of these boxes are made of wood, and a stethoscope can achieve the goal
Lin Jun originally felt that the big German businessman who lived in the box on the left was a little strange, and he could hardly see other people when he was breathing in the corridor, but this benevolent brother often came to talk to him, either borrowing fire or chatting like an Englishman, and it was rare for him to speak fluent Russian. And the person in the box on the right, Lin Jun, has only seen it once when he got in the car, and it is a middle-aged couple, speaking Polish, just like the most ordinary Polish rich people, nothing special.
"This is the typical way of surveillance by the Germans, one light and one dark. Chatting with that fat guy is nothing, but it can add some feelings, hehe. Ibos said and closed the window, it was a little cold.
Half an hour later, the train arrived at the checkpoint on the German-Polish border, and at this time Lin Jun was still chatting with the big man in the aisle, and he saw a group of menacing German policemen boarding the train.
The German policemen who came over looked at Lin Jun's diplomatic documents and went over, and only asked a few words about Ibos in the box, and their luggage was also within the protection of diplomatic immunity, so they didn't check it. But the "Polish" couple was not so polite, and several German policemen turned inside and out of the box, as if they had confiscated a few "contraband".
The fat German businessman put on a look of "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", and after the policemen checked his documents, they casually searched their boxes, and they were still complaining, the content was to emphasize that there was nothing to check for the businessman who was in his duty, and said to Lin Jun: It's better for you diplomats, you don't need to check anything. Lin Jun simply played with him haha.
The inspection lasted for more than half an hour, and through the window, Lin Jun saw that some passengers were violently taken away from the train, and some were beaten by German police on the platform. At this time, Ibos walked out of the box, ignored the fat man on the side, and said to Lin Jun: "These should be German Jews, thinking of leaving Germany and going to Poland." β
"Yes, poor people." Lin Jun turned his head to the fat man on the side and said, "Mr. Heydrich, what do you think of them as a true Aryan?" β
This stopped the fat man, who claimed to be a cotton dealer Heydrich, who had never been asked such a question by a subject while on a mission. Although he was trained to deal with such a situation in a variety of ways, it was really difficult to answer this "opponent".
"Inferior people, but also some unlucky, they don't even have a country of their own. And 10 years ago, the Jews were too greedy and squeezed every ounce of our Aryan labor out like cruel vampires. He chose the "mild-sympathetic style."
At this time, the train had already started slowly, and after a while, it entered the territory of Poland, and it was still a routine inspection, but it was the Polish security personnel. Lin Jun continued to chat with the Herdrich gentleman, talking about ethnography -- a dangerous subject.
Of course, Lin Jun does not discuss the "advantages and disadvantages" of the human race, but talks about the differences between the races: for example, which is more muscular, the Slavs and the Aryans, this is Hitler's favorite "game": he often asks two large guards to escort the emaciated ambassador away when he meets with Dekanozov, and uses a sharp contrast to show the strength and "excellence" of the Aryans.
The two of them argued over this issue for a long time, and finally after Lin Jun showed the strong muscles in his arms, Mr. Heydrich had to admit that some Slavs were still very strong.
Lin Jun, who returned to the box, saw Ibos smiling at him: "Good muscles!" β
"Of course, practiced! Ha ha! Lin Jun made a toning movement while laughing, and then Ibos couldn't help laughing, "Haha, I said Comrade Andre, that Mr. Heydrich must be very unhappy, and he may go to work hard to train his muscles after he goes back." β
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Whether Mr. Heydrich will go to the gym after his mission Lin Jun does not know, now he is only concerned about how to meet Stalin after returning to Moscow to make himself feel better. When he was in Berlin, Dekanozov told him that as soon as he arrived in Moscow, a car would take him directly to the Kremlin to meet Stalin, which showed that Stalin was very eager to see him. But why the hurry? It may be that you are anxious to teach yourself a lesson, or it may be something else. But if there was anything else, what would it be? Because there is absolutely no need to be in such a hurry just to scold yourself, so what the hell could it be?
There were many answers in Lin Jun's mind, but they were rejected one by one, because none of them were that important: some were very important, but it was not Lin Jun's turn to solve them.
This question has been bothering Lin Jun. But since you can't think of it, don't think about it, "the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth" is one of Lin Jun's styles, happy to be free, or think about the reality of his wife and son.
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is also the largest city in Poland, the largest center of industry, trade and science and culture, and the largest transportation hub. Located in the central plain of Poland, located in the west bank of the middle reaches of the Vistula River, with an area of more than 400 square kilometers and a population of more than 1 million, it is the main trade route of Central European countries, and it has been a very prosperous place since ancient times. Inhabited in the 10th and early 11th centuries, the city was founded in the middle of the 13th century and became its capital in 1596. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, it was under foreign rule for more than 200 years, and in 1919 it became the capital of Poland. In 1920, it had a population of more than one million, making it one of the largest cities in Europe at that time.
The sparkling river Vistula is like a jade belt around the waist of Warsaw, the majestic old city of Warsaw stands on the riverbank, and the European medieval red spire buildings are lined up one after another. On the iron bridge across the Vistula River, there is a bustling scene. On both sides of the lively street, the houses are towering, the trees are lined with trees, and the lawns stretch out into the distance, and the whole city is like a ship moored in a sea of green*.
At that time, the Soviets had some mixed feelings about Poland, because according to the "Peace Treaty between Poland and Russia and Ukraine" formally signed by Poland and Soviet Russia in Riga on March 18, 1921, that is, the main content of the "Riga Treaty": the eastern border of Poland was demarcated (the western part of Ukraine and Belarus was assigned to Poland), and the Polish-Russian border line was about 150 miles east of the Curzon Line. According to the treaty, Poland received part of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, as well as Lithuania, and Soviet Russia lost a large part of its territory in this war. The treaty also set the stage for the partition of Poland between the Soviet Union and Germany during World War II. The Polish-Russian (Soviet) border, historically determined by the Treaty of Riga, remained in place until September 17, 1939.
Lin Jun could sense his hostility towards Poland from Ibos's discussion of Poland, which was very normal, and it would be strange if he was friendly.
On the afternoon of December 27, the train from Berlin entered the Warsaw station.
It was still the embassy's car to pick up people, and there were armed men to protect them, because the Poles were not very friendly to Soviet diplomats, and of course there would be no one to attack Lin Jun and them. And there will be no train to Moscow until tomorrow morning, and the people from the embassy have already helped Lin Jun and them book a box.
Lin Jun looked through the car window at Warsaw, which was set to experience a catastrophe in the near future. In the Second World War, the beautiful ancient city of Warsaw will be severely damaged, almost razed to the ground, more than 85% of the city's buildings will be destroyed, those magnificent classical buildings are almost gone, everywhere ruins and scorched earth. The greatest damage to it was not the German invasion, but the hasty armed uprising codenamed "Storm" on August 1, 1944, when the leaders of the National Army under the Polish government-in-exile, General B. Komorowski, rushed to occupy Warsaw before the arrival of Soviet troops when the Soviet and Polish troops were approaching Warsaw. The people of Warsaw were heroic, hundreds of thousands of Warsaw residents were actively engaged in the fighting, supported by members of the Polish Workers' Party and units of the Polish People's Army. On 5 August, the rebels captured most of Warsaw, and in the face of the enemy's superior forces, the Warsaw army and civilians erected barricades and barricades, and fought the enemy with rudimentary weapons and even gasoline bottles, bricks, and stones. Men in the prime of life took part in the fighting, while women and children nursed the wounded, delivered documents, and delivered food and ammunition. However, the Germans continued to reinforce and carried out indiscriminate bombardment from the air and ground for 63 consecutive days. The rebels were isolated and forced to sign a surrender agreement on 2 October. After the defeat of the uprising, Hitler gave a crazy order: wipe Warsaw off the map!
Some Westerners once asserted: "Warsaw will not reappear on earth, and there is no hope for at least 100 years." β
As in Berlin, Lin Jun was welcomed at the embassy by the Soviet ambassador to Poland, Davotoyan, and other staff members, and a sumptuous dinner was indispensable. Since there were no plans to visit Warsaw, dinner was a standard Polish meal.
Tomorrow morning. Lin Jun will take the international train back to Moscow.