After the international express train entered the city of Berlin, it quickly drove into the train station.

Qin Hongwen said goodbye to Zhao Qiwen and followed the business delegation out of the car, where several staff members of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin were already waiting.

When he arrived at the parking lot, Qin Hongwen saw dozens of luxury German cars, with Chinese and German flags in front of them, obviously to greet them.

"What about Ambassador Shi? Why didn't he come? ”

The head of the business delegation, Zhang Jiyang, was very strange because on the telegram, Shi Zhaoji, had said that he would personally come to greet the business delegation.

"He had planned to come by car, but then he received a call from the German side, so he went to the Chancellery, and it was said that the German propaganda minister and foreign minister wanted to consult with him about the entrance ceremony of the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony." An embassy secretary replied.

"Does this also need to be negotiated?" Zhang Jiyang obviously didn't understand the key, and neither did the others.

The embassy secretary whispered: "That's right, the German side hopes that our sports delegation will be able to raise their hands to the rostrum at the opening ceremony of the Berlin Olympics. In fact, the German government wants all athletes from all countries participating in the Berlin Olympics to raise their hands to the head of state at the entrance ceremony of the opening ceremony, but the US delegation has made it clear that they will not salute anyone in a fascist salute. ”

"So, what does Ambassador Shi think?" Zhang Jiyang suddenly became interested.

"Ambassador Shi has always said that he will wait for the opinion of the central government, but the central government has not given a clear answer, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not know what it is doing, so let Ambassador Shi make his own decision, as for what he thinks now, I don't know." The secretary shook his head.

"The Germans are clever propaganda tactics." Zhang Jiyang smiled.

"Clever? It's called brainwashing! And it's the most inferior way. Qin Hongwen shook his head.

"No, no. This is called indoctrination, is a very clever art of political struggle, now, Britain, France, the United States have similar German Nazi organizations, advocating national socialism, this alone, you can see the wisdom of this means, through clever propaganda, let the people of other countries subconsciously accept your ideas, without a fight and surrender to the army, is the highest level of propaganda warfare, the president also said, this is called 'peaceful evolution'. ”

Zhang Jiyang shook his head and praised a few words, but Qin Hongwen scoffed, in his opinion, this former head of the Political Propaganda Committee attached too much importance to spiritual power, Qin Hongwen has always thought that this idea is wrong, especially in this era when industrial strength determines the prospect of war, this kind of spiritualism is very dangerous.

"You didn't come to Berlin to learn from it, did you? Learn from this propaganda trick of theirs? ”

Qin Hongwen questioned Zhang Jiyang with a straight face, according to the rumors he got that were not very good, the head of this business delegation was originally the vice minister of foreign affairs, but then Zhang Jiyang made a mistake and snatched the position of the head of the delegation, and it is said that the president is supporting him.

"Exactly. But this is only one thing, and the second is to come to Berlin to cheer for our athletes. ”

Zhang Jiyang admitted it frankly, and Qin Hongwen shook his head again and again.

"Shiren, you are the head of the business delegation, this business negotiation is your job, don't forget your task, now, the industrial cooperation between China and Germany is the most important, as for propaganda, it is not important, the country is strong, propaganda is not good, or industry."

Qin Hongwen nagged, but Zhang Jiyang didn't refute it, but just ordered everyone to get in the car and set off, and then everyone was dragged to Belvede Palace in one go.

Belvede Palace was the state guesthouse of the Third Reich, and according to the itinerary, the German foreign minister will meet with the business delegation and have a brief meeting to set the date for the official meeting.

The convoy left the railway station and passed through Charlottenburg Boulevard, the Brandenburg Gate, the Chancellery, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and soon arrived at the Belvede Palace.

Along the way, Qin Hongwen and Zhang Jiyang are eye-opening, now that the Berlin Olympics are ready and the infrastructure construction has been completed, the whole Berlin looks very dazzling, but at the same time, it also makes people feel a kind of depression, and Qin Hongwen's sense of depression is particularly strong.

"The grandeur of the building contrasts with the smallness of human beings, but it is somewhat similar to the urban layout and construction of Moscow."

Qin Hongwen immediately recalled the urban buildings he saw in Moscow two years ago, and to put it mildly, he has always scoffed at this kind of architecture with grandeur as its basic feature, in his opinion, this kind of construction method is too contrived, completely ignores actual needs, does not reflect the beauty of modern architecture, and is not as realistic as those boxy apartment buildings.

Just when Qin Hongwen despised German urban planning, there was a sudden roar of engines in the sky, so he rolled down the window, poked his head out, looked at the sky, and saw a large hard airship.

"That's the Hindenburg airship, which has just been built, and it's here for the celebration of the Berlin Olympics, and it's being rehearsed."

An embassy secretary who was sitting on the side muttered in a low voice, Qin Hongwen nodded, quickly retracted his head, and said: "It's better to fly an airplane, fly fast, war can't do without an airplane, airships can't do it." ”

As soon as the words fell, the motorvoy had arrived at the Belvede Palace, where a group of people were already waiting, including Chinese and Germans, most of the Chinese were businessmen and representatives of students doing business in Germany, and the Germans were basically German government officials, and they were all wearing Nazi armbands.

"Welcome. Mr. German Foreign Minister and Mr. Chinese Ambassador are on their way here, and now we can go to the living room and sit down. I am a member of the Chinese Overseas Chinese Association in Germany, and my surname is Qin, but both Germans and Chinese call me Mr. Q, and you can call me that. ”

A representative of a business association greeted the crowd and introduced himself.

"My name is Qin Hongwen, coincidentally, we are both surnamed Qin, and you listen to the accent, you are also from Sichuan?"

Qin Hongwen was very happy, because he had heard that this Mr. Q had a Sichuan accent in Chinese and was his Sichuan countryman, so he stepped forward, shook hands with the other party, and exchanged business cards.

At this time, Qin Hongwen also noticed the Nazi armband that Mr. Q was wearing on his left arm, so he was very strange and asked, "Are you a Nazi?" ”

"It's not. However, I am a witness to the growth of the Nazi Party, I have witnessed the whole process of the gradual development of this party from small to large, and I am also a friend of the Führer of the Nazi Party. Mr. Q smiled.

"You're Adolf. Hitler's friend? How is this possible? ”

Qin Hongwen was very surprised, although China and Germany have good relations at present, and can even be called friends, but Qin Hongwen also knows very well that the German Führer is a fanatical racist, except for the Aryans, he despises all races, especially Jews.

"Mr. Qin, your curiosity is too strong, listen to my advice, in the Third German Reich, it is best to put away your curiosity as much as possible, even if it is me, I rarely show curiosity in front of strangers. But since you have mentioned this issue, I can tell you a little bit that I have known the German Führer more than ten years ago, and at that time, he was in a difficult situation, and I reached out to him, so he was very grateful to me and had a very strong personal friendship with me. ”

Mr. Q politely avoided the main topic, briefly introduced his relationship with the German Führer, and then left Qin Hongwen, who was too curious, to shake hands with another member of the business delegation.

Being left out in the cold, Qin Hongwen felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't mind very much, anyway, he came to Germany to run for industrial construction, not to make friends, like Mr. Q, who looked a little mysterious, he really didn't want to get too close.

Introduced by Mr. Q, the crowd exchanged greetings with German officials, and then quickly walked into Belvede Palace, waiting for the arrival of the German Foreign Minister and the Chinese Ambassador to Germany.

It didn't take long to wait, and a few minutes later, the German foreign minister and the Chinese ambassador to Germany rushed to the Belvede Palace, and to Qin Hongwen and Zhang Jiyang's surprise, Zhao Qiwen arrived here with the Chinese ambassador to Germany.

The meeting with the German foreign minister was naturally responsible for Zhang Jiyang, the head of the business delegation, while Qin Hongwen and Zhao Qiwen sat in the corner, muttering quietly, and through conversation, Qin Hongwen understood why Zhao Qiwen was not in the embassy, but followed the Chinese ambassador to Germany, Shi Zhaoji, as a bag bearer.

The reason why Zhao Qiwen rushed from Rome to Berlin was to send a diplomatic document, but in fact, that document was not important, which can be seen from Zhao Qiwen sending the document alone, in fact, the reason why the Chinese ambassador to Italy sent Zhao Qiwen to send the document was to let the young military attache go to Berlin to play, so as to curry favor with Zhao Qiwen's father, that is, Zhao Bei, the president of China.

However, the ambassador to Italy apparently slapped the horse's fart on the horse's hooves, and after learning that Zhao Qiwen had gone to Berlin, Zhao Bei immediately sent a telegram to the Berlin embassy, telling Shi Zhaoji that after Zhao Qiwen arrived in Berlin, he would "immediately" let him return to Rome and not be allowed to stay in Berlin.

Obviously, Mr. President did not want his son to stay in Berlin.

In order to ensure that Zhao Qiwen immediately embarked on the road back to Rome, the ambassador decided to send someone to book a train ticket for Zhao Gongzi on the one hand, and simply take Zhao Gongzi with him on the other hand, so as not to let him wander around and find no one at that time.

"Uncle Qin, look at it, what is this called? This telegram from the old man is neither a military order nor a government order, but a 'father's order', can I obey it? Isn't this feudal paternalism? Even where the son goes, he has to interfere! ”

Zhao Qiwen was very dissatisfied with this arrangement and complained to Qin Hongwen.

Qin Hongwen was also a little crying and laughing, so he had to comfort a few words, but since Zhao Bei's attitude was so resolute, he couldn't really follow Zhao Qiwen's proposal to make a telegram to persuade him, he could only hope that Shi Zhaoji would send this Zhao Gongzi on the international train back to Rome as soon as possible, and he also believed that Shi Zhaoji's mood at the moment was more urgent than him.

After Shi Zhaoji left the state guesthouse, he immediately sent Zhao Qiwen to the railway station and took the international express train from Berlin to Rome that afternoon, until he watched the train taken by the "first son of the Republic of China" leave the platform, Shi Zhaoji sighed, and after returning to the embassy, he immediately sent a telegram to China, telling Mr. President that Zhao Gongzi was already on his way back to Rome.

But Shi Zhaoji would never have imagined that just after the international express train left the Berlin railway station, before the train accelerated, a passenger on the car had sneaked off the train, pried open the door of the carriage, jumped into the grass on the side of the roadbed, and then quickly slipped back to Berlin, found a ready-to-wear store, talked to the boss in fluent French, and then bought a high-end suit, dragged off the air force uniform, put it in a briefcase, and then left the ready-to-wear store calmly, and whistled.

Zhao Qiwen slipped out of Mr. President's "claws" so effortlessly, and soon found his companions in Berlin, and stayed in Berlin until the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games before being caught by Zhang Jiyang and Qin Hongwen, although Zhao Qiwen tried to justify that he disobeyed not the military order, but the "father's order", however, Zhang Jiyang still carried his ears and escorted him to the train, and this time, the person in charge of "escorting" Zhao Gongzi were two Chinese military attaches from the embassy, both with higher military ranks than Zhao Gongzi.

After returning to Rome, Zhao Qiwen was not able to obtain the understanding of Mr. President, so Zhao Qiwen was transferred back to China, and his military rank was restored to captain, and he was ordered by Mr. President to work as an oil warehouse keeper in the logistics department.

As an air force officer with a strong adventurous spirit, Captain Zhao Qiwen's Berlin adventure was obviously a failure, but on the other hand, his father finally let go, and with such a father who loves his children to protect him, it seems that Captain Zhao Qiwen never wants to go to the battlefield in his life.

However, this era is a turbulent era after all, and the pace of war is becoming clearer and clearer.

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