On April 6, Xiao Zhenlei and others came to Berlin, they stayed at the Kempinski Berlin Adlon Hotel, this time there was no one to accompany them, as long as Xiao Zhenlei, Su Gu, Ah Bing and other six people, two of the agents stayed in London, and two stayed in Essen to assist Williams and Opiyin.

Kempinski Hotel Adlon Berlin is a very luxurious and high-grade hotel at this time, so how luxurious is it and how high-grade is it? It is said that there is a saying in Berlin: "In this era, the famous families of Berlin did not hesitate to sell their winter villas just to be able to own an elegant suite in this hotel!" ”

The hotel survived more than 100 years later, and was well run, with countless people staying here, including the monarchs and kings of Europe, the Russian Tsars, and later Charles? Chaplin, Michael? Jackson and Malena? Dietrice has stayed here.

The most famous landmark in the vicinity of this hotel is the Brandenburg Gate, as well as the Berlin Cathedral, Potsdamer Platz, Unter den Linden and many more.

Xiao Zhenlei wore a neat military uniform and a military hat the next morning, and he was tall, which made him quite powerful. He rented an open-top dragoon car manufactured by Zhenhua Company in a car dealership, and after some inquiries along the street, he drove to the Qing embassy in Germany, where he came to meet the ambassador to Germany, Yin Chang, a native of the White Flag of Manchuria, who had studied in Germany to study the army, so he wore a set of Beiyang Army uniforms all the year round.

Xiao Zhenlei saw that Yinchang was completely routine and went through the motions, so he came this time under the guise of military exchanges with the German Ministry of Defense. It is impossible to come to Berlin without seeing the ambassador to Germany, and in case something happens here. You can also carry the consulate out to prevent disasters.

After seeing Yin Chang, Xiao Zhenlei gave a military salute. "Xiao Zhenlei, the twenty-third and forty-sixth standard commander of the Mixed Association of the Inferior New Army, has seen Lord Yinchang!"

Yin Chang is fifty-one years old this year, his face is a little thin, not only his face is thin, but also his head is thin, he is a little bald, he has two good-looking mustaches, the mustache is upturned, and he is wearing a gray plaid suit, but he is wearing a cyan cloth button silk dress inside. It looks a little nondescript.

Before leaving for Shanghai, the 23rd Mixed Association had sent a telegram to this side, so Yin Chang knew something about Xiao Zhenlei's coming to Germany to conduct military exchanges with the Germans, but Xiao Zhenlei had only come to see him as ambassador to Germany now, was it a little too late?

Yin Chang looked at Xiao Zhenlei for a moment, and was still very satisfied with his mighty military posture, at least this military appearance would not lose the face of the Great Qing Kingdom when he went out, right? However, Yin Chang remembered Xiao Zhenlei's belated arrival, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, frowning and asking, "Xiao Biaotong." Didn't you leave on January 10th? According to the itinerary, you should have been in Germany for a long time, why did you only remember to see this official now? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said uprightly: "My lord, I disembarked in London, England for more than a month before coming to Germany. That's why I didn't rush here until now! ”

"Oh? You're staying in London for more than a month? What are you doing there? Yin Chang was quite curious about this.

Xiao Zhenlei hesitated for a moment and said: "It's a lowly post who has some private affairs in London, and I came back after dealing with private matters, and the German Ministry of Defense did not stipulate a specific date." Just ask to arrive before June, so the time is more relaxed! ”

Yin Chang did not continue to ask about this matter. Now that the reason for Xiao Zhenlei's belation has been clarified, he has not pursued it further. After all, he has a lot of things to do here, and he doesn't have time to pay attention to a small standard, but he still instructs: "Xiao Biaotong!" ”

"What do you command?"

"Well, you just came here, and you're not very familiar with the situation here, except for the communication with the German-military, it's usually best not to go out and walk around, if you encounter anything, don't be strong, let alone cause trouble, you must know that this is the territory of foreigners, we can't afford to provoke it, if you don't listen to the officer's admonition, in case you get into trouble and something happens, don't expect the officer, the officer can't save you, do you understand?"

Xiao Zhenlei said uprightly: "Yes, my lord, I understand my humble position!" ”

Yin Chang thought for a while and said: "By the way, you come over again tomorrow morning, and this official will introduce two young talents to you, you are of the same age, you are both soldiers, and you should be able to talk!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei promised: "Yes, my lord!" ”

After coming out of Yinchang's office, Xiao Zhenlei walked out of the embassy building to the courtyard and walked to his rented car, at this time a carriage stopped at the gate, and two young oriental men of the same age, about thirty years old, got out of the carriage, one on the left was actually wearing a set of German officer uniforms, wearing the rank of captain, and the one on the right was wearing a black coat.

Xiao Zhenlei started the car and drove out of the gate, and saw these two young people coming head-on, and was a little surprised, so he slowed down the car, and the young officer wearing the German military uniform saw that Xiao Zhenlei in the convertible car was wearing a new set of domestic new army uniforms, so young and actually wearing the rank of leading the army, and the figure was tall and burly, quite mighty, and involuntarily stood up and made a military salute, Xiao Zhenlei saw that the young officer was wearing a German military uniform, and was surprised to see him salute, so he also raised his hand to return the salute.

After Xiao Zhenlei drove away, the young man in the black coat asked, "Baili, who is this person?" Do you know him?

The officer shook his head and said, "I don't know, Brother Yunnong, didn't you see him wearing the rank of the chief officer?" This is equivalent to the rank of colonel, several ranks older than me, the captain, and I'm afraid he's only ten years younger than the two of us, right? Hehe! ”

The young man in the black coat smiled: "Forget it, it is estimated that there is some powerful backstage to be able to wear the rank of leading the army at such an age, but I think his skin is quite powerful, and it is a waste to come to this consulate to serve without going to war!" And you don't have to be presumptuous, you're just a captain here, and you'll definitely be taller than him when you go back! ”

The officer shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Not necessarily, neither of us has any backstage, let's go, go meet my Baimen teacher, and then let's find a place to have a good drink, let's not see each other like this, we must have a good drink tonight!" ”

"I do have time, the school curriculum is not very large, but you stay in the barracks all day, and you don't come to Berlin often to see me!"

Xiao Zhenlei drove out of the consulate and forgot about the two young people about thirty years old, soon, he parked on the side of the street, got out of the car and walked to the public phone booth to pick up the microphone and stuff a coin into it and dialed a number, and hung up immediately after the phone rang twice, after about thirty seconds, he dialed the number again, this time he waited for the phone to ring five times and then hung up the phone, and after about thirty seconds, he dialed the number again, this time he didn't hang up, the phone rang six times and then was connected, It was a woman's voice on the phone, and it was a little lazy, as if she hadn't woken up yet.

"Hello? Who are you? The voice was a little lazy, but wary.

"'Joan of Arc', long time no see, I'm 'Marquis'!" Xiao Zhenlei said in a calm tone.

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a few seconds, and the female voice came again: "You still showed up, let's say, what is the task?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of his cigarette, turned his head to look at the pedestrians on the street, and said, "See you at the Reims bar on Friedrichstraße at eight o'clock in the evening!" After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Xiao Zhenlei didn't want to wake up 'Joan of Arc', and now was not the time to wake her up, but his plan this time needed some equipment, which could only be obtained by 'Joan of Arc', so he had to do it as a last resort, he had already decided, after getting the equipment he needed, he would let 'Joan of Arc' fall into a deep sleep again.

At about six o'clock in the evening, Awatani and the others, who had gone to the streets of Berlin to survey the situation of the streets, had already returned, and they wanted to find out the streets and buildings of the entire city in the shortest possible time, so that they could calmly formulate a plan for evacuation or hiding in the event of an accident.

After dinner in the hotel restaurant, Xiao Zhenlei and the others returned to the room, and the other three people went down to eat, he took out a dinner knife from his cuff, which he had just taken from the hotel restaurant, he used the dinner knife to pry open the bottom plate of the suitcase, uncovered the bottom plate and took out some small parts from it, and a large number of bullets.

Seeing him take these things out, Suya asked with some concern, "Sir, what are you?" If you want to do something, let us go, there's no need to take the risk yourself, you are our head, if something happens to you, what will we do? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile while assembling these parts very quickly: "Don't worry, this time I'm not going to do anything, but to meet someone, and I'm bringing a gun just in case!" ”

After the words fell, the parts on the table in front of him were gone, replaced by a pistol in his hand, which was made by his secret gunsmith based on the drawings of the Browning 1911 pistol he made, and now the name of this gun is Zhenhua 1910 pistol, this pistol, Su Gu and others each have one.

After making an aiming posture, Xiao Zhenlei inserted the pistol into his waist, loaded the bullets into the magazine, and said while loading the bullets: "In this way, you take one person with me, and the others stay!" ”

Su Gu saw that Xiao Zhenlei let him follow, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Yes, sir!" (To be continued......)

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