A small car drove through the silent streets of Berlin under the cover of night. The owner of the car seemed to be in a hurry to do something, so the car was driving very fast. A whoosh drove by, bringing up a leaf on the road.

At a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Berlin, two policemen saw a speeding car and stretched out their hands to signal the car to stop, but the car obviously had no intention of slowing down, so the two policemen hurriedly hid on the side of the road and watched the car roar past.

"Colonel Smith! As the military attache of the British Empire in Germany, you actually kidnapped the ambassador and escaped without permission! Aren't you afraid of going to court-martial?" said the British ambassador in the back row of the car, staring at Smith angrily.

Smith snorted coldly: "Only you idiot can't see that Germany is going to war against Poland! If we don't leave now, are we waiting to be captured by the Germans? If it were only you, the German Führer would have let you leave Germany, but I have dealt with him so many times, he will definitely not let me leave easily! I applied for a transfer with you, but you idiot will not approve it!"

"You're really crazy! How could I possibly approve the transfer letter submitted to me by someone who wanted to escape. The ambassador also snorted, obviously still angry: "You let me flee like a wolf, how can we deal with us when I return to England? The British Empire has not yet declared war with Germany!"

"You fools, ignoring Colonel Grudo's report, and my reminder on the shelf, the Germans are as strong now as they were in 1914...... No, it's stronger than it was then! Why don't you wait?" Smith sighed and said: "Tonight, just a few hours ago, Accardo gave a speech in Congress, claiming that no one could stop the rise of the Third Reich! He is now full-fledged, and he no longer needs to seek space for Germany to develop! But our British Empire is facing an all-out war!"

"Things are not as bad as you think! The Americans are on our side!" the British ambassador quibbled, frowning.

"Americans, Americans have never been on our side! Americans are only on the side of the victors!" Smith said depressedly, "Whether they will help Britain or not depends on how we fight the war next." ”

"Oh my God, Poland has an army of 2 million, and France has an army of at least 2 million, and the Germans can't win. If they can't think of starting another war, we can easily defeat them like we did in the last war. The British ambassador said contemptuously: "The Germans only drove out the Allied Arms Control Committee a year ago, and at that time they began to arm themselves, and they lacked artillery and fighter planes to win the war." ”

"Only you think that the Germans are short of artillery and fighters! Mr. Ambassador! Everyone who still has something in their heads knows that in 1920 the Germans were preparing for the next war! On the contrary, only we, the British Empire, began to prepare for this coming war yesterday. Smith said hatefully.

The car slowed down suddenly, Smith's face hit the back of the chair in the front row, and he was a little dizzy for a while, and the British ambassador next to him was directly unconscious because of his age, and in the confusion, Smith finally shook his head and came to his senses.

In the middle of the road, a German four-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle was lying there, the 20mm cannon on the armored car was gloomyly facing Smith's car, and directly behind the armored car, a military truck was parked there, and on both sides of the armored vehicle, it turned out to be a group of armed Wehrmacht soldiers.

On both sides of the road, there are two Mercedes-Benz off-road cars, the canvas roof, is the Mercedes-Benz company in order to save steel adopted convertible design, sharp edges and corners at a glance to know that it is a military car, the front engine compartment is painted with the latest German flag, it seems to be to remind the Air Force not to accidentally get injured before drawing.

"Colonel Smith, it's a pleasure to see you here!" said one of the Wehrmacht officers with a smile, "the Führer remembers you very much, so he orders us to send you back to him anyway." ”

Smith took out a crumpled document from his jacket pocket, stuffed it into the pocket of the British ambassador, who was still dazed, then glanced at his adjutant, and said softly: "Let Mr. Ambassador give this document to Mr. Churchill, and tell him that I can't help him with anything." ”

The adjutant looked at the German soldiers who were gradually surrounding him, and nodded lightly at Smith. Soon they could see through the lights of the cars the tactical vests worn by the German soldiers, with small pineapple-like grenades hanging from them, and a strange rifle with a magazine that they had never seen before.

"Wise people don't speak dark words. I ran away late at night just to find a way out, we didn't bring any forbidden items!And it's a diplomat of the British Empire, you won't break international law, right?" Smith opened the door and got out of the car, pulled out the pistol on his waist, and obediently threw it on the ground.

The German officer looked at Smith and smiled: "In fact, Germany is very willing to abide by international law. The Führer is just a mere resonance with you, Mr. Smith, and as for the other British diplomats, we will not interfere with any of their freedoms. ”

"Thank you. Smith stepped out of the way, closed the door, and gestured to the car next to him, "Are they okay to go?" ”

"Yes. The officer waved his hand and motioned for his men to get out of the way, and several German soldiers with G43 rifles moved out of the way. At present, the rifles of the German * team are roughly divided into three types, one is the precision rifle Mauser 98K, which is responsible for the continuation of long-range firepower; the other is the various models of the G43 semi-automatic rifle used by paratroopers and ordinary soldiers; and the other is the MP-44 assault rifle that has just been issued to the troops and is only equipped with officers and soldiers above the post of squad leader.

Of course, according to the elite range of the troops, the proportion of armament of these rifles also varies greatly, and the most elite German infantry divisions tend to be equipped with four Mauser 98K rifles per squad, four G43 semi-automatic rifles, two MP-44 assault rifles, and one light machine gun. However, most units do not have such a configuration, and many units do not even have MP-44 assault rifles, and use 8 Mauser rifles with 2 G43 automatic rifles and a light machine gun to fill the number.

The car drove slowly through the narrow aisle out of the way of the German soldiers, and drove along the road into the distance of night, disappearing at the end of the horizon. Smith let out a long breath, then looked at the German officer: "Let's go, it looks like the Führer can't wait to see me." ”

"I beg your pardon, we need to do some security checks before we go, Mr. Smith is a smart man, but everyone knows that smart people sometimes do stupid things. Right?" said the officer with a smile.

Smith smiled bitterly and raised his hands, and two German soldiers stepped forward and touched him clean from head to toe, even letting him take off his leather shoes and inspect them carefully. The soldiers then began to return to the truck behind the armored car, and two soldiers accompanied Smith to the left and right in an open-top SUV, the officer took the co-pilot's seat, and several soldiers got into another car, and the two cars left the large group, one after the other drove towards the city of Berlin.

When he saw Accardo again, it was already the next morning, and the Führer had just gotten up, still in his pajamas, when he saw Smith standing in his drawing-room.

"Good morning, Mr. Smith. I heard that you wanted to leave Germany last night, so why don't you say hello to my old friend?

Smith sighed: "I've already called to greet me now, can you let me leave?" My ferry ticket is noon today, and it seems that it's still too late to leave." ”

"Colonel Smith, you still have a good sense of humor. Accardo laughed: "You are more perceptive than those of your colleagues! You know that the preparations for the recent expansion of German armaments are almost complete, so you are in a hurry to leave." Accardo smiled and said, "How could I let go of such a dangerous enemy as you?"

"That's why I'm here, Accardo. To tell you the truth, if I had to choose again, I would have fought my life and would have shot you in the head when I first saw you. Smith said helplessly.

"You didn't do it, so you won't have that chance in the future. Accardo smiled and pointed to the red wine on the coffee table, "Would you like to have a drink before you go?"

"Of course!" Smith smiled as he walked over and took a sip of his glass. Then he walked out of Accardo's living room without looking back. His steps were a little heavy, but they were unusually firm.

On September 12, 1937, Colonel Smith, military attache at the British Embassy in Germany, was sent to a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin and never heard from again. On the same day, the British ambassador and his entourage disappeared in Berlin, and no one was seen alive or dead. There are witnesses who confirmed that they crossed the German-French border, but the French side has no record of their entry.

For unknown reasons, the Germans exercised due restraint when the Soviet troops attacked Poland, and waited until the morning of September 13, 1937, when Germany formally expelled the Polish ambassador and officially declared war on Poland in the afternoon of the same day. Accardo condemned the Polish government for occupying the Danzig Corridor, Germany's homeland, in defiance of the German people's desire for peaceful reunification, and he represented all German compatriots in his crusade against the evil Polish rulers.

On the afternoon of the same day that Germany declared war on Poland, France declared war on Germany, and a few minutes later, Germany declared war on France. Three days later, Britain declared war on Germany and condemned Germany's seizure of British embassy staff, followed by a declaration of war on Britain and the outbreak of World War II.