Chapter 47 The Power of the Sea
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Backing means giving up and failure, so when the current party sends a signal to allow entry to the station, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner had no choice but to order the train he was on to continue moving forward. At the same time, he asked the soldiers to report the situation here to General Matthew through the transmitter on the car.
Soon, an armored train consisting of one front, one armored car with a circumferential turret and seven ordinary carriages restarted. The hearts of the 358 pioneer soldiers, including Wagner, almost raised their throats. As the wheels rolled, more and more blue and gray figures appeared in their sight. They soon discovered that the soldiers here were all fully armed, and there were far more soldiers around the platform than themselves!
Uneasy speculation surged in Wagner's heart. In this case, the possibility of cheating the other commander was slim, and there was even less hope to forcefully control the platform.
Under the guidance of the opponent, the armored train stopped again. This time it stopped in the center of the platform and surrounded by hundreds of soldiers. The soldiers held rifles and their muzzles were slightly tilted upwards in a quasi-fighting posture.
"No one can act rashly without my orders!"
Wagner reminded him that before getting off the train, he had tidied up his collar, and even in a battle with no chance of victory, he had no room to retreat. The soldiers in the rear of the train held the weapons in their hands one by one. Behind the soldiers on both sides of the train, teams of soldiers wearing naval flat military caps, wide-leader uniforms, and carrying Mauser rifles were moving along the platform in an orderly and slowly. It seemed that their target should be the trains parked in the station.
For many soldiers on the train, this was the first time they had seen so many naval officers and soldiers, and they were also navals who had gotten ashore.
Wagner looked at everything around him. Judging from the military uniforms and logos, in addition to the soldiers of the coastal garrison, there were officers and soldiers on ordinary warships. This scene confused him. Except for the soldiers on guard against guns around the train, the other soldiers in the station just looked here curiously, without any bad behavior.
Just as the poor lieutenant colonel was dizzy with his head full of questions, several naval officers came to them from a distance. The leading one looked quite elegant, not too old, and had a low rank.
After saluting each other, the naval officer took the lead in speaking: "I am Major Baier of the Stedene Coast Guards. We have taken over this station. I hope you can cooperate with our inspection! Now, please report your rank and number!"
"Navy..." Wagner never thought he would meet the naval force here, and he didn't know what identity he should show off now. As an intermediate officer, he naturally wouldn't know about Chen Tian's cooperation with the Navy. In fact, even General Matthew knew very little about this.
"Your rank, number?" Seeing that Wagner was in a state of confusion, the Navy Major repeated it again.
"Sorry, we are an army unit, and it seems that there is no need to accept the naval unit here!" Wagner finally remembered this very important thing.
The Navy Major seemed to have encountered this problem more than once. He answered without hesitation, "I have already said that we will take over here now! According to the orders of the superiors, we must check every train passing by. If there are any uncooperational people, we have the right to enforce it!"
"Okay!" Looking at the naval soldiers with the number of people around, Wagner took out his ID from his pocket, "Wolfgang von Wagner, Lieutenant Colonel of the Army, is affiliated with the Special Operations Force directly under the Army Department!"
The Navy Major took the document and looked at the photo on it, then glanced at Wagner again.
"We are carrying out a secret mission. We cannot tell you the specific content. Please let it go immediately!" Wagner said as he straightened his chest and looked straight ahead.
The Navy Major didn't seem to be keen on this, so he handed the ID back to Wagner, then walked behind him with his hands behind his back, "Secret Mission?"
"Yes!" Wagner did not look back.
"I'm sorry, there is no order from the Admiralty now, and no train is allowed to pass through this station. You and your people may have to wait here!" The major glanced at the train. The door of the car behind was closed, and the shooting hole of the armored car was also closed. The circumferential turret above had a short-barrel 37mm cannon.
"We must feel the reservation at the scheduled time. The order given to us by our superiors is to stop us regardless of everything!" Wagner turned around and said without giving in.
The Navy Major was still holding his hands behind his back. He did not mean to use the pistol at his waist, but his soldiers pulled the bolts and clicked. At this time, the other naval soldiers on the platform turned their eyes to this side. Both sides knew very well that an armored carriage could not compete with the thousands of soldiers here. Although there would be considerable casualties in the naval forces, Wagner and his soldiers would not get any benefits.
Major and Wagner looked at each other for a few seconds, and neither side found any flaws in each other's eyes.
"In this case, I need to report to my superiors, you guys are here to wait!"
After whispering a few words to the officer next to him, the major turned around and left here.
Wagner could only watch the other party leaving. At this time, any action of forcibly leaving was fatal, and he and his soldiers could only wait helplessly.
"Well, I lost this game of chess!" Chen Tian shook his head helplessly. Although his chess is good, Jiang is old and spicy after all, and every move of Tirpiz looks so impeccable.
Tirpiz showed a rare smile, "Haha, your highness is just a pity! When I was still serving on the ship, playing chess was one of the few fun, and I had to play more than a dozen games every day!"
"No, no, no, I lost this game with convincing conviction!" Chen Tian knew very well that the veteran in front of him was not just a chess game, but his warship design concept made the German Navy reach the highest peak in history. This is not something that ordinary people can do. His keen eyes and foresight of the future both amazed future generations. The chessboard was just a small stage for him to exert such ability.
"At this time..." Tilpiz looked up at the clock, "Stedin's troops should have set off!"
"Well, the troops from East Prussia are almost time to get there!" Chen Tian turned his gaze out the window. It was the darkest time. Then he called his own staff, "Send it to General Oli and let them start the second step!"
"Your Highness, will you have another game?" Tilpiz was already putting the chess pieces again when he spoke, so Chen Tian naturally would not refuse.
Before the next first step, Chen Tian asked, "Do you think the Imperial Guard dare to reinforce other troops across regions?"
"Well..." Tirpiz picked up a soldier, "They must follow their own rules of the game!"
Berlin, Qiteng's army camp.
The previous hustle and bustle had already drifted away with the wind, and the barracks had returned to their former peace. The Duke of Württemberg, located in the southwest corner of the barracks, had all been disarmed. Except for some soldiers left to guard these people, Bilo, Rupresit and Oli's troops were all concentrated in the large square in the center of the barracks. More than 30,000 people stood silently on the empty flat ground, the scene was spectacular and solemn.
After consultation, the three commanders reached an agreement, and the three troops formed a joint operation force, with Rupresit and Bilo, respectively, and Oli served as the operation commander. The purpose of the operation was clear: after entering the city of Berlin, first control the palace and the cabinet government, and after reinforcements arrived, they then controlled the entire Berlin until the cabinet and parliament determined the new emperor according to legal procedures.
"Officers, soldiers!" Rupresit stood on the high reviewing stand and spoke to the officers and soldiers with his magnetic voice.
"I think most of you are still confused and confused about what happened tonight! His Majesty the Emperor was assassinated and died. We will not forget this hatred. However, now someone is trying to seize power while the Emperor just passed away and wants to take away the legal inheritance of His Highness Gianluji William, we cannot agree!"
If the French soldiers or British soldiers were standing off the field, there would be an uproar at this time. However, the German soldiers still strictly abide by the discipline and say nothing. They kept the crown prince's words in their hearts and anger began to surge in their hearts.
"The conspirators attempt to make a person who has become an idiot to be our emperor. We must use our weapons and lives to defend justice and the interests of the country! Now, part of the army controlled by the conspirators has been disarmed by us. We are going to enter Berlin and to pull out the conspirators in the palace and cabinet, so that the heroes who have legal inheritance rights, lead their troops to attack Russia, sweep France, and land in Britain will ascend to the throne!"
Inspired by Rupresit's sensational enthusiasm, the morale of the troops rose rapidly, and everyone regarded themselves as a member of the Justice Division. With the order issued, the soldiers began to advance towards the city of Berlin with their heads raised their heads and chests.
Every two minutes, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner glanced at the big clock on the clock tower at the Stetine Station. As time went by, he and his troops had been in this inexplicable station for an hour. Shortly after the naval major left, General Matthew sent a call back and forth, asking Wagner's troops to stand by. During this period, nearly 6 or 7 trains full of naval officers and soldiers had left the station. Wagner didn't know where they were going, but he knew very well that if this continued to be exhausted, Matthew's plan to arrive in Berlin before dawn would be ruined.
It is only a hundred kilometers away from Stettin to Berlin, which is also the closest port to Berlin.
When Wagner cursed the previous naval major in anger, the sound of a train whistle suddenly came from the east of the station. After a while, a train slowly drove into the platform. Wagner quickly recognized that it was a train from the Matthew Corps.
Wagner stood on the platform at a loss, watching Matthew get off the train from afar, and then began to talk to the two naval officers who walked out of the station. Soon, Matthew boarded his train again, and the two officers turned around and left.
About three minutes later, the naval major appeared before. After saluting, he said "sorry" to Wagner, and then ordered the lifting of the siege of the train. All this made Wagner stunned. He had no idea what was going on here.
"Lieutenant Colonel, take your people on the road. You don't need to stay on the front platform like before. The navy will clear the roadblocks for us!" The staff officer who came from Matthew's train woke Wagner up from his confused thoughts. Too many incredible things did happen this evening.
"Yes!" Although the question mark in his mind continued to increase, Wagner faithfully executed the order.
"And this!" The staff officer handed over a piece of paper, "and read it to every soldier in the car!"
With the answer to solving the mystery, Wagner and his troops set off again. As for whether the navy forces use the same method to occupy the station ahead, or take a more violent approach, that is not what he needs to consider.
Berlin Railway Station, Officer's Officer's Room.
"What's going on? E171, E234, E239, E310, E359, B651, B787, B912, P159, P561 are all late. This is a situation that has never happened before!" After carefully checking the estimated time and arrival time of the trains, an officer on duty found that several trains from East Prussia did not arrive on time. This was incredible for the rigorous Germans. During wartime, they could even set the time for a certain train to pass through a certain bridge, and if the railway line fails, nearby stations will report to their superiors in time.
"Let me see!" Another older officer took the statistics table. After checking the entry data in his hand, he found that neither of these trucks nor military trains had arrived. The longest delay was more than 4 hours later!
"I call Schweeter, Stededin, Elpin and Cornisburg Station to see if they have any news about these trains!" The officer on duty said, picking up the phone on the wall.
When the phone rings, Cornisburg and Elpin Station were closely controlled by soldiers from the East Prussian cluster, and no one paid attention to the phone in the duty room; the platforms of the Stedetin and Schweter Stations were full of naval soldiers on guard, and the officers' room on duty was in a mess, and only the phone ringing rang alone.
Chapter completed!