.Midnight has passed, and the railway station south of Berlin city center is still busy. As one of the railway hubs in central and eastern Germany, trains are constantly coming in and out from morning to night.

"e177,e235,b650,p129,p588..." In the duty room of platform 5, a staff member in a black uniform whispered the numbers on a form paper, and the pencil in his hand was still gently scratching the paper.

仔细核对了两遍之后,47岁的值班员查哈斯终于满意的收起列车班次和时刻表,在他看来这将是又一个平安的夜晚,再过几分钟他就能正常交班了.虽然平时极少说起,但一年前那个血腥之夜留存在查哈斯和他的同事心中的阴影犹在——就在那个政变之夜,一大批参与政变的军队通过铁路进入柏林,看着大批全副武装的士兵从火车上蜂拥而出,看着黑洞洞的枪口对准自己,那一刻查哈斯简直要尿裤子了.

Since then, not only did the boss demand severely, but the duty officers at the Berlin Railway Station themselves also treated their work ten times more cautiously, fearing that the destructionists would enter the imperial capital due to their negligence. Fortunately, more than 11 months have passed, and no one has ever made any small mistakes again!

"Hey, Uncle Chahas, what do you think?"

A familiar voice woke Chahas up from his thoughts. He looked up and saw that it was Oswald who came to hand in the shift with him, a passionate and lively young man with blond hair.

"Oh, nothing! Ahem, you came on time today!" Chahas said, picking up the train schedule and timetable, signing it at the bottom and handing it over to the visitor.

Oswald scratched the back of his head with a little embarrassed. He was busy dating during this period, and it was inevitable that he would come from his girlfriend's house a little later than before, so that Chahas had been waiting for him several times after the handover time.

"Here! Check it carefully, no train has been delayed so far!" Chahas stopped saying anything, after all, he himself was a person who had experienced it.

"Okay. Thank you uncle! Let me see... um... um... everything is normal!" As usual, Oswald looked carefully and signed it on it.

"Okay, I'll go back first!" Chahas said and walked out the door. At this moment, a "whistle" whistle came from the south.

Oswald quickly picked up the shift schedule and walked out. When he walked past Chahas, he still kept taking care of him: "It's okay, uncle, please leave first!"

Before Chahas could say anything, the scene in front of him stunned him!

The train that had just sounded the whistle was still a distance from the station. But there were soldiers on the other side of the platform, which were a large group of soldiers wearing steel helmets, holding rifles and running towards this side!

"God, there shouldn't be any military train entering the station today!" He was very familiar with the train schedule that day. He did not see the word "k" representing the military train in the train number of this day!

"This..." Oswald was so shocked that he couldn't even speak. He was about to turn around and run away, but Chahas grabbed him.

"If you don't want to die, don't move!"

Chahas is at least someone who has experienced some worldly things, not to mention that history is so amazingly similar. The two of them stood foolishly, and some of the on-duty officers on the other platforms were at a loss, and some even turned around and ran away. In short, no one dared to resist those fully armed guys.

In less than 5 minutes, the Berlin Railway Station seemed to be back to its state 11 months ago - occupied by a group of inexplicable soldiers. In the process, only a few on-duty officers who attempted to call to report to their superiors. Other staff members, including Chahas and Oswald, were locked into a large room.

On the platform, a major officer with the seal marked "415" shouted loudly to his soldiers:

"Notify the subsequent trains to enter the station. After entering the station, the troops quickly gathered in companies and headed towards the palace in half an hour!"

Not long after, a large number of soldiers rushed down from a train. Some of their seals were "415", and some were "416", "417", etc. Judging from these numbers alone, at least soldiers belonging to 10 regiments came here through the railway.

At the same time, more than a hundred ordinary German army soldiers dressed in raiders, after failing to search, finally retreated from General Matthew's residence. General Lucas Matthew, the commander of the Berlin Imperial Guard, was observing the situation outside in a hidden fortification not far from his residence. This fortification, which only exposed a small part of the ground, is actually amazingly huge. In addition to the power station and material warehouse that penetrates deep into the underground, there are elevators, which are divided into four floors of rooms for office and accommodation, and a large communication room with seven transmitters. At this time, hundreds of officers and soldiers were busy in an orderly manner here.

In addition to complete facilities, this fortification also has several secret passages extending outward. One of them is General Matthew's bedroom, which is why the raider knew that Matthew was in his residence but could not find him. Although he escaped without any danger, Matthew was still surprised by the enemy's combat power. His combat power was equivalent to an infantry company guard, but the opponent was destroyed by his opponent in just ten minutes. You must know that these are elite soldiers selected from a hundred!

"Let our people follow us and be sure to find the nests of this group!" Matthew gave the order gritted his teeth. What he wanted to do most at this time was to capture all the enemies in one go, which was at least a comfort to the young lives in his guard.

"As for orders, general!" After the adjutant said that, he turned around and sent the order. At this time, another officer came from the communication room.

"General, an explosion occurred in the Berlin Telephone Bureau building, and the fire brigade and police were rushing there! The cause and casualties of the explosion are uncertain, but most of the telephone lines in Berlin are now interrupted!"

Before Matthew could speak, another officer walked quickly from the communication room. The man was holding a telegraph paper in his hand and his face didn't look very good.

"General, it's not good! The railway station was occupied by unidentified people, and an ominous army is forcing towards the palace!"

Matthew quickly received the telegram and glanced briefly and quickly, but there was obviously no strange look on his face. In the huge underground fortification, there was a large city model about 10 meters long and wide. Over time, the officers continued to adjust the small flags representing various military forces. Among them, the flags that had previously occupied the railway station were moving towards the Imperial Palace in the east of the city, and more than one person was moving towards the Imperial Palace.

Soon after, the staff here discovered that the telephone lines leading to the various barracks of the Imperial Guards were blocked. You should know that this special military telephone line did not pass through the Berlin Telephone Bureau, and was usually separated by two separate lines, so the chance of non-human failure was very small. However, General Matthew still seemed to be without even a trace of panic. He immediately asked his communication officer to use radio to contact each other. At the same time, he conveyed the orders that seemed to have been prepared.

When the small flag representing the invaders in the city model gradually surrounded the palace, General Matthew also received a telegram from General Vog, the commander of the Imperial Guard who guarded the palace:

"The enemy has surrounded the palace, and the opponent's commander, Duke Etel Friedrich, issued a spy, and we will be restricted to surrender within 10 minutes!"

"Etel Friedrich, hum!" Matthew kneaded the telegram into a ball and threw it into the fireplace next to him.

"Notify General Loudenkelber to let him set fireworks all over the city as planned!"

"Firework?" The officer who brought the telegram was a little hesitant, but the commander-in-chief in front of him did not seem to be joking at all, and his calmness was definitely not due to his identity and face. Looking at Matthew's firm expression, the officer saluted with both feet:

"Abide by the order. General!"

Matthew turned around alone and turned his eyes to the already dark world outside. Although all this was expected, he was still very moved at this time.

"I don't know what the Chinese people will feel when they know that the palace is attacked by others!" Matthew thought in his heart, "I hope that as His Majesty said, people will sooner or later realize that the essence of things is far more important than form!"

A few minutes later, countless colorful fireworks suddenly bloomed over Berlin, and the sound of banging spread throughout the night sky. The scene was like the blooming of flowers in the grass by the spring breeze, and like stones pouring into the lake surface, stirring up countless ripples. People seemed to be in Berlin on a grand festival day, and the stars were shining in the night sky was extremely brilliant against the fireworks.

This sudden firework immediately attracted the attention of most Berliners, and at the same time greatly reduced people's panic caused by the explosion of the telephone station. Just as the captain ordered the fireworks to be set before the Titanic was about to sink, although the situation was not optimistic, people began to appreciate the brilliant fireworks performance.

People do not know that this fireworks will last until dawn. The whole process will consume more than one million format fireworks!

General Matthew didn't have the time or mood to appreciate the fireworks he ordered to set off himself.

Outside the magnificent palace, the confrontation between the coup and the guardians did not stop because of the fireworks that kept blooming in the sky. After hesitating, the spirits of the soldiers on both sides returned to the state of tension that was about to break out.

Grand Duke Etel Friedrich, one of William II's most beloved sons, was standing in front of the gate of the underground palace of his father in military uniform, watching soldiers loyal to him surrounded the magnificent gate, although the battle had not yet begun. Grand Duke was already confident of winning.

Friedrich was disdainful of the fireworks all over the sky. In his opinion, this was just a small trick used by his opponent to interfere with him, which could not play any role in the overall situation. You must know that he had been preparing for this day for a long time. Since the day William III ascended the throne, the young prince has made up his mind to take back the throne. For this reason, he endured humiliation and showed kindness to the new emperor, and lived a decadent and decadent life. On the surface, he was close to the past

The letter gradually became distant, but secretly continued to develop his own power. After promising high-ranking officials and ranks, some generals who relied on flattery to climb to high positions but fell out of favor in front of the new emperor, a group of frustrated officers of the old Imperial Guards, and even the deputy director of the Berlin Police Department, became "righteous men" who obeyed him. In addition, he also received the support of Marshal Gorz, who was well-known in the army. Although the meritorious marshal had retreated to the second line, the officers he promoted had extraordinary respect for him.

In this way, Friedrich's strength continued to grow in a secret state, and a considerable network of interpersonal intelligence relations was gradually forming. However, in Friedrich's plan, the coup would not have been carried out at this time, because he knew very well that he did not have the ability to directly confront the emperor, and the people had basically accepted the leadership of Germany to completely defeat Britain and create a new German emperor for Germany. In the process of launching a coup, Friedrich was just saying "The opportunity should not be missed."

At first, Marshal Gortz did not agree with this plan because it seemed to him an extremely risky move. At the beginning of the war, he observed the new and old German generals coldly. In his impression, the current German emperor and a group of backbones under him were very powerful roles. If he had not swear to stick to his original oath, he would rather choose to stay away from this dangerous power struggle. However, the old Marshal finally compromised under Friedrich's active and urgent attitude.

From now on, although the coupons have not prepared much, the troops supporting the coup are at a numerical disadvantage in front of the Berlin Imperial Guards, but they are very favorable in form - destroying the Berlin Communication Center, raiding and hijacking a group of senior army and naval generals, and surrounding the palace. The Berlin Imperial Guards with a total of 120,000 were not only mentally prepared, but also scattered in various barracks in the city and suburbs. At this time, the total number of coupon troops gathered on the periphery of the palace was only 30,000, but compared with the guards with less than 3,000 people in the palace, the coupon army has controlled the area within 2 kilometers around the palace, and the barricades at the blockade of the intersection will be completed soon. The chances of the coupons' victory seem to have increased greatly.

In Friedrich's view, when the palace falls, he rescues the former queen and the former crown prince, and he can use them to create a just change of "save the royal family". The government and the army supporters will come out to respond, and then he can ascend to the throne legitimately, and the William III, who visited the United States, will have to go into exile overseas.
Chapter completed!