The deputy and the Berlin police hugged Friedrich Norman into a dim cell at the Berlin police headquarters.

The strong light shone into the room with the iron door half open, stabbing the members of Congress. Friedrich Albert, the right-wing leader of the Social Democratic Party, could hardly open his eyes. Albert, who was arrested secretly, lay on the bed, blocked the light with his hands, and identified the visitor, just snorted coldly, turned over and continued to sleep soundly...

"Good morning, Mr. Albert." Norman, the old white-haired man, asked his deputy to put the breakfast on the small square table, took a thick stack of newspapers from the police, and placed them on the edge of the bed.

"I believe you must have read the Berlin Chronicle I sent last night, and these are the reactions of major newspapers from the Empire to the front page of the Berlin Chronicle."

Norman's old hand patted gently on the newspaper, looking at the Social Democratic leader who was pretending to be sleeping, just smiled with a hatred, and a trace of killing aura flashed in his eyes, and slowly retreated from the room.

The iron door was closed heavily, and the sound of blunt objects echoed in the room for a long time. Albert, who was worried about the current situation, quickly got up from the bed, and carefully looked through every newspaper with the little light shining in the cell ventilator.

In the early morning of the 18th, the storm finally took place. Almost all newspapers reprinted the front page of the Berlin Chronicle. The newspapers that favored the Navy focused on the news of Heidi Silem's resignation. They did not hesitate to write down Heidi Silem's achievements and lamented the completely different life experiences of the two first-class naval commanders on both sides of the North Sea. Although the newspapers under the name of the industrial and commercial class, which were originally a natural ally of the Navy, published this matter. However, their position was obviously influenced by the very sensitive words of the union capitalist, and even the editor-in-chief's words in the newspaper became quite ambiguous. As for the Junker landlord newspapers who had originally opposed the Navy and Heidi Silem, the shouts of shouting and killing for Heidi Silem to resign have already sounded.

"The reason why the Prussian Kingdom was able to achieve unity and rise and the reason why the German nation could stand tall among the nations of the world was because of a high-quality army, and the high quality of this army was due to its tradition. Staying away from politics is a creed that the emperors cannot violate. Regardless of whether General Silame is related to this application for joining the trade union, it is an indisputable fact that he has made good friends with trade union members. In order to ensure the purity of the army, General Silame must resign or give a corresponding explanation!"

"I was the one who harmed Silame!" Albert grabbed the newspaper and looked at the perjury he had made. He was crying in a blink of an eye.

As a member of the right-wing of the Social Democratic Party, while believing in the political legitimate seizing power by the workers' political parties, he was also the most determined pan-German and the purest patriot in the empire. When gunfires came from Sarajevo, Albert used his imagination within the party and within the workers to prompt Congress to make a promise to "abandon partisan struggle" and fully support this war that concerns the destiny of the empire.

A week ago, Albert was secretly arrested by Berlin police on his way back to his residence. At that time, Albert was angry. He did not understand why Albert, who was trying hard to support the government and supported the war, encountered a simple and crude "obscene". It was not until his colleague in Congress, Mr. Friedrich Norman, who was in Congress, read out Heidi Silem's application for joining the union and asked him to say some insincere words that Albert understood.

I am a fisherman, and Albert has no choice. In this dim cell, the past and memories come to my mind, and Albert has only regrets left.

In 1894, he was a harness worker and joined the Social Democratic Party in 1891. In 1893, Friedrich Albert, who became the editor-in-chief of the Bremer National, came to Kiel. While improving several articles on the laws of the workers' movement and socialist development, he began to use these contents in practice. He led the recruitment of new members in Kiel's local dock union, and even included temporary porters with extremely high mobility into the dock union.

Blunt, a dock wanderer from Augsburg, Bavaria, naturally joined the union and served as the small leader. Given Blunt's introduction, Albert admired Heidi Sileme quite well and suggested that Blunt help Silem, who was busy with her mother's funeral, write an application.

Afterwards, Albert also asked Blunt about the beginning and end of the matter, but Blunt told the young man that he had been admitted to Keel Naval Academy. Logically, Albert should have destroyed the invalid application, but Albert hesitated.

Albert also had ambitions. This ambition did not belong to him personally, but to his deep recognition and responsibilities to the trade union. Although he was confident that after the old prime minister stepped down, the working class entered the socialist stage through party politics and legal struggle, he also vaguely considered the possibility of armed struggle, and the working class needed to strengthen its influence in the army. There is no doubt that Heidi Silem, who was born in poverty and had the same experience as the working class, was a natural armed worker commander, so Albert decided to keep the invalid application and use it as a foreshadowing.

In 1915, socialism was not realized. The foreshadowing reserved for that year was revealed in advance, and it turned into the root of the storm, unconsciously rolling the entire Germany into its entirety.

"If the Junckers had used these smart calculations in the military, the Empire would have won a long time ago! Without Heidi Sileme, who would they expect to lead the disintegrated navy? How could the Empire, which lacked resources, win the cruel war of attrition after leaving the navy?!"

Detained by the government he strongly supports, this scene seemed to be ridiculous, but Friedrich Albert still had a trace of fantasy.

"I hope there are still people in this country who understand!"

The iron door was closed heavily, and the sound of blunt objects echoed in the corridor for a long time.

"I am optimistic about Albert, let him continue to speak for us and add jealousy to the boiling public opinion until the Admiralty, which could not bear the pressure, transferred Heidi Silem away from the front-line combat post!"

Friedrich Norman turned his back to his deputy, as if he was whispering to him. He seemed to be cheering himself up:

"Didn't Silame almost become a student at the University of Berlin? Letting him return to the University of Berlin is the best of both worlds!"

The deputy in the clouds nodded, and after a while, he was embarrassed to find that he couldn't understand the origin of Mr. Norman's hesitation. Looking at Norman's figure gradually distant, the deputy had to smile bitterly, and while taking small steps to catch up, he used his brain to try to analyze the boss's subtext. Just when the assistant was about to hit the critical point of the problem, Friedrich Norman, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and said without thinking, causing the deputy who was thinking about it to stagger and almost fell to the ground.

"Also, let the Army Intelligence Service secretly investigate the origin of the application and find out what the leaker has to do with Heidi Silem and Friedrich Albert..."

The rising sun jumps out of the horizon and sprinkles evenly on the picturesque Kielfjord.

The small fishing village outside Kiel is eager to try. The strong man in the fishing village and the woman of the fishermen step on the waist-deep sea water, pushing the small wooden fishing boat from the beach to the shallow sea, and starts a day's fishing livelihood.

"Comrade Blunt, you must set out. The German Emperor's hawk has been very arrogant recently, and Hekendorf is not safe."

The 100-ton sailboat disguised as a fishing village trawler was blown up and down by the surging waves in shallow waters. The captain walked over from the front deck with his locks, patted Blunt, who was half squatting on the stern deck and smoking, and advised.

"Give me another minute..." Blunt, wanted by the Shelstein State Police Department of Schleswig, stood up, and casually popped up half of the cigarette in his hand. He pointed to the Keil Dockworker who could not wait to take off his shoes and roll his legs and ran over in the sea.

"Comrade Blunt, this is the newspaper you want." The simple dock worker handed Blunt a wrinkled newspaper soaked in sweat, holding the fishing boat and breathing heavily: "I really didn't expect that the famous naval god Heidi Silem is also our comrade!"

"What, Silame is also a member of the union?" Compared to the blind worship of the naval god of war by dock workers, the seamen who have been mingling at sea for many years have a deeper understanding of Heidi Silame. The sailors who served for the Social Democratic Party all came over and approached the newspapers that Blunt spread out to find out.

This is "Mirror of Kiel", a small newspaper that is not very famous outside Kiel, which tends toward the Imperial Navy. Its front page headline reprints the front page headline of the Berlin Chronicle, and in order to show its attitude, an editor's note was added:

"The remarks of the Berlin Chronicle have not been officially confirmed. However, the Admiralty confirmed that General Heidi Sileme had submitted his resignation to the emperor at the Navy and Army emergency meeting held last night."

"The general resigned?" Before Blunt, who played the disgraceful role in the storm, the captain jumped up before he could speak. His bronze face was tangled together and he was furious.

"No, how can the general resign? Without Heidi Sileme, who will defend our right to sail freely?"

"The general is only thirty-seven years old, and his position is only deputy commander of the Ocean Fleet, and his rank is only admiral. How could he resign at this time!"

The sailors on the sailboat were talking nonsense until the wise captain looked at Blunt and hit it: "Because the general is a member of the trade union?"

The captain's words woke up Blunt, who was confused. In contact with the sudden escape, he understood everything.

Almost a week ago, Prussian police began to warn and arrest some members of the Social Democratic Party who were clamoring to end the war early and regain the rights of Congress. Right-wing leader Friedrich Albert disappeared bizarrely in the storm, and Blunt also found a small note to inform him of evacuation in front of his apartment.

Blunt originally thought that this was just a white terror against the workers of the Social Democratic Party, but he didn't expect that the Empire's chess game was far beyond Blunt's imagination. Even Heidi Sileme was a piece that must be removed.

"It's not because the general is a member of the trade union, but the general happens to be a member of the trade union!" Blunt shook his head and shouted to the captain: "Det's ship, let's go to the Netherlands!"

The heavy-hearted sailors raised their sails and sailed toward the Jutland Peninsula in the north of Kielfjord. Bronte stood at the bow, facing the warm sea breeze of the Baltic Sea, and said lightly: "Since even civilian officers like Silame cannot tolerate it, it is time to wake up from the party's political dream that has been persisting for more than 30 years. The war... has begun!"
Chapter completed!