123 The Price of Loyalty
The eerie underground interrogation room of the police station, there is a brazier in the middle of the interrogation room, the soldering iron in the brazier has been burned red, the five arrested rebels are lined up, hung on the cross by the wall, their wounds have only been treated simply, the bandages are still oozing blood, the doctor determined that the arms of three of them are no longer necessary to be rescued, their arms are going to be amputated, in this era, there is basically no possibility of successful rescue, the British will not use precious medicine on these rebels.
So after a simple bandage, the interrogation began immediately, and it was necessary to get as many confessions as possible before they died of blood loss.
"Gentlemen, introduce yourself, I'm the new chief of the Pretoria Police, Henri Matilda, I know you don't know me, but it's okay, I'm sure after today, you'll be impressed with me, now, I have some questions, who can tell me the answers, you can get out of this damn place, otherwise, this is the end of your life." Henry was very personable, and his pretentious posture was no less than that of Auguste Russell.
As Henry had expected, none of the captives spoke, except for one captive, who had fallen into a semi-unconscious state, raised his head slightly.
Overjoyed, Henry came to the captive, grabbed the man by the hair, and lifted his head.
Bah!
As soon as the captive's head was raised, he spat at Henry.
Henry was caught off guard, probably with a few drops splashed on his face.
Henry's face remained unchanged, he let go of the man's hair casually, took out a white handkerchief to wipe his hands, glanced at the two Indian police officers by the brazier, and then cast a cold gaze on several other eager captives: "This attitude is very bad, I don't like it, I am a very vindictive person, if you tell me what I want to know, then I will forgive your crime, if you don't cooperate, I will also let you know, choose the end of being against me." ”
Two turbans, one carrying a crowbar and the other a pair of pliers, approached the captive, who had fallen into a semi-conscious state.
Even though he had fallen into a semi-comatose state, the captives realized that the situation was not good, and immediately struggled vigorously.
The turban gave no chance, and the turban with tongs pressed the captive's head tightly against the cross, and the crowbar turban lifted the crowbar and smashed it against the captive's gum.
The head was not good, it was not smashed, the blood was suddenly dripping, and the captive's body trembled violently, like a fish thrown onto the bank of the river.
The turban did not show the slightest mercy, and smashed it down with a stick.
This time it was finally smashed, and half of the captive's teeth were smashed out, followed by a mouth that was pried open.
The other captive put pliers into the captive's mouth, pinched out the captive's tongue, and took the crowbar's turban and sneered to get the soldering iron.
Roque shook his head and sighed, there is really no art of interrogation, after such a set, he directly abolished people, how can he still ask for a confession?
Whew——
The interrogation room was suddenly filled with a strong smell of barbecue—
Roque felt a little discomfort in his throat and eyes, turned and walked out of the interrogation room, and went to the door to smoke a cigarette.
Joe Russell was smoking a cigarette at the door.
"What's going on inside?" When he was in Cape Town, Joe Russell and Roque only knew each other, but now Joe Russell has a deeper understanding of Roque, and everyone wants to have a reliable companion.
Roque didn't answer, making a vomiting face.
Joe Russell laughed, with a look of "I already knew", and was about to tease Roque, when he suddenly saw Roque pull out a strange-style lighter.
In fact, it is not very peculiar, the size of Roque's lighter is the same as that of an ordinary lighter, but the technician obviously used more diamonds when making Roque's lighter, and the diamond on the body of the lighter, but also spelled out a "eagle" pattern, of which the diamond in the eagle eye position is the largest, the most dazzling, and it is also a rare red diamond.
In fact, Joe Russell's lighters are also diamond-encrusted, and the number of such lighters is rare, and if he doesn't have an uncle who is the police chief, Joe Russell can't get a diamond-encrusted lighter.
Before seeing Roque's lighter, Joe Russell regarded his diamond-encrusted lighter as a treasure, and he had to take it out from time to time to play with it, and he would show it in front of others when he had nothing to do, and Joe Russell did gain a lot of envious eyes, which made Joe Russell proud.
But after seeing Roque's lighter, Joe Russell suddenly felt that his lighter was a little out of his hand, although Joe Russell knew that the "eagle" on Roque's lighter was lifeless, but Joe Russell still remembered the "eagle eye", as if it was love at first sight.
Roque noticed Joe Russell's eyes, but Roque pretended not to see it, if it was something else, maybe Roque would have given it to Joe Russell casually, but this lighter didn't work, it was given to Roque by Ada on the eve of Roque's departure from Oak Town.
What Roque doesn't know is that there is currently a lighter with an "eagle" pattern in the world, which is the same as the "Pretty in Pink" that only belongs to Ada.
Before he finished his cigarette, Henry walked out of the interrogation room triumphantly.
"Finished?" Roque was surprised, and thought that Henry was going to toss a little longer.
"Of course, the director of this bureau will come out and get his hands on it." Henry looked up to the sky and smiled, if he had a tail, he would have broken through the sky by now.
That's okay, Roque doesn't ask about the process, as long as the answer, and doesn't care about the life or death of the prisoners in the interrogation room, in fact, whether they recruit or not, it will not change their fate, the difference may be more or less painful.
Hurry up, then the British will give them a good time.
The result of the interrogation was very simple, these men were not lurking guerrillas, but spontaneously organized an attack on the patrol, in fact, they were originally going to attack the soldiers of the 3rd West Yorkshire Regiment at the intersection not far from the scene of the crime, and the patrol was their temporary target.
As for why the patrolman went to that alley, the reason is simple, they asked a woman to ask the patrolman for help, the woman who was tragically killed in the shootout.
Looking at it this way, it is actually more than innocent.
It's a pity for the little girl.
"Roque, take your people to the scene of the crime, and throw all the Boers within five hundred meters of the crime scene into the concentration camp, we have to give those Boers a deterrent, if they dare to attack the patrol, then regardless of whether the surrounding Boers help them or not, they will have to pay the price." Henry is murderous, this is to make an example of the chicken.
"Yes!" Although Roque was reluctant to carry out such an order, Roque also knew that now was not the time to back down, and no matter how good Roque and Henry's relationship was, Henry hoped that Roque would remain loyal to the British Empire.