123 The Price of Loyalty
In the gloomy and terrifying underground interrogation room of the police station, there was a brazier in the middle. The soldering iron in the brazier had been burned red. Five arrested rebels lined up and were hung on the cross by the wall. Their wounds had only been treated simply, and blood was still seeping on the bandages. The doctors determined that the arms of three of them were no longer necessary to rescue, and their arms were amputated. In this era, there was basically no possibility of successful rescue. The British would not use precious medicines on these rebels.
So after a simple bandage, the interrogation will begin immediately, and you must get as many confessions as possible before they die of excessive blood loss.
"Gentlemen, let me introduce myself. I am Henry Matilda, the new director of the Pretoria Police Department. I know you don't know me, but it doesn't matter. I believe that you will be impressed by me after today. Now, I have some questions. If anyone can tell me the answer, you can leave this damn place. Otherwise, this is the end of your life." Henry was very graceful and pretended to behave was no less than August Russell.
As Henry expected, all the prisoners did not speak, only one prisoner who was in a semi-coma raised his head slightly.
Henry was overjoyed and came to the captive, grabbed the man's hair, and lifted his head.
Pooh!
As soon as the captain's head was lifted, he spat at Henry.
Henry was caught off guard and probably a few drops were splashed on his face.
Henry's face remained unchanged. He let go of the man's hair, took out a white handkerchief to wipe his hands, winked at the two Indian police officers beside the brazier, and then turned his cold eyes to several other prisoners who were eager to try: "This attitude is very bad, I don't like it very much. I am a person with a strong sense of revenge. If you tell me what I want to know, then I will forgive your crimes. If you don't cooperate, I will let you know the fate of choosing to do the right thing with me."
Two big headscarves, one carrying a crowbar and the other carrying a pair of tongs, came to the prisoner who was already in a semi-coma state.
Even though he was already in a semi-coma, the captive realized that the situation was not good and immediately struggled hard.
The big turban did not give any chance. He used the big turban with tongs to press the captive's head tightly on the cross. The big crowbar's big turban raised the crowbar and smashed it hard on the prisoner's gums.
Rock felt a little uncomfortable in his throat, so he turned around and walked out of the interrogation room and went to the door to smoke a cigarette.
Joe Russell is smoking at the door.
"What's going on?" When in Cape Town, Joe Russell and Rock just met. Now Joe Russell has a deeper understanding of Rock, and everyone wants to have a reliable companion.
Rock did not answer and made a vomiting expression.
Joe Russell laughed, looking like he looked "I knew it before". He was about to tease Rock, but suddenly he saw Rock take out a lighter of a strange style.
In fact, it is not very strange. Rock's lighter is the same size as an ordinary lighter, but when the technician made Rock's lighter, he obviously used more diamonds. Moreover, the diamond also spelled out a "eagle" pattern on the body of the lighter. Among them, the diamond in the Hawkeye position is the largest, the most dazzling, and it is a rare red diamond.
In fact, Joe Russell's lighter is also diamond-enclosed. There are few such lighters. Without an uncle who is the police chief, Joe Russell would not be able to get a diamond-enclosed lighter.
Before seeing Rock's lighter, Joe Russell regarded his diamond-inlaid lighter as a treasure and would take it out and play with it from time to time. He would show off in front of others if he had anything to do. Joe Russell did gain a lot of envious gaze, which made Joe Russell proud.
But after seeing Rock's lighter, Joe Russell suddenly felt that his lighter was a little unsuccessful. Although Joe Russell knew that the "eagle" on Rock's lighter was lifeless, Joe Russell was still obsessed with the "hawk's eye", as if he fell in love at first sight.
Rock noticed Joe Russell's eyes, but Rock pretended not to see it. If it were something else, Rock might have given it to Joe Russell, but this lighter was not good. This was given to Rock by Ada on the eve of Rock's departure from Oak Town.
What Rock didn't know was that there was only one lighter with the "eagle" pattern in the world, just like the "Red Pink Beauty" who only belonged to Aida.
Before he could finish a cigarette, Henry walked out of the interrogation room proudly.
"It's over?" Rock was surprised, thinking that Henry was going to make trouble for a while.
"Of course, this director is ready to take action." Henry smiled at the sky. If he had a tail, he should have broken through the sky now.
That's fine. Rock doesn't ask about the process, as long as the answer is answered, and he doesn't care about the life or death of the prisoners in the interrogation room. In fact, whether they will not change their destiny or not. The difference may be more or less painful.
If you can help, then the British will give them a happy time.
The interrogation result was very simple. These people were not lurking guerrillas, but spontaneously organized attacks on patrolmen. In fact, they were originally going to attack soldiers of the Third Regiment of West Yorkshire, which was not far from the scene of the crime. The patrolmen were their temporary targets.
As for why the patrol officers went to that alley, the reason was very simple. They asked a woman to ask the patrol officer for help, that was the woman who unfortunately died in the gun battle.
From this point of view, it is actually a waste of death.
It's a pity that little girl.
"Rock, take your people to the crime scene and put all the Boers within 500 meters around the crime scene into the concentration camp. We want to give those Boers a deterrent. If they dare to attack the patrol police, then whether the Boers around them has helped them or not, they will have to pay the price." Henry was so murderous, he wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.
"Yes!" Although Rock was unwilling to execute such an order, Rock also knew that now was not the time to retreat. No matter how good the relationship between Rock and Henry was, Henry hoped that Rock could remain loyal to the British Empire.
Chapter completed!