Chapter 62: Pursuing the Truth

In the end, Yannick turned to his father for help, and soon after received a group photo of all members of the investigation team, in which Abel marked members of several key countries.

The next job is very simple.

After Yannick followed De Jong to the market from a distance, he hired a guy of the same age for 5000 CFA francs and asked him to hand over a video to De Jong.

Unlike Duart, who has nowhere to go, behind the investigation team is the leader of the Belgian parliament. For people of this status, rashly using threats may only be counterproductive.

Fortunately, there are still some common interests between Han Feng and the other party. As long as the method is appropriate, it is entirely possible to reach a cooperation.

"Video?" Major De Jong looked at the guy in front of him: "How did you capture it, aren't you afraid of being accidentally injured?"

"I got up that morning to go to the vegetable field, but I bumped into a group of soldiers on the road. They told me to go home quickly. I followed along and took a video."

This statement was naturally taught by Yannick, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the photographer of the video could be mixed in the team.

"Okay, let me take a look at your video." De Jong nodded and was about to take the phone, but the other party suddenly withdrew his hand, which made him grab nothing.

"For five euros, I'll show you."

The black guy obviously wanted to eat two fish. In his opinion, since someone paid him to send the video, the Europa man in front of him would probably be willing to pay to watch it.

He guessed right.

De Jong thought for a while, took out a ten-euro note and stuffed it into the black guy's hand: "I'll give you ten euros, you send me the video, and then delete it in front of me."

Although information can be easily copied in the era of digital media, the encounter between the two is sudden now, and the other party seems to want to make a small fortune temporarily, so there is a high probability that they will not back up in advance.

Taking a ten thousand step back, ten euros is not considered money for the major, even if the other party backs up, he will not lose anything. With the endorsement of Director Abel and so many local residents, even if the Gauls have doubts, they will not lose money. Too likely to reverse the final public findings.

"make a deal."

The black guy doesn't care about this video at all, it's good to get an extra five euros.

A few minutes later, De Jong received the video file via telegram, and then watched the other party delete all the videos on the local machine and the cloud.

The video is very short, less than 20 seconds, and there is no fighting part, just a group of soldiers who appear to be heavily armed are marching and guarding.

"Are these the same people who have held the town hall?" asked the major.

The guy nodded: "Yes, they are the Belgian army. I saw them enter the city hall with my own eyes, and then started firing guns."

"Okay, I understand." The major took a deep breath, put away his mobile phone and turned to leave the market.

The video just now may be a candid shot, so the angle is very bad, and the upper body of any of them cannot be seen, and the communication between them cannot be heard, but in any case, De Jong can be sure that the Belgian army does not have such dark green The main camouflage uniform.

Combined with the previous suspicions, the major was basically sure that the army that helped the local police defend was not Duarte's subordinates.

De Jong thought for a moment, and felt that it was not a good choice to directly question Duarte or Abel with the video, because the video alone could at best prove that another armed force had joined the ranks of defending the city. Truth, he needs more information.

Walking, De Jong came to the devastated city hall. After identifying himself to the policeman standing guard at the gate, the major entered here smoothly.

And there was actually another person in the city hall, it was the Ermao officer, Ochakov.

Ochakov is also interested in the process of repelling the militant attack by Boda, because it is related to whether there is a stage where local security forces are active, but he does not know French, and few locals can speak English, let alone Don't mention Lucian (the lieutenant colonel himself can't speak Ukrainian), so the gains from walking around are very limited.

So he thought about going to the city hall where the battle was the most intense that day to see the situation.

However, after looking around here, the lieutenant colonel also became suspicious of what the police chief said just now.

Although the inside of the city hall had obviously been cleaned up, and it could even be said to have been looted, Ochakov found some traces of the fighting that day.

For example, several shell casings of different calibers.

As a two-haired soldier, Ochakov is very familiar with these painted steel shells, most of which are 5.45*39mm caliber, and a few larger ones are 7.62*39mm.

According to Abel, however, it was a Belgian army that engaged the enemy here.

It seems like they shouldn't be using Warsaw Pact caliber weapons.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." De Jong stepped forward and stopped Ochakov: "Did you find anything here?"

"Huh?" Since the major changed into plain clothes, it took Ochakov a while to recognize his identity: "Oh, it turned out to be Major de Jong."

The two shook hands.

"Is this..." Ochakov hesitated to speak. After all, the other party was a Belgian. It seemed a little offensive if he expressed his speculation.

Of course, De Jong saw the other party's entanglement, and understood Ochakov's thoughts at this time, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, if you find anything, please don't hesitate."

"Well, I don't think your country's army was defending the city hall that day." Ochakov took out a few bullet casings he found: ""

"This is?"

De Jong, who was an intelligence officer, had the biggest weapon he ever encountered in his life was the MP5, so he didn't understand what Ochakov meant for a while.

"These are some... bullets for AK74, and of course there are other firearms." Ochakov chose a relatively simple way of narrating: "Your country's army should not use AK series weapons."

"Of course..." De Jong took the shell casing from the lieutenant colonel, and it seemed that it was indeed slightly shorter than the rifle shells he had seen (5.56NATO's shell length is 45mm).

The major was still thinking about asking something more, but his stomach made an untimely rumbling sound.

The scene fell into a momentary embarrassment.

Because of the rush of departure in the morning, the investigation team didn't have time to eat breakfast, and the major missed lunch just now because of his rush to investigate. After all the trouble, he was really hungry.

"There may only be leftovers when we go back to the hotel now. I just heard that there is a Chinese restaurant with good taste in the local area." Ochakov broke the silence.

"Okay, let's talk as we walk."

At the same time, Han Feng, who was eating at Huang Qiao's restaurant, also received a report from Yanick, saying that the video had been sent to Belgian investigators.

Han Feng was going to discuss with Antoine after dinner how to further set up traps for the Belgians, but unfortunately, a British member of the investigation team found this place somehow.

It was Lieutenant Colonel Moroder.

Han Feng also received the photo from Abel, so he recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

"Hi boss, please serve me two... three of your best dishes here." Moroder, who had just walked in, obviously regarded Han Feng as the boss here.

"Uh..." Han Feng was a little speechless, pointing to the closed door of the back kitchen: "I'm here for dinner, and the boss is busy inside."

While the two were talking, Huang Qiao and Asha just returned to the restaurant.

Moroder probably felt that his disguise was quite good. After eating as a normal diner for a while, he chatted with Huang Qiao about Jenny Lin and other four British students.

It was also at this time that Han Feng knew that three of them had disappeared.

But to be honest, the information that Huang Qiao and Han Feng can provide is really limited, and the latter is more interested in that Seritz, who actually stayed in the local area to do volunteer work.

If he remembered correctly, this person should have pigtails, and he was in a relationship with Jenny Lin.

"In my impression, that Seritz should be Jenny Lin's boyfriend." Han Feng was sitting not far from Moroder, so it didn't seem strange to interject: "Shouldn't you investigate him Well, why did you leave your girlfriend behind and stay alone."

"Uh..." Lieutenant Colonel Moroder rubbed his forehead in embarrassment when he heard this question: "According to Seritz, Jenny Lin is actually the three of them's...shared girlfriend, and our investigation at the University of London also confirmed that That's all, so..."

Even as a Briton, Moroder was really shocked when he first learned about this situation. He felt that these four people seemed to be playing something very new, let alone Han Feng and Huang Qiao.

In short, after some exchanges, Morod did not get any useful information, so he had to choose to leave.

Before Han Feng got up and went upstairs, the door of the restaurant was pushed open again. This time it was De Jong and Ochakov who came in.

Han Feng stopped in his tracks—it was definitely a surprise to meet the Belgian investigator by chance here, and he was still worrying about how not to make a relationship with him so deliberately.

De Jong also noticed Han Feng. The Chinese face reminded him that when he was in the market just now, someone mentioned that a local Chinese businessman participated in the defensive battle that day.

At the time, the major thought it was just adding oil and vinegar and didn't pay attention to it, but in retrospect it doesn't seem to be the case.

"Hi, my name is De Jong, and I'm an investigator from Belgium to investigate the battle a few days ago." The major walked up to Han Feng and introduced himself first.

"Han Feng, a local... merchant in Boda."

Han Feng naturally knew what the other party wanted to know from him, but at this time, he should play hard to get.

"Mr. Han, I won't go around in circles. Can you tell us what happened after the city was attacked that day?" De Jong asked bluntly.

After hearing this question, Han Feng was overjoyed. It was like sending a pillow when he wanted to go to sleep. De Jong started the topic without him even needing to ask.

 Thanks to book friend LeeEnfield for the 500 starting coins!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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