The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 544 A German is missing

"The boss, a German engineer, went to see a friend the previous afternoon and didn't come home that night. His wife called the police..."

If a foreigner calls the police, the police station will definitely give it priority.

First, uniformed police officers came to investigate and took notes, and then walked along the route that this German named Hans took to his friend's house.

I also went to this friend's house and asked about the relevant situation.

Hans' friend said that Hans came to see him, stayed at his house for dinner, and drank with him, and went back home before eight o'clock in the evening.

This is also easy to prove. Hans' friend has a family of four or five people. Moreover, there are other people in the alley where he lives who can prove that he left the home of his Austrian doctor named "Onevi" before eight o'clock.

Hans' friend was an Austrian doctor who opened a small private clinic in the concession and supported his family.

Dr. Onyewe is a very good doctor, at least he has a good reputation among people nearby. Dr. and his wife are both kind people. If ordinary Chinese people come to the clinic to see a doctor but have no money, they will not charge for the consultation, only for the medical expenses.

Hans is an engineer from Siemens. In Shanghai, he is responsible for the maintenance of elevators manufactured by Siemens.

He is a resident technician, so he settled down in Shanghai and has lived there for several years. Even his third child was born in Shanghai.

Engineers earn a good income, so he can rent an apartment in Shanghai. In addition, because of his skills, he is often asked to solve problems. The extra income is sometimes more than what he earns from his main job.

Even with the rising prices, the Hans family can still live an enviable life.

Although Britain and France are now fighting with Germany in Europe, the situation in the concession is completely different. Besides, Hans is not a soldier, he is just an ordinary expatriate staff member and a technician at that.

Many buildings in the concession use Siemens elevators, and Hans is an engineer who can solve problems at any time, which is naturally very important.

After searching for a day and a night, plus the night of disappearance, Hans had been missing for more than forty-eight hours since he left Oneve's home.

The person just disappeared.

There are no cameras on the streets in this era, and after 8 o'clock in the evening, even in Shanghai, a city that never sleeps, there are places where neon lights cannot reach.

Therefore, the longer the time goes, the slimmer the hope of finding the person.

This case was transferred to the political department because Cheng Mo's subordinate Lu Le was paying attention to the recent cases of missing persons and felt that there was something fishy behind this case.

The case occurred in District A, which is also under the jurisdiction of the Laozha Police Station and the Central Police Station, and happens to be under his jurisdiction.

After listening to Lu Le's introduction, Cheng Mo asked, "Is there anything special about this case?"

"A year after Hans came to Shanghai, he brought his wife and children over and settled in the concession. He is an engineer and a Catholic. He has many celebrities among his friends, such as the rabbi who is the head of the refugee community. He often goes to help the rabbi as a volunteer and repair electrical appliances, etc."

"Rabbi, how is their relationship?"

"Very good, he is a very popular person, many people like him."

"Where's Onewe?"

"Onyewe is a doctor. They met during a medical consultation. In this way, Onyewe became the personal doctor of Hans and his family. Basically, any physical problems of Hans were solved in Onyewe's clinic."

"Is Onevi an Austrian Hebrew?"

"Yes, boss, I didn't mention it in the report. How did you know?" Lu Le asked in surprise after taking a look at the information in his hand.

"I'm just guessing, go ahead." "Boss, I've investigated so many cases of missing persons and found that they all seem to have one thing in common, that is, all the missing people have never appeared again, whether they are alive or dead." Lu Le said.

"That's it?"

"Boss, the previous missing cases were not all caused by trafficking or kidnapping. There were always one or two cases of accidental death. Sometimes they reappeared after a few days, but in these cases, they basically disappeared without a trace." Lu Le said.

"How do you plan to investigate?" Cheng Mo asked. The number of missing persons cases has increased, so there must be something wrong, but how to investigate it is something that needs to be considered seriously.

"Hans is German. I plan to start with this case and dig deeper." Lu Le said.

If we start with foreigners, especially the Germans who are allies of Japan, the German consulate will definitely give its full support.

Siemens, the company behind Hans, will also be a help. After all, they have lost an excellent engineer. Where can they find such an engineer to replace Hans in such a short period of time?
"Let's do a background check first."

"Boss, my background check is already detailed enough..." Lu Le asked in confusion.

"not enough!"

"not enough?"

"This Hans is German. He is not of Hebrew descent, right? Why are most of his friends Hebrews?" Cheng Mo asked, "Do you know what the situation of the Hebrews in Germany and in Europe controlled by the Germans is like?"

"This..." Lu Le was stunned.

"Get this cleared up first, then you can decide whether or not to follow up on this case," Cheng Mo said.

Lu Le understood. He was a political person and naturally knew some secrets that outsiders didn't know. Although Germany's intelligence force in the Far East was very weak, it was not nonexistent, and they had cooperation with Japan.

Germany had been targeting the Hebrews, who had limited power in Shanghai and could only rely on assistance from their ally Japan.

If Hans was a German who sympathized with and helped the Hebrews, he would likely become a thorn in the side of the German SS intelligence agency.

"Hans is missing. What is the attitude of the Siemens office in Shanghai? Have you checked it out?"

"They are concerned and hope we can find someone as soon as possible."

"Other than that, there was no protest. Didn't the Consul call the Municipal Council to negotiate in person?" Cheng Mo asked again.

"Maybe not."

"A Le, this case is not that simple. Don't think of it as a breakthrough in your investigation of missing cases." Cheng Mo said tactfully.

"So we knew there was something fishy about Hans' disappearance, so we didn't investigate?"

"Of course we have to investigate, but we have to see how to investigate. I found that the Japanese Black Dragon Society in Hongkou has been secretly infiltrating the concession. Recently, Japanese expatriates in the concession have become more and more arrogant. It was the Germans who defeated the French, not them..."

"Boss, what do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing, I just said it casually, what do you want to say?"

"No, boss, I have nothing to say." Lu Le was stunned and didn't know what to say.

"It's okay, just go out and do your work. I still have some documents to deal with."

(End of this chapter)