Chapter 49: Mosul

After they left the city of Baghdad, there were no more terrorist attacks.

Zheng Jing had recovered at this time, and looking at the barren suburbs, he took out his camera to capture this picture.

Unfortunately, he didn't turn on the camera when he encountered the terrorist attack.

Missed the best picture.

After leaving the checkpoint, Zheng Jing learned to be smart and turned on the camera early.

It has to be said that the highway from Baghdad to Mosul is still very good.

It was spacious and smooth, and there were few vehicles, and if it weren't for the checkpoints every other distance, Boehringer would have driven his cars into the air.

Because of the terrorists, on the highway there is a checkpoint every dozen kilometers.

These checkpoints are manned by heavily armed soldiers.

They're checking passing cars.

Zheng Jing was also checked, but because there was no problem with his passport, these people let him pass.

Some of the soldiers saw that he was from Huaxia and heard that he was going to Mosul, and they would remind him to go there and be safe.

Zheng Jing dared to ask, and the soldiers told him that because Mosul was a city in northern Iraq, it was also the most heavily bombed city during the war.

When the war broke out, many people had to leave there, and over the years, many parts of Mosul have long since become inaccessible.

This gave the terrorists an opportunity, and in Mosul, the war between the official army and the terrorists is still not over.

Hearing that Mosul was so dangerous, Zheng Jing couldn't help but worry a little about his own safety.

Boehringer saw Zheng Jing's worried look on his face, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, what he said only happened in some areas, and the city center is still very safe."

"I go to Mosul many times a year, and I know the situation there very well, so don't worry."

Yes, with Boehringer, the old driver, he really doesn't have to worry about that.

Thinking about this, Zheng Jing and Boehringer chatted about Mosul.

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One o'clock in the afternoon.

Looking at the dilapidated city in front of the road, Zheng Jing was stunned with the camera.

Although Boehringer had said that Mosul was the worst bombed city, he did not expect it to be so serious.

The buildings that can be seen are all broken.

Some residential buildings were blown in half by unknown weapons.

Broken and desolate, it's like coming to a post-apocalyptic world.

Boehringer was not in a good mood when he saw these buildings, but he still introduced to Zheng Jing what the place was in the past and what it was called.

Entering the city, on both sides of the road, former residential buildings have been turned into tiles piled up in place.

On the ruins of the building, Zheng Jing also saw small children in shabby clothes looking for things on it.

Farther away, Zheng Jing could still hear the sound of intense gunfire and explosions.

Boehringer was right, it was a long way from here.

The two came to a desolate place, where the buildings had been bombed even more.

As far as the eye can see, there are piles of building ruins, and around these ruins, there are a few buildings that are lucky not to be bombarded.

However, the walls have been tilted, and from the outside, it looks like it can fall down at any time.

Boehringer came to the ruins of a building, pointed to the ruins in front of him, and said, "My home is here, and my partner and I had a wonderful childhood here, but the arrival of the war separated us forever."

"This place is my friend's house, and these are my friends' house, and many of my friends are here." Boehringer spoke of this calmly.

"Here, I'm showing you this."

Boehringer saw Zheng Jing finish filming and led him to a sloping two-story building.

Standing on the bricks, Boehringer pointed to the iron sheet and said, "Do you see these holes, these are bullet holes?"

"And all of these are shot by bullets."

On the iron sheet, there are dense bullet holes like a honeycomb.

From these bullet holes, you can see how cruel the war was at that time.

Coming out of the building, Boehringer led him to the area of the ancient city.

The area was bombed even harder, and large areas of buildings were razed to the ground.

None of the buildings here are intact.

Walking on the way to the ancient city, Boehringer pointed to the river on the right and said: "That river is the Tigris, which used to be the most prosperous business district in Mosul, but now there are only piles of rubble."

"There used to be a lot of people living here, and when the war came, most of them stayed here forever."

Zheng Jing took pictures of this place with a heavy heart, and then followed Boehringer to the interior of the ancient city.

The inside of the ancient city is no different from the outside, but it has been bombed even more.

Boehringer was familiar with the place, and the ruins of a building would tell him what it used to be.

Gradually, a bustling commercial street appeared in Zheng Jing's mind, where there were many high-rise buildings, people flowed, all kinds of luxury cars parked on the side of the road, and people's faces were filled with happy smiles.

It's just that the advent of war destroyed everything here in an instant.

People rushed to flee, and the bustling shopping street was razed to the ground overnight.

The two stayed here for a while, and then Boehringer led them to another area of Mosul.

This is the place where the architecture of Mosul is relatively intact, and although it has also been bombed by the enemy, it has not been so badly bombed.

Many buildings have been preserved,

After the war ended, people who had fled had returned from other cities.

Let the city slowly become more popular.

Came to a grocery store on the side of the road, where the two bought some water to drink.

While drinking water, Zheng Jing remembered the treasure matter.

it! How did you forget about this?

Open the map, and a red dot of light flashes at the edge of the map.

The treasure is actually here.

Seeing the location of the treasure, Zheng Jing was a little annoyed, he was hasty, he had already opened it knowing that the treasure was there.

From the map, the location of the treasure is in the ruins of a building on the south bank of the Tigris River.

Zheng Jing had seen that place when he was in the ancient city just now, but at that time he only remembered to shoot the video and completely forgot about the treasure.

In fact, Zheng Jing thought that this time the treasure was still outside the city as before, so he didn't open the map to check, who knew that this time the treasure actually didn't follow the routine and appeared in the city.

Knowing the location of the treasure, Zheng Jing began to think about how to go there alone.

"I have a brother who owns a repair shop here, and I want to go over and see him, are you shooting videos around or are you going to go with me?

If you shoot videos around, you can rest assured that this is the green zone of Mosul and it is safe. ”

Hearing that Boehringer was going to see his friend, Zheng Jing thought that the opportunity would not come.

said: "You go, I want to take a stroll here, and I'll wait for you here when I finish shooting the video."

Boehringer was a little embarrassed to hear Zheng Jing say this, as a driver, he really couldn't let the guests stay alone, but his friend was a little special, and he couldn't take Zheng Jing there.

"Thank you so much, my friend's repair shop is on this road, if you come back early, you can go there to find me." Boehringer gave him the address of the repair shop, and Zheng Jing nodded to indicate that he understood.

Seeing Boehringer driving away, Zheng Jing turned around with the camera and walked in the direction he came.

He had to hurry over now, but luckily the treasure wasn't far from here, otherwise he would have had to take a taxi over.

Coming to the ancient city, Zheng Jing followed the route on the map to the location of the treasure.

Looking at the large open space in front of him, Zheng Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the treasure was not under the ruins of the building, otherwise he would not have known when he would have found it.

Coming to the location of the point of light, Zheng Jing looked around, and after finding that no one was coming, he took out a sapper shovel from the space and dug the ground under his feet.