A few hours earlier, Pierre and his men had arrived at the warehouse where the uranium was stored. This warehouse, located near the Port of Antwerp, was used by the task force to store confiscated military supplies.
Although, due to coordination issues with the British, the warehouse was idle most of the time, it was always guarded. So, as soon as the uranium was unloaded, it was brought straight into the warehouse.
The reason it wasn't transported to France by truck or train was to avoid attracting outside attention. That was why Pierre had come here from Reims.
Upon entering the warehouse, he was greeted by gray iron barrels stacked like small mountains.
Is it all here?
For a moment, the pointer on the Geiger counter made Pierre wish he could...
...immediately ran away—after all, this was radiation.
