Chapter 336: Diamond War (5)
Zhu Kezhen's special squad frequently went out to fight, causing heavy losses to the Nordic coalition army in England, and he gained great benefits in the operation, not only training the team, but also getting rich rewards, a large number of diamonds in the pocket, which played a great role in the development of the Ndaru tribe. The combat effectiveness of the special soldiers has been improved, and the weapons in their hands have been updated, so they have made the English coalition decide to take action against these special soldiers.
Just when the English coalition was preparing to carry out a clean-up operation, Zhu Kezhen had already received information. After research, Sun Yuzhi felt that the actions of Zhu Kezhen's special team needed to change the location, at least not to move more frequently near the Ndaru tribe, part of it was going to the border of the Congo Kingdom, and the other part was going to the border of the Dalong Empire, didn't they plan to wait for the Mingdao army to attack first? Ming Island can also let them consume the English coalition army first. Because Zhu Youxiao's strategy was to conduct a long-term war of attrition, Sun Yuzhi could not fight a decisive battle, expel the allied forces of England, nor allow them to develop freely, he needed to think about controlling the scope and time of the war.
Because Li Wenhao's performance was very outstanding, he was trained by Zhu Kezhen, and now he has been awarded the qualification to lead a unit. Sun Yuzhi planned to start the first operation with the Kingdom of Kongo, because compared to the Talon Empire, the Kingdom of Kongo was stronger, and it was safer for special forces to operate there.
Without consulting with the king of the Kingdom of Kongo, Pedro II, Li Wenhao set off with a special operations group of more than 400 people, and they took two armed merchant ships provided by Ming Island, quietly sailed to the mouth of the Congo River, and then landed from here and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Kongo.
Of these two armed merchant ships, one is manned and the other is all weaponry, and the special operation needs not only excellent soldiers, their equipment is even stronger, and the number of them is much larger, they need to build a base. The open mouth of the Congo River provided them with convenience, and they chose a small island with easy access and relatively secluded islands, and after a short period of time, set up a makeshift camp here.
The armed merchant ships returned to Ming Island, and they will continue to go back and forth in the name of merchant shipping, the purpose is to continuously deliver materials to this base, so that Li Wenhao's special brigade can maintain continuous combat capability, after all, it is impossible to produce the weapons and ammunition they need and all kinds of equipment needed for special operations, and merchant ships can rely on the identity of doing business to cover, before tearing up the face with the Ming Empire, no country still dares to take the initiative to do anything to the armed merchant ships of the Ming Empire, in their eyes, Ming Island is just a merchant force of the Ming Empire, The armed merchant ships flying the flag of the Ming Empire are the active territory of the Ming Empire, just like the aircraft carriers of the United States in later generations.
Why did Sun Yuzhi and Zhu Kezhen choose this place as a breakthrough? Because this place is a very chaotic area. To the north is the area controlled by the Kingdom of Luango, to the south is the land of the Kingdom of Kongo occupied by the British coalition, and to the east is the intersection of the Kingdom of Kongo, the German Confederation, and the Kingdom of Spain.
The complex political and military forces here provide Li Wenhao and them with very good cover, and they can take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters here, stir up the forces of all parties even more chaotic, and make the British coalition lose the target of encirclement and suppression, so that they can't figure out who is attacking.
Li Wenhao's first choice was to attack some diamond mining areas with relatively few troops, such as the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Scotland, and the Kingdom of Italy, in addition to obtaining diamonds, he also rescued a large number of black miners, and then selected some physically strong people from these miners, and simply trained them, so that they could have some ability to protect themselves, and issued them with firing guns, so that these people could stay at the island base, in addition to protecting the safety of the base, they could also recover their strength and wait for the next move.
Li Wenhao and their frequent attacks, the Angola region in the later generations of chaos and dogs, so that the coalition led by England was a little confused, originally they had already had the advantage here, they could use this place as a logistics base, but the current chaos made them dare not take it lightly, so they had to shrink their forces back again, ready to encircle and suppress Li Wenhao.
Seeing that the initial goal had been achieved, Li Wenhao began to attack the military camp, and then attracted to the vicinity of the armies of the Kingdom of Congo and the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Spain. The three forces, which had had already had some foothold, became nervous again at this time, and although there were no large-scale battles, small-scale battles occurred frequently, gradually developing in the direction of large-scale battles.
Whether it is the armies of the Kingdom of Kongo, the German Confederation, or the Kingdom of Spain, they are all wondering which side of this chaotic force is the army that attacked the allied English army, but these allied soldiers always aim at themselves. Originally, the attention of the English coalition had been focused on the Ndaru tribe, but the frequent attacks here dragged the target back. There was no choice but to fight, but fortunately, the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Spain had replenished some soldiers from within the country, and they could still fight.
Just when the English coalition and the tripartite alliance in the Kingdom of Congo were preparing for a major war, the situation suddenly changed again, and a base of the British coalition in the territory of the Kingdom of Luango was suddenly attacked, where a large amount of supplies of the coalition army were stored, which was ready to be used for the next big war, but this attack greatly reduced the war preparations, and had to be suspended and continue to replenish supplies.
The angry English coalition army was once again successfully diverted the target, and they turned the object of war to the kingdom of Luango, they thought that this time it was the army of the kingdom of Luango that attacked their base, because this time they clearly found that their base was full of indigenous black soldiers, not only destroyed the base, but also transported all the guns and food there, which is the consistent style of the indigenous people, their supplies are too poor, and they will not let go of a little valuable and useful things.
The French and Italian armies, numbering more than 30,000 men, pressed towards the kingdom of Luango with a strong formation. In fact, they have long coveted this land, but they can't find an excuse, and they have to go deep into the interior, before the army was still small, and they didn't care about occupying it, but now they have a large number of troops, plus they also see the strength of England, occupy a large number of diamond mines, and even the Belgian expedition has its own sphere of influence. Although there are no diamond mines here, there are excellent Okume and Otzigo wood, as well as very high-grade iron ore, which is very eye-catching.
Okumme wood is a good furniture material, Okumme wood is light pink, with a beautiful grain, exudes a strong aromatic smell, the wood is light and soft and hard, with moth-proof, waterproof performance, local Africans call it "the king of trees". Due to the above-mentioned characteristics, okume wood has a wide range of uses, and is very suitable for the manufacture of thin planks and inlaid wood, and has a variety of industrial uses. Furniture made of this wood, with smooth surface, beautiful pattern, solid and durable, after applying varnish, naturally has a translucent brownish red color, which is a bestseller in the market.
With the continuous progress and development of industrial production, a large amount of iron ore has been discovered and mined, and the demand in the market is increasing. Compared with the rich coal and iron ore of the Kingdom of England, France and Italy are much worse, so the armies of these two countries formed a coalition to undertake this combat mission, and the Kingdom of England, which is not short of these materials, is also happy to send them a favor to seize this place, and they can also take the opportunity to rest and recuperate, and better prepare for the battle of the tripartite army of the Kingdom of Congo, and be fully prepared for the next move.
I don't know why the Kingdom of Luoango, which attracted a large-scale invasion by Europeans, is now crying without tears, has he provoked anyone, even those small emirate brothers who are bullying themselves in the coastal areas by Europeans, because of their lack of strength, they have to watch and dare not make a sound. Those small emirates were originally their own little brothers, and they had been paying tribute to themselves for many years, until the Europeans came and beat them to their knees, and they were helpless. But now that they're targeting themselves, how can that be?
The crusade against the kingdom of Luango has been sent to the hands of the king, either accept the war, or send the land south of the Ogowe River to the coalition army, these two can only choose one, the king of the kingdom of Luoango really wants to cry without tears, this is really difficult to choose, the fight may lose the country, if you don't cede the land, the country will gradually decline, and finally you will have to lose the country.