Chapter 263: Chaos in West Africa (7)

For the victory of this war, Zhu Changrun is very eager, this is also the largest battle he has commanded in his life, even if Zhu Kezhen is not repeatedly advised, he will do his best to implement this battle plan, maybe after this battle, he can get Zhu Youxiao's better recognition. The most descendant royal princes all have their own territory, only he is still mixing with Zhu Changhao, not that he doesn't want to monopolize a piece of territory, but he hides himself very deeply, for fear that Zhu Youxiao has some tricks, and when Zhu Changying, that is, his half-brother, also has his own territory, his ambition began to swell, hoping to have his own territory, with the support of Zhu Youxiao, it is inevitable that he cannot be a hegemon.

Zhu Kezhen set off with more than 100 of his special soldiers, the goal is very clear, that is, the command of the commander of the coalition forces, William, his ultimate goal is to completely destroy the command organ of the Nordic coalition army before the battle begins, so that the Nordic coalition army is in a leaderless situation, but he must also ensure the lives of his comrades, he does not bless the overall command of Zhu Changrun, he does not bless too much expectation, just hope to be able to implement the rules step by step. Normally, it should be when his beheading plan is implemented, the whole campaign will start to act, but the communication in this era is inconvenient, especially in this relatively unfamiliar environment, it is difficult to accurately implement the cooperation, so only a slightly inferior plan is implemented, that is, to wait for Zhu Changrun to attack first, after all, the movement caused by the large-scale artillery attack is very large, even if it is dozens of miles away, it can be heard, not to mention that they also agreed on the attack time, as long as you pay attention, It's just that his own battles are a little more complicated.

Zhu Kezhen is very confident in his troops, even if the other party has a certain amount of preparation, he can't directly destroy the headquarters, he can also attack the headquarters with powerful firepower, as long as he causes chaos in the other party's command, he basically achieves the goal, as for capturing William alive, Zhu Kezhen wants to do this, but the price may be a little big, Zhu Kezhen is not willing to joke with his comrades and his own life.

Seeing that the agreed time had come, Zhu Changrun began to give the order to attack, and the artillery formation composed of his descendants, that is, his guards and Chen Liang's guards, began to launch artillery bombardment and cover the predetermined local positions, a total of more than 100 mortars and more than a dozen cannons were concentrated here, and all of them opened fire with an order, as for the artillery test firing, there was no need at all, these targets had long been in a very clear position under the repeated reconnaissance of the scouts, and the scale had long been noted in the artillery shooting manual, just shoot directly, Very efficient.

The fierce artillery fire panicked the Nordic coalition forces, and the forward positions were in a panic, and after about half an hour, the artillery fire began to extend, because it was a mortar, it was very convenient to move, there was a certain movement distance between several rows, and while the front row was firing, the back row moved forward, so the density of the artillery fire was basically the same. At the same time, the German-Spanish coalition began to clear the remnants of the enemy behind the area covered by artillery fire. More than 20,000 troops in this area of more than 100 artillery pieces are very dense, after the artillery fire has not had time to wake up the Nordic coalition soldiers lost their lives in a daze, a large area of the position was captured, followed by the Congo Kingdom and the soldiers of the Dalon Empire followed by the continuous expansion of the assault area, the entire battle group is like a sharp sword, from the middle of the cut of the Nordic coalition position, and began to extend to both sides, until the entire position front rout.

When Zhu Changrun began the shelling, the special forces led by Zhu Kezhen had already arrived at the predetermined location, and the headquarters of the Nordic coalition army was in a small village at the foot of the mountain.

Zhu Kezhen naturally did not dare to launch a surprise attack directly, he ordered the soldiers to aim the mortar brought to the middle of the tent and start to strike, the fierce and accurate artillery fire turned the tent in the middle into a sea of fire, part of which was brought from the Ming Dynasty*, that is, an ultra-small compressed gasoline canister, made into the shape of a cannonball, directly launched over, and then the gasoline was sprayed directly out, and it was ignited in the explosion of *.

The headquarters of the Nordic coalition was bombed, but fortunately Commander William was not in the tent now, he was now in his mistress's house and escaped, but most of his guards and staff were on duty here, and most of them were killed. Seeing that his headquarters had become a sea of fire, Commander William was so angry that he lifted his pants and ran to the nearest unit, ordering this unit to counterattack immediately, and the communication corps who ran to report the news from the frontline positions could not find him at all.

Commander William's combat experience is still relatively rich, he quickly judged Zhu Kezhen's position, the attack of nearly 10,000 people is not a small movement, Zhu Kezhen's troops are too small, he does not dare to fight hard, the team of 100 people is fighting and retreating, with machine guns on both sides to cover, and there are two machine guns in the middle to suppress the attack, according to the predetermined route, the distance is opened in an orderly manner, and slowly out of the area of engagement.

Zhu Kezhen's troops withdrew, leaving a mess for Commander William, who was so angry that Commander William scolded his subordinates for their rice buckets, so that the enemy unknowingly felt that they had touched the vicinity of the headquarters, and they wanted to kill the captain of the guard immediately. But before he had time to deal with the captain of the guard, the soldiers who had been defeated from the front-line positions poured in front of him, a distance of more than ten miles is very far, but for the defeated army, it was still a very short distance, and the artillery behind was still very tight, Zhu Changrun used up almost all the shells, and the amount of shells he used far exceeded the number Zhu Kezhen said, and even the shells he was ready to sell were taken out and knocked out, anyway, it was just right for Pedro II to reimburse, after all, it was a battle to help him, and he had to be reimbursed for the cost of arms, and even let him see the power of the mortar, maybe he will buy it at a high price in large quantities.

The Nordic coalition army, which has lost its unified command, is like a herd of wild horses that have blown up a herd, and no one knows when the enemy's shells will fall on their heads, and everyone is running fast. The quality of the German and Spanish armies is obviously much higher than that of the armies of the Kingdom of Congo and the Dalon Empire, under the guidance of artillery, whether it is the maintenance of the formation, or the accuracy of the shooting fire, it is very good, and the chaotic Nordic coalition army is very good, even if the other side tries to organize a resistance, they will be quickly defeated, and the final result is that the more and more smoothly the fight, the enemy's resistance is becoming weaker and weaker, and the speed of the attack is getting faster and faster. The Nordic coalition forces were routed on all fronts.

The Nordic coalition army, which lost the favorable terrain, retreated for hundreds of miles, until the reinforcements of more than 100,000 troops arrived, which was considered to have stabilized its foothold, Zhu Changrun also stopped the offensive under Zhu Kezhen's suggestion, and the two sides began to be in a stalemate, and the battle line was stable not far from the coastline, and now no one has the ability to defeat the other party at once, and the confrontation has become the best result.

Zhu Changrun, who won the battle, successfully gained the trust of the Kingdom of Kongo and the Talon Empire, and made his weapons sales quickly set off sales here*, he also resigned from his position as an adviser, and waited for Zhu Youxiao's call again, which he was very confident about.

After the end of the battle, the armies of Germany and Spain also began to break away from the front line, each returned to its own sphere of influence to start a new round of resource mining, transported a large amount of gold and iron ore back to China, and began a new round of arms race in Europe, preparing to deal with the possible threat of war by the Nordic countries.

When the two sides were in a state of confrontation, Ndaru's troops could just fish in troubled waters, and gradually became stronger with the continuous support of Sun Yuzhi, and his troops expanded from more than 1,000 to more than 5,000 people, and most of his tribe were slaves rescued from the Nordic coalition army, so most of these people had a blood feud with the Nordic coalition army, relatively speaking, whether it was training or fighting, they were very active, and when Ndaru established the country with the support of Sun Yuzhi, the loyalty of the common people was very high, And they were more influenced by the Ming Dynasty, and became the most loyal guardians of Sun Yu Zhiming Island, and did their best for the Ming Dynasty's enclave here.