Chapter 258: Scuffle in West Africa (2)
In the vast territory of Angola in later generations, the special forces detachments sent by Sun Yuzhi were active everywhere, sometimes attacking the English and French who were adventuring here, and sometimes attacking small groups of sharp scouts. These soldiers remembered Sun Yuzhi's orders, no matter where they fought, they would retreat with one blow, no matter whether they succeeded or not, they would never have any entanglement with the other party, their purpose was to harass them, so that the other party could not march and explore freely, as for the final large-scale combat mission, it was a matter for the Kingdom of Congo and the Talon Empire.
Zhu Kezhen is the captain of the special squad of these Ming Army, mentioning this person is also a legendary story, his family background is good, and he has also passed the Xiucai examination, but in Zhu Youxiao's Enke exam, this guy entered the military academy by mistake, why? Because he likes to fight. Under normal circumstances, reading and reading are the things of Sven people, but Zhu Kezhen is very restless, and the Foshan area is a place where the atmosphere of martial arts is very strong, so he has not only practiced martial arts since he was a child. Zhu Youxiao's speech in the square touched his hero complex, and he went to the military school of the Daming official school after graduation, where he joined the army after graduation, and after Zhu Youxiao asked Mao Wenlong to build the special forces, this guy participated in the school's special forces training, and after the training was over, he followed Sun Yuzhi to start the campaign, until this time he led a special operations force alone.
According to Sun Yuzhi's instructions, their task is to train the team, test the effect of the new weapons of the Ming army on these English and French armies, and rob their merchant team by the way, but it is absolutely not allowed to attack their large troops, so as not to cause unnecessary losses. In the past few days, Zhu Kezhen's luck has been very good, they have encountered a small number of reconnaissance troops, which is also in line with the purpose of training, and at the same time, they have also met a lot of businessmen who have come here to explore, and they have obtained a lot of seizures, whether it is gold or precious stones, these explorers are really quite a lot.
In this small team, there are also five local guides, after all, they are more familiar with the environment here, and after a few days of cooperation, everyone gets along very well. This tropical jungle is full of dangers, and with the guidance and help of these guides, everyone is at home here. Especially a young man named Ndaro, he was only nineteen years old, smart and clever, could speak fluent Daming official dialect, and was deeply liked by Zhu Kezhen and his partners, and in just a few days, he became one with the soldiers of this team, and everyone treated him like a little brother. After a few days of marching and fighting, everyone was a little tired, and Ndaru warmly invited everyone to their tribe to take a rest, and Zhu Kezhen agreed to the hospitable young man's request, led the team to Ndaru's tribe, and joked that he wanted to see his beautiful girlfriend.
Many tragic things happen when people are most happy, just when everyone is about to approach the tribe of Ndaru, and there is a discussion of what gifts to give to the tribal leader and Ndaru's little girlfriend, Ndaru and his companions face changed dramatically, and in the direction where the tribe lived, they saw the smoke rushing into the sky, mixed with raging flames.
Zhu Kezhen ordered everyone to quickly rush to the village not far ahead, where they saw a heartbreaking scene, burning grass huts everywhere, and dead corpses all over the ground. Take a closer look at the young women lying on it, and they have all been subjected to inhuman sexual assault. Ignoring the fire that was still burning, Andre and the five frantically rushed into the village, looking for their relatives everywhere, hoping that they would still be alive.
It turned out to be very sad, and the whole tribe found only a dying old woman, who told André and them about the tragedy. Their tribal chieftain betrayed the tribe, and when he had obtained enough gold, he led the English traffickers to the village, and plundered the young men and women of the village, killing all those who resisted, and the robbers had not been here long after, probably a meal. Ndaru and they found Zhu Kezhen with blood-red eyes, knelt down and begged Zhu Kezhen to avenge them.
Zhu Kezhen was also shocked by the tragic scene in front of him, this is the * naked massacre, Sun Yuzhi once told them about the African slave trade, killing the old and weak, looting the young and strong, and then selling these people to distant North America, where they served as slaves on the farm, and the final outcome was to be squeezed out of the last drop of blood and sweat and thrown into the desolate wilderness.
The relationship between them for a few days made Zhu Kezhen feel that she had to avenge them, even if it was against Sun Yuzhi's order, otherwise she would be condemned in her heart. Zhu Kezhen and the partners in the team discussed a little, and asked the Ndaru people to introduce the terrain, roads and other necessary information for various battles here, and according to these introductions, they quickly formulated several combat plans that might be used, and then quickly began to implement them.
The robbers will not go too far, after all, they still have to escort a large number of slaves, there are thousands of people in Ndaru alone, except for the hundreds who were killed, the rest have been taken captive, although an agreement has been reached with the chiefs of the tribe, this is a plan to capture slaves, and the invaders must also have enough troops to surround this tribe, otherwise a large number of people will escape. According to the old woman's account, it is estimated that thousands of troops will participate in this operation, in order to ensure that their troops will not suffer too much loss, although these Ming soldiers are elite, but they cannot withstand the number of enemies too much. Zhu Kezhen must formulate a rescue plan as much as possible, and he must implement it quickly, so as not to catch up with these robbers.
After all, these guides of Ndaru are the best young people in the tribe, whether it is physical fitness or terrain familiarity, it only took more than an hour for Zhu Kezhen's team to discover the traces of the marauders. However, the current situation surprised Zhu Kezhen, because there were too many troops in this group of marauders, not a thousand troops at all, but a force of four or five thousand people, and their troops of more than 100 people, if they rushed over directly to save people, I am afraid that not only would they not be able to save these young people, but they would also be planted in it themselves, and their faces in Ndaru also changed greatly, and they were so frightened that they couldn't speak.
Three days earlier, John, the commander of a unit of the Anglo-French coalition, had received a slave trader, Jack, who had brought a local tribal chieftain and proposed to John a plan for plunder, asking for assistance in a reward of 10,000 pounds, and proposing a relatively easy plan, which seemed to John to be like a small tour, something that could be done casually, and which was one of the ways in which a soldier of his level made extra money.
"Dear Colonel John," said Jack, "this is a friend of mine, Enka, a local chief, who is very familiar with the situation of this generation, and is willing to cooperate with us and become our friend. Now we have a good plan to make a fortune, but we need the help of Mr. Colonel. I'm willing to pay £10,000 for my services, and I wonder if my husband would be interested in participating. Of course, if you are not interested, I can also look for another collaborator. ”
John looked at them and said, "Mr. Jack, as a soldier of the Kingdom of England, it is our sacred duty to protect the interests of his people, could you please elaborate on your plan?" ”
"Mr. John, Mr. Enka is so eager to live in England that he is willing to sell his tribe to us, and has also offered us plans to sell several nearby tribes," said Jack. We need your assistance in sending a force of three thousand men to gather our goods together and deliver them to a nearby dock for a reward of ten thousand pounds. Jack then handed John the map provided by Chief Enka, indicating the scope, time, and method of plundering, which made John feel that it was a very easy action.
So John said, "Mr. Jack, it is our honour that you are very willing to help, let us serve Her Majesty together, and may God bless us." ”