The battle seems to be over as soon as it began.

When four of the army's guns were dragged to the breach in the wall where the British had collapsed and fired a few shells inside, the British resistance quickly collapsed.

First of all, the collapse of their black servant soldiers, these black men who can usually oppress some natives were killed and wounded by the artillery of the East Bank Army, most of them collapsed on the spot, and a small part surrendered directly to the East Bank Army.

After the defeat of the Black Servants, the British Musketeers under the command of James put up one of the last stubborn resistances, resulting in the casualties of several aggressive East Coast Army soldiers. However, the East Coasters would not engage them in face-to-face musket fire. Under Zhu Liang's order, the riflemen carefully covered the four guns to move forward, and then used the artillery to destroy the houses held by the stubborn British one by one.

After James was seriously wounded on the spot by an explosive shell fired from a 12-pounder gun, the remnants of the British finally came to their senses of frenzy and surrendered unconditionally to the East Coast Army under the command of Officer Heywood.

"This is the era of artillery, what kind of will to fight, what kind of tactics are scum under the bombardment of artillery." Zhu Liang, who was full of ambition, stood on the ruins with his saber on his shoulder, and looked at the dozens of bound British prisoners below.

"East Coaster, I am a senator of the Council of Guyana Trade and Merchants Companies, and I demand that I be treated as I deserve, and you must not treat me so rudely!" A big fat man suddenly shouted in the crowd.

Zhu Liang is looking for prestige, hehe. This is a middle-aged fat man in a gown, judging by the structured fabric of his gown. It should be a new wool made from a blend of short wool and silk. Ordinary people can't afford to wear such clothes. Just look at the unkempt ordinary British musketeers around it. They generally wear linen or cotton clothes, and they are dirty, which is the normal dress of dicks.

"Bring him up." Zhu Liang played with the command knife in his hand and said.

Anda Fifteen, who happened to be beside Zhu Liang, and another soldier volunteered to walk into the crowd and bring up the fat man with a big tie.

"Who are you?" Zhu Liang asked in English, "If you deceive me, I don't mind if there is one more headless corpse by this river." ”

"East Coasters, stop your dangerous actions. You are talking to a noble English knight. The middle-aged fat man still has a bit of backbone, maybe it is arrogance, which makes him not worry about his life when facing Zhu Liang, "We were forced to surrender to you, but this does not mean that you have won everything." The Guyana Merchant Company is a well-known company with more than a dozen powerful warships, and our allies, the East India Company, the Merchant Adventure Company, and the Virginia Company, have countless warships and merchant ships, and we can easily choke you by the throat, and I think you can already feel the suffocating pressure. ”

"Untie this gentleman." Zhu Liang commanded casually, and then said in English: "But I want to ask you to recognize the fact that you are only a captive at the moment, and stop talking to me with that arrogant attitude." I'm a soldier. My temper is not very good, and sometimes I have a hard time controlling my temper. Sir of England. Do you know that once I can't control my temper, I'm likely to do something terrible with no consequences. Take him down and hand him over to the agents of the General Intelligence Directorate for interrogation. ”

The captured officers, as well as the treasurers, clerks, liaison officers, merchants, etc., from the Guyana trading merchant company, were screened and interrogated individually, and the agents of the General Intelligence Department obtained a great deal of valuable information.

The warships on the river sailed into the improvised dock next to the trading station in turn. At this time, the frigate "Beagle" also rushed back with a ticket of prisoners, and they rushed upstream the previous night, but were blocked by two small wooden fortresses of the British, and had to retreat to the battleship. This morning, with the help of the guns of the frigate "Beagle", they finally conquered the two British forts, killing a dozen white British musketeers and three times as many black servant soldiers, as well as seizing a large amount of gold and gold ore that had been coarsely refined.

Of course, the doghead gold they seized was really nothing compared to the inventory in the trading station. The British captives, under the pressure of the sabers of the army soldiers, acted as the leading party, and one by one they opened the warehouses where the goods were stored in the trading station, and the mountains of grain, ivory, furs, and gold bars were piled up in a dazzling way. Especially those army buns who saw these items for the first time, they were breathing heavily one by one and couldn't take their eyes off.

However, they soon regained their composure under the blow of the officer's scabbard, and the officers announced that thirty percent of it would be distributed to all the officers and men of the navy and army who had gone into battle this time, and this just right promise caused the soldiers to cheer with earth.

The army soon sealed off these warehouses, allowing only people to carry and count supplies in and out.

"According to our rough estimates, the value of gold bars, dog's head gold, ivory, fur and grain is between 150,000 and 200,000 yuan. The reason for such a large gap is that we cannot measure the gold content of those gold bars and dog's head gold, so we can only approximate them. But even so, this is a lucrative operation, and the hearts of the British are probably dripping blood, hahaha! After Army Commander Zhu Liang saw his nominal superior, Commander of the Guinean Task Force and Navy Rear Admiral Lu Ming, coming over with several staff officers, he hurriedly stepped forward to share the joyful news with him.

"Not bad!" Lu Ming's face also showed a smile, "Let me tell you another good news, we also recovered a huge amount of gold from the stranded and sunken British merchant ship, which is conservatively estimated to be worth more than 30,000 yuan." If we add to this the teak timber from the Dutch merchant ships that were seized, and some of the furs, spices, and sugar confiscated along the way, our operation would have been the most lucrative and successful of all time. ”

"Ha Luha, think about the faces of those government officials before departure, now it seems that we are really on the right step!" Zhu Liang's mood seemed very happy, "Now I want to see how the British guys spend it." Shall we attack the British trading post near the Gulf of Guinea next? Ha Luha, they used to blockade us because it would be good for them to weaken our war potential, and they would be able to sell more goods themselves. Now it seems that their good days are over, and I want to see how this Guyanese trading merchant company can sit still after losing so much gold, ha, ha, happy! ”

"This operation went so smoothly that I would definitely have to go for a turn on the return trip from the Gulf of Guinea." Lu Ming nodded and said affirmatively, "The British have limited strength over there, and they are scattered in many strongholds, so we will take this opportunity to uproot them and unleash the arrogance of the British." ”

While the two were chatting, soldiers soon came to report that more than 100 black slaves had been found in the British dungeon. The two people who heard the report immediately hesitated, it is said that there is an extreme shortage of manpower on the east coast at present, and these more than 100 black slaves are excellent miners. However, they are well aware of the habits of the people, and at present neither government officials nor military officers in the country may be able to accept blacks entering the territory of the East Coast Republic. Therefore, how to deal with this group of black slaves became a more difficult matter.

"Take them all with you, and then find a way to sell them to the Dutch or the Portuguese at a low price." Lu Ming made a final decision and made a compromise decision.

All day on 22 July, soldiers and sailors from the east coast were busy carrying supplies and getting supplies. The British relied on the trading station to open up some farmland, and used a large number of black slaves for farming, so as to supply the entire trading station and the passing ships. Now the crops in these fields have also become the spoils of war on the east coast, and the army has dug up all the fresh vegetables in the fields, and at the same time swept away some livestock such as pigs and sheep to replace the cured meat that has grown maggots in the food buckets.

By the evening of the same day, the transportation of supplies was nearing completion, and the supplies had been replenished. The soldiers, under the command of the officer, began to pile up firewood and hay on the original site of the British trading station, and from time to time poured some fire oil on it, which was to prepare a fire to completely destroy the traces of the British here. Not only here, but the two wooden forts of the British upstream will also be burned.

On 23 July, after a night of mosquitoes on the sweltering Gambia River, the entire Guinean task force finally decided to set sail and leave. Of course, before they left, all the facilities of the British were in flames. The next time the British come here, I'm afraid everything will have to start from scratch.

The raid on the Gambia lasted one and a half days, during which the army and navy killed about 100 wounded, sick, and dead people, killed or captured more than 100 British soldiers, more than 200 sailors, and no less than 300 black servant soldiers, sank three enemy ships, captured one, and seized a large amount of supplies and gold.

In addition to this, they captured a large number of officers and employees of the British Guiana Trading Merchant Company, some of whom were in the middle and upper echelons of the company. Senator Exeter and Commander Heywood (Chris's whereabouts are unknown), for example, these hostages will be a bargaining chip in negotiations with the British.

After leaving the Gambia River, the task force drove southwestwards against the wind for two days before quickly turning south-east towards the Gulf of Guinea. There, there were also several trading posts opened by the British East India Company and the Merchant Adventure Company, and it would be a great shame to not wipe them all out this time. (To be continued......)