The German and Austrian Federal Republic has been preparing for this day of the big war for more than half a year, and for most of the past six months, in addition to the unification and merger of the two countries, that is, to train the army with all its might, and prepare for the use of troops against the Zulu kingdom

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Kryuger gave an order, and the entire army of the German-Austrian Federation was fully mobilized, except for part of the forces of the 3rd Division, which was used to maintain internal order and defend against threats from other directions, the rest of the military forces began to move and assemble on a large scale in the southeast and northeast directions.

In a hurry, Callius led the main force of the 1st Division all the way to the Castle of Essomolo, which is not a big town, but it is the only way from the Zulu Plateau to the Transvaal, and it is also a key pass, if you want to enter the Transvaal smoothly, you must capture the Castle of Essomollo.

As early as a few months ago, the German-Austrian military had begun to build fortifications in Essomolo under the guidance of Fang Huasheng and other instructors, and on a high ground southeast of Essomolo, a ring offensive, a ring set of rings, connected the entire position, the deepest part of these trenches was even more than two meters, which could completely allow the German-Austrian army to intersperse in the tunnels, and some special places were even piled up with hard granite rocks.

It's really like Jiang Shenghua said, this Esomolo is completely impregnable.

Soon, the main army of the Zulu Kingdom also quickly drove to the vicinity of Esomolo, preparing to rush into the hinterland of the German-Austrian Federation from the vicinity of Esomollo.

Nick, what are you going to think of Ethomolo attacking

The Zulu Kingdom sent 50,000 troops in one go, of which nearly 40,000 were all concentrated here, which is a powerful force, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Amjie asked in a loud voice.

No matter how you attack, you will naturally go straight to the past, don't you know how powerful our weapons are now

Commander-in-Chief Nick said proudly, we have obtained a lot of equipment from the British Empire, look at this musket, how good it is, and these cannons, God, this cannonball will shatter a wooden building, we have such a powerful power, what are the Boers, not to mention that we still have so many troops

Amjie frowned and didn't speak, obviously not agreeing with what Nick said.

Nick glanced at Amjie and said with a smile: "Why, you are still not convinced, not long ago, our intelligence officers just sent us back information, in the castle of Esomolo, the German and Austrian Federal Republic has less than 20,000 troops stationed there, such a small number of troops can block our offensive You must know that we have 40,000 people fighting two against one, and if we can't win, then wouldn't we be stupid

Less than 20,000 people

Amjie's face softened slightly, and then said: Nick, I suggest that we wait for the military advisers of the British Empire to come up before launching an attack, but we have never participated in such a positional battle, all of them are European firearms, our bows, arrows and spears have been eliminated, and we really have no bottom in our hearts

Nick waved his hand and replied: What are they doing Those group of people have nostrils facing the sky, and they never take us in their eyes, damn it, if it weren't for the fact that they sent us so many weapons and ammunition, as well as money, Lao Tzu would not be used to their words, and advanced to the front, once the local position enters the range of our artillery, then launch an attack on the opponent's position This is Africa, it is our territory, they are all outsiders, Sooner or later, we will have to drive all of these people out of Africa

Amje's expression was shocked, and he said urgently: Nick, you have drunk too much of this, if it reaches the ears of King Zulu, your removal will be light, whether it will be cut by the king to please the British, you must know that in the past half a year, the king is now obedient to the British

Nick pursed his lips, didn't take it to heart, turned around and shouted: Order, order Gisol to lead his own forces to quickly advance towards Essomolo, launch an attack on Esómorro and order Dundee to lead a force to launch a surprise attack on the flank of the Boers, and break through their defenses while they are engaged with Gisol

At Nick's command, the Zulu army launched a ferocious assault on Essomollo

This time, the Zulu people sent troops, carrying a total of more than 100 artillery pieces and tens of thousands of shells, and Mo Panda wanted to use the power of artillery to completely defeat the German and Austrian Federal Republic, so as to establish the status of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa.

Hundreds of artillery pieces lined up in a line, launching a saturation attack on the positions of the German-Austrian federal troops, and one shell after another hit the position, and the rumbling of artillery shook for nine days

It's a pity that Jiang Shenghua really said that these Zulu people are used to playing with bows and arrows, shuttles, and even spears, and these weapons are very good, even if they later used these weapons, they brought huge casualties to the British in the Zulu War; However, the fact that they played the bow and arrow shuttle did not mean that they could play with artillery

These cannons have just been distributed to the Zulu royal team, but in two months, the cannons can be fired, but these gunners are afraid that God does not know where the shells went

As soon as the cannon sound sounded on the opposite side, the officers and men of the German-Austrian Federal Army all rushed into the tunnel, ready to avoid the indiscriminate bombardment of the Zulus, after all, the Zulus have 40,000 or 50,000 people, and the artillery is not a few, and they will definitely attack wildly.

Unexpectedly, the shells hit far and near, anyway, few of them could accurately fall on the defensive line of the Chinese People's Army's position, and a wave of artillery bombarded the past, except for the shells setting off clusters of gunsmoke and fire on the position, it did not cause any panic in the federal army at all, and these did not even scream, because almost none of the officers and men of the federal army were bombarded by the opponent's artillery shells

Fuck, these niggers' artillery skills are too inferior, so where are they hitting?

A veteran laughed and scolded.

Bastard, do you still wish these niggas were more accurate, they don't have long brains when they speak

Behind the veteran, a lieutenant company commander slapped the veteran's back on the head and scolded, but he couldn't help laughing, this group of grandsons, really not much, according to their shelling, even for a month, it is absolutely impossible to think of destroying the fortifications on their positions

To be continued.