Just as the war in the Balkans is raging, in the remote African town of Zaria on the upper reaches of the Kaduna River, the 5,000-strong army led by Lugard himself is preparing to raze this ancient city with overwhelming force. Until now, because of the black ghosts
Their resistance continues, and Nigeria's oil development plan has been delayed for two full years. The big bosses in London have long been impatient. They were unable to spare their energy because of the Boer War, and then because of the Baghdad Railway Crisis. Now they can finally spare some time.
Let's take care of these niggas.
It is said to be an army of five thousand, but in fact the real British army is less than one battalion. Although the British Army has sent a division to Nigeria, the main force is moving north along the Niger River to attack Fusokoto, which is the home base of the anti-British Sultan of Sokoto.
, this is just a partial division. After all, the British army's supplies cannot be separated from the river, and there will be no navigable rivers continuing north from here.
Except for the British army, the vast majority of Lugard's remaining troops are black people recruited from the Lagos Colony, but this is enough. After all, His Highness the Emir of Zaria opposite has only a few hundred guns, and with black people
Due to his combat habits, Lugard estimated that his casualties would not reach double digits. Of course, this was referring to the British army. No matter how many casualties his niggers had, he would not consider them casualties.
"Edward, concentrate your artillery fire on their city gates later. I estimate that you will succeed in fifteen minutes at most. Then just let the soldiers run forward as fast as they can. Don't worry about their blocking, these niggas
Their bullets may hit anything, but they just can't hit their enemies. After fighting them for a long time, you will find that the niggers with rifles are much easier to deal with than the niggas with bows and arrows. They can hit a target with their bows and arrows.
There is a rabbit, but there is absolutely no ability to hit this rabbit with a rifle at the same distance again. Please note that I said again." Lugard held up the telescope and looked at the city wall of Zaria while smiling at the person next to him.
said the British Lieutenant Colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward smiled cooperatively. He had just been transferred from South Africa and had relatively rich combat experience.
"After entering the city, we don't need to do the rest. If their emir refuses to surrender, then let the niggas who come with us kill people. They are not of the same nation. For hundreds of years
They are all used to killing each other, so they will do it more thoroughly than us." Lugard continued.
He didn't know that just when he was imparting combat experience against black ghosts to Lieutenant Colonel Edward, on the city wall of Zaria, a white man wearing an Arab robe was also observing the most famous British legend in West Africa with a telescope.
figure.
"Cole, how far are the Sultan of Sokoto's troops?" he asked his companions calmly.
"The telegram I just received. Their cavalry will arrive in four or five hours," said his companion.
"Well, it seems that Mr. Lugard will encounter his second Lake Nyasaland here." German Captain Schumann, who had just retired for half a year and had participated in the burning of Washington, said calmly.
Since the British sabotaged their Baghdad Railway plan, William would naturally retaliate. A tragic defeat for the British in Nigeria was not too much. Captain Schumann brought a whole company of German troops and four heavy machine guns and
Two mortars, plus black men armed with German lust, there are currently two thousand fully armed soldiers in the city waiting for the British High Commissioner for Northern Nigeria Lugard and his soldiers.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is important is that on the road from Kano to Zaria, under the personal leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, an army of more than 20,000 people composed of various city-states in his empire is marching
Come here. The five thousand cavalry as the vanguard are less than half a day away from here.
Lugard, who had no idea that the danger had come, couldn't wait to order the attack. Because he knew that the black devils could not have artillery, the British army brought four 75-meter rapid-fire infantry guns directly to a distance of 1.5 kilometers.
Cannonballs were poured wildly at the city gate. In the explosion of fire, the ancient city gate that had been in disrepair turned into pieces in less than five minutes. Even the adobe city wall collapsed.
"Attack." Lieutenant Colonel Edward pulled out the saber with his right hand covered with white gloves, and then pointed forward majestically. The drummer beside him immediately beat the snare drum, and the lobsters who had been waiting for a long time immediately shouted and raised their hands.
The Lee-Enfield rifle with its bayonet attached rushed toward the gap in the city wall, and the niggers who followed also imitated their example and rushed forward.
Because Lugard had said long ago that there was no need to care about the blockade on the city wall, so these people just like the habit of the last century, swarmed up in dense formations, and indeed as Lugard said,
The niggers on the opposite city wall started shooting from a kilometer away. Just listening to the bullets flying overhead, they rushed to a distance of 500 meters. Not to mention the British army, not even those niggers were there.
Seeing a fallen man, I rushed forward to a distance of 300 meters. Among the densely packed 5,000 attacking soldiers, I still saw no casualties.
"Oh my God, this is too exaggerated!" Lieutenant Colonel Edward exclaimed in disbelief. If the enemy had been replaced by Boers, they would probably have fallen halfway to the attack by this time.
'Edward, this is how the niggers fight. If they can kill ten white people, then it can be said to be a victory. If the white people have more than a hundred casualties in front of them, it will be their brag about the great battles for centuries.
." Lugard said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange whistling suddenly came from above his head, and Lieutenant Colonel Edward's expression suddenly changed.
"Mortar!" he screamed as he stretched out his hand to push down Lugard. The moment the two of them threw themselves on the ground, two fireballs exploded on the artillery position, and a 75-year-old cannon directly turned into scattered pieces.
Parts and gun barrels even flew over their heads.
Lugard was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, but before he could wake up, two more balls of fire exploded, followed by artillery shells that kept falling, and all four infantry guns were destroyed in less than two minutes.
At the same time, the attacking infantry fell from heaven to hell in an instant. Four heavy machine guns suddenly appeared on the city wall. The muzzles spitting flames were like the devil's grin. The dense hail of bullets hit the middle of the lobster like a storm.
In the blink of an eye, countless dead bodies fell.
The niggas who attacked together were frightened by this scene. After waking up, they turned around and ran away without hesitation, even trampling on the British officers who tried to stop them, destroying the British army.
The mortars of the army artillery also changed their targets at this time, and the 82 shells exploded among the defeated black ghosts one after another, driving them to defeat like chasing rabbits.
"Go back! Continue the attack!" Lieutenant Colonel Edward, who got up from the ground, waved his saber and roared at the top of his lungs. He knew he had fallen into a trap, but in this case the best choice was to continue the attack. The city wall had been bombarded.
Yes, four heavy machine guns cannot stop the attack of five thousand people, but if we escape, we will definitely not have such a chance next time.
It's a pity that those nigger mercenaries don't care about this. They know that if they continue to rush forward, they will fall in piles under the muzzle of the machine gun. Although they will be hit as targets if they escape, at least there is hope of escape.
As a result, under the roar of Lieutenant Colonel Edward, the black men under his command dispersed in a hurry, leaving only the remaining two to three hundred British troops on the battlefield. Fortunately, these soldiers who had experienced the Boer War were still experienced in combat.
Very rich, after the initial panic, they quickly found cover, and then lay there and fired at the city wall. However, it was obvious that this kind of shooting was extremely unfair when the opponent was condescending and protected by a bunker.
Seeing the British soldiers in front being shot like dogs by machine guns and rifles on the city wall, Lieutenant Colonel Edward had no choice but to issue a retreat order. The remaining British soldiers in the front carefully crawled and retreated from the battlefield using the cover of terrain and vegetation, etc.
When they came back and took stock, Lieutenant Colonel Edward discovered that he had given the Negroes a victory worth bragging about for centuries. One hundred and fifty of his soldiers had not been able to come back. Of course, they were not only dead, but also some seriously injured.
They are also wailing on the battlefield.
Fortunately, at this time, the black ghosts under his command also stopped the rout. After regrouping, he and Lugard immediately determined that there were definitely not black ghosts in the Zaria city opposite.
"Germans, they must be Germans!" Lugard said bitterly. This is certain. It is not unusual for Germans to appear among black ghosts. However, according to his previous intelligence, the Emir of Zaria
There were no Germans around, so it was obvious that his information was wrong, or he was simply tricked by the person who provided him with the information.
It can be said that the current predicament was entirely caused by him. It is conceivable that if he had been better informed and had not instilled those stupid tricks into the British army, even if he had not captured Zaria at this time, at least he would not have suffered so many casualties.
There are too many, and it is even less likely that the cannons will be gone. Now it can be said that we are in a dilemma.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward didn't complain much about him. Anyway, the matter was at this point and it was useless to say anything. Besides, there were more than a hundred casualties. On the South African battlefield, even a battalion he led was completely wiped out. With so few casualties on the battlefield,
Forget it. Because it was getting late, after sending a radio message to Lagos to send a group of reinforcements, especially a group of artillery, the army camped outside the city. They had the Niger River and
The Kaduna River waterway transportation and reinforcements are very convenient.
However, what they didn't know was that the person who really wanted their lives had arrived. In a dense forest less than ten kilometers away from their military camp, a total of 5,000 Fulani Empire tribal cavalry were waiting for dark, waiting.
They used their scimitars to chop off the heads of the British. (To be continued...)