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Schwal's luck can only be said to be quite satisfactory, because the actions of the East African Navy were still discovered by the Portuguese. As a senior soldier, it is impossible for Count Roberts to relax his attention to the enemies on the sea.

For a period of time, the East African Navy's shelling of Mozambique ports further strengthened the ideas of Earl Roberts and other coalition commanders.

Therefore, the East African Navy and the coalition scouts collided, and the Navy also reported the situation to Schwal.

"Lieutenant Schwal, our observers discovered a coalition team while on the lookout. They should have discovered our traces. Do you want to abandon this mission?"

Although the naval ships in the New Hamburg Port are not large, they are still very likely to be recognized in offshore waters. Moreover, there are very few merchant ships taking the East African route at this time, and there are even fewer such large-scale fleets. Commercial ships with this strength The fleet generally does not pay the tolls of the Suez Canal, so there is no need to take the risk of taking a detour through the East African route.

Of course, there are actually not many ships taking the East African route. Except for British ships, East Africa will focus on checking whether they have "contraband". Most of the time, East Africa will just let ships from other countries go.

At present, the countries that take the most routes to East Africa are French and Austro-Hungarian ships. France is because of the existence of Madagascar. At the same time, the United Kingdom may also have placed an order with France to transport "goods" that it is inconvenient to send to Mozambique. For this East Africa knows this very well, but it is impossible for East Africa to offend the British and then offend the French.

As for the merchant ships of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, many of them were East African vests. They were operated by the Hechingen Ocean Trading Company. Some of the merchant ships were renamed. In addition, there were also many Arab merchant ships, mainly for trade.

East Africa is truly a "big land and rich in resources", with a lot of resources. Moreover, because of the development of East Africa, the productivity of the original region has been greatly improved, so it is difficult for people to give up this "fat meat", or it is impossible to give up at all. Especially for Omani businessmen.

Now that "Zanzibar" has completely become a territory of East Africa, the Arabs of Zanzibar have also chosen to "recognize their ancestors and return to their roots" and return to the embrace of the Sultanate of Oman.

However, the trade relations established between East Africa and them are becoming more and more stable, which has also boosted the current Omani economy.

The Zanzibaris who have restored Omani nationality are either nobles, merchants or craftsmen, because they were originally the ruling class in Zanzibar. Therefore, when they return to Oman, in addition to increasing Omani talents, they also have a lot of money. The most important thing is business channels.

Now Oman has become an economic transit point affiliated with East Africa. There are Omani businessmen in all Arab countries actively promoting East African goods.

Moreover, East Africa can adjust its domestic production status according to the import needs of Omanis. For example, the camel breeding industry has re-emerged in the pastures of northern East Africa, and the city of Mombasa has become the center of East Africa's camel exports.

There is also the spice crop clove, which is very popular in Europe and Arabia. The East African coast and Zanzibar Island have always been the production areas of the best quality, and this is the traditional clove growing area in Arabia.

East Africa's "dove occupying the magpie's nest" behavior has not received much resistance because East Africa is "generous" and the two sides have a cooperative relationship.

Of course, the most important thing for Schwal now is not to think about trade issues, but whether to continue to implement the landing plan.

But after just thinking about it for a moment, Schwal firmly believed and said: "Major General Bruce, I'm sorry to bother you! I still decided to land the troops here."

Bruce kindly reminded: "It was originally a different system, but I still want to persuade you. Now we have a high probability of being discovered by the coalition forces, and there are still hundreds of meters from here to the coast. Even if you don't carry heavy equipment, I'm afraid It would take at least three round trips to get all the troops ashore.

After such a long time, I am afraid that reinforcements from the Football Federation Army have arrived. In that case, you may face the risk of annihilation. Your mission is inherently risky, so there is no need to risk your life to carry it out. You can completely give up this mission. tasks. "

Regarding Major General Bruce's statement, Schwal knew very well that if there was a better choice, he would definitely not take this risk.

He asked: "Major General Bruce, how far is it from the coast of Bangkok, where the coalition forces are stationed?"

Bangkok Chi is the defense line set up by the coalition forces in the south of Maputo to prevent the invasion of East Africa. There are actually no terrain obstacles from New Hamburg Port City to Maputo.

There are large areas of water around Bangkok Chi that can be used, which is similar to the role of the lakes on the Crimean Peninsula. Bangkok Chi is surrounded by large lakes and rivers, so Bangkok Chi can effectively hinder the attack in East Africa.

Regarding Schwal's question, Major General Bruce answered very clearly: "It's about 35 kilometers, and it's probably more than 70 kilometers to Maputo."

The East African Navy naturally has a very clear study of the Mozambique coastline, so Major General Bruce easily gave the approximate distance.

Moreover, this landing site has been chosen by the navy and army long ago. The water conditions here near Maputo are the most suitable for landing operations. As for the reason, Schwal's next words can naturally be explained.

"That's right. The distance from here to Bangkok is really not that long, but even if the Portuguese and British are as well-trained as our army, they can walk up to forty kilometers in one day. In this way, they can go from Bangkok to here. The reinforcements will take at least half a day, which is enough time for us to get ashore."

"Of course this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there is a forest less than a hundred meters from the coastline on the map. We can now see the lush landscape on the opposite side, which is very suitable for my small force to hide. "

Schwal's confidence lies in the large tracts of virgin forest near the coast. On the east side of the Drakensberg Mountains, precipitation is very abundant and there are a lot of forest resources.

In this environment, as long as Schwal is fast enough, they can take advantage of this loophole and penetrate into the enemy's rear.

"Of course, the premise is that there is no ambush by the coalition forces, but I think this possibility is very small. After all, it is impossible for the coalition forces to obtain the intelligence of our landing operation." Schwal said.

After all, dense forests are very suitable for coalition ambush, and this cannot be determined from the ship in East Africa. The reason why the coalition scouts can find it is because of the coastal beaches.

After hearing what Schwal said, Major General Bruce also felt that the feasibility of it was very high. He said: "If you think so, let's get started! The coalition scout just now may have tipped off the information. You'd better pray that there are no coalition forces nearby. Troops stationed.”

"No problem." Schwal said. This was another gamble, but Schwal thought the chance of success was very high this time.

Soon, with the cooperation of the navy, Schwal's regiment began to land. The navy lowered the lifeboats and boats into the sea, and the army boarded the ship, first with personnel and then equipment.

After an hour of hard work, all the Schwal troops landed ashore, and they were lucky enough to find no trace of the enemy for the time being, which meant that there were no coalition troops nearby.

Of course, the footprints of the coalition scouts are still left on the coast. Through Schwal's observation, they should usually patrol along the beach along the coast. However, today there is a series of footprints in the same dense forest. This shows that before Schwal's troops came ashore, , these scouts chose to escape from the forest. After all, there were no bunkers on the coast. They did not dare to gamble on the physical strength and marksmanship of the East Africans.