As the various East African troops moved closer to Luanda as the center, Angola's "frequent good news" a month ago was completely exposed.

"You bastards, why can't you beat the East Africans in less than a month? Could it be that the military situation in the previous months was all a lie! ”

The governor of Angola, Owen, was furious, and even the air in the conference hall seemed to have dropped by more than ten degrees, and everyone was silent, how proud Owen was a month ago, and how annoyed he was now.

The Portuguese army on the front line fought too badly, if the Portuguese army changed at the beginning, then Owen would have nothing to say, but at the beginning of the war, his subordinates asked for credit, as if it would not take long to fight to the first town and capture the Hexingen royal family.

As a result, as soon as East Africa exerted a little force, the Portuguese army was exposed, and since two weeks ago, the various fronts have either shrunk or collapsed, will the results of the last East Portuguese war be repeated in their own hands?

During the last Portuguese War, the weak Angola could not stop the East African attack, which is understandable, after all, Angola did not receive local support at that time.

And as a colony, the military strength is not strong, and there is not even much standing armament, so it is reasonable to be crushed by East Africa.

But this time, Portugal has "sharpened a sword for ten years", made full preparations, and made a comeback, and even fought the war like this, Owen naturally has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Your Excellency the Governor, now is not the time to be angry, no amount of criticism can change the erosion of the front-line military operations, and we did not expect that the kingdom spent a lot of energy to equip the army, and even the combat effectiveness of the native army is so unbearable."

Owen's assistant emphasized the "strength" of the native army in a very heavy tone, after all, the kingdom's native army could not defeat East Africa, so the army of the Angolan colony was naturally even more useless.

This can at least give some comfort to the colonial high-level, it is impossible that the incompetence of the local army is caused by them, if the Angolan colony is lost this time, it is a problem of the entire kingdom's military system, anyway, a cauldron is buckled on the head of the native first.

But as the supreme political and military governor of Angola, Owen's responsibility cannot be shirked, it is true that the kingdom's army has problems, but the colonial army is organized by Owen, if everyone is worse, then Portugal will be finished sooner or later.

Owen said coldly: "Everyone is inseparable from this war, of course, I did have some personal mistakes, seriously underestimating the military strength and war preparations of the East African Kingdom, but there is no mistake in this British?" ”

"The British were the main drivers of the war, but they did not live up to their promises before the war, and although I don't know what the situation in Mozambique is now, it is very telling that East Africa can send so many troops to Angola."

"Either the coalition forces in Mozambique are not contributing or they are in the same difficult situation as we are."

"But one thing is clear, the British did not achieve their pre-war strategic goals, otherwise the East Africans would not have been able to increase their troops on the Western Front!"

Owen's analysis was well received, and the Angolan hierarchy was indeed a bit "incompetent", but it was acceptable to compare the performance of the British.

Before the war, the British swore to Portugal that if everyone joined forces, the East Africans would be crushed.

As a result, the two sides are now separated by the central territory of East Africa, and they have not achieved their pre-war strategic goals for three months, and they will join the territory of central East Africa.

The Portuguese were embarrassed, after all, they had lost face several times in Brazil and Europe, and the British were miserable this time, which was probably the most embarrassing for the British since the Afghan uprising.

"Your Excellency the Governor is right, and the biggest mistake of the war is not actually our fault and the British, the biggest enemy is actually the native worms!"

"From the beginning of the war to the present, our Angolan material supply has not reached the standard line, the front line lacks guns, ammunition and artillery and other weapons, this is all the pot of the logistics department, if it is not for their corruption, it is also the efficiency problem is too serious, so the Portuguese logistics department should be responsible for the loss of this war, after all, in the absence of various materials, what do the front-line soldiers take and fight with East Africa?"

Owen glanced at his subordinates approvingly, this was indeed an excellent excuse for losing the war, after all, it was a fact that the war materials received by Angola were not in place.

Although the Angolan government is not very clean, and everyone is more or less embezzled, the supplies sent from the country are definitely not enough.

Anyway, the Angolan government can count all the "normal" losses in East Africa, and the local bureaucrats can't find a place to shake the blame, but according to the current situation in the Kingdom of Portugal, it is estimated that nothing can be found, at most, after the war, a few scapegoats will be shot and killed, to the anger of the people.

Of course, this is very much in line with Governor Owen's perception of the Portuguese government, but it doesn't make much difference now, and the main thing is how to get out of the quagmire of Angola.

Owen asked the military personnel, "General Madrid, what is the real situation on the front line now?" ”

Here Owen deliberately emphasized the real battle situation, after all, the military fraud was too serious before, and now Owen has lost trust in them.

General Madrid is a little embarrassed, although Owen is the nominal supreme military commander, but the specific military affairs are in charge of him, the general transferred from home, so now the loss of the front, I am afraid that the biggest pot is still on his head.

He said a little bluntly: "Our army, now the main force is being dragged in the east by East Africa, and it is difficult to come back, but now according to our intelligence, there are two main East African forces coming towards our rear, especially the East African army in the north, which is likely to be coming towards Luanda." ”

"So what are your plans? Will this East African army be stopped? Owen asked with some urgency.

The same is true for others, after all, if East Africa comes directly to Luanda, it will really threaten everyone's lives.

"At the moment we are trying to get the frontline troops back to Luanda, and at the same time organize manpower to block the movement of that East African army south, and now we have some results, especially many black tribes are doing very well." Madrid said.

Owen asked, "Can this East African army be wiped out?" ”

Madrid shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not, because this East African army is very strong, even if the warriors of those tribes obstruct their military operations on the road, I am afraid it will be a drop in the bucket, and it can only delay its arrival in Luanda for the time being." ”

Owen: "Can you just watch the East African soldiers descend on the city?" ”

"It is very likely," said General Madrid, "but now that I have begun to organize our men and deploy military forces in Luanda, if the front-line troops can return in time, our predicament should be resolved in time." ”

Despite Madrid's words, everyone is now aware of the seriousness of the problem, which is that Angola may really be finished.

Unless a miracle happens, the enemy is about to hit Angola, and even the mainland at this time I am afraid that I can only watch Angola fall and have no choice.

(End of chapter)