Eventually, after mutual consultation between Bougival and Count Roberts, it was decided to relocate most of the Mozambican administration, including the Allied Command and the Governor's Palace, to the Shoquay region.

Shokui is also located in the former province of Gaza, Mozambique, which is still only the size of a town, but the town is already a well-developed administrative level in Mozambique, after all, the Portuguese population in Mozambique is sparse, and the population is mainly concentrated in a few cities in the coastal zone.

Now that the entire coast of Mozambique is not safe, inland towns like Shokui are naturally very prominent.

If you look at the Portuguese settlements in the interior, Shokoy is the best choice, as it is one of the larger towns in the entire interior of Mozambique, especially after losing a large part of the country.

Therefore, there are not many options to become the headquarters of the coalition forces and the office of the Mozambican government, and the combined personnel of the Mozambican government and the headquarters of the coalition forces are more than 1,000 people, so many people eat, drink and lazar, and the small villages and towns simply cannot afford it.

The British and French colonies would not have been as lifeless as the Portuguese colonies, and in the case of the British, India, Canada, and even Australia, the prisoner penal colony, had built well.

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If left completely unchecked, according to the efficiency of the Portuguese and the laziness of the blacks, I am afraid that the city defense of Shaokui will directly become a "tofu scum" project.

Now the most lacking under Count Roberts is the troops, so the construction of Shaokui must not be done by the army, of course, it is not completely not done, and the guidance and supervision work must be completed by one's own people.

"Saukui and can more easily connect with the western defense line and the main force of the Sawey River defense line, as well as Maputo, which is now part of the front line, and East Africa has a large number of troops around the city of New Hamburg, which also puts Maputo under unimaginable pressure."

So "Even if it's black, we need time to capture them from the periphery, but in a state of war, it shouldn't be too difficult, and under the oppression of East Africans, there are more black people in Mozambique than before, so it's still very cost-effective to let them work," Bougivar said. ”

However, Maputo's departure from the heart of Mozambique and its location in the southernmost corner of the country are not conducive to the concentration of resources in Mozambique as a whole.

At the time of the Portuguese Empire, the Portuguese were certainly not like this, but later with the decline of the Portuguese Empire, the whole Portuguese society was full of decay and depravity, even in colonies like Mozambique.

Count Roberts is well aware of this, of course, compared to the Indians under his command, the Portuguese are still much better, although it is grinding, but the basic work can still be done, just like the Maputo city defense is very solid and solid.

Just like the ancient Yellow River, it often changes course, so there are many abandoned river channels and oxbow lakes, but the Yellow River is diverted to have sediment problems, and the Limpopo River is only affected by geostrophic deflection forces.

"And Shaokui is only more than 170 kilometers away from Maputo, so even if the headquarters is moved to Shaokui, it will not take too long, the only drawback is that Shaokui has a relatively low degree of construction, and there is no city defense advantage like Maputo, so we also have to recruit a large number of black slaves to build Shaokui, which requires the cooperation of the local government." Count Roberts said.

The Limpopo River basin is an important agricultural region in Mozambique, so even if East Africa cuts off Mozambique's external resource routes, there will be no food and water shortages.

In the Far Eastern Empire, where the Limpopo River can be developed, and areas with developed agriculture such as the Jianghan Plain, even in the hands of East Africa, it may become another grain base in East Africa.

In fact, the same is true of East Africa's arrangements for Mozambique, and the agricultural conditions of the entire region of Mozambique are comparable to those in East Africa only in the Great Lakes region, which is a natural agricultural base, and it is a bit tyrannical in the hands of a nation like Portugal, which is accustomed to taking shortcuts.

Bougival was not aware of the complaints in Count Roberts's heart, and his task was to assist the "Emperor" from England.

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Just like this South African war, without the support of Britain, according to Bougivall's estimates, Portugal may not be able to withstand even half a month, and the military of the East Africans is too strong compared to Portugal.

The Limpopo River has only inland water transport value, but this is perfect for the coalition forces now, after all, having an outlet means that East African warships can also sail into the inland waterway.

This is also an important reason why agriculture in the Limpopo River basin is relatively developed, with large alluvial plains in the lower reaches, flat terrain, fertile land, and abundant water resources.

"The Limpopo River is 100 meters wide, has a military defense function, and itself is one of the lines of defense that we have reserved, even if the East Africans break through the defense line of the Sawey River, we can still use the Limpopo River to deal with it, and Shaokui is surrounded by the Limpopo River on three sides, this is a favorable terrain similar to medieval Paris, we can easily complete the defense work by only building fortifications in the south." Count Roberts analyzed from the perspective of military value.

Of course, the shipping conditions mentioned by Bougival are naturally not as good as those of Maputo, which has a natural harbor and is more convenient to receive aid from the mainland.

Of course, Count Roberts is only exaggerating to say that the location of Sauqua is good, but it is far from the standard of the old city of Paris, which was built on an island in the middle of the Seine.

After the occupation of northern Mozambique by East Africa (north of the Zambezi River), a large number of blacks were driven into southern Mozambique, so the density of blacks in the Mozambique colonies became even denser.

Portugal is completely dependent on Britain for survival, which is not surprising even to Portugal itself, and the big brother of Britain is still relatively reliable.

The last straw that forced Count Roberts and Bougivar to move to the capital was that East African warships could directly threaten the security of Maputo, so Shoquay in the Limpopo River valley was more reassuring to the coalition forces in terms of security.

The only pity is that Portugal's development of the Limpopo River basin is too weak, and the downstream Limpopo River is all natural channels and a lot of undeveloped land.

Bougivar: "Shokui is located on the plains on the south bank of the Limpopo River, which has always been a more developed area of agriculture in Mozambique, so we can solve the food problem there, and most importantly, the shipping conditions in the lower reaches of the Limpopo River are quite good, and the distribution of supplies is relatively convenient. ”

On the other hand, although the Limpopo River is a relatively large river in South Africa, and the downstream shipping conditions are not bad, the estuary of the Limpopo River is very seriously silted, with a large number of shoals and silt, so there is no way to form an estuary port.

Therefore, it is not difficult to requisition black slaves from various tribes, although the strength of these black tribes has also risen, but the increase in population is not worth the guns in the hands of the Portuguese, coupled with the hundreds of years of power in Portugal, the local blacks have long been "tamed", not to mention that compared to East Africans, the Portuguese are "kind-eyed".

"Very good, we don't have much time, so it's best to set up the framework of Shaokui within the year, if we can't crack the East African offensive this year, we will be in a more dangerous situation next year." Count Roberts said.

(End of chapter)