On the sea, five warships of the Navy of the Port of New Hamburg and two merchant ships came "mightily" in the direction of Maputo.

Although it was only a short distance, it did not react much to the large East African Army soldiers who boarded the ship, and only a few people could not stand the sea bumps and felt a wave of dizziness, which was a symptom of seasickness.

However, this performance also made the captain of the team feel a little dissatisfied with the team leader Schwar, of course, this is in combination with his own experience, although he is not seasick, but he also feels a little overturned in his body, and the slight discomfort makes him have a new understanding of the sea.

"It seems that the Wehrmacht should organize a unit specifically for landing operations, between the navy and the army, and the turbulence on the sea is not something that everyone can bear, so it must receive relevant training, or let the army receive more training in this special environment, and maybe it will encounter this special combat situation in the future." Schwal said.

In fact, compared with most countries, the performance of the East African Army is very good, because East African immigrants arrive in East Africa across the sea, so they have a certain ability to withstand the wind, waves and bumps on the sea, but after East African immigrants arrive in East Africa, they rarely go to the sea again.

This is mainly due to the fact that the marine fisheries in East Africa are not well developed, although the marine fishery resources in East Africa are very rich, and there are Somali Currents in the east and Benguela Currents in the west, which can form fishing grounds.

However, East Africa is not a country that relies on the sea to eat the sea, but for the sake of national development, it will more actively open up inland, and this policy is certainly correct; without inland development, then this South African war, East Africa will definitely be in trouble.

Without the support of the three central provinces, as well as the laying of the central railway and telegraph network, the supply of materials and troops in East Africa could only be carried out by animal power and manpower for long distances, and the combat situation in East Africa would not be much better than that of Britain and Portugal, which needed cross-sea support, and intelligence work alone would be enough to collapse East Africa.

Of course, the development of coastal areas is not stagnant in favor of inland resources, and marine fisheries still exist in coastal cities such as Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Dar es Salaam.

However, another factor contributing to the lack of development of marine fisheries in East Africa is the inconvenience of preservation and transportation.

The coastline of East Africa is straight, and there is a lack of excellent seaports, so that the coastal population of East Africa is bound to not be too much relative to the population of East Africa, on the other hand, looking at Europe, the continent is fragmented, there are many coastal residents, and there are no longer a few countries that survive by fishing, such as Greece, the cradle of European civilization, is a typical maritime civilization, and East Africa lacks a developed canal network like Europe.

The fishing industry in East Africa can refer to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the coastline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is less than that of East Africa, but the area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is also smaller than that of East Africa, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is deep in the hinterland of Europe, so the local people have the habit of eating more freshwater fish.

The eating habits of East African immigrants are actually in line with the habits of mainland countries, and the main body of East African immigrants can be divided into three parts, one is the Far East immigrants, the Far East has experienced a long-term policy of "closing the country", and even many seaports and fishing villages have developed in recent years, which is also the reason for the unfavorable development of the Far Eastern Imperial Navy.

Then there is the Swabian region as the center of the South German group, which can be said to be the core component of East African culture, including the Heshingen royal family, many pure Germans come from the South German region, and the South German region, like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, naturally lived in the interior far from the sea, so it was also a traditional farming group.

Finally, there are the Austro-Khatronic immigrants, but the Austro-Hungarian immigrants are mixed, and like the ethnic composition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there are a large number of Slavs in general.

Therefore, in terms of national composition, East Africa is a real traditional agricultural civilization country, not a maritime civilization country, and various factors make the marine fishery in East Africa underdeveloped.

On the other hand, maritime trade is increasing every year, and the main reason for the increase in maritime trade is that inland development has led to a great increase in the variety of goods and commodities that can be used for international trade in East Africa.

So there is a positive correlation between the two, and the stronger the inland development, the stronger the maritime trade.

Of course, there are exceptions, as in the present state of war, when East Africa's ocean-going trade suffered a major setback, but this is only a special situation in times of war.

And this is not entirely a bad thing for East Africa, just like after the restriction of overseas trade in East Africa, many industrial production and imported parts in East Africa have been affected to a certain extent, which makes East Africa's industrial sectors and factories have to be more attentive on the road of "self-sufficiency", which has catalyzed the deepening of localization to a certain extent.

In this regard, East Africa has actually had the conditions to realize the independent research and development and production of some core equipment, but it is affected by the environmental impact of "making is better than buying", and there is no room to play.

After the trade restrictions, many equipment was sanctioned by the United Kingdom, which stimulated the "creative" thinking of the whole of East Africa.

Of course, this is based on the achievements of East Africa's initial industrial system and compulsory education construction.

At present, science and technology have not developed to the point where it is easy to be completely monopolized, which is also an important reason for the rapid development of East Africa.

Just like the scientific and technological revolution in the 21st century, such as new energy, artificial intelligence, big data, etc., countries such as the Far Eastern Empire and the United States have actually further widened the gap in the world's scientific and technological level.

For example, in Africa, many countries cannot even master the technology of the first industrial revolution, let alone the third scientific and technological revolution, if the foundation is not laid, there will only be more and more lessons to be made up.

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Schwar's idea is actually that of the Marine Corps, and as a 21st century Ernst naturally thinks about it, but there is no need to develop similar services in East Africa.

The first is that other countries are not involved in this field, so Ernst is not in a hurry, and the second is that East Africa is still centered on the African continent rather than the sea, so there is no such demand.

Now East Africa is just a sip of the leftovers of colonialism, and the colonies around the world are just leftovers that other countries do not pay attention to.

Of course, the leftovers are not necessarily not unattended, just like the South Ryukyu Islands, for a country like Japan that lacks land resources, the leftovers are also very fragrant, but now Japan does not have the ability to lift the table, especially after being suppressed by East Africa to a certain extent, the national strength in the same period is not as good as the level of the previous life.

All in all, there will definitely be arms such as the Marine Corps, but not at this time, just like the Air Force and the mechanized troops Ernst are also covetous, but there are no conditions for it to be realized for the time being.

Having said that, Schwar's sneak attack on Maputo's southern defense line was actually less than 300 kilometers away from the port of New Hamburg.

This can only be regarded as a short-range cross-sea operation, but Schwarr's ability to spot problems also shows that he is good at thinking.

However, the total number of the regiment led by Schwarr was only more than 2,000 people, and it was very likely that the enemy would be attacked from both sides by going deep behind enemy lines, so it was very dangerous.

Of course, the most dangerous part was that there was no direct port of call between the port of New Hamburg and Maputo, which meant that Schwar's troops had to land by small naval boats.

If the Portuguese find out, it is very likely that they will be trapped at sea, which is a matter of luck, that is, betting that the Portuguese will not pay attention to the patrol of the coastline.

(End of chapter)