Schwar's luck can only be said to be decent, because the actions of the East African Navy were still discovered by the Portuguese, and as a veteran soldier, it is impossible for Count Roberts to relax his attention to the enemy on the sea.

And for some time, the shelling of Mozambican ports by the East African Navy strengthened the minds of coalition commanders such as Count Roberts.

So the East African Navy and the Allied scouts collided, and the Navy reported the situation to Schwar.

"Lieutenant Schwar, our observers spotted a coalition detachment while on the lookout, they should have spotted us, have you abandoned this mission?"

Although the naval ships of the Port of New Hamburg are not large, there is still a great possibility of being identified in the offshore waters, and at this time there are very few merchant ships taking the East African route, and there are not many large-scale fleets like this, and the commercial fleet with this strength is generally not inferior to the Suez Canal toll, so there is no need to take the risk of passing through the East African route.

Of course, there are actually not a few ships taking the route from East Africa, except for British ships, East Africa will focus on checking whether there are "contraband", ships from other countries, East Africa will directly let go most of the time.

At present, the countries that take the most routes in East Africa are the ships of France and Austria-Hungary, France is because of the existence of the island of Madagascar, and at the same time Britain may have placed an order with France to transport its own inconvenient "goods" to Mozambique, for which East Africa knows well, but it is impossible for East Africa to offend Britain and then offend the French.

As for the Austro-Crarian merchant ships, in fact, many of them were East African vests, which were operated by the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company, and some of the merchant ships were remodeled, in addition to the Arabs, there were also many merchant ships, mainly for trade.

East Africa is a real "vast land", all kinds of resources are not small, and because of the development of East Africa, the productivity of the original region has been greatly improved, so this "fat" is difficult for people to give up, or it is impossible to give up at all, especially for Omani businessmen.

Now "Zanzibar" has completely become the territory of East Africa, so the Arabs in Zanzibar also choose to "recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors" and return to the embrace of the Sultanate of Oman.

But East Africa and the trade ties they have established are becoming more and more solid, which in turn has boosted the current Omani economy.

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

Oman is now an economic transit point for East Africa, and Omani businessmen in all Arab countries actively promote East African goods.

In addition, East Africa can also adjust its domestic production according to the import needs of the Omanis, such as camel breeding, which has re-emerged in the pastures of northern East Africa, and the city of Mombasa has become the center of East African camel exports.

There is also the spice crop of cloves, which are popular in Europe and the Arab region, and the East African coast and Zanzibar have always been the best quality producers, and this is the traditional clove cultivation area in the Arab region.

On the contrary, this kind of behavior of "doves occupying the magpie's nest" in East Africa has not been resisted much, because of the "generosity" of East Africa, so the two sides belong to a cooperative relationship.

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

But after only thinking about it for a while, Schwarn strengthened his conviction and said: "Major General Bruce, I'm sorry for you!" I decided to land the troops here anyway. ”

Bruce kindly reminded: "Originally, it was a different system, but I still want to persuade you, now we are likely to be 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 will take at least three rounds to send all the troops ashore."

For such a long time, I'm afraid that the reinforcements of the Football Alliance are coming, in that case, it is very likely that you will face the risk of annihilation, and the risk of your mission is high, so there is no need to risk your life to carry it out, you can completely abandon this mission. ”

Schwal was well aware of Major General Bruce's statement that he would not take the risk if there was a better option.

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

Bangkok Chi was the defensive line set up by the coalition forces south of Maputo to prevent an East African invasion, and there was actually no terrain to get from the port of New Hamburg to Maputo.

There is a large area of water around Bangkok, which is similar to the role of lakes on the Crimean Peninsula, and there are huge lakes and rivers near Bangkok, so with the help of Bangkok, it can effectively hinder the attack of East Africa.

To Schwar's question, Major General Bruce replied very clearly: "It's about thirty-five kilometers, and it's about seventy kilometers to Maputo." ”

The East African Navy's study of the Mozambique coastline was naturally very clear, so Rear Admiral Bruce easily gave an approximate distance.

Moreover, this landing site has also been chosen by the navy and the army for a long time, and the water conditions here are the most suitable for landing operations in the entire vicinity of Maputo, as for the reason, Schwar's next words can naturally be explained.

"That's right, it's not a long journey from here to Bangkok, but even if the Portuguese and British are as well-trained as our army, they can walk at most forty kilometers in one day, so it will take them at least half a day to get reinforcements from Bangkok, which is enough time for us to go ashore."

"Of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that the coastline on the map is less than 100 meters into the forest, and we can now see the lush landscape on the opposite side, which is very suitable for my small army to hide."

Schwar's base is the large area of primeval forest near the coast, which is very rich in precipitation on the eastern side of the Drakensian Mountains, and has a large forest resource.

In this environment, as long as Schwarn is fast enough, they can use this loophole to burrow into the enemy's rear.

"Of course, the premise is that the coalition forces do not have ambushes, but I think this is very unlikely, after all, it is impossible for the coalition forces to obtain information about our landing operation." Schwal said.

After all, the dense forest is very suitable for the Allied ambush, and it is not certain from the ship in East Africa, so the reason why the Allied scouts can be found have to rely on the coastal beaches.

Hearing Schwarn say this, Major General Bruce also felt that the feasibility was very high, and he said: "If you think so, then let's get started!" I'm afraid the Coalition scouts have already signaled, so you'd better pray that there are no Coalition troops nearby. ”

"No problem." It's another gamble, Schwal said, but he thinks he has a good chance of success.

Soon with the cooperation of the Navy, Schwar's regiment began to land, the Navy lowered lifeboats and boats into the sea, and the Army boarded the ships, first the personnel and then the equipment.

After an hour's effort, all of the Schwarn troops went ashore, and they were lucky enough to find no trace of the enemy for the time being, indicating that there were no coalition troops nearby.

Of course, the footprints of the coalition scouts are still left on the coast, through Schwar's observation, they should usually patrol along the beach along the coast, but today there is a series of footprints that are also dense forest, which shows that before Schwald's troops went ashore, these scouts chose to escape from the forest, after all, there is no cover on the coast, they dare not bet on the physical strength and marksmanship of the East Africans.

(End of chapter)