By the time Howell finally made his decision, Schwarn had already led the people out of the forest, and the forest was indeed not suitable for marching, that is, the Portuguese were too grinding, otherwise Schwarn felt that he would definitely be blocked here.

Looking at the familiar grassland, Schwarr's hanging heart finally let go, but at this time the crisis is far from being resolved, after all, it is a lonely army, so it is better to find a safe place first.

"Commander, which direction are we going?"

Schwar: "To the west, but we must find a foothold today, there is no time to grind here, the enemy has already discovered our tracks, so this time we can only get through the current difficulties." ”

At this time, Schvaldo can't be allowed to think, after all, East Africa is not too familiar with this area, although there are maps provided by the military intelligence service, but it is not too detailed.

And whether you go south or north, you can encounter the main forces of the coalition forces, so only the west is the safest in Schwar's opinion.

Of course, Schwarn also had the idea of meeting with the main force of this roundabout operation, this time there were two troops in East Africa that went deep behind enemy lines, and in addition to his own regiment, there was also a brigade that entered the enemy's rear from the western mountains.

It's just that their speed is definitely much slower than that of the Schwarn Department who walks by sea and land, so Schwarn has to find a way to survive these days.

The most important thing is to deal with the problem of material supply, which is the biggest problem for the survival of the Schwarn department, and the East African Defense Force will completely lose its logistics after the lone army penetrates, and everything can only be found from the enemy.

However, Schwal thinks that the problem should not be too big, after all, the amount of supplies needed by the British and Portuguese at the front must be huge, and these supplies can only be sent from Maputo to the front.

In other words, the location where the Schwarn Department is now located is the enemy's supply line, as long as the den is found, the Schwarn Department can attack from all sides and rob the enemy's transport convoy.

At the same time, he also has to face the risk of encirclement and suppression by the enemy, but for this he has nothing to fear, because the main force of the East African front should be able to hold back most of the enemy's forces.

Therefore, the troops that the enemy can send will most likely be garrisons in the direction of Maputo.

However, he only needs to wait for two or three days, and then the situation will change dramatically, and then the enemy will have to face the interference of a main brigade in East Africa in the west, and the East African army on the front line will continue to put pressure on the coalition forces.

In this way, the pressure on Schwal will be greatly reduced, and there will be more room for manoeuvre, of course, to clean up the enemy's supply lines is only a secondary part of this combat mission.

More importantly, the enemy forces on the front line are backstabbed, thus causing confusion among the coalition forces on the front line, and the main combat mission must be completed by other troops.

Thinking of this, Schwal said: "We are going to march at least thirty kilometers west before dark, throwing off the tail behind the buttocks. ”

Now that it is almost dark, it is safer to march at night and easier to get out of the enemy's crisis, which is a compulsory course for the East African army.

And based on Schwar's many years of experience, the British and Portuguese certainly had no way to continue the pursuit of Schwar's troops.

It takes a lot of time to reach the East African landing sites, and even longer if you are pursuing East African troops.

This is all the more evident from the fact that the enemy's largest forces have not appeared at present, indicating that the enemy's nearest troops are not close to the place where the Schwarn troops landed, and now two hours have passed, so the enemy should have walked 80 kilometers even if he reached a speed of 40 kilometers per hour.

Of course, it is impossible for the enemy's speed to reach this fast, according to the marching speed of most Portuguese troops, it can reach thirty or forty kilometers a day, which is the elite of the elite, like the Indian army is very grinding, walking at most one or twenty kilometers a day.

And the most normal British in the coalition army did not have much problem at this point, but Britain could not draw troops now, and Count Roberts adhered to the method of using good steel on the blade.

Divide the troops into four major parts, the British army is the absolute main force of the war, so it must be deployed in the most intense places of war, such as the front line or important cities, strongholds, fortresses, etc.

The second is the Portuguese, the pure Portuguese army is mainly responsible for planning the military operations of the British army, generally deployed on the two flanks of the British army, and assisting the main force of the British army.

Then there were the blacks, who were generally used as cannon fodder, which had been found to be very useful by the coalition forces, and the black units were more powerful than the Indian and even some Portuguese troops.

Finally, there are the Indians, who are mainly responsible for logistics and other work, because the Indians are too inferior in warfare, and it is easy to cause bad results on the front line, so that there are bigger holes.

After several "educations" in the early days of the war, Count Roberts and the British military top brass no longer dared to challenge the "bottom line" of the Indians, which turned out to be completely bottom-line.

This also means that if the Schwarn Ministry fights the idea of allied logistics, I am afraid it will be very easy to get it, because the Indians are in charge of this part.

It's just that the coalition forces didn't think that East Africa would go deep behind enemy lines and attack their logistics lines, in fact, it was not without consideration.

It's just that East Africa has been fighting with the coalition forces for more than half a year, but almost no lone army has gone deep behind enemy lines, so this has made the coalition forces relax their vigilance.

Coupled with the deployment of "heavy troops" by the coalition forces along the coastline, it should be "foolproof" in Roberts' opinion, but Count Roberts miscalculated again.

The troops in charge of the coastline are mainly "Portuguese", and although the Portuguese do not often break the "routine" like the Indian soldiers, they will definitely "frighten everyone".

Just as Schwar's ministry was able to enter the rear of Mozambique, it was completely dependent on the laxity of the Portuguese army, but the Portuguese army did not do nothing.

At least they are still on regular patrols, and if the Indians are allowed to guard the coastline, I am afraid that they will most likely not find any traces of East Africans.

After all, patrolling the coastline can be "falsely reported", just like signing in, as long as the commander can't see it, who knows if he has completed the task seriously when he leaves the barracks, and how to say that it is not according to his own ideas.

……

At the time of the successful landing of Schwald's troops and the successful penetration into the enemy's rear, an even larger fleet of ships in the Indian Ocean was approaching Maputo in the darkness of the night.

This combined force is the East African Navy and the Guards Division, which also has its own small navy and serves as the main force on land, this time targeting northern Maputo.

In this way, the partition and encirclement of the enemy around Maputo in East Africa is being completed, and now a small encirclement has taken shape.

The encirclement was to be completed by the Guards Division, in cooperation with the Western and Southern Military Districts, with the Guards Division carrying a large number of heavy weapons, while the Navy and the Guards Division's small navy would also cooperate in launching a new assault on Maputo.

In this way, Maputo and the surrounding forces will be divided into two parts, forming a strategic pattern of large rings and small rings.

In this way, there is a real risk that Maputo will become an isolated city, thus cutting off the communication and command of the coalition forces and the rest of the regional forces.

It's just that what the East African side didn't expect was that half a month ago, the commander-in-chief of the British army, Count Roberts, and the governor of Mozambique, Bougival, had already transferred the headquarters of the coalition forces to Shaokui in the north of the Limpopo River valley, which was considered to have run away in advance.

(End of chapter)