Gurkhas

While New Hamburg City actively prepared for war, Wilson, commander of the British Royal Navy on the Indian Ocean, was at his wits' end.

"New Hamburg City is called a coastal city, but it is actually still some distance from the sea. If one had to be precise, it should be considered a lakeside city. Only a narrow, elongated waterway less than a kilometer wide connects it to the interior, and the East Africans must have artillery emplacements on both sides of that channel. Attacking New Hamburg City's urban area from there is simply impossible."

"Not only that, the coastline around East Africa's New Hamburg Port is too straight and full of hidden reefs and shoals, making it utterly unsuitable for ships to pass through. It is much like our Port Durban; it is difficult to attack such terrain from the sea," the adjutant added.

In fact, the British Army could not even approach the entrance to the long, narrow channel leading into New Hamburg City. Sending small vessels to land troops in New Hamburg City was possible, but it would require a great many ships and men—something the Cape Town Navy did not possess.

"New Hamburg City's navy is avoiding battle as well. Didn't we come here for nothing?"

New Hamburg City's navy had only five main combat vessels, so naturally it would not stubbornly force itself into battle with the British. Its fleet was now huddled in the inner waters of New Hamburg Bay, Richard's Bay, while the defense work mainly relied on the army's artillery.

New Hamburg City's coastal artillery was built to the highest standards in all of East Africa. It consisted of numerous coastal defense systems, including semi-bunkers poured from reinforced concrete, mobile artillery, and fixed gun emplacements. It was naturally not something Britain could