Rookies Pecking at Each Other

As Count Roberts's mindset changed, the South African battlefield underwent a highly negative shift. The coalition forces, who had always taken the initiative to attack, abandoned their original methods and instead began shifting toward normal military operations.

Based on the British army's previous state, they had intended to rely on their "advanced" military weapons to wipe out East Africa in a single wave. However, they had severely underestimated this opponent.

Count Roberts's adjustments also happened to align with the thoughts of the frontline commanders. Do not be fooled by the frequent reports of "great victories"—in reality, the British frontline commanders had grievances they could not voice, nor could they openly admit that their insufficient preparations and underestimation of the enemy had led to such disastrous results.

Thus, Count Roberts's orders gave them a way out, allowing them to follow the slope downhill. British commanders began growing more professional in their tactics and methods, but this also caused the pace of the frontline war to slow abruptly.

The East African National Defense Army found this change extremely uncomfortable, because once British command became more professional, it also became far more difficult to deal with.

Amid these changing circumstances, time swiftly arrived in May.

Neither side achieved any major results. Although East Africa possessed new weapons such as the Maxim machine gun, as well as artillery no weaker than Britain's, the Maxim machine gun, despite its immense power, could largely be avoided as long as the British adjusted their tactics slightly after adapting to it.

At the same time, Britain urgently pushed domestic production of the "Maxim machine gun" and rushed to purchase a batch of Maxim machine guns from Belgium for use on the South African battlefield.

The gap in strength between the two sides was not great. It all depended