Relocation

Boom! Boom! Boom...

On the Indian Ocean, East African ironclads and gunboats began bombarding Maputo. Shells left mottled scars across the fortress walls built of black boulders, a testament to Maputo's strength as a fortress.

"Maputo is no longer safe. Aside from the East African Army in New Hamburg City eyeing us like a tiger watches its prey, the East African warships on the Indian Ocean have also become a grave threat to Maputo." Bugival spoke to Count Roberts with a grim expression.

In truth, the Allied forces had long anticipated that East Africa would attack Maputo from the sea. But when that day truly arrived, the Allied forces still felt immense pressure.

"The sea is under East African control. Maputo has effectively become an isolated city. Other than to the north, Maputo lies very close to East African forces in every direction. Therefore, I suggest relocating the command headquarters inland or northward."

What Bugival meant naturally included the Governor of Mozambique's office. Maputo could no longer provide anyone with a sense of security.

To Maputo's south lay East Africa's Southern Frontier Province, while to its west was the former Kingdom of Eswatini, now part of Hechingen Province. The Indian Ocean also faced the threat of East African warships. In this way, East Africa had formed a deployment of superior forces that half-encircled Maputo.

Within this half-encirclement, every point lay less than two hundred kilometers from Maputo. If East Africa were to sever the northern route as well, Maputo would be completely surrounded.

Count Roberts said, "You make sense. In fact, from the beginning, Maputo was fairly suitable as the location of our headquarters. It is merely that the situation of the war changed too quickly and differed somewhat from what we had anticipated before the war, creating Maputo's current