Landing Successful

Schwar's luck could only be called middling. The East African Navy's operation had still been discovered by the Portuguese. As a seasoned soldier, Count Roberts could never relax his vigilance toward enemies at sea.

For some time now, the East African Navy's bombardment of Port of Mozambique had only further reinforced the views of Count Roberts and the other Allied commanders.

Thus, the East African Navy and the Allied scouts had run headlong into each other, and the navy reported the situation to Schwar.

"Lieutenant Schwar, our observers spotted an Allied patrol while keeping watch. They should have discovered our traces. Will you abandon this mission?"

Although New Hamburg Port's naval vessels were not large, they were still highly likely to be identified in coastal waters. Moreover, few merchant ships traveled the East African route at this time, and large convoys like this were even rarer. Commercial fleets with such strength generally did not begrudge the Suez Canal's tolls, so there was no need to risk taking the long way around via the East African route.

Of course, quite a few vessels still traveled the East African route. Aside from British ships, which East Africa would carefully inspect for "contraband," it usually let ships from other countries pass directly.

At present, the countries with the most ships using the East African route were France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. France did so because of Madagascar Island, and Britain might also have placed orders with France to transport "goods" that were inconvenient for it to send to Port of Mozambique itself. East Africa knew this perfectly well, but it could not offend the French after already offending Britain.

As for Austro-Hungarian merchant ships, many were actually East Africa's disguises. Through the operations of Hechingen Overseas Trading Company, some merchant ships had changed