Cabinda.
As an important port established by Portugal in Angola, Cabinda had been founded far too late to compare with Luanda or Benguela.
At present, Cabinda was really just a small village left behind by the Portuguese along the Atlantic coast—or rather, a small military fortress. Not only was its area tiny, but its infrastructure was also incomplete in every respect.
Luanda and Benguela had both been developed for over a century, while Cabinda was a northern coastal fortress city that the Portuguese had only begun constructing in the 1880s. Had the Berlin Conference not convened and Belgium not established its colony, the Portuguese would never have taken an interest in this stretch of coastal rainforest.
Of course, Cabinda had another important function: it could contain the mouth of the Congo River. Previously, East Africa and Portugal had been hostile to one another, so the Portuguese developed Cabinda partly to blockade East Africa's access to the sea through the Congo River.
Now, East Africa had decided to expand and rebuild this key West Coast military town, which was no larger than a fishing village.
"The Portuguese stronghold in Cabinda is less than three hundred meters from east to west, covering roughly more than five thousand square meters. There are fewer than three hundred buildings in this area, and around a thousand people used to live here."
East African city designer Dierca said to Barco, Cabinda's Military Commander, "So demolishing Cabinda will not be difficult. The challenge lies in the vast rainforest surrounding it, which is unfavorable for urban construction. We must first mobilize large numbers of people to cut down and clear the tropical rainforest before we can make room to build Cabinda Port."
Cabinda was currently the garrison of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade under the 331st