Eleele Harbor.
"Your Excellency Governor, Rog has sent word that the Americans will make their move today. They must have already begun. Should we act as well?" Lieutenant Gladstone asked.
John Klan nodded. "It is already seven o'clock. I will first have our people on the island make preparations. We will launch the coup at six in the evening."
Gladstone did not object to John Klan's words. This operation could not be carried out entirely by their own people; they also needed to coordinate with East Africa's other forces lurking across the island.
Gladstone's two thousand men could not be scattered across the whole island. They had to be deployed in key locations. After all, Kauai was not small, and spreading their forces too thin would be detrimental to any potential conflict with the Americans.
Gladstone said, "When the time comes, I will lead the main force to Lihue. How many men should remain in Eleele?"
After thinking for a moment, John Klan said, "Three hundred men should be enough in Eleele. Any fewer, and there is a risk of being overrun; any more would hinder our control of Lihue. Once Lihue is under control, we may need to divide our forces to other areas in the east and north of the island. Therefore, you must retain at least one thousand troops in Lihue, and you must personally hold the fort there."
"Of course. Lihue has the largest population, so I will pay extra attention to it. As for the east and north of the island, the north requires greater vigilance. Once Lihue is controlled, the east will be secure as well. The north is mainly concentrated around Princeville, east of Hanalei Bay."
"Princeville is the second-most populous town on the island, and it lies around more than half the