Besides northern Mozambique, East Africa had also acquired the southern third of Angola. Ernst had no intention of developing this region just yet.
Angola lay along the Atlantic Ocean coast. In other words, it was not as easy to intervene there as in the Indian Ocean. East Africa could display its naval strength in the Indian Ocean, but the Atlantic Ocean was another matter. Its naval forces could not possibly be scattered about—what if the British played dirty?
Ernst's concerns were by no means unfounded. Though he disliked Britain, he had to admit that Britain was an extremely pragmatic country—or, one could say, utterly unscrupulous. To achieve its aims, it cared nothing for saving face. Otherwise, how could it have become the world hegemon? Britain was no bigger than a fart, after all. Without some vicious tricks up its sleeve, it could never have held Germany, France, Austria, Russia, America, and all the other nations in the palm of its hand.
In the past, Ernst naturally had not been qualified to call Britain no bigger than a fart. Now, however, East Africa was indeed large enough to say such things.
Cape Town was still in British hands, and Britain's strength in the Atlantic Ocean was formidable. Saint Helena, where Napoleon had once been imprisoned, was not far from Angola, and the mainland Britain navy could sail south without obstruction. Thus, if the East African Navy dispersed its strength into the Atlantic Ocean, Britain had the power to wipe out East Africa's Atlantic fleet.
Moreover, Britain had the motive to do so. East Africa had at least formed a grudge with Britain, and in practice, East Africa had already become one of Britain's enemies.
Thus, Ernst was uneasy about dispersing his limited naval strength into the Atlantic Ocean. The Indian Ocean