"Mediation?" Ernst was only slightly surprised, but immediately, as expected, said: "The development of the situation is more or less as we anticipated, it's just that the British can't sit still even though the war situation isn't clear yet."
Constantine asked with some concern, "Are we really going to have a truce with Portugal?"
In Constantine's view, Angola and Mozambique are already within reach, and to let go at this moment would be too painful.
Ernst understood Constantine's thoughts. He himself wanted to take Portugal's two colonies in one fell swoop, but now clearly wasn't the time.
"There's no way we can swallow Portugal's two colonies whole this time. If it were just a dispute between us and Portugal, it wouldn't matter, but this war is actually a reflection of the conflict between us and Britain. So, the British will definitely safeguard Portugal's two colonies, as they need the Portuguese to contain our development in East Africa."
