Intervening in the Russo-Japanese War was merely one idle move on Ernst's chessboard, ultimately a side path. Aside from the belligerents, the nations that would reap the dividends of the war were bound to be Britain, America, and France. East Africa could only come afterward.
Therefore, with the Russo-Japanese War yet to break out, Ernst still had to focus on the development of his own country's industry, economy, military, and other fields.
Port Bagamoyo.
At that moment, Port Bagamoyo was holding a celebration. Vice Admiral of the East African Navy Kainmas raised a bottle of champagne and hurled it at the bow of an enormous vessel.
The champagne bottle shattered against the ship's bow. The vessel sounded its horn, the dock gates opened, and East Africa's fourth new domestically built battleship slowly emerged from the dock and berthed at the pier.
By this point, East Africa had four battleships among its first-class surface combat vessels. During the First Five-Year Plan, the East African Navy had continued to advance steadily, rather than massively expanding its naval power like other nations.
Gazing at the newly launched battleship, Vice Admiral Kainmas was in high spirits. Though it was an experimental vessel, the launch of the Bagamoyo meant that East Africa now possessed four battleships.
By now, warship development had thoroughly returned to the age of battleships, while ironclads had become relics of the past. Yet among East Africa's main surface combat vessels, ironclads still made up the greater part.
Therefore, the East African Navy welcomed every new battleship. Although the Bagamoyo's specific performance figures and reliability could not yet be guaranteed, the East African Navy was already more than satisfied.
The Bagamoyo's designer, Hantonio, said to the crowd, "Since the 1890s, advances in large-caliber naval artillery have greatly improved the power, range,