As East Africa assessed the results of the First Five-Year Plan and began preparations for the Second Five-Year Plan, the distant waters of the Far East also saw the Russian and Imperial Japanese navies enter their final showdown.
Although the Russian Navy, having received a certain degree of assistance from East Africa, was in far better spirits than in the previous life, once it truly clashed with the Imperial Japanese Navy, it again fell into a perilous situation. In particular, the mistakes of its commanders and decision-makers caused the Russian Navy to repeat its old mistakes. The Russo-Japanese naval battle began moving in the direction Ernst had hoped for—or rather, the direction hoped for by every country in the world except the belligerents. However, the benefits East Africa could gain from the Russo-Japanese War were ultimately far fewer than those it could reap from the Spanish-American War and the like.
Port Bagamoyo.
As East Africa's earliest center of shipbuilding, Port Bagamoyo bore the primary responsibility for the current construction of the East African Navy, especially its battleships.
As the Russo-Japanese naval battle broke out, more and more details came into the hands of East African military industry shipyards, and the original battleship construction plans were redrawn.
Rolalaina, chief engineer of Bagamoyo First Shipyard, reassessed the previously conservative battleship designs.
Rolalaina said, "According to battlefield reports from the Far East, it has once again been proven that only heavy naval guns of three hundred millimeters or greater can become the key to deciding victory or defeat in naval warfare. The future is still an era of great ships and giant guns."
"Therefore, for the construction of new battleships, I advocate raising displacement from the original eighteen thousand tons to at least more than twenty thousand tons, while eliminating some secondary