If Britain and East Africa went to war, it would naturally play out on two fronts: naval warfare and land warfare. Among the world's major powers, the British Army could be said to be the weakest, so any war between the two nations would inevitably be centered on naval battles.
Though on the surface, the British Royal Navy was vastly stronger than East Africa's, with the Royal Navy being five times as powerful and its total warship tonnage reaching an astonishing two million tons, the East African Navy's total warship tonnage had only just surpassed four hundred thousand tons.
At present, calculated by total naval tonnage, the East African Navy ranked sixth in the world. In order, they were Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Japan, and East Africa.
After reaping the windfall of warships handed over by Russia, Japan's total naval tonnage had reached more than four hundred thousand tons, placing it above East Africa for the moment. The United States, Germany, and France all stood above eight hundred thousand tons, and no clear gap had yet opened among the three.
Looking at it this way, the East African Navy's standing among the world's naval powers was not especially prominent. However, considering the quality of its warships, the East African Navy should have been able to rank fifth in the world.
Although the Imperial Japanese Navy was slightly larger in scale than East Africa's, many of its warships were old Russian vessels seized as prizes. East Africa, meanwhile, also held advantages in dreadnoughts and submarines.
Even so, the gap between the East African Navy and those of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France remained enormous. This also reflected the urgent need for East Africa to restart its naval arms race.
If it fell too far behind other countries,