July 11, 1937.
Nanyang, Billiton Island.
This large island, wedged between the Strait of Malacca, the Sunda Strait, and the Far East Empire's South Sea, was also home to the headquarters of the East African Pacific Fleet.
In Billiton Island's harbor, the immense fleet radiated a cyberpunk-like intimidation. These steel behemoths formed the most powerful fleet in the Nanyang maritime territory, and the Pacific's third-largest naval force after Japan and the United States.
The Pacific Fleet's total tonnage stood at roughly 140,000 tons, perhaps on par with the Soviet Pacific Fleet, which was estimated to fluctuate between 120,000 and 150,000 tons.
However, whether it was East Africa or the Soviet Navy, both could only be considered second-tier forces in the Pacific region, far behind the Imperial Japanese Navy and America's Pacific Fleet.
The American Pacific Fleet maintained a total tonnage of at least 500,000 tons, while the Japanese Combined Fleet was the undisputed "overlord" of the Pacific region, with total tonnage exceeding 700,000 tons.
Japan's entire navy possessed over one million tons of warships, around 1.3 million tons in all. During the same period, the United States' total national naval tonnage was only slightly greater than Japan's, but the American Navy was divided between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Japan's naval strength, meanwhile, was highly concentrated, giving it an overwhelming advantage over every country in the Pacific region.
East Africa's total naval strength in the Pacific region was not limited to the Pacific Fleet. Including the Alaska Navy Fleet and the Indian Ocean Navy Fleet stationed at the Sunda Strait, it amounted to roughly 170,000 tons.
Looking at it this way, Japan's naval power in the Pacific was greater than that of the United States, East Africa, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the Far East Empire combined.
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