After the two army groups of the German Navy E Army Corps marched to the South Seas, German military strength in Indochina and Australia was reinforced. The arrival of the 8th Air Group further greatly increased German military air power in the South Seas. Although the Island Nation's Army had completely occupied the Dutch East Indies, whether it sought to attack Indochina or Australia, it encountered enormous difficulties.
Before the Island Nation Navy recovered its strength, crushed the German Navy in one stroke, and won command of the seas in the South Seas and the waters near Australia, the Island Nation's Army simply could not cross the straits and land in Indochina or Australia.
However, the strength of the German Navy Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet was also recovering. The Indian Ocean Fleet's two heavily damaged aircraft carriers were undergoing urgent repairs and would soon be restored to combat capability. Their accompanying carrier-based aircraft had arrived at Lion City even earlier; once the aircraft carriers were repaired, they could embark and form combat strength.
Moreover, at the request of Emperor Qin Tian of the Empire, the Imperial Navy Ministry intended to assign two of the four Sovereign-class battleships about to enter service to the Indian Ocean Fleet. Of the other two, one would replenish the Home Fleet, which had lost an aircraft carrier in the Battle of the Azores. The last one would be assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, strengthening its power.
Once the Indian Ocean Fleet acquired two Sovereign-class aircraft carriers, its strength would increase greatly. It would become even more difficult for the Island Nation Navy to defeat the German Navy Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet.
For a time, the war situation between the Island Nation and Germany in the South Seas fell into