Five-Year Navy Construction Plan

"Minister Thomas, isn't the Ministry of Defense's Navy construction plan a little too outrageous? Even setting aside the country's financial problems, do we really need to build this many warships within five years?" Inside the State Council, Prime Minister Raul looked at the navy construction plan report submitted by Defense Minister Thomas and asked in disbelief.

Prime Minister Raul knew that the Naval Limitation Treaty had collapsed. He also understood that Australasia had to join the naval arms race in the coming years and raise the nation's naval strength as much as possible.

The problem was that the Navy construction plan submitted by Minister Thomas was far too outrageous. It was an enormous plan the likes of which Australasia had never seen before.

"I hope you can give me a suitable reason. Otherwise, you can go persuade the Cabinet meeting and His Majesty yourself!" Prime Minister Raul looked at the utterly unperturbed Thomas and said sourly.

"Your Excellency, I believe you also understand the importance of building up the navy at present." Defense Minister Thomas explained unhurriedly, "Things are different now. Our relationship with the British people isn't as close as we imagined.

To guarantee the safety of our territory, we must strengthen our naval forces in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

Secondly, the Japanese have clearly begun treating us as potential competitors. If we allow their shipbuilding plan to proceed, the Japanese navy will surpass ours. That is something we absolutely cannot accept.

If we lose our advantage over the Japanese navy, we may well fall behind in our competition with them, or even lose our hegemony over the Pacific Ocean.

For these reasons, I believe it is necessary to expand our navy on a large scale and ensure our hegemony in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean."