While East Africa was assessing the results of the First Five-Year Plan and beginning preparations for the Second Five-Year Plan, in the distant waters of the Far East, the Japanese and Russian navies were also迎来 their final showdown.
Even though the Russian Navy, which had received a certain degree of assistance from East Africa, was in noticeably better spirits than in the previous timeline, once it actually clashed with the Japanese Navy, it immediately fell into a perilous situation. In particular, the mistakes made by command and decision-making personnel caused the Russian Navy to repeat the same old mistakes. The Russo-Japanese naval battle began to develop in the direction Ernst had hoped for, or rather, in the direction desired by all countries in the world other than the belligerents themselves. However, the benefits East Africa could extract from the Russo-Japanese War were ultimately too limited, far inferior to those from the Spanish-American War and the like.
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