Chapter 78: No Opportunity (Long Chapter)

With the commissioning of the "Rome," the smell of gunpowder in the world suddenly thickened. Tensions between Shinra and Britain, the two behemoths, made all nations tremble with fear, apprehensive that an inadvertent involvement could grind them to powder.

Then, an interesting scene unfolded. After the Vienna Government and the London Government announced their naval construction plans, inaugurating the naval arms race, the rest of the world turned a blind eye.

It was not just the absence of "Super Battleship" constructions, even conventional warships rarely saw any new national projects. It seemed that everyone was determined to counter this "arms competition" through sheer disregard.

Thinking about it, it made sense. The advantage held by Shinra and Britain was long established. The naval strength of any one of them exceeded that of the next five countries combined.