"It can be fully committed to real combat," Arthur said with a smile.
The true reason for Arthur's trip, bringing along one of the R108 battleships, was to showcase the real combat capability of the Australasian Navy to the outside world.
The Islanders claim their Nagato Battleship is the strongest active battleship. I wonder what they will think now that the Australasian R108 battleship has made an appearance?
Hearing that the Australasian battleship could be committed to combat, King George V nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Then try to end the wars in Central America and the Philippines by mid-year, so that the people of these two regions can welcome peace in the second half of the year."
From the perspective of controlling the Panama Canal, there's no doubt that the sooner actions are taken, the more effective they will be.