Victory brought Tōgō high office, international honors, and membership of Japan's Supreme War Council. As chief of the Naval General Staff, he continued strengthening the infrastructure behind the fleet. Requests for more ships were paired with demands for the maritime industry and logistics needed to use them. The sequence mattered because an expanded fleet without sustainable support would consume money without creating reliable combat power.
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Building infrastructure after Tsushima
As chief of the Naval General Staff, Tōgō argued that fleet expansion was wasteful unless industrial and logistical capacity grew first.