The war is going badly just as several foreign customers return ships they no longer want. Accepting every cancelled order would saddle the navy with crews and maintenance costs it cannot support. The useful new unit Carl is kept, selected ships receive repairs, and the rest are scrapped to recover financial room. An export program can transfer risk back to the builder when buyers cancel, especially when the domestic fleet is already overextended. Raw hull numbers are less valuable than a force the state can repair, crew, and operate.
Notable Point · 1:45:10-1:53:11
Scrapping surplus ships to stabilize the budget
War losses and cancelled foreign orders force a selective repair and scrapping program rather than automatic absorption of every returned ship.