The high cost made dedicated flagships a thankless burden, at least diminishing their importance.
Although during this period the Empire Navy repeatedly adjusted the performance and technical specifications of the flagship, reducing requirements to control construction costs, the urgency of dedicated flagships was much less compared to other main Battleships during the war and was not a decisive weapon.
In the words of Liu Changxun, the officers and soldiers of the Fleet Headquarter were used to a fairly privileged life, so it was only right that they should suffer a bit during battle.
It was not until the second year of the war that the Empire Navy determined the main performance indicators for the flagship.
To put it simply, there was only one key point.
Under the premise of ensuring sufficiently high speed, enhance the command ability as much as possible, even if it means reducing or abolishing other combat capabilities.