In the following days, with Li Yunxiang accompanying him, Bai Zhizhan visited several military bases nearby, including the Trincomalee Military Port.
The Navy, after careful selection, ultimately chose Trincomalee, not because the Colombo Port wasn't large enough, but rather because they wished to avoid any conflict with the Army, who had made their move first.
Trincomalee had been a military port in the past, but it was one belonging to the Royal Bulan Navy.
Before the Empire's Navy dominated the Fan Flame Ocean, Trincomalee served as a transfer port between Mumbai and Lion Spring City, primarily providing supplies for passing ships. During the era of the Ironclad Ships, there was also the largest coal depot in the North Fan Flame Ocean region, capable of supplying coal for the boilers of the entire fleet.
As the Empire's Navy wasn't seeking military occupation, Trincomalee was abandoned during the era when the Empire reigned over the Fan Flame Ocean.
