Eddington shook his head and sighed softly with a somber expression.
Isabella remained calm and asked, "Has the shipyard not designed any new warships yet?"
Upon hearing this, Eddington replied with a bitter expression, "The designers could only think of adding iron armor to the warships, but this would make the warships very heavy and greatly reduce their speed. In fact, this is an outdated solution."
"Warships need more powerful propulsion, but... what kind of propulsion? Nobody knows."
Isabella raised an eyebrow and asked, "How come the Yan Kingdom's warships are able to exert such power at sea?"
Eddington shook his head and said helplessly, "That's their unique technology. Their warships can not only sail with the wind, but they can also sail in the calm zone."
"It's related to the smokestacks on their warships. The white mist is clearly caused by one of their technologies, and we have no way of knowing anything about the structure of their warships."
“If we had captured their warships in the previous naval battles, brought them back to study, figured them out, and then copied them, then we might have been able to build the same warships. But we…” He gave a bitter smile.
Isabella didn't know much about warships, but she knew their importance. So when she heard the answer, she bit her lip and her brows furrowed even more.
Eddington lowered his head and remained silent.
A moment later, Isabella suddenly said, "Then we should try to acquire their warships."
Upon hearing this, Eddington abruptly looked up and saw Isabella's unusually cold expression. He immediately understood Isabella's thoughts.
But in the end, he shook his head: "Your Majesty, you must know that we can't even leave our territorial waters now."
"The Yan Kingdom has a large number of warships, distributed around various islands. If we make any move, they will not only detect it immediately, but may even launch a joint operation..."
“You said before that in the current tense situation, we absolutely cannot have a conflict with Yan Kingdom, because we can no longer afford the price.”
After Eddington finished speaking, Isabella put her hand to her forehead, let out a barely audible sigh, and then said in a muffled voice:
"So that means that until we can build ironclad behemoths similar to those of the Yan Kingdom on our own, our fleet is essentially useless, and our sovereignty over our territorial waters cannot be guaranteed, right?"
Faced with this pointed question, Eddington was momentarily at a loss for words. After a long pause, he nodded helplessly and said:
"As you say, that is so, Your Majesty."
"Furthermore, the Yan Kingdom has recently shown new trends, which pose a threat to us that cannot be ignored..."
Isabella didn't respond to that question. Instead, she changed the subject, her gaze becoming serious, and said, "You said that Yan Kingdom already has advanced warships, so what about their army...?"
"Could they also possess advanced weapons that we don't understand?"
Eddington was taken aback, and after a moment of realization, he stammered, "Well... it's hard to say. Things on warships may not be suitable for land."
Isabella raised an eyebrow and continued, "But in addition to their high speed and excellent defensive capabilities, their warships also have strong firepower."
"Otherwise, how did they sink our warships?"
"Although I am not particularly familiar with these weapons, I asked General Karlov and his men. They said that the cannons mounted on warships are powerful, so they should have the same power on land, or even be more powerful."
Eddington looked at Isabella with some surprise. Although he knew that Her Majesty the Queen was a meticulous person, he really did not know that Isabella would know so much.
“Your Majesty, since you have already asked them, you should... have your own judgment by now…” Eddington replied meekly.
Upon hearing this answer, Isabella slowly rose, walked expressionlessly to the windowsill with her hands behind her back, and said:
"We were the first country to use firearms. With firearms, those cold weapons began to be gradually phased out. Heavy cavalry was once the strongest army on land, but now they can't withstand cannon fire at all, and even weak city walls can't withstand them."
“A well-trained infantry regiment can easily defeat an infantry division that is not equipped with firearms, and they don’t even have to suffer too many casualties.”
Therefore, in the face of more advanced weaponry, numerical superiority will not be able to overcome the gap created by superior weaponry...
At this point, Isabella suddenly turned around, stared at Eddington, and said in a deep voice:
"I believe that weaponry has already had a huge impact on the form and outcome of future wars."
Eddington nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty, you are right."
Then, with a bitter expression, he said, "Although I don't want to say it, what lies before us is that the Yan people possess more advanced weapons."
"Although there are many radicals in the army, they haven't fully grasped that the threat from the Yan Kingdom has escalated to..."
Eddington didn't finish his sentence, but Isabella understood what he meant.
She turned back to look out the window, lost in thought.
Eddington wisely refrained from making a sound, but his mind was filled with worries. As the Fleet Admiral, he understood the Navy's current predicament far better than anyone else.
After the Allied fleet was defeated, although Her Majesty the Queen ordered the recall of several fleets stationed abroad, this did little to change the current situation. The Yan Kingdom's navy was too powerful, and it was foreseeable that in the event of a firefight, our warships would be sunk before they could even get close to them.
As Her Majesty the Queen said, advanced weaponry has changed the nature of warfare. The side with outdated weaponry has no chance of winning or losing, as evidenced by the previous naval battle, which was a complete rout.
Thinking of this, he sighed almost imperceptibly. When he looked up at Isabella by the window, he belatedly realized that the Queen was looking at him.
Her expression was extremely solemn.
"His Majesty....."
Isabella said with a stern face, "Tomorrow you will leave Garnat and return to Port Pulte, and I will go with you."
“I’m going to Port Pulte too.”
Upon hearing this, Eddington's pupils dilated in surprise. He exclaimed, "Your Majesty, you...you're going to leave Garnat and come with me to Port Pulte?"
Isabella nodded slightly: "Yes."
“But…but how can that be? The Yan Kingdom’s fleet is right outside our territorial waters. No, that’s not right. One of their fleets has already returned from Salisno. At this point in time, they might already be sailing in our territorial waters.”
“That’s why I’m going to Port Pulte,” Isabella said with a determined look in her eyes.
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