The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

Eddington shook his head and sighed slightly with a gloomy face.

Isabella remained calm and asked, "Hasn't the shipyard designed a new warship yet?"

Hearing this, Eddington replied with a bitter face: "The designers can only think of adding iron armor to the warship, but this will make the warship very heavy and greatly reduce the speed. In fact, this plan has even been eliminated long ago."

"What warships need is more powerful power, but...what kind of power? No one knows."

Isabella raised her eyebrows and asked, "How can the Yan country's warships exert such a strong power at sea?"

Eddington shook his head and said helplessly: "This is their unique technology. Their warships can not only sail with the help of sails, but also sail in the doldrums."

"This is related to the chimneys on their warships. The white mist is obviously caused by one of their technologies, and we have no way of understanding the structure of their warships."

"If we could seize their warships in the previous naval battles, bring them back for research, and then imitate them after understanding them, then we might be able to build the same warships, but we..." He smiled bitterly.

Isabella didn't know much about warships, but she knew their importance. So after hearing this answer, she couldn't help but bite the corner of her lip and frowned more and more.

Eddington lowered his head and remained silent.

After a moment, Isabella suddenly said: "Then we have to try to get their warships."

As soon as these words were spoken, Eddington raised his head abruptly and saw that Isabella's expression was extremely stern. He immediately understood Isabella's thoughts.

But in the end he shook his head: "Your Majesty, you have to know that now we can't even leave the territorial waters."

"Yan Country has a large number of warships, which are distributed around various islands. Once we make a move, they will not only be able to see it immediately, but they will even join forces to fight..."

"You said before that in this tense situation, we must not clash with Yan Country. We can no longer afford this price."

As Eddington finished speaking, Isabella put her hand on her forehead, sighed inaudibly, and then said in a muffled voice:

"That is to say, before we can independently build ironclad giant ships similar to those of the Yan people, our fleet is equivalent to nothing, and the sovereignty of our territorial waters cannot be guaranteed, right?"

For this sharp question, Eddington didn't know how to answer for a moment. After a long while, he nodded helplessly:

"It is just as you said, Your Majesty."

"In addition, the Yan people have recently made new moves, which is a threat that cannot be ignored for us..."

Isabella did not respond, but changed the subject and said with a deep look in her eyes: "You said that Yan Country already has advanced warships, so their army..."

"Could they also have advanced weapons that we don't know about?"

Eddington was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he stammered, "Well...it's hard to say. Things on warships may not be suitable for use on land."

Isabella raised her eyebrows and continued, "But their warships not only have high speed and good defensive performance, but also strong firepower."

"How else could they have sunk our warship?"

"Although I don't know much about these weapons, I have asked General Karlov and his men. The artillery on the warships is very powerful, so on land, they should have the same power, or even stronger."

Eddington looked at Isabella with a little surprise. Although he knew that Her Majesty the Queen was a person who paid attention to every detail, he really didn't know that Isabella would know so much.

"Your Majesty, since you have already asked them, you should... have made your own judgment..." Eddington replied.

After hearing this answer, Isabella slowly stood up, walked to the window sill with her hands behind her back expressionlessly, and said:

"We were the first country to use muskets. With the advent of muskets, those cold weapons began to be gradually phased out. The heavy cavalry was once the strongest branch of the army on land, but now they can't withstand the firing of artillery shells, and even the weak city walls can't withstand it."

"A well-trained infantry regiment can easily defeat an infantry division that is not equipped with muskets, and they don't even have to suffer too many casualties."

"Therefore, in the face of more advanced weapons, the advantage in numbers will not be able to make up for the gap brought by the weapons..."

Isabella suddenly turned around at this point, stared at Eddington and said in a deep voice:

"I believe that weapons and equipment have already had a huge impact on the shape and outcome of future wars."

Eddington nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty, you are right."

Then, he said bitterly: "Although I don't want to say this, the Yan people have more advanced weapons in front of us."

"Although many people in the army have radical attitudes, they have not yet fully realized that the threat from Yan Country has risen to the level of..."

Eddington said nothing more, but Isabella understood what he meant.

She turned around and looked out the window again, lost in deep thought.

Eddington was tactful enough not to interrupt, but he was filled with worry. As a naval marshal, he understood the plight of the navy better than anyone else.

After the coalition fleet was defeated, although Her Majesty the Queen ordered several fleets to be recalled, this did not have much effect on changing the current situation. The combat power of the Yan Kingdom Navy was too strong. Once an exchange of fire occurred, it was foreseeable that their own warships would be sunk before they could even get close to them.

Just as Her Majesty the Queen said, advanced weapons have changed the form of war. Of course, there is no question of victory or defeat for the side with backward weapons. The previous naval battle is proof of this. It was a battle in which the side was completely crushed.

Thinking of this, he sighed barely audibly, and when he looked up at Isabella standing in front of the window, he realized belatedly that the queen was looking at him.

Her expression was extremely solemn.

"His Majesty....."

Isabella said sullenly, "Tomorrow you will leave Garnate and return to Port Pulte. I will go with you."

"I'm going to Port Pulte, too."

After hearing this, Eddington's pupils trembled and he asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, you...you want to leave Garnate and go to Port Pulte with me?"

Isabella nodded slightly: "Yes."

"But... But that won't work. The Yan Kingdom's fleet is outside our territorial waters. No, that's not right. They already have a fleet returning from Salisno. During this period of time, they might already be sailing in our territorial waters."

"That's why I'm going to Port Pulte." Isabella's eyes were firm.