Chapter 936 Post-War Disturbance 3

After reading the letter sent by Figus, Isabella could only hold her forehead and sigh. She understood that the two neighbors would probably not be able to put aside their disputes in a short period of time, let alone establish a new round of military cooperation.

So in desperation, Isabella could only send letters to them separately, solemnly warning them that they must seriously consider future matters and must not do anything that would harm others and themselves because of momentary anger, as this would only allow the rising Yan Kingdom to benefit from it.

After the letter was sent, the two countries expressed their respective attitudes in their replies, which was that they would never cooperate and were stubborn in breaking off diplomatic relations. Isabella, who was completely disappointed, had no choice but to remain silent. She knew very well that only a longer period of time would be able to ease the relationship between the two countries.

But the hostages detained on the Coral Island needed to be rescued immediately, so she began to prepare to pay the ransom. Although Shenglu and Hungary had sent their respective funds, the matter was left to Sari to handle with full authority.

But the cost-conscious Isabella was unwilling to just send the ransom. She believed that she had to negotiate with the Yan people on the amount and reduce the ransom to a reasonable number.

Therefore, she specially appointed the eloquent Foreign Minister Naomi to accompany the Falcon Fleet to negotiate with the Yan people. However, the Yan people did not even give her a chance to negotiate, and Naomi could only return in disappointment. The tough attitude shown by the Yan people also made Isabella angry.

But no matter how angry she was, as the deadline was approaching, Isabella knew that things had developed to a point where she could not delay any longer and she had to make a decision as soon as possible.

Since Winston has been detained, his family members are constantly spreading the word in the country, demanding that the government pay the ransom as soon as possible to rescue Winston and others. With their instigation, the public is also paying close attention to this matter.

As a last resort, Isabella had to reluctantly let Eddington transport 5,000 tons of gold to the island where the Yan people proposed to trade.

Fortunately, the Yan people kept their promise. A few days after receiving the ransom, they sent the hostages detained on the Coral Island to that island. Eddington took them all back to the ship and brought them back to the country safely.

The people who were brought back were already skinny, like mummies, and looked extremely miserable. In addition to the physical changes, their psychological changes made Isabella even more worried.

Everyone's will was worn out during the months-long confinement on the island, even Winston was no exception. According to Eddington, the first words Winston said after he was brought on board were:

'I'm so hungry! I need food!'

As he wolfed down the food, he spoke his second sentence with tears and snot, spitting out food residues and choking:

"Have you seen them? Have you seen their ships? We must not fight them at sea again."

'Damn it, these monstrous ships are going to send us all to the bottom of the ocean.'

Eddington conveyed to Isabella exactly what Winston said, which made Isabella even more worried.

If your body is broken down, you may be able to recover slowly by supplementing nutrition, but if your will is broken down, then it will be useless.

The act of paying the ransom to redeem the hostages itself cast a shadow on the country, especially among the people. After learning that Winston and others had returned to the country, many people immediately clamored for the government to take countermeasures against Yan Country.

But they had no idea how powerful the Yan Kingdom’s navy was. If they had rashly clashed with them, the consequences would have been beyond their imagination.

Isabella had no choice but to post a notice to appease the people and inform them that the government would take corresponding measures in the future.

But what to do is a headache for Isabella.

Although Yan State was at war with the Delta Federation Empire, they still had many huge armored ships on the sea and controlled a very vast sea area. Their own ships were obviously lagging behind them, and the generals in the navy also gave a unanimous tone after a comprehensive assessment.

"Until we can build similar ironclad warships, we will not be able to fight against the Yan Kingdom Navy."

Since we can't fight, we can only wait, until our country builds a huge armored ship, or until Yan Country is seriously damaged in the war with the Delta Federation Empire.

To this end, they waited until mid-to-late March, when a Yan State fleet sailed from the direction of the Salisno continent. Before it arrived at the country's territorial waters, the maritime fleet urgently sent the news back to the country, and Eddington also rushed back to Garnate last night.

After the emergency meeting last night, Isabella summoned him alone this morning.

That is at this moment.

"Regarding the war between Yan Kingdom and Delta Federation Empire, I think one of them has achieved some initial results." Isabella said, looking at Eddington who was frowning.

Eddington nodded slowly and said in a low voice: "The war between the two countries has lasted for three or four months, but the Yan people have blocked the waterway leading to the Salisno continent, so we have no way of knowing how far the war has developed."

"But now the Yan people have shown new trends. As you said, one of them must have achieved some initial results."

After the voice fell, Isabella asked lightly:

"So, which side do you think it is?"

Eddington rubbed his brows and said, "I think it should be Yan Country."

"The fleet they left at sea has not made any major moves in the past few months, which shows that the war they launched on the Salisno continent has been under their control."

"Although this seems a little unbelievable to me, after all, everyone knows that the Golts are particularly good at land warfare, especially since that is a land they are familiar with. The Yan people should be at a disadvantage when they set foot in an unfamiliar country."

"But as of now, the Yan people have not shown any disadvantages of ocean-going warfare." At this point, Eddington couldn't help but sigh.

Isabella looked at the window calmly, and after a few seconds of silence, she turned around and said:

"Our fleet is now able to..."

Before he could finish his words, Eddington said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Please forgive me for being blunt."

He looked up at Isabella and continued: "Without sea power, we can do nothing."

"Our sailing warships have already revealed huge flaws in previous naval battles. No...it should be said that they only have flaws in front of the ships of Yan Country."

"And this shortcoming cannot be made up even by numbers. You know, in that naval battle, they destroyed our entire fleet."

"So I have to tell you responsibly that there is a huge gap between our fleet and Yan Country, and it cannot be closed in a short period of time."

"We can't build a giant ironclad ship like that."