Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 838 - 67

The electromagnetic cannon, this powerful new weapon, quickly became a favorite of the Imperial Military.

Although it is expensive (a single cannon is nearly equivalent to an old sailing battleship), has high logistical demands (requiring specialized technical staff, maintenance, and operators), and its installation on battleships comes with strict requirements (necessitating dedicated power supply and high-power generators, which only the new Floating Battleships can provide), the Navy Department still immediately requested Perfikot to replace all currently-equipped naval vessels with electromagnetic cannons and to modify the design of future naval vessels to equip them with these cannons.

This request isn’t unreasonable; for the Navy, they never worry about costs, they always want the best.

After all, Victory has always depended on the Imperial Navy to maintain the Empire’s vast overseas colonial interests, as for the Army... their existence is enough. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Before the apocalyptic winter, the Empire’s Navy had already adopted steam engines and ironclad warships, and even more advanced battleship designs were in development, while the Army was still using inferior front-loading smoothbore guns.

Even as Perfikot’s influence grew within the Empire, gradually affecting various aspects, she didn’t favor the Army, despite her Brandlis Clan roots.

The Army received steam armor, new artillery, and a series of new weaponry, but compared to the Navy’s Flying Airships and thermobaric bombs that completely dominated warfare, they were still lagging.

Especially during the Seventeen-day War, when the Army planned to shine using new steam knights to crush the old continent’s nations but got schooled by Perfikot.

Over the seventeen days, she used Flying Airships to thoroughly destroy the capitals, armies, and fleets of three countries.

From then on, the Army realized they could not catch up with the Navy, unless Perfikot provided them with new equipment that could outperform the Navy.

(Godslaying Armor is not part of the military; it’s Perfikot’s private force.)

Because of this, the generals from the Army Department frequently harassed Perfikot for any chance of obtaining new powerful equipment from her.

Unfortunately, Perfikot’s primary focus over the recent years has been dealing with the apocalyptic winter, so the Empire’s military equipment hasn’t been updated in years.

Though the military’s engineers and alchemists are diligently developing new equipment, the gap between them and Perfikot is roughly... like the difference between humans and dogs, the years seem too short for them.

They have not produced any results that satisfy the military.

One fool even attempted to alter Perfikot’s Army lunchbox design, trying to make it more versatile, but his automatic heating lunchbox was ultimately deemed a pile of trash by the Army generals.

Perfikot heard about this and obtained a sample of that lunchbox.

After carefully studying it, she evaluated it as: a noble lady’s picnic basket.

After all, for noble ladies, a boxed set of complete cutlery including forks, spoons, etc., that separates at least six types of food, comes with a water cup and plate, and can briefly heat and keep food warm, is indeed necessary.

The device is indeed comprehensive but structurally complex, Perfikot genuinely struggled to imagine why the designer would make a lunchbox so complex.

Especially when satisfying these functions made the lunchbox very heavy, it was destined to be unsuitable as military equipment.

But for noble ladies’ picnics, it was indeed quite fitting.

After all, the ladies have carriages and servants, only needing a clean mat spread on the grass and prepared refreshments, using this self-heating lunchbox to warm up food prepared by their chefs, enjoying a sumptuous picnic.

Obviously, the Army Department lords were quite dissatisfied with things that seemed to cause cerebral hemorrhages.

This incident led the Army Department’s generals to almost give up on developing new equipment independently, placing all hope on Perfikot.

After all, this lady can truly provide epoch-making equipment, making the world’s warfare evolve with her baton.

And this time the electromagnetic cannon further confirmed the correctness of this judgment.

"Regent! We have no objections to prioritizing equipping the Navy with electromagnetic cannons, but since you’ve given the Navy advanced Floating Battleships and electromagnetic cannons, at least consider our Army too? Are we like children left uncared for by a stepmother?" The shameless Army general sent to plead with Perfikot directly abandoned his dignity and played the pity card in front of Perfikot.

In response, Perfikot could only awkwardly comfort and send him away.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to give the Army good equipment, but some things wouldn’t have practical significance for the Army.

Not to mention, with electromagnetic cannons equipped on Floating Battleships, the Navy can at least use the mobility advantages to fully utilize the firepower advantage.

As for the Army... artillery with calibers above six hundred already needs an entire regiment to serve it, special railway needs to be built for mobility, and a lot of time spent securing firing sites...

And all of this for an intolerably slow rate of fire.

Though the power of super-heavy artillery is astounding, compared to the cost and sacrifice, it’s hardly a laughing matter.

Especially compared to the Navy, it’s even harder for the Army to be satisfied.

"They seem quite pitiful, have you thought about giving them some decent equipment?" Aili curiously asked Perfikot.

"Not really, considering the Army..." Perfikot thought perhaps it’s harsh, but shook her head helplessly: "During the last fight with the Divine, the Army was nothing but cannon fodder on the battlefield, they couldn’t even get close to it, and the Grand Knights were one-hit-dead on the battlefield."

Recalling the last battle with the Divine at Langton, Perfikot sighed helplessly.

It’s not like she doesn’t give these guys a chance, but their performance was really...

Perhaps Perfikot could be ruthless ignoring the casualties, letting the Army play its negligible role on the battlefield, but to her, it’s a very inefficient approach.

"True, but if real war begins, you can’t use Floating Battleships to defend every place, right? They still have their use," Aili tried to persuade Perfikot, making her ponder deeply.