Board Thread:Manga/@comment-29544173-20170903042454/@comment-30142915-20170904063919

Yea, it depends on how far Eldia has progressed in these four years.

But the those two factors are not necessarily decisive. As large as Marley's army is, it has to land on Paradis first, so they won't be able to bring the strength in number  to bear  immediately. There is also the something that is eating up the Marleyan ships left and right, meaning that the landing would not go unopposed. Therefore, if any force does manage to make it through and land, it would be small. Marleyan number is more meaningful if we are talking about an invasion into the Mainland by Eldia, but it's not the case here.

Regarding Marley's air fleet, I'm always skeptical on exactly how big it is. We saw, what, two zeppelins throughtout the entire Marley story? and only one of them are used for military purpose? Magath once told his general that their enemies would soon have aircrafts that can rain bombs, but that also mean nobody presently have aircrafts dedicated for ground attack. The discussion implies that the world is only beginning to exploit air power, which is still in the very early stage of development and presumably would not be large in size. I give it that Marley knows how to use its airships, but that does not mean it has many airships. How much impact this small air fleet can make upon the larger war depend, again, on how much Eldia has progressed.

Also bear in mind that Marley has so far used its airships for missions that Eldia is good at fighting against. The Paradis Op was devestating to Eldia largely because there was an existing population of mindless Titans in Paradis. There's no such asset now. The few Titans airdropped by Marley would be quickly eaten up by the Wallians if it wasn't all killed in the drop. In fact, Marley's conventional army would pose more of a threat than its Titans.