The story is "Politics" by Murray Leinster, published in 1932. The innovation was automatic rangefinders that allowed a ship's guns to be adjusted and fired immediately on the enemy after a single ranging salvo. Pacifists in the government wanted to accept onerous surrender terms, but the navy turned the war around by decimating the enemy fleet with the new technology.
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