Dark clouds covered the sky and thunder rumbled. Dark clouds rolled over from the horizon. In an instant, it rained heavily from the sky.
Dozens of battleships were moving forward near Roguetown. Their target was Roguetown. The flag flying on the warship was not the flag of the navy, nor the flag of the world government. The black flags swore to the small boats passing by that they were pirates.
Looking from the sea level, the dark clouds formed a patch. With the help of the low and deep dark clouds, people could not even lift their heads. Many merchant ships that passed by were caught in the black clouds because they could not dodge in time. From time to time, loud booms could be heard. Even in the center of Roguetown, one could hear the sound mixed with the thunder.
"Lieutenant Sven, the pirates will arrive at Roguetown in three nautical miles.”At this moment, in the garrison headquarters of Roguetown, a navy officer was reporting the situation of this pirate group to the colonel he was talking about.
Lieutenant Sven was a bohemian navy officer who yearned for life to be full of excitement. Due to his character, he was not appreciated by the higher-ups of the navy in the great sea route. From time to time, he was transferred between the various Clearwater Yamen of the navy for various reasons. This time, due to the original garrison chief of Roguetown, Senior Colonel Smoak, chasing after the straw hat pirates, he was transferred to the East China Sea, a very calm sea area, by the higher-ups of the navy. Sven was quite dissatisfied with this.
"Have the garrison troops from the nearby town been transferred over?”Sven crossed his legs and leaned back in his chair. He said nonchalantly, as if these things did not matter to him.
"Colonel, the garrison from the nearby town has already rushed over, but there are only two large warships. Including the four large warships in Roguetown, there are only six. Lieutenant Colonel Woods has already led the fleet of Roguetown to meet them. According to your arrangements, the other two reinforcement warships have already circled around the pirates 'flank to prepare an ambush and deal them a heavy blow.”The navy reported the data truthfully, feeling a little worried.
"Can we win a naval battle?"
"Eh, not necessarily. We might need to put them up to fight. Our sea strength is not as good as the other party's.”
"Have you investigated the situation on the other side? Which pirate group is it?"
"Reporting to the colonel, we can't find out which pirate group it is. It's very likely that it's a new pirate group formed by the former Krieg Pirates. Almost all the pirates in this pirate fleet were members of the original pirate admiral Crick's fleet. It was estimated that they might have come for Ghostman Gold or perhaps to avenge Crick.”
"Are we really unable to defeat the naval battle?" However, he also liked it when it was in Roguetown. In Sven's opinion, what kind of powerful pirates could there be in the East China Sea? He would be able to catch them in a jar and capture them all in one go.
The navy officer heard General Swain's muttering and continued," We have 6 large warships, 13 medium warships, and 20 small warships. Two large warships and four medium warships will circle around to ambush the enemy. The rest will be led by Lieutenant General Woods to prepare to face the enemy head-on.
The enemy had roughly 26 medium to large warships, 9 large warships, and 17 medium warships. However, there were not many small warships, roughly around 10 of them. Originally, the intelligence showed that the Krieg Pirates had split up after escaping from the Great Sea Route. However, for some reason, many pirates who had left the Krieg Pirates had returned.”
"Alright, I understand. You can leave first.”
"Yes, sir!"
The alarm of Roguetown also sounded at this time, and the bell echoed in the sky of Roguetown. Sven gently stroked the two blades at his waist, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. There were actually people attacking Roguetown, and the number was so large. It seemed that he would have to kill them.
The alarm bells of Roguetown spread throughout the town and resounded through the sky. The pirate fleet in the distance could also clearly hear the soul-stirring sounds.
Junero stood on the bow of the ship in high spirits. He could clearly see Roguetown not far away. The navy was running around the dock and setting up defenses.
Dozens of naval warships were also neatly lined up and heading towards them. It was estimated that both sides would arrive at the battlefield in 10 minutes.
The confrontation of dozens of warships made everyone's blood boil. Junero couldn't help but feel a little excited. Of course, the pirates on the ship were also very excited.
Ever since he left Orange Town and returned to Golden Island, Jack had told Junero a piece of good news. The pirates who had left had returned, and there were more than 1900 people in the pirate group. Apart from the 200 people left on Golden Island to defend, there were 1700 people following them.
Junero wasn't like Luffy, who only used elites. Although the members of that pirate group were strong individually, it was inconvenient to do many things. There was strength in numbers, so the Grass Hat Pirates were destined to be a team of adventurers and couldn't become a true pirate group. Of course, there were exceptions.
Junero, who was an Earthling, had a rough idea of some of Earth's naval battle tactics, such as battle lines, T-shaped tactics, and burning ships. Generally speaking, what was commonly seen on Earth was the battle line. A fleet entered the battlefield in a single column to design with the other party. Later, the name " battleship " came from this.
As Junero had always been trained by an expert in seclusion, he knew very little about the world of One Piece. The only clear knowledge he had came from his incomplete memories on Earth. Therefore, Junero also believed that naval tactics were generally the kind of battle where the bow of the ship faced the other party and then fired. As for whether there were other tactics, Junero was not sure about these simple-minded guys in the comics. At least, his subordinates 'views on naval warfare were simple.
"Admiral, we will enter the battlefield in two minutes.”Jack was nervously reporting his work. For Roguetown, Jack felt inexplicably excited about the town where the Pirate King was born and died. However, he also knew that there were many navies stationed in Roguetown, and the navies stationed in nearby towns would probably come to reinforce them.
Roguetown had almost never been invaded by pirates. They had always lived in a peaceful environment. Even if pirates did come, they would only cause small trouble and would soon be extinguished by the navy stationed here.
"Okay. He ordered all the medium-sized warships to move to the sides to make room for the large-sized warships. He ordered all the small warships to follow behind the large warships and wait for orders. Tell all the large warships to turn around and form a horizontal line. With my ship in the lead, face the enemy sideways.”Junero had played a lot of war games on Earth, so he knew that there was a saying about the width of the battlefield. It was only three nautical miles to Roguetown. The battlefield of both sides was not wide at such a close distance, so there was no need to pile all the ships together.
"Yes, sir!" Although Jack didn't know why Junero would issue such a series of seemingly strange orders, he still seriously conveyed Junero's orders.
At this moment, Lieutenant General Woods, who was on the bow of the naval warship, also saw this scene with his binoculars.？What are they doing?" The pirate ships began to scatter. Nine large warships lined up in a single line and slowly sailed towards the battlefield.
"Report the situation to Lieutenant Swain!”
"Yes, sir! Lieutenant Woods!"
" Gulp, gulp."
"Hello?"
"Reporting to the colonel, the pirates 'ships are a little strange. The other ships have scattered to the left and right, leaving nine large warships in the middle.”
"Alright, I got it." Sven did not reply.
"Yes, sir!"
"Ha, interesting, interesting. They actually don't need all the ships to rush over.”Sven left his seat and walked to the balcony. From here, he could clearly see the sea and the dark clouds. The naval warships in the distance had already arrived at the battlefield. The war was about to break out.
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