Obviously, Brian knew that there would be a fierce battle today. However, Brian wasn't a Lei Feng, and he didn't want to be one. He would never help others for free. Therefore, he wouldn't remind Carl, let alone advise him.
At the same time, through today's battle, Brian would let Carl know how important he was to West Ocean, so that he could gain more power and benefits and pave the way for his promotion to the headquarters!
Two pirate ships were anchored in the Gatley Strait.
One of the ships had a flaming skeleton flag, while the other had a sea serpent skeleton flag.
From the flags, one could determine the origins of the two pirate groups. The former was Astona's Flaming Pirates, while the latter was the Sea Snake Pirates.
At this moment, on Astona's ship, Astona was chatting and laughing with Captain Garek of the Sea Serpent Pirates.
At this moment, a man with a golden Mohican walked up to Astona and whispered in his ear,""Boss, there's a large number of naval forces heading this way.”
Aston yawned and stretched his muscles. He said unhurriedly,""This group of navy soldiers are really dogs. They really won't let go of me.”
Unlike Astona's calmness, the cautious Captain Garek frowned slightly and asked,""How many marines are there?"
" Twenty-six ships," the Mohican-haired man replied." Judging from their ship numbers, other than a ship from the 243rd branch, the rest are all from the 7th branch.”
"Hahaha." Upon hearing that it was a warship from the Seventh Branch, Astona laughed out loud."Has that idiot Carl not learned his lesson yet? You're actually courting death again."
Was he looking for death? That was twenty-six warships!
But it was really strange. Why was there a ship from Branch 243?
Gerrard secretly shook his head. He was not familiar with Astona, and they were not friends. Therefore, he would not help at this time, not to mention that he was also wanted.
"Brother Astona, you still need to be careful. After all, the navy has the advantage in numbers.”
"Hehe, numbers? If it was in the past, I might have avoided them, but now…ha, they're just a bunch of motley crew. There's no need to be afraid of them.”
Astona seemed to be confident and confident in his victory. He didn't put the seventh branch in his eyes at all.
Looking at Astona's expression, Gerrard was curious. After all, he was also a pirate with a bounty of 75 million Bailey. Therefore, he was curious about what trump card Astona had to be fearless.
……
"Lord Governor, all branches have arrived at the designated sea area.”
"Then…let the battle begin!"
"Yes, sir!"
Following Governor Karl's order, 25 warships, including Governor Karl's own flagship, sailed into the Gatli Strait.
The twenty-five warships could not be arranged in a straight line in the narrow and long straits, so they had to be divided into five rows.
Seeing the navy ship approaching, Astona snorted coldly. Then, he stood up and shouted to his underlings beside him,"Brothers, let's use today's victory to spread our names to the new world!”
Transferred to a new world? Could it be that Astona was about to enter the great sea route?!
Gerrard was bewildered. As a pirate, he naturally yearned for the great sea route and the treasure of One Piece Roger. However, the great sea route was filled with experts from all over the world. If he rashly entered the great sea route, he would only end up with a narrow escape!
"Kill them. I want to break their necks.”
"Hehe, my dagger thirsts for blood.”
"This time, we must have a great battle!”
Astona's subordinates were a group of martial artists and battle maniacs. Every time they clashed with the navy, a large number of the navy would die.
" Firing a cannon."
"Prepare to fire!"
"Fire!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sounds of cannons were like thunder.
Although it was a test shot and the accuracy was not high, when the shells landed near the two pirate ships, they still created waves that were several meters high, causing the ships to sway left and right.
"This damn navy only knows how to suppress them with cannons!”
Astona spat out a mouthful of salt water. The seawater splashed on his face, making him very uncomfortable.
At this moment, the pirates who were clamoring to fight the navy immediately changed their minds.
"Boss, let's retreat first. If we continue fighting like this, our ship will definitely sink.”
"Boss, I thought you couldn't swim now?”
"That's right, boss. We can retreat into Devil's Water and deal with the navy there.”
A few pirates tried to persuade him.
Can't swim?
Astona ate the Demon Fruit!
But what kind of Devil Fruit could give Astona such confidence?
Gerrard stared at Astona. He had roughly guessed Astona's purpose. The reason why he stayed here was to make a name for himself in the world with a great victory.
This idea was similar to Brian's.
"Alright, we'll do as you say.”
Astona was a crafty person, so he didn't choose to fight head-on in the straits, even though he was confident that he could wipe out the navy.
"Lord Governor, Astona has begun to escape! Your strategy has succeeded!" George shouted excitedly.
"Let's hope it goes smoothly." Governor-General Karl smiled and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He was originally worried that Aston might have some trump card, but now it seemed like he was overthinking. With absolute military strength and firepower, Aston's mortal body was unable to resist.
Twenty minutes later, the Flaming Pirates and the Sea Serpent Pirates retreated into Devil's Water.
"Governor, you are indeed the pillar of the West Ocean. Astona won't be able to escape this time!”
Although Perod had no intention of joining the navy, he wanted to marry Anna, so he had to curry favor with Astona.
However, not long after Perrod spoke, the phone bug on his adjutant Claire suddenly rang.
" Governor... Governor, our department requests... requests for reinforcements..."
The one who asked for help was Colonel Kyle of the 177th branch. He was an important part of the net capture operation.
Now that Colonel Kyle was asking for help, it meant that the first layer of the 'fishing net' had been broken through by Aston and the others!
"How is that possible? How could it be so fast…"
Governor-General Karl fell back into his chair, his fingers trembling unnaturally. He was obviously shocked. This was because in his original battle, Colonel Kyle's 177th Branch and Colonel Engiero's 211th Branch would at least stall Astona's group for about five minutes, then let the second and third layers of " fishing nets " entangle them and begin the encirclement and suppression operation.
However, now that his tactical intention had been shattered by Astona, the subsequent fishing nets could no longer wrap around Astona on time and accurately.
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