Chapter 237 Porusalino: The Great Crusade of the Holy Light!

"Has this begun? The Burning Crusade..."

Bellmere and other female soldiers from all over the world were assigned to the only special battleship in the Grand Fleet, guarding the right side of the behemoth-like flagship ship. As far as she is concerned, while she is slightly uneasy, her heart is more filled with expectations and emotions.

Three years ago, when she accepted the call for veterans from the Navy Headquarters, returned to the front line and arrived at Marineland, she thought she would join the battle soon. But they didn't expect that the various "adaptive training" gave them no chance to prepare at all, and it continued for so long - so long that the two daughters she brought from the East China Sea, Noqigao, were now He went to the "Navy Headquarters Elementary School", and Nami also received the admission notice of the "Navy Kindergarten"...

However, in any case, compared to three years ago when she relied on reckless courage to make a desperate move, and even made plans on how to let Ajian arrange her pension after her death, Bellemere is now more confident about what she will face next. The battle is full of confidence after rational thinking - in the past three years of training, she has gained the combat power that she will not lose easily, and she also has the reason why she absolutely cannot lose.

"You are wrong, Bellemare, we are not engaged in the Burning Crusade now,"

Next to Bellemere, a slender sword hung on her waist. She had a terrible burn on the back of her right hand. She was a good-looking female sailor in her early 20s and said, "Commander Sakaski of the Burning Legion." The general is currently stationed in the New World, and the one leading us this time is General Porusalino, so it should be the 'Expedition of the Holy Light'!"

"So that's how it is,"

Bellemere had a look of realization on his face, and then he laughed teasingly, "But then again, once it comes to General Porusalino, you become so serious, Iska..."

"of course,"

She was not embarrassed at all by Bellemere's teasing. The captain named Iska did not even move her eyebrows. Her eyes that revealed a strong will were staring straight at the waves that were split into two parts by the warship. With her left hand His fingers subconsciously touched the scar on the back of his right hand, "I joined the navy just because I admired him!"

Bellmere knew what his best friend meant - the village where Iska was born and grew up was attacked by pirates ten years ago, and the entire village instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire, and even her parents were killed. got involved. And when she was surrounded by flames and smoke, paralyzed by the fear of death, it was Porusalino who arrived in time with the sailors and personally rescued her from the fire.

Therefore, for Iska, Porusalino is not only her nominal superior, but also a guidepost in her life.

"So, Captain Iska, the 'Nailhand' who is idolized by General 'Kizaru', can you use your familiarity and understanding of him to analyze where he will lead us to perform the mission this time?"

Bellmere grinned and joked.

"It's very simple,"

Iska rolled her eyes at Bellemere, and then lowered her voice, "If we are entering the new world, there are only two ways - either the large fleet will collectively coat the Chambord Islands, and then pass through the place where Admiral Kuzan is stationed. The Fish-Man Island route reaches the New World; or it will stop on the Red Earth Continent, and then use the land pass to cross the Red Earth Plateau and arrive at the G-1 branch in the New World..."

"And our course this time is exactly opposite to the position of the Chambord Islands, heading towards the first half of the Grand Route - are there any pirate forces in Paradise that need to use a super-large fleet like the Burning Legion to encircle and suppress it? At a glance, it’s not there—but!”

"……but?"

Bellemere frowned - although during the three years of training at the Navy Headquarters, she had not fallen behind in her theoretical classes, but compared to a sailor like Iska who got A every time in her theoretical classes, she was still Better at actual combat.

"There is a war mercenary country in the North Sea where all the people are soldiers. Its name is Germa. If this kingdom is the target, it is indeed worthy of dispatching a large fleet..."

…

The large fleet called the "Burning Legion" was indeed as Iska analyzed. After setting off from the Navy Headquarters, it headed in the opposite direction of the paradise route using the permanent pointer, and finally arrived at Polusali via the Upside Down Mountain. The place where Nuo once joined the navy, the North Sea.

During these days of sailing, there was naturally no pirate group that did not want to provoke a large fleet of this size. They all stayed far away and did not dare to get close at all.

However, just because the pirates do not take the initiative to provoke does not mean that the Navy will let them go. Especially since Porusalino, who is the commander of the Grand Fleet, has just become an admiral, it is absolutely necessary to improve his performance——

"Sir, we found the shadow of a ship due south... two thousand meters away... flying the pirate flag!"

"Can you determine the specific identity? Is it a valuable target?"

Porusalino asked.

After a while, he heard the report again: "It's the 'Black Hand Pirates', and the captain is the 'Black Hand' Darkness with a bounty of 220 million."

As we all know, since the "Era of Wang Luffy's Going to the Sea" has not yet entered the inflationary period, the bounties offered by pirates today are not too exaggerated. Although today's "one pele" is not equal to the future "one pele", there are still several times the ratio between the two.

By the way, although there are still occasional guys like "Hacksaw Rocks", the first pirate that Porusalino once encountered, whose bounty is inflated because he has the same name as a big shot, but usually, The bounty can accurately reflect the danger and strength of a certain pirate.

The bounty reaches 220 million beli. This is the case with the "Black Hand" Darkness, who has been hanging around in the New World all year round. His name is "Black Hand", not only because he is good at armed domineering, but also because he only needs If the profit is sufficient, he can act as anyone's thug, and his actions have no bottom line.

So it's obvious that this guy must have taken on some big job when he appears in Beihai now...

And 80% of this big job was given to him by the Navy's target, the Kingdom of Germa - because looking at the entire North Sea, only the Kingdom of Germa has the ability to hire ruthless people like him, and can guarantee that they will not be cheated by him. black.

"What I hate the most is this kind of person who has no sense of shame or any principles and will do anything as long as the salary is paid!"

Porusalino put down his coffee cup, shook his "justice" cloak, and expressed his views with dignity.

Gion, who was already a major general, glanced at Porusalino, and then decided to turn away - this was the technique taught to them by Marshal Sengoku: as long as they didn't see Polusalino, they wouldn't feel embarrassed or speechless!

Porusalino continued to ask, minding his own business:

"Which ship is serving as the surveillance ship on the outermost side of the fleet today?"

"Admiral, this is the 'Flower of the Navy'!"

"It turns out it's the girls... Very good, order them to pursue the enemy ship and fire freely!"

"yes!"

…

After receiving Porusalino's order, the "Flower of the Navy" on which Bellemeier and the others were located first conducted several rounds of semi-volley calibration shots - although the wind speed in this area was not low at the moment. , the sea surface was also undulating, but with the most advanced artillery of the Navy Headquarters and the superb gunnery skills of the girls, the impact point distribution of the 128-pound gun on the "Flower of the Navy" was still ideal.

then--

"Distance 9, angle 4, scale 3, high explosives loaded, full fire coverage!"

Bellemare gave orders to the artillery crew on the side.

Before Porusalino came up with the phone bug update, the Navy Headquarters had a limited annual military budget, so it was always a bit petty in the tactical training of officers and advocated "doing twice the result with half the effort."

As Polusalino's phone bug update brought a large amount of revenue to the World Government, the military expenditure of the Navy Headquarters increased significantly. The naval instructors headed by Admiral Zefa also began to change the thinking of the tactics class. ——

First, fire coverage!

Second, fire coverage!

Third, it’s fucking fire coverage!

In addition, if the result of the battle is still unsatisfactory, it must be that the firepower coverage is not enough! More efforts are needed!

Therefore, Bellmeier, who only came to the Navy Headquarters three years ago, is obviously a "martial and moral" officer who has accepted the new thinking!

During the pursuit, the "Flower of the Navy", which was heading from east to west, had been parallel to the pirate ship "Black Hand" of the Black Hand Pirates, and was engaging the enemy on the port side.

Compared with the Navy's special battleship "Flower of the Navy", the "Black Hand" is simply a small ship, with only 30 artillery pieces capable of being used in artillery battles. Relatively speaking, the left chord of the "Flower of the Navy" is almost covered with artillery. The four inner and outer decks have gun windows neatly arranged one after another.

And not only the number of artillery, but also the range, accuracy, rate of fire, firepower, etc., the "Flower of the Navy" steadily beat the children.

In all senses, this is an unfair contest. But Porusalino didn't think there was any problem with this. After all, they were the navy and they were pirates. Who should be fair?

Dozens of shells roared across the space between the two ships, and then quickly approached the target - before the "Black Hand" could intercept it, a sudden explosion occurred.

The solid projectile turned into a large ball of orange flames in an instant, and then sprayed in a fan shape on the deck, mast and sail of the "Black Hand". At the same time, a large number of shrapnel also exploded onto the deck. …

The shells can be defended, but the flames cannot be defended - the orange fire ignited the sails of the "Black Hand" in an instant, and then the "Flower of the Navy" continued to fire, and the flames spread over a wider area on the "Black Hand" " spread, and then the ship began to stall.

The "Flower of the Navy" began to circle around the pirate ship, like a cat playing with a mouse, and continued to pour a large amount of ammunition as it moved.

Of course, during this process, some solid artillery shells did fall on the "Flower of the Navy", but the latter's special armor was obviously not vegetarian, let alone various defense methods and management measures after being shelled. ——It may be a bit crazy to say that mosquitoes scratch it, but people scratch it in the same way.

In this way, the "Flower of the Navy" bombarded the opposite side for ten minutes, almost sinking the other side. The captain, Colonel Tirpitz (female), then ordered to approach the "Black Hand" which had been severely damaged. .

Seeing that the distance between the two ships was enough, Captain Iska quickly took a few steps forward, and then stepped directly above the turret.

Then, a straight white light appeared in the sky, which was triggered by the bow of the "Flower of the Navy", and then chopped down from top to bottom in an instant!

The pirate ship "Black Hand" was split in two from the middle of the hull.

Then the "Flower of the Navy" squeezed through the middle, just like chefs using traditional Chinese kitchen knives instead of "Koizumi Zhang" to cut meat smoothly.

However, after the "Black Hand" was sunk, the naval battle did not end, because just as the "Flower of the Navy" completed its crossing maneuver, there was suddenly an extra person on the ship.

"Black Hand" Darkness's face was full of viciousness and anger at this time. He just came to the North Sea to pick up a job, but he encountered an inexplicable large fleet of the navy. They originally thought that they could just slip away without disturbing the river, but as a result, this naval fleet showed no respect for martial ethics at all... Not to mention the loss of subordinates, the treasures they carried and their own warships all sank into the sea...

What a grievance!

But before "Black Hand" Darkness could express his dissatisfaction, a long, shining golden leg despicably attacked him and kissed him intimately on the cheek.

"Speed ​​is weight - have you ever been kicked by light?"

BIU——!

boom! ! !

…

In a certain area of ​​the North Sea about two days away from the "Burning Legion" fleet, dozens of giant sea snails remained motionless despite the waves.

This is the tenth year that Vinsmoke Gaji formed the powerful Legion of Evil. In 1497, after Dr. Vegapunk, who studied the life factor with him, was taken away by Porusalino, he was taken away by the World Government. "Hold it high and let it go with care", and luckily survived.

After that, he returned to the Kingdom of Germa and personally handled domestic affairs. Through data research using the blood factor theory, he led the scientific research team to carry out life "replication" and "transformation" projects, using Germa numbers. The blood factor of an outstanding soldier is created and "copied" to create a batch of soldiers that can be trained in five years.

The first batch of clone soldiers showed the characteristics of fearlessness and absolute obedience, and he relied on this to lead Germa 66 to trigger the "Beheading of the Four North Sea Kingdoms" event, killing the heads of the four North Sea Kingdoms. Beheaded and painted a giant painting to commemorate this event, trying to restore the glory of Germa, which once dominated the North Sea for 66 days.

"Is it finally here? The navy's large fleet..."

Gaji raised his head from the throne, then stood up, pacing uneasily, his face extremely ugly.

Compared with the time when he met Porusalino in 1497, although Vinsmoke Gaji still wears a golden war helmet today, the long golden hair that previously fell to his waist has completely disappeared. , became truly bald.

But maybe it's because "he's become bald and he's become stronger" - Gaji is now taller. When he stands up, he is even a head taller than those elite clone soldiers who have specially adjusted their genes, reaching a height of nearly four meters. high.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The Operations Department also discovered the special Navy battleship 'Moyu' in the Grand Fleet. We can determine that the new Navy Admiral Kizaru is the commander of this fleet!"

The clone soldier quickly replied to his king.

"…Damn Porusalino!!"

The name of Porusalino, an old acquaintance, made Gaji feel fearful and angry at the same time. He could only stroke the mustache on his chin anxiously - he thought of the time when he was beaten to death by the opponent as powerlessly as a child, and then The head-holding scene.

To be honest, Gaji had already expected that the navy, or the world government, would cause trouble for him. After all, he had done too much to kill the kings of the four kingdoms in the North Sea before, and he had not given up research on blood factors for so many years, so he commissioned Baroque Studio to distract the navy through various means. , in order to buy time for the second batch of clone soldiers of the new Germa army to mature.

According to his assumption, as long as the second batch of clone soldiers successfully joined the battle order, even if the navy wanted to send a fleet to trouble him, the powerful Vinsmoke family would not be afraid at all - but he never expected , the navy directly brought a large fleet to come to him, and the commander was still the general Porusalino.

This is like a fight - Gaji was already prepared for the Navy to take out weapons or even guns, so he took various defensive measures. As a result, the Navy directly took out the atomic bomb (Polusalino) the next moment.

This is too bullying! ! !

…

Two days later.

Dozens of giant sea snails were assembled and assembled into a large "sea square". Gaji stood on the square inspecting the soldiers with an indifferent expression.

Twenty minutes ago, the security personnel of the Germa Kingdom observed the navy's large fleet approaching them. But now, the large fleet has reached a distance visible to ordinary people's naked eyes. Gaji, who has enhanced his vision, can even see the people standing there. The yellow figure on the bow of the huge flagship.

Gaji stared at Porusalino and sneered. He had already prepared for the worst, that is, the navy received the order from the Five Old Stars and directly fought with him without worrying about the influence of the alliance countries - if If this is the case, even if he dies, he will still try his best to bite off a piece of flesh from the navy.

But to his surprise, the naval fleet did not form an artillery formation at the optimal firing range, but maintained its formation and arrived directly in front of the Kingdom of Germa.

"It's been such a long time, Your Majesty Gaji, it must have been ten years~"

Porusalino jumped from the tall warship with a smile on his face, and using his elementalization and moon-stepping skills, he landed flexibly in front of Gaji as if he had overcome gravity.

"The army of the Kingdom of Germa still gives people the same oppressive feeling as before~ Kuowa Ichiuchi~"

"Admiral Porusalino came here specially from the Navy Headquarters and brought the navy's fleet with him. I'm afraid he didn't just want to say these weird words to me, right?"

Although he had lost both people and battles when dealing with Porusalino before, Gaji still stiffened his neck and spoke harshly at this time.

"Indeed, but this is not a good place to talk...so I think you should invite me in to sit down, Your Majesty Gaji~"

Porusalino still had that rather unbeatable smile on his face.

"please!"

Gaji took a deep breath and struggled to say a word through his teeth. Then he waved his hand, signaling the artificial soldiers behind him with sophisticated weapons to clear a path to the castle.

Porusalino and Gaji walked side by side like this, even walking in front of each other in a familiar manner, looking at everything around them with interest.

ps: The theme of this volume is slowly coming out, and you can see it soon

ps: I actually secretly explained and brought along many of the pits I dug and the foreshadowings I laid.