Chapter 45 Nelson's Ambush

After passing through the blind barrier, the Golden Merry returned to the previous sea area again.

Luffy sat on the sheep-head figurehead of the Merry ship as usual. He looked back at the crew and asked:

"Since this is not the island where the Millennium Dragon is going, what should we do next?"

"Let's return to Gunkanjima first and make a long-term plan. We can't always take them to the sea to find clues."

Nami looked at the huge raft towed behind the Merry.

The old Millennium Dragon on the raft had a weak breath, and Abis beside it also had a worried look on his face.

"That's right, we should determine the specific location first, and then take them there.

Now we are being targeted by the navy, and it is not convenient to run away with them."

As Usopp said this, he thought of the navy's mercenary Eric. How can he fight that kind of guy alone?

To be honest, being a pirate is too dangerous.

He always has to face strange and powerful enemies, and he retreats from time to time in his heart. Fortunately, he has a partner to rely on.

"Hey! Stop talking about that and look ahead."

Sanji took a deep puff of smoke and said seriously.

Everyone followed Sanji's gaze and saw a huge golden lion-headed warship approaching them not far ahead.

The battleship was flying the navy's seagull flag, and sitting in the middle was the fat man with a long mustache who had led the navy to encircle them before.

"Change formation!"

With his order, four slightly smaller navy warships were drawn horizontally on the left and right behind his flagship.

They were all connected by iron chains, so that the Golden Merry had no gaps to break through.

Seeing this, Ray, who had not spoken for a long time, said pretentiously: "It's a big battle, this time we can show our skills."

Of course, he knew that the Golden Merry would be surrounded by the navy as soon as it returned to this sea area, and he also knew the fate of the fat boy who commanded the navy, Admiral Nelson of the Eighth Branch of the Navy - he was killed by Eric.

He shouted to the direction of the navy flagship: "Hey! Fatty, leave yourself a way out."

"Hehe, kid! You don't even have the qualifications to beg me now, fire! Be careful not to hit the Millennium Dragon! I want to eat fresh ones!"

Nelson only regarded Ray's words as a weakling's tail-wagging plea, and immediately ordered to fire.

Shells flew towards the Merry one after another, and Nami hurriedly steered to avoid them.

Zoro drew his saber, "Ray, you should know that showing weakness in front of such scum is useless."

Ray smiled and shook his head and replied to Zoro, "I want him to leave himself a way out. If you offend our Straw Dog Pirates, that would be courting death!"

"That's right, Straw Dog is invincible!"

With that, Zoro rushed to the bow and looked at the navy warships with a sharp gaze.

Ray was speechless. The passion and fighting spirit of the green algae head sometimes seemed a bit second-year.

He looked up at Luffy. This guy really has no brains.

Luffy was still sitting at the bow, and he looked happily at the huge splashes of water stirred up by the shells near the Merry.

Rei sighed, this is the chosen one, only the protagonist has the capital to be so willful.

If someone else uses Luffy's IQ to travel the world, it is estimated that they will not survive more than three episodes.

As the artillery fire became more and more intense, the action range of the Merry continued to shrink, and gradually fell into the encirclement.

"Hehe, everything is under control, and it will succeed! Don't waste shells anymore, improve your accuracy, idiots!

Increase the firepower and smash them!"

Nelson pointed at the Merry and roared, spitting, and the flesh on his face trembled with his roar.

The navy did not dare to neglect it. Without other senior naval officers, Nelson was their tyrant.

If you don't serve this grandfather well, you will definitely not get a good result.

Facing the increasingly fierce artillery fire, Nami tried her best to rotate the rudder to stabilize the balance of the ship.

She tried to speed up and break through from both ends of the navy blockade.

But on the one hand, the speed of the navy warships' interception was not slow, and on the other hand, in order to avoid the artillery fire, she had to give up the optimal path.

After trying several times, she failed.

"Luffy, you idiot, this is not fireworks, what are you admiring there! Think of a way to fight back!"

She really loves and hates Luffy, and she really doesn't know what will happen if she follows this idiot captain.

As she spoke, Nami saw a cannonball flying towards the Merry.

It's over and she can't avoid it. She shouldn't be distracted to talk to Luffy, the idiot!

Nami was angry that she was distracted. Usopp looked at the cannonballs flying over and getting bigger and bigger, and knelt on the deck and cried, "Mom! I'm coming to see you!"

He closed his eyes tightly.

But after several seconds, he didn't hear the bang.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw Luffy's belly was bulging, turning into a big ball with a diameter of seven or eight meters.

The shell hit Luffy's stomach and sank in. It didn't explode because it was not hit by any hard objects.

Luffy looked unhappy under the pressure, but his rubber body bounced back the impact of the shell.

The shell returned to Luffy's navy battleship.

"Damn it! How did it bounce back!"

Seeing the shell getting closer and closer, Nelson was scared to death and almost fell off the deck.

Fortunately, the rebound force was smaller than when it was just fired, and the shell fell into the sea less than five meters in front of Nelson's battleship.

Nelson covered his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was angry. His carelessness and underestimation of the enemy almost killed himself!

"I didn't expect that they still have some ability to bring out their secret weapons! Blast them to death!"

As soon as Nelson finished speaking, several marines launched a steel cannon from the cabin of the navy's flagship ship.

The caliber of this gun is four times that of ordinary artillery.

"Aim at them and shoot! See if they can still catch the power of this shell!"

Seeing this big steel cannon, Rey strode to Usopp's side and pulled it up.

"Cheer up, our sharpshooter! We need you, go get that cannon!"

Listening to Rey's encouragement, Usopp perked up, "Everyone needs me!"

Regaining his fighting spirit, Usopp instinctively ran towards the cannon, although Rey knew that according to the plot, Usopp could deal with the steel cannon.

But in an emergency, he was still worried that Usopp would move too slowly.

So he first used Explosive Flash to get near the fort and filled all the shells.

Usopp saw Rey trusting him and became more determined.

He came to the fort, adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at the big steel cannon on the Nelson battleship.

The big steel cannon was also slowly aiming its muzzle at the Golden Melly.

"Bang!"

With the sound of a cannon, the big steel cannon on the Nelson battleship was disabled.

Usopp can move faster and aim his cannon more easily, so he can strike first.

But this alone is not enough to shock people. The navy did not expect that the opponent's gunners could actually hit the shells.

Inside the barrel of the navy's flagship steel cannon.

If it weren't for the solid barrel of the steel cannon, they would have killed many people the moment the shell exploded.

It's just that this powerful big steel cannon is completely useless now.

Nelson fell to the deck due to the shaking caused by Gang Usopp's shelling.

"Hurry up and surround them, engage in hand-to-hand combat, and kill them!"