Chapter 17: Shelling!

Sengoku's orders were quickly transmitted to the ears of commanders at all levels of the navy through a network built by telephone bugs.

Subsequently, the headquarters of the Navy, which was originally built to deal with the war, also officially revealed its grandeur. Moreover, this is also a declaration to the world that the Navy Headquarters is not only a political symbol, but also the most difficult military fortress to implement.

The bright and dark cannon doors opened one by one, and from a distance, it was as difficult to count as a beehive. And those swarthy holes, heading straight in the direction of the pirates, seem to be able to devour the light.

The next moment, artillery fire rang out, and tongues of fire several meters long erupted from these holes. In the roar, a pungent smell of gunpowder spread along with the gunsmoke, and at the same time, it also made the high-ranking marshal Warring States blinded his vision by the gunpowder smoke for a while, and he couldn't see the situation in the battlefield clearly.

The sound of artillery fire fell slightly, followed by the whistling of shells breaking through the air. Iron balls with powerful kinetic energy spread across the sky, making a terrible sound when they rubbed against the air, as if a group of ghosts were crying at night. The dense barrage seemed to be a swarm of locusts flying by, and it was like a dark cloud sweeping over, making the sky dark.

It can be said that the Navy is also desperate this time. How much effort and how much military money the navy spent on this war is something that even the Warring States cannot count. Even, no matter what the outcome of this war is, the navy is already destined to be broken and needs to be relieved for a while.

Using these cannons as an example, Sengoku can't tell how much Bailey was put into it, because he used the word "all" in his original order.

At the same time, in addition to artillery, other military materials and even logistics scheduling, including post-war issues that must be considered in advance, are also huge bottomless pits, waiting to devour the wealth accumulated by the navy.

This is a luxury that belongs only to the navy, and only the navy can have such armaments. And the pirates or the revolutionary army, not to mention whether they have the means to get so many weapons of war, the consumption of money alone is something they can't afford. You must know that every salvo of artillery fire burns real gold behind it!

However, for the Sengoku period, no matter what the price is, even if the Navy Headquarters falls because of it, as long as the war can be won in the end, it will be worth it.

Even if the essence of war is the plundering of interests and the dumping of power, in addition to these, there is still an attachment to the concept called "justice".

At least, this is what the Warring States have always insisted on, and the original intention has never changed.

Whitebeard Pirates......

Or rather, just the man "Whitebeard" Edward Negoth is worth it!

Compared to Whitebeard, "Fire Fist" Ace is not so important. Even if the latter has the blood of One Piece flowing in his body and has endless potential in the future, the former is a legend of the strongest that has never been shaken from the previous era to the present!

……

The bay was frozen to the pole by pheasants, although this made the ships on Whitebeard's side fall into a dilemma, but at the same time, it also gave the pirates room to attack. The ice field that stretched out became the best battlefield.

As a result, the pirates, who were not afraid of death, poured out of their nests one after another, stepping on the ice and launching a charge towards the navy. As for the cannonballs overhead, which instantly obscured the sky, they could not slow them down in the slightest.

They are all pirates from the New World, and they are also part of the Whitebeard Pirates. Maybe not everyone has the ability to deal with shelling, but at least they are brave enough to be brave enough to die.

However, in the face of the "dark clouds" that overwhelmed him, Rao is a person who is resolute will inevitably turn ugly. It's not fear, it's an instinctive reaction to such power. Even if they are strong people who break into the new world, they have experienced an unknown number of battles between life and death, but such shelling is only seen in life.

If it weren't for the fact that they all belonged to the "Whitebeard" pirate group, and they had the confidence and pride given by the strongest people on the sea, I am afraid that they would have been terrified by other pirates.

But even so, it can't avoid a momentary panic.

"Damn! all disperse, dodge with all your might!"

"Don't stand together! What about the captains, come and help!"

"Get out of the way, boys, get behind me!!"

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With all kinds of roars, the pirates eagerly respond to the coming crisis. After all, they are a group of pirates from the New World, and after a brief period of panic, they begin to become organized.

The cannonballs flew so fast that they rained down like a shower in a single breath.

The rumbling sound of cannon fire resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the roar that erupted instantly overwhelmed all the sounds of Marin Fando. The earth, covered in ice, seemed to tremble violently with the shelling.

Crockdahl really saw this scene, and in a trance he seemed to see the scene of Qin soldiers releasing arrows in the "hero". It's just that where is the shock of the cannonballs? Even the demon slaying order he had experienced in Justice Island before definitely did not have the power he saw at this time.

Such a dense bombardment, just one salvo, was enough to bulldoze an island.

In fact, if it weren't for the "Ice Age" of the pheasant, the entire Marinfando would have been covered with a layer of ice, protected like armor, and would have been destroyed into ruins in this round of shelling. But even so, the bay at this time was also damaged by the shelling, leaving many craters, like craters on the surface of the moon.

In the vicinity of these "craters", there are many pirates wailing, all of whom have unfortunately suffered from the shelling. Fortunately, although there are many injured, there are only a few people who die. After all, although the artillery fire is intensive, it is impossible to fill all the space. When the cannonballs fall, even if they can't resist them, they can always find a gap to dodge and reduce the damage they take.

In fact, as long as you are not unlucky enough to be hit head-on by a shell, or are too close to the site of the explosion, it is generally impossible to destroy the enemy by shelling alone.

You must know that in this world, there are all kinds of unscientific combat power. And these inhuman existences also make shelling, a weapon usually used in naval warfare, no longer so threatening.

The smoke of gunpowder gradually fell, and the voices of people returned.

The pirates who had experienced the baptism of artillery fire had more or less wounds on their bodies, but instead of making them deterred, these injuries aroused their ferocity.

Led by several captains, their charge did not slow down, but became more and more violent. Taking advantage of the fact that a round of artillery fire was falling, and a new round of shelling had not yet come, it brazenly crashed into the formation of the navy.