Chapter 16: The Old Captain with a Sword in His Knee
"Navy?"
"President?"
In addition to everyone's unanimous exclamations, the "president" was made by Yuna next to Ace, and looking at her surprised and happy expression, it is not difficult to imagine that they knew each other.
"Oh, it's Alex's little girl and silly boy, you really became pirates······" The old man nodded to Yuna first, completely ignoring the hostility exuded by everyone, thrust the knife into the ground, and sat down with a big grin, "At the beginning, when I saw your bounty order, the old man couldn't believe it, although that incident hit you hard, but it wouldn't be so bad that you ran to become a pirate, but now that I saw it with my own eyes, I can't believe it or not." ”
"Yes, I'm sorry to disappoint you." Bowing deeply to the other party, Yuna said, "But perhaps it is precisely because I have embarked on a completely different path from the past that I can see the scenery that I have never seen before, and I am already sure of the future path, as for what you are worried about······ I don't hate anyone anymore, so for now I can only thank you for your continued care. ”
"It's okay anyway, after all, the old man is no longer in the navy, and the old man has no right to interfere in your personal affairs, but ······"
The other party's down-and-out demeanor made the wrinkles on the old man's forehead a little heavier, I don't know if it was because he had gone through too long years, and a face that had been affected by wind and frost seemed to contain pure majesty that no one could match.
"The old man made a promise for you, as long as the old man has one day left, no one will be allowed to hurt you, this is just a promise from the elders." Speaking of which, he deliberately glanced at Ace more, as if to warn about something.
"As soon as I came in, I kept chattering, and I said that you should introduce yourself first, old man." Ace crossed his arms in front of his chest, as if he was very dissatisfied with the other party's move to seize the throne, he felt a movement in his left arm, and turned his head, but it was Yuna's small hand gently pulling his sleeve.
"This is Mr. Cuenca, the president of the Bounty Hunters Guild, he used to be from the navy, and you also know that after that incident at home, my cousin and I were lonely for a while, if it wasn't for President Cuenca using his identity to forcibly keep us around, the government would not dare to send someone to do it because of his old man's face, maybe we would have died a long time ago."
Ace was slightly stunned, he knew about Yuna early on, but he didn't want to have so many twists and turns, the internal contradictions in the government cp intelligence department, and the members gave up the mission goal privately, this is not a trivial matter, but the old man Cuenca dared to argue with the blatant government with the power of one person, not to mention that he and Yuna had no involvement before, just this courage can make people awe-inspired.
"Don't put a high hat on the old man, the old man is just a dead man now." The old man Kunka laughed loudly, and then the conversation changed, and his vigorous voice rose with it.
"It's also the old man's negligence, I didn't expect that after the navy side let go, the Baroque Walker Killer Club didn't know where it got the news······ Hmph, Sand Crocodile Klockdahl, what a majestic style! ”
"You are really too modest, compared to the former admiral of the Navy Headquarters 'White Shark' Cuenca, the sand crocodile is nothing." Yuna smiled, and then confided the secret that surprised everyone.
"Former admiral?"
What does the title of General represent, these people who survived from the Chambord Islands are naturally very familiar, red dogs, yellow apes······ These two names alone made their hearts tremble.
"Hahahaha————!" Cuenca's laughter shook the sky, his whole body leaned forward and backward, and it seemed to outsiders that he could barely grasp his balance, and after laughing for a full two minutes, Kunca corrected his posture and slowly exhaled a breath, saying hatefully in an extremely complex tone.
"I used to be a great admiral, until I was struck in the knee."
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For Ace to live in the twentieth year after the opening of the era of pirates, he really can't understand the name "Cuenca", but if you put it twenty years ago, it can be said that everyone knows it, no one knows it.
One of the three major admirals of the Navy Headquarters alongside the current Admiral and the Warring States of Buddha, "White Shark" Cuenca.
Twenty years ago, there was no so-called One Piece, no so-called Four Emperors, and no so-called Seven Martial Seas. Yes, it's just greedy pirates and brave and fearless navies, and Cuenca is the best of them.
Of course, not only Cuenca, Warring States and Karp, as comrades-in-arms who were born and died together on the battlefield, the relationship between them can no longer be described as so-called "friendship".
The three elders of the navy: the invincible old mad dog with an iron fist, the old Warring States of Amitabha Buddha, and the old captain of the warship killing knife.
But unfortunately, as the old saying goes, behind every hero there is a fateful enemy, and on the great voyage, there are three famous sea pirates,—— Roger, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion.
As if it was a cursed fate, Karp and his fateful enemy Roger launched a lifelong pursuit, and Sengoku also stepped on his own stage for Whitebeard in the new world, and Cuenca was naturally not far behind, and he fell in love with the Golden Lion.
Twenty years ago, those who didn't know the Golden Lion called him "Flying Pirate", and the navy called him "Admiral of the Pirate Fleet". For no other reason, Roger is a person with no ambitions, but the Golden Lion is different, he is a real "pirate".
In the face of such a strong enemy, while the navy was anxious, Cuenca, who was still a vice admiral at the time, stepped forward and initiated the "shark group method".
The naval fleet was reduced to pieces, and instead of rigid tactics as before, and warships with immature technology were connected together and roaming the seas, they were replaced by faster and more flexible small and medium-sized warships, crisscrossing and maintaining a distance of miles between two and two. Dozens of warships stretched out, once encountering enemy ships, immediately send out signal flares to echo friendly forces, and nearby warships to encircle and flank, forming a group of sharks to prey on food, annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop. If the enemy's fleet is large, it will take advantage of the light and fast advantage of its own ships to quickly flee, stretch its fleet in a long line, and then send a signal to mobilize nearby warships to attack the enemy's ships that are in the front or lagging behind, and wait until the other warships of the opponent catch up, and then continue to flee. This cycle repeats itself, splitting and striking until the enemy fleet is completely crushed, and then it is besieged on all sides like a swarm of sharks.
With the "shark group method", the navy has almost rarely encountered opponents in naval battles since then, and several times forced the golden lion to withdraw his troops, after all, the golden lion is just a pirate, even if he has a pirate fleet of thousands of troops, he still doesn't know how to fight, pirates are pirates, and personal ability can not play much role on the battlefield, not to mention that Cuenca's strength is not weaker than him.
This is also why, the navy can be in just ten years, will be able to pocket the first half of the great voyage, if it is not for the climate of the new world is too impermanent, I am afraid that the second half will also be subdued, such a huge achievement, it can even be said that Cuenca is the most outstanding general in the tactics of the modern naval fleet, and this is also the most colorful stroke of his life!
As a result, Cuenca has been revered by countless juniors as ,—— "old captain".
But good fortune does not favor a person, just as a person cannot always be unlucky.
In the battle of Ed Wohl, the golden lion and Roger fought inextricably, and when the navy heard this, it immediately sent a large number of fleets, two generals of the Warring States Cuenca, Vice Admiral Karp, Flying Squirrel, Fire Mountain, and Ghost Spider······ Countless heroes focus on Ed Waugh's seas, vowing to wipe out Roger and the Golden Lion.
However, Roger is like being favored by God, a sudden storm not only destroyed most of Siqi's fleet, but also caused an inexplicable disaster to befall him, and finally Roger escaped from the battlefield safely with all his companions, and the Battle of Ed Waugh ended with Roger's victory, but it was painful for Siqi for the rest of his life.
However, as if it was destined in the dark, the navy, which originally wanted to collapse the two legends, was also devastated, and the naval fleet lost more than thirty percent.
Encountering the navy of the remnants of the golden lion, they wanted to take the opportunity to completely wipe out the other party, but they didn't want to seriously injure the golden lion who was mad, and they didn't care about the half-section of the steering wheel that had not been taken out of their heads, and the ability to flutter the fruit was fully launched, and the navy that did not expect the golden lion to have so much spare strength was caught off guard, and the fleet lost the application of tactics in the choppy sea, and the general Cuenca was even more in the knee of the opponent's chopping wave in the battle with the golden lion, and the Warring States saw that the situation was not good, and ordered a retreat unwillingly.
Ed Wohl's headquarters in the sea is far away, and the climate of the New World is capricious, and Cuenca cannot get the best treatment in the first place, and the severely injured knee can never recover, which also means that Cuenca's naval career has come to an end.
The two legends came to an end quietly at the same time.