"Is this the beginning, the Great Burning Crusade......"

Bermel and other female soldiers from all over the world were assigned to the only special warfare ship in the Grand Fleet, guarding the right side of the behemoth-like flagship. Personally, in addition to her slight apprehension, her heart is more expectant and emotional.

Three years ago, when she was called up by veterans from the Navy Headquarters to return to the front line and arrive in Marinfando, she expected to be in battle soon. But unexpectedly, all kinds of "adaptive training" did not give them any chance to prepare at all, and it continued for so long - until the two daughters she brought from the East China Sea, Nuoqigao are now enrolled in the "Navy Headquarters Elementary School", and Nami has also received an enrollment notice from the "Navy Kindergarten......

However, in any case, compared to three years ago, when she gambled with reckless courage, and even made plans for how to let Ah Jian arrange her pension after her death, Bermel is now full of rational confidence in the battle she will face next - she has gained combat effectiveness that will not be easily lost in these three years of training, and she has a reason not to lose.

"You're not right, Bermel, we're not on a burning expedition,"

Beside Bermel, a female sailor in her early 20s with a slender sword on her waist and a terrible burn on the back of her right hand said, "The commander of the Burning Legion, Admiral Sakaski, is currently stationed in the New World, and this time it is General Polusalino who is leading our dispatch, so it should be the 'Expedition of the Holy Light'!" ”

"I see,"

Bermel had a look of abrupt realization, and then laughed teasingly, "But then again, when it comes to General Polusalino, you become so serious, Ishka......"

"Of course,"

She was not embarrassed at all by Bermel's ridicule, the captain named Iska didn't even move her eyebrows, her eyes that revealed a strong will stared straight at the waves that were broken into two by the warship, and the fingers of her left hand subconsciously gently stroked the scar on the back of her right hand, "I joined the Navy because I longed for him!" ”

Bermel knew what her best friend meant by what she was talking about—the village where Iska was born and raised was attacked by pirates ten years ago, and the whole village was instantly turned into a sea of fire, including her parents. And when she was surrounded by flames and smoke, and collapsed to the ground in fear of death, it was Polusalino who arrived in time with the sailors and personally rescued her in the flames.

So, for Ishka, Polusalino is not only her nominal superior, but also a guidepost in her life.

"So, Captain Iska, the 'nail man' who is the idol of the 'Yellow Ape', can you use your familiarity and understanding of him to analyze where he will lead us on a mission this time?"

Bermel grinned and quipped.

"It's so easy,"

Iska rolled her eyes at Belmel, then lowered her voice, "If it is to enter the New World, there are only two ways - either the Grand Fleet will collectively coat the Chambord Islands, and then arrive at the New World through the Fish-Man Island route where Admiral Kuzan is stationed; Either they will stop on the side of the Red Earth Continent and then cross the Red Plateau with the Land Pass and arrive at the G-1 Division in the New World......"

"And our course this time is exactly the opposite of the position of the Chambord Islands, heading for the first half of the Great Voyage - is there any pirate force on the other side of Paradise that needs to use a super-large fleet like the Burning Legion to encircle and suppress? At a cursory glance, there is none—but! ”

“…… But? ”

Bermel frowned - although she had not fallen behind in her theoretical classes in the past three years of training at the Navy Headquarters, she was still better at actual combat than a naval soldier like Ishka, who had been assessed every time in theory classes.

"There is a war mercenary nation in the North Sea called Jerma, and if this kingdom is the target, it is indeed worth sending the Great Fleet ......"

……

The Grand Fleet, known as the Burning Legion, did indeed depart from the naval headquarters and reversed course towards Paradise with the help of the permanent pointer, and finally arrived at the North Sea, where Porusalino had joined the navy, through the Upside-Down Mountain.

In these days of sailing, naturally there is no pirate group that does not want to provoke a large fleet of this size, they are far away, and they dare not approach at all.

However, the fact that the pirates do not take the initiative to provoke does not mean that the navy will let them go, especially since Polusalino, who is the commander of the Grand Fleet, has recently become a general, and it is completely necessary to rush through the performance-

"Sir, the shadow of the ship is found due south...... Distance of 2 kilometers...... Fly the pirate flag! ”

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

Polusalino asked.

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

As we all know, since it has not yet entered the inflationary "Wang Luffy Goes to Sea Era", the bounties of the pirates are not too exaggerated nowadays. Although it is not that today's "one Bailey" is equal to the future "one Burberry", there are still several times between the two.

By the way, although there are still occasional people like the first pirate "Hacksaw Locks" that Polusalino once encountered, the bounty is inflated because he has the same name as the big guy, but usually, the bounty can accurately reflect the danger and strength of a certain pirate.

The bounty reached 220 million Bailey, and this is the case with the "black hand" Daknis who has been in the New World all year round - his name "Black Hand" is not only because he is good at armed and domineering, but also because he can act as anyone's thug as long as the interests are sufficient, and he has no bottom line.

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

And eighty percent of this big job is still the target of the navy this time, the Kingdom of Jerma gave him - because looking at the entire North Sea, only the Kingdom of Jerma has the ability to hire a ruthless person like him, and can guarantee that he will not be blacked out.

"I hate this kind of person who has no shame, no principles, and will do anything as long as the salary is in place!"

Polusalino put down his coffee cup, shook his cloak of "justice", and expressed his opinion in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner.

Gion, who was already a major general, glanced at Polusalino and decided to turn his head away - this is the trick that Marshal Sengoku taught them: as long as you don't see Polusalino, you don't feel ashamed and speechless!

Polusalino continued to ask:

"Which one is the outermost side of the fleet that is on guard today?"

"Report to Admiral, it's the 'Flower of the Navy'!"

"It's the girls...... Very well, order them to pursue the enemy ships and fire freely! ”

"Yes!"

……

After receiving the order from Polusalino, the "Navy Flower" on which the Belmel and the others were located first conducted several rounds of calibration firing in a half-salvo - although the wind speed in this sea area was not low at this time, and the sea surface was also undulating, but with the most advanced guns of the Navy Headquarters and the exquisite gunnery of the girls, the 128-pounder gun on the "Navy Flower" was still ideal for the distribution of shells.

And so—

"Distance 9, Angle 4, Ruler 3, High Energy Explosives Loading, Full Fire Coverage!"

Bermel gave the order to the nearby artillery crew.

Before Polusalino tinkered with the phone bug update, the Navy Headquarters was always a little childish in the tactical training of officers due to its limited annual military spending, advocating "doing more with less".

And with the update of the phone bug in Polusalino bringing a large amount of income to the world government, the military spending of the Navy Headquarters has increased significantly, and the naval instructors led by Admiral Zefa have also begun to change the thinking of the tactical class-

First, fire coverage!

Second, fire coverage!

Thirdly, it's still fucking fire coverage!

In addition, if the results of the battle are still unsatisfactory, then it must be that the firepower is not covered enough! More needs to be done!

Therefore, Bermel, who only came to the Navy headquarters three years ago, is obviously a "martial and moral" type officer who has accepted the new style of thinking!

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

Compared to the Navy special warship "Navy Flower", the "Black Hand" is simply a small boat, and only 30 guns can be put into artillery battles. Relatively speaking, the left chord of the "Flower of the Navy" is almost covered with artillery, and the four decks inside and outside are neatly arranged with gun windows.

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

It's a tough contest in every sense of the word. However, Polusalino didn't think there was anything wrong with this, after all, they were navy, and there were pirates on the other side, so who would show them fairness?

Dozens of shells whizzed through the space between the two ships, and then quickly approached the target - before the "Black Hand" could intercept it, and suddenly exploded.

The solid projectile turned into a large orange flame in an instant, and then fanned down the deck, mast and sail of the Black Hand, and at the same time, a large amount of shrapnel exploded onto the deck......

Cannonballs can be defended, but flames are hard to defend against - the orange flame ignited the sails of the "Black Hand" in an instant, and then the "Navy Flower" continued to fire, and the flames spread more widely on the "Black Hand", and then the ship began to stall.

The "Flower of the Navy" began to circle around the pirate ship like a cat and mouse, moving as it continued to pour out large quantities of ammunition.

Of course, in the process, there were solid shells that landed on the "Flower of the Navy", but the latter's special armor was obviously not vegetarian, not to mention the various means of defense and the management measures for disposal after shelling - it may be a bit too crazy to say that mosquitoes tickle, but human scratches are about the same.

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

Seeing that the distance between the two ships was sufficient, Captain Iska walked briskly forward a few steps, and then stepped directly above the turret.

Then, a straight white light appeared in the sky, which was stimulated by the bow of the "Navy Flower", and then instantly slashed down from top to bottom!

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

Then the "Navy Flower" squeezed through the middle, as smooth and smooth as a chef cutting meat with a traditional Chinese kitchen knife instead of "Koizumi Zhang".

However, after sinking the "Black Hand", the naval battle did not end, because at the same time that the "Navy Flower" completed the traversal action, there was suddenly an extra person on the ship.

"Black Hand" Daknis was full of cruelty and anger at this time, he just came to the North Sea to take over a job, but he encountered the inexplicable fleet of the navy. Originally, they thought that the well water would not interfere with the river water, and they could just slip away, but this naval fleet did not speak of martial virtue at all...... Not to mention the loss of his subordinates, the treasure he was carrying and his own ships were all sunk......

Wronged!

But before the "Black Hand" Daknis could express his displeasure, a long leg glittering with golden light attacked him vilely and kissed him on the cheek.

"Speed is weight – have you ever been kicked by the light?"

biu——！

Bang!!!

……

In a certain area of the North Sea, about two days away from the "Burning Legion" Grand Fleet, dozens of giant sea snails remained immobile despite the lapping of the waves.

This is the tenth year of Vinsmock Gaji's formation of the mighty Evil Army, and in 1497, after Dr. Vegapunk, who was studying the life factor with him, was taken away by Polusalino, he was "exalted" by the World Government and survived.

After that, he returned to the kingdom of Jerma, personally dealt with domestic affairs, and led the scientific research team to carry out the life "replication" and "transformation" project by using the data research of the bloodline factor theory, using the bloodline factors of several excellent soldiers in Jerma to create a "copy" of soldiers who can train a batch of soldiers in 5 years.

The first batch of clone soldiers embodied the characteristics of being fearless of death and absolute obedience, and he relied on this to lead Jerma 66 to trigger the "Killing the Four Kingdoms of the North Sea" event, cutting off the heads of the lords of the Four Kingdoms of the North Sea, and painting a huge painting of this event as a commemoration, trying to restore the glory of Jerma, who had dominated the North Sea for 66 days.

"Is it finally here, the Grand Fleet of the Navy ......"

Gaji looked up from his throne, then stood up, pacing restlessly, his face extremely ugly.

Compared to when he met Polusalino in 1497, Vinsmock Gaji still wears a golden helmet, but the long golden hair that had fallen to his waist has completely disappeared, and he has become truly bald.

But perhaps "getting bald and stronger" - Gaji is now taller, and when he stands up, he is even a head taller than the elite clone soldiers who have deliberately adjusted their genes, reaching a height of nearly four meters.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The War Department also found the figure of the Navy's special warship 'Touching Fish' in the Grand Fleet, and it can be judged that the new Admiral Yellow Ape is the commander of this fleet! ”

The clones quickly replied to their king.

“…… Damn Polusalino!! ”

The name of the old acquaintance made Gaji frightened and angry, and he could only flick the small beard on his chin in frustration - he thought of the scene where he was once as weak as a child and was beaten by the other party, and then pressed his head.

To tell the truth, for the navy, or the world government, to find trouble for himself, Gaji actually expected it a long time ago. After all, his previous incident of killing the kings of the four kingdoms of the North Sea was too rampant, and he had not given up the study of the bloodline factor for so many years, so he commissioned the Baroque studio, wanting to distract the navy through various means, in order to gain time for the second batch of clone soldiers of the new Jerma army to mature.

According to his vision, as long as this second batch of clone soldiers successfully joined the battle sequence, even if the navy wanted to send a fleet to find trouble for him, the powerful Vince Mock family was not afraid at all - but he never expected that the navy would directly get a large fleet to come to him, and the commander would still be the admiral Polusalino.

It's like a brawl - Gaji was ready for the navy to pull out weapons and even guns, so he took all kinds of defensive measures, and the next moment the navy directly pulled out the atomic bomb (polusalino).

This is also too bullying!!

……

Two days later.

Dozens of giant sea snails were assembled and put together to form a large "sea square", and Gaji, who stood in the square and inspected the soldiers, looked indifferent.

Twenty minutes ago, the guards of the Kingdom of Jerma observed that the navy's grand fleet was approaching them, and now, the grand fleet had reached a distance visible to ordinary people, and Gaji, whose vision had been enhanced, could even see the yellow figure standing in the bow of the huge flagship.

Gaji stared at Polusalino and sneered, he had prepared for the worst, that is, the navy received an order from the five old stars to fight him directly without worrying about the influence of the allied countries - if this was the case, even if he died, he would desperately bite off a piece of meat on the navy.

But to his surprise, the naval fleet did not fire in formation at the optimal range distance, but maintained its formation and arrived directly in front of the territory of the Kingdom of Jerma.

"It's been a long time, Your Majesty Gaji, it's going to be ten years~"

Polusalino jumped off the tall warship with a smile on his face, and using the skills of elementalization and moon step, as if he had defied gravity, he landed nimbly in front of Gaji.

"The army of the Jerma Kingdom is still as oppressive as ever~Kuwa Ichichi~"

"Admiral Polusalino specially came from the Navy Headquarters, and he also brought the Navy's Grand Fleet, I'm afraid it's not to say these weird things to me, right?"

Although he used to lose both people and battles when dealing with Porusalino in the past, Gaji still stiffened his neck and said in a stiff tone.

"Yes, but it's not a good place to talk...... So I think you should invite me in and sit down, Your Majesty Gaji~"

Polusalino still had that rather unbeaten smile.

"Please!"

Gaji took a deep breath and struggled to get a word out between his teeth. With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the well-armed artificial soldiers behind him to get out of the way of a path to the castle.

Polusalino walked side by side with Gaji, and even walked in front of each other, looking at everything around him with interest.

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PS: The theme of this volume is also starting to slowly come out, and you can see it right away

ps: A lot of the pits and foreshadowing that I dug before, I actually explained and brought them with me

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