"What's going on? Why did you let those pirates break through the defense line?"

On the deck of a warship, Lieutenant General Bastiu was roaring.

"Lieutenant General, there are too many pirates. We only have 10 warships. It is too difficult to stop them completely."

On the side, the adjutant said helplessly.

At this time, 30 pirate groups came, and they only had 10 warships. This would be the first half of the Grand Line, but this is a new world!

No pirate group that can survive in the new world is weak.

Ten warships, let alone stopping these pirate groups, would be good if they could protect themselves.

After all, there is only one Vice Admiral like Bastiu in the fleet...

If it weren't for the fact that the flagship was a powerful warship purchased from the East China Sea, the fleet would have collapsed.

"Damn it, in the past, at most 3 or 5 pirate groups came to harass us, but today more than 30 pirate groups came at once!"

"What do you think of the support from headquarters?"

Slapping the side of the boat hard, Bastiu said bitterly.

"The headquarters side, Dauberman and Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, are already on their way to support us, but it will take at least five hours to arrive. After all, there is a distance of 7 to 80 nautical miles!"

"Five hours...are you here to clean up for us?"

"Lieutenant General, we found a large number of warships approaching, 10 nautical miles away!"

At this moment, the sailor on the observation tower suddenly shouted.

And this shout directly made Bastiu even more desperate.

Are there other pirate groups coming?

And it’s still a lot?

It’s over, it’s really over now!

On the side, the adjutant picked up a telescope and wanted to see which pirate group was coming.

But soon, his expression began to change, and a hint of excitement appeared.

"Lieutenant General, it's the East China Sea Fleet, not the pirates, it's the East China Sea Fleet!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Bastiu immediately picked up his telescope and looked over.

Sure enough, it was a fleet composed entirely of steel battleships. In this world, there was no other fleet except the East China Sea Fleet.

and...

I don’t know if it’s my imagination. Are two of the warships too big?

The other warships around here are like children compared to those two.

"Um?"

At this moment, Bastiu, who was observing the two super giant battleships, suddenly discovered that a flash of fire flashed on the two battleships.

As a Vice Admiral of the Navy, he knew what this was going on.

Those two warships opened fire!!!

Ten nautical miles apart, that is, a distance of almost 18.5 kilometers, the cannon was fired!

Is this meant to blow the air?

Well, the navy's standard battleships use front-mounted smoothbore guns, and their effective range is only a few hundred meters.

Even if the new naval guns in the East China Sea can fire several kilometers away, Bastiu still cannot imagine that there are warships that can fire as close as 20 kilometers away.

Therefore, Bastiu expressed that he was very confused about this wave of bombardment.

However, reality hit him hard in the face dozens of seconds later.

Rest, rest, rest, rest...

Boom boom boom boom!!

Although he didn't hit any target, Bastiu was stunned at this moment.

This range...

This power...

He saw before his eyes a cannonball that landed on a pirate ship and exploded in the sea more than 50 meters away, causing huge waves to overturn it.

The layout is such that the range is sufficient, but the power is also terrifying.

Just when Bastiu was shocked, the two battleships of the East China Sea Fleet had opened fire again.

At this distance, even for these two battleships, the hit rate is pitifully low. A direct hit is basically impossible. Hitting the pirate ship 50 meters away like just now is already quite impressive.

However, as the fleet continues to approach, this hit rate will naturally increase little by little. Even after other warships enter the effective range, they can also fire and attack.

after all...

The warships in the East China Sea Fleet are very fast, especially this newly built fleet, where the slowest warship can reach 24 knots.

It doesn't even take half an hour to get close to a very high hit rate distance.

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On the island where Fortress No. 3 is located.

At this moment, the pirates have landed ashore. There are twelve pirate groups, and the captain with the lowest bounty has a bounty of 250 million beli.

If it were in the past, even if Tina brought a thousand elite navy soldiers, they would probably be defeated in less than ten minutes.

Not to mention that she only has a thousand ordinary sailors under her command.

But at this moment, even ordinary sailors, there are a thousand ordinary sailors armed with Corona 18, and even five heavy machine guns.

Coupled with the use of a semi-completed fortress as a bunker, it completely resembles a modern war.

only...

Since the navy equipped the navy with new firearms in large quantities, the pirates have been fighting with the navy for several months, and they are also very familiar with the performance of these firearms.

There are even many Corona Eighteen Styles that have fallen into the hands of pirates.

After all, it is not unusual for a lone warship to be attacked by pirates in the new world.

Of course, there are only a small number of Corona Eighteen Styles that have fallen into the hands of pirates or flowed directly into the black market. Plus there are so many pirate groups...

Therefore, even if some pirate groups get it, it will never be too much.

Generally speaking, if a pirate group can have 2 or 3 Corona Shifts nowadays, it is already pretty good.

"Fire!"

When the pirates approached 300 meters, Tina decisively gave the order to fire.

Bah bah bah bah...

Ta da da da da...

Thousands of Corona Type 18, coupled with five heavy machine guns, quickly turned into a torrent of steel, harvesting the pirates rushing at the front.

In just an instant, more than 30 people on the pirate side had fallen.

As for the other pirates, they were also looking for bunkers to escape one by one, without even daring to risk their lives.

This made Tina very satisfied. As long as this state continued, it would be impossible for these pirates to attack.

But soon, this situation changed.

I don't know what kind of esper there is among the pirates, but what is certain is that that guy is making a lot of boulders.

Moreover, this kind of boulder is still spherical...

So, groups of pirates hid behind the boulders, pushing them forward while hiding their bodies.

Although the Corona Type 18 is very strong, those heavy machine guns are also very strong.

But when there is a problem...

They really can't break through such a big stone!

"Pull the cannon up and blast away those rocks!"

"Yes, Major General Tina!"

Soon, more than a dozen sailors pushed five cannons over.

But unfortunately, this is only the front-loading smoothbore gun of the Navy, not the artillery of the East China Sea Navy.

Whether it is range, accuracy or destructive power, they are all very poor.

"Major General Tina, calibration completed!"

"fire!"

"Yes, fire!"
Chapter completed!