The first half of the Grand Line, Paradise.

"Violet, how are you?"

"So far, a total of three suspicious targets have been found, General!"

"Tell me more specifically."

In the bridge of a battleship, Violet is using her Goggle Fruit ability to continuously search.

"The first target is 2,800 kilometers away from us. It is heading to Shampoo Island. It is a warship of the world navy. The presence of two lieutenant generals has been confirmed."

"The second target is 2,400 kilometers away from us. It is also a warship of the world navy. It is tracking a small fleet of our navy and the presence of a lieutenant general has been confirmed."

"The third target, 380 kilometers away from us, is heading to the G8 branch. It is a pirate ship, but I confirmed a large number of pirate corpses on the ship, as well as the existence of a suspected world admiral. Because he was wearing a mask, he could not completely

confirm!"

After listening to Violet's report, Li Yan began to think.

Based on the first and second attacks, it can basically be determined that each time the opponent used crushing power, otherwise it would be impossible for no one in the entire branch to spread the news.

And if you want to achieve this kind of power, you must have the combat power of a general level.

Obviously, the first goal does not meet this point.

As for the second goal, it does not meet the purpose of the Holy Land.

After all, a small naval fleet only has three warships, and there are not very high-value targets on it.

But the third goal is different.

Wearing the uniform of a world admiral, wearing a mask, and also using a pirate ship.

The most important thing is that the formal goal is the G8 branch.

This is very suspicious no matter how you look at it.

"Violet, how long does it take for the third target to arrive at the G8 branch?"

"About eight hours, General!"

"Ain, contact Lieutenant General Garp, cancel the original rendezvous plan, and ask him to go directly to the G8 branch!"

"Understood, I'll go right away!"

"Violet, keep an eye on the third target and report any situation immediately!"

"Yes, General!"

380 kilometers?...

The fleet's speed is 24 knots, which means it takes eight hours and forty minutes to reach the G8 branch.

Time is very dangerous.

While taking out his cell phone and dialing a number, Li Yan muttered to himself.

"Lieutenant General Jonathan, I am Li Yan!"

"I just confirmed that a suspicious target is approaching your G8 branch and will arrive in about eight hours."

"Yes, that's what I suspect. I'm at least 80% sure!"

"Well, I'm already on the way, but according to the speed of the fleet, it will take about eight hours and forty minutes to arrive."

"Okay, that's it!"

------

At the same time, the G8 branch.

Inside Jonathan's office.

"Someone is coming!"

"Lieutenant General!"

"Ask the chief officers of each unit and department to come to my office!"

"Yes, Lieutenant General!"

ten minutes later.

There are already more than ten people in Jonathan's office.

"Since everyone is here, let me explain the situation first."

"Well, General Li Yan contacted me just now and said that he found a pirate ship deliberately approaching us. It will arrive in about eight hours, no, it should be seven hours and fifty minutes, and this pirate ship has a large number of people.

The corpses of pirates, as well as the world's admirals and a large number of other generals exist."

"I don't think you understand what this means?"

After looking around at everyone, Jonathan said, his face full of seriousness.

As for those who heard this, the two recent bad incidents quickly flashed in their minds.

The massacres of the G4 branch and the Duroc Island branch.

No matter which one it was, the entire naval branch was slaughtered.

Including hundreds of sailors, a large number of general officers, and even the branch chief of the lieutenant general.

"Lieutenant General, can you say..."

"Yes, there is at least an 80% chance that this guy is here, and his goal is to stage another massacre in the G8 branch!"

hiss...

After hearing Jonathan's personal confirmation, even those who had guessed just now took a deep breath.

"Everyone, be quiet. I'm going to tell you two pieces of news, one good and one bad!"

"The good news is that General Li Yan, who was hunting these people under the orders of the marshal, discovered these in time and rushed towards us at full speed."

"But the bad news is that General Li Yan will arrive here eight and a half hours later. In other words, he will arrive forty minutes later than the enemy!"

"So, our goal is to hold the G8 branch before the East China Sea Fleet arrives!"

"Next, I will arrange the tasks."

"First of all, all non-combatants should evacuate the G8 branch immediately and go at least 300 kilometers westward away from the branch!"

Tapping his fingers on the table, Jonathan spoke seriously.

However...

"I disagree!"

The person who spoke was Jessica, the chief cook of the Navy's G8 branch.

"This is an order!"

"No, even if we are the cooking department, our combat effectiveness will never be worse than other naval units!"

"I object too!"

"And I!"

Just after Jessica finished speaking, the chief officers of the maintenance team and the medical team immediately spoke up.

"Lieutenant General, once the battle begins, there will definitely be casualties among the sailors. Are you asking our medical team to leave because you want to see those sailors die?"

The chief officer of the medical class said.

"There is also our maintenance team. If we are no longer here, who will be responsible for the operation of various systems of the entire branch, as well as the warships!"

"Besides, we are going to escape today. How can we, the people from the maintenance team, have the dignity to come back in the future?"

The chief officer of the maintenance team also continued.

Why...

Seeing this, Jonathan also sighed slightly.

To be honest, if he persisted for 40 minutes, even if he got the information in advance, Jonathan didn't think the possibility of success would be high.

According to his judgment, a 20% chance would be pretty good.

Therefore, he thought of letting those non-combatant departments evacuate. After all, they were not combatants.

However, now it seems that there is no way to get rid of it.

And there was nothing wrong with what they said. If it were him, he would probably be just as unwilling to leave.

"Okay, if you insist..."

"I will make arrangements for the combat deployment next!"

------

At midnight.

Inside the G8 branch, only a few places are still lit.

After all, at this point in time, except for a small number of people and those in essential positions, all other personnel have already taken a break.

Then at night, a pirate ship was slowly approaching, without any firelight on the whole ship.

"Same as usual, I'll go in first and deal with the Lieutenant General's branch chief, and you guys wait for my signal before taking action!"

Only one kilometer away from the branch, on the deck of the pirate ship, No. 3 explained to the others.

After looking around and confirming that everyone understood, No. 3 nodded, and then used the Moon Step...
Chapter completed!