Chapter five hundred and fifty-seven, two-line war!
Unlike the navy, which has the ambivalence of an old emperor looking at a prince, the government army is a pure stepmother.
The navy's shop is spread too widely, from the Grand Route to the southeast and northwest seas. In addition, the sky is high and the emperor is far away between the branch and the headquarters. For this reason, there are many naval scoundrels who can't stand their loneliness and do evil and regard themselves as the emperor. Under the influence of the general atmosphere, there are many naval scoundrels.
For this reason, the government had to create a privileged lieutenant general, commonly known as a prosecutor, who was directly appointed by them to check and balance. The result was that the five evils must be dealt with.
The navy has great power, great responsibilities, and strong strength. From the perspective of governance, there is nothing wrong with the government's acquiescence in cp0's competition with it. This is "politics."
What about the Army?
That's another extreme.
Army headquarters?
No, the Holy Land is their home base.
Field Marshal?
No, Commander Kong is responsible for full command.
Three generals?
No, there are seven lieutenant generals and only one general.
The final strength...
The navy can pull out a million-strong army from all over the world and the great shipping routes at will, including now.
As for the Army, the 300,000 people on full duty include conscripts.
In order to prevent the countries on the Red Earth Continent from directly raising troops to counterattack and threaten the Holy Land, the government ordered the participating countries to arrange for a certain number of young and middle-aged men to join the government's army every year, thereby reducing the combat effectiveness of their armies.
This is compulsory soldiering.
The reason is that the Red Earth Continent is weak, unlike the sea where heroes rise together.
Raising an army costs a lot of money. Most of Lovett's men are undead and he only has 400,000 troops. He already has a navy's blood-sucking bank. When the five old stars are full and stretched, they have to spend a lot of money to raise an army that is ineffective and useless.
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But it’s different now!
Im lost the navy to the Black Earl, the navy chose neutrality, and the Holy Land had no troops available!
In the eyes of Army General Ingersoll, this was a once-in-a-lifetime turnaround for the Army!
He already knew the inside story of the war on the top, and while he admired him, he also scorned Akainu.
Soldiers can have their own ideas.
But a soldier's first duty is to obey orders!
An official force that disobeys orders is a greater threat than the same number of pirates!
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It was night, and the island with withered cherry blossoms gradually became quiet. The sea breeze blew the forest and swayed. Before the pollination period, that is, in July and August, the pink velvet covering the thin leaves was not poisonous and could not threaten people.
life.
This has naturally become an excellent place for young couples to have private meetings under the moonlight.
In the back hill of the town, on a bluestone path dug and paved by local residents, a man and a woman sat side by side on stone chairs. Through the mottled and hazy pink moon shadow, the man suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the sky.
The woman looked at him curiously: "What are you doing?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, that star will swim into my hand soon."
"You're crazy!"
The woman slapped him angrily and funny: "You can say so many love words."
"Hmph, I'm only saying this to you. Cherish it, woman."
Then he mysteriously tugged his fist and said, "And I didn't lie. The star really swam into my hand."
"If you don't believe it, just take a look."
Under the woman's curious and helpless gaze, the man slowly opened his palms.
"Ah! This is..."
A delicately polished diamond ring appeared in the center of the palm print. The originally transparent and colorless diamond revealed a trace of pink light under the pink moonlight.
"This is the star I caught."
The man looked at her affectionately and suddenly blushed: "I haven't given you any decent gift in so many years. I'm stupid and I don't know how to please people. I saved up my salary for several years to buy such a small one."
"But the boss has agreed to let me lead a team to run the business. After this trip, we..."
"Well, I promise you!"
The man was startled for a moment, then looked at the woman with red eyes in front of him, and then he was ecstatic.
"Jenny..."
"Peter..."
The two intertwined their fingers, holding the rings between each other's palms, and their faces got closer and closer.
Just as the plot was about to run into an unpredictable abyss, suddenly...
"How can I buy this thing with a few years' salary and nothing else? Where's the house? Where's the car? Where's the servant? Where's the job? From now on, you and the boat dealer will ask her to stay alone in the empty house? Aren't you afraid of Lao Wang next door?"
"Women can always find excuses for their cheating, while men's fault is often just lack of money."
"Young man, it's better to be practical."
The sudden strong voice interrupted the two people's intimacy. They looked back blankly and saw a middle-aged man with a beard, who was watching them curiously, less than ten centimeters apart.
Behind the middle-aged man, there is a group of viking pirates dressed up with fierce looks...
"Pirate?!!"
The two were startled, and were about to stand up and run away, when suddenly there were two "dong, dong" sounds, and they fell softly to the ground.
Plop!
Plop!
"I didn't ask you to surround the town just to talk nonsense. Act quickly!"
Ingersoll silently took back the palm knife wearing white gloves and glared at the bearded man:
"Oh well."
Shrinking his neck, Lieutenant General Mei Lan led his men away dejectedly, leaving Ingersoll sighing on the spot.
"You don't understand the seriousness of the problem at all, these bastards!"
On the dark sea surface, the clouds drifted back, exposing the covered pirate ship to the sun. The person guarding the lighthouse was a little old man over fifty years old wearing a grass-green mandarin jacket and a dark gray shirt. He was lying on the guardrail with his eyebrows knitted together and looking carefully.
The sea surface, and then his eyes widened in horror.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The alarm bell was rung and drifted to the town with the sound of wind.
"PIrate!!"
The old man shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Pirates are coming!!"
This night, the island of withered cherry blossoms is destined to be sleepless.
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"Sorry, sir, Kaido's men attacked our fleet, and the Island of Withering Sakura has been captured!"
"Sir, the enemy has left the island and is escaping towards the Beast Pirates' territory!"
"Report, urgent contact from Maple Leaf Island, the Beast Pirates are attacking Maple Leaf Island, they can't stop it!"
Three messages in a row flew into the main island of Auroville with wings, causing a panic.
The Island of Withering Cherry Blossoms is okay, it can barely be considered as outside the sphere of influence of the City of Auroville, and is a no-care zone left by Whitebeard, but Maple Leaf Island is already under the jurisdiction of the City of Auroville, and is less than three days' flight from the City of Auroville.
But Aka, who was responsible for staying behind, was not panicked. Lovett had given him a series of tips and tricks before leaving. At this moment, his face was expressionless, looking down at the twelve curse spirits headed by Brod.
"Why are you panicking?"
"Kaido doesn't have the guts or the ability to bypass our eyes and mobilize a large force to attack this place alone. At most, it's just a small team to cause trouble!"
Everyone nodded quickly, and the discussion disappeared instantly.
They all understand this truth, but...
Just brush your face!
If you do your job too well and the boss has no room for correction, he will not have a sense of accomplishment.
In fact, it is the same to please the boss and to please your girlfriend. You need to have a good sense of distance. A good boxer will only give five points of force and leave five points of aftertaste. This is the principle.
Without clarifying their thoughts, Aka smiled grimly.
"But since you're here, please stay!"
"Immediately dispatch 100,000 soldiers to pursue the pursuit, notify all our members in Whitebeard territory to contact each other and assemble, and form a small team of no less than 300 people to cast a net across the sea to block their retreat!"
It is impossible for a normal ocean to block people like this.
The sea is vast and there is no absolute speed advantage. The enemy can be thrown around by just scurrying around in the sea.
But this is the new world, the most dangerous area of the Grand Line!
The recording pointer must choose one of three to choose the most stable magnetic field line to navigate, and the magnetic field lines are relative. The enemy knows it, and we also know it. As long as the enemy's approximate position is determined, we can determine the direction they will go next.
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Of course, this is not the point.
Watching the curse spirits leave quickly and issue orders, Aka sat at the head of the conference table and picked up the teacup.
"However... even the undead squad of three hundred Ghost Riders cannot stop the thousand elites Kong selected from the army to carry out this mission. As long as they are not stupid enough to go deeper, it is inevitable that they will run away.
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"But if we don't do this, how can we have an excuse to make things worse and make Kaido suffer a bitter pill."
Aka looked at Lovett's portrait on the wall of the hall with reverence and said to himself.
"As expected of the master, no wonder he wanted to fall out with Kaido directly... In this way, he not only deceived those old foxes, but also deceived Kaido."
"The opportunity to wipe out all the beasts is very close, but Kaido has to swallow the bitter pill and bear this situation alone... Hahahaha!"
"What a plan to kill two birds with one stone!"
"but……"
Aka turned his head and looked at the splendid lighthouse outside the window with a cold expression, and said in a soft voice: "There is a loophole in a two-front war. If the Five Old Stars make a desperate move and send out hundreds of thousands of troops, the trouble will be big.
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"What should we do next, Master!"
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The biggest gain from 520 is that I learned that the daughter of the owner of the canteen downstairs likes to smoke Double Happiness... She is also a woman with unique taste, just like me who has won the lottery.