Chapter 323: First Defeat

(I made a mistake when I looked at the map before, and mistook Cogia Island for the Kingdom of Goa. So the island adjacent to the Kingdom of Goa is not the Kingdom of Oilet, but the Four-leaf Island. The map is attached below)

On September 6, 1520 in the Haiyuan calendar, the battle that was called the Bandit Suppression War in the early stage, the Four-song War in the middle stage, and the World Revolution War in the later stage officially started.

The attack direction selected by Steel Bone is the Lailong Wharf of the Kingdom of Goa, which is convenient for ships to enter.

In fact, there is another place suitable for ships to enter, which is the main gate of the Kingdom of Goa. However, the crazy nobles of the Kingdom of Goa built a wall more than 30 meters high here. Only a fool would attack from this side.

The Demon Slayer Fleet led by five vice admirals first carpet-bombed the Lailong Port of the Kingdom of Goa. This port, which was specially built for receiving the Celestial Dragons for more than ten years, turned into a ruin in just half a day.

As a means for the World Government to deter the world, the Demon Slayer Order has not been used many times since its birth, but the effect of each use is extremely amazing.

Under the Demon Slayer Order, no one thought that anyone could survive in the port.

Therefore, when 400 troop transport ships carrying 20,000 soldiers began to land, these soldiers were still humming songs, and some were still fighting.

Then, they were wiped out by the revolutionary army that came out of the trenches and air-raid shelters.

The remaining thousands of people saw their teammates falling like wheat, and their mentality exploded directly, and then they simply surrendered.

Soldiers these days have no sense of patriotism. Everyone only makes a few thousand Baileys a month, what's the point of playing with life!

"What's the situation?" Cyborg stood on a warship, holding a telescope and looking at the battlefield from a distance. When he saw the rows of flaming battle lines, his whole face was full of disbelief.

He turned his head to look at Weasel, who was also surprised: "It's impossible. There is no reason why so many people can be alive with the Demon Killing Order!"

To be able to eliminate 20,000 people in one wave, the revolutionary army must have 30,000 or 40,000 people?

This is the number after the Demon Killing Order was plowed once!

So there were 300,000 or 400,000 people in the revolutionary army before?

No one would believe it!

"Could it be that Dorager made a move?" Cyborg asked.

Dorager can control the storm and deflect the trajectory of the shells.

Weasel nodded: "Very likely!"

"Then it must be Dorager who made a move!" Cyborg sneered: "You love your soldiers like your own sons, right? I want to see how much energy you can waste. Come on, keep bombing for me!"

"But our soldiers are still up there!" Weasel hurriedly advised.

"They have surrendered!" Cyborg said unhappily: "Soldiers who surrender will be sent to the court of justice even if they are rescued. They are no longer our own people!"

Weasel was speechless.

Surrendering on the battlefield is indeed much more serious than escaping from the battlefield.

"But our shells have been used up!" Weasel said.

"Since your shells have been used up, go back!" Cyborg waved his hand: "Leave the rest to us!"

Although Cyborg no longer has the Demon Slayer Order, the small and medium-sized warships are not without guns, and they can still continue to bomb.

However, what he didn't know was that he had guns, and the Revolutionary Army also had them!

The cannons in the hands of the Revolutionary Army are naturally not the most advanced, but that is compared with the cannons of the Demon Slayer Order, and the range is still no problem compared with the cannons of ordinary warships!

And although there are few professional artillerymen in the Revolutionary Army, there are goddesses of wisdom to assist in shooting, so each one is comparable to the god of artillery!

Just as the small and medium-sized warships of the navy approached, the Revolutionary Army also quietly pulled out the cannons hidden in the air-raid shelters.

And this scene happened completely under the cover of the smoke of the battlefield, and the steel bones could not see anything at all.

Until all the small and medium-sized warships entered the range of the cannons, Drago gave an order, and ten thousand cannons fired at the same time!

There are not so many ten thousand guns, it is just a metaphor. In fact, the Revolutionary Army has only more than two hundred guns that can hit the ships at sea.

But more than two hundred guns, they fired with the momentum of 2,000 guns!

It's nothing else, the hit rate is too high!

With the trajectory correction of the goddess of wisdom, the gunners' aiming is accurate, and when the shells are flying in the air, the goddess of wisdom can also use the breeze to adjust the trajectory of the shells, making the shells more accurate and the landing position more critical.

For example: ammunition depot!

In the Battle of Jutland, the hit rate of the shells of both sides was only 2.17%. The 200 shells that hit completely were naturally equivalent to a thousand guns firing at the same time.

"Boom!" Steel watched several warships explode in the ammunition depot and then sink into the sea.

These warships are not only navy, but also a large number of armies!

He used warships as transport ships to transport troops, and now he used transport ships as warships. If the warships sank, the army on them would naturally be in trouble!

"Asshole!!" Steel clenched his fists and smashed the fence in front of him: "Retreat quickly, order all warships to retreat!"

But it takes time for the ship to turn around, and this is a sailing warship, so it is even more difficult to turn around!

In the time it took to turn around, the Revolutionary Army's cannons fired three more rounds, and more than 20 warships sank.

Mainly because some ships had strong men who could cut the shells with knives, otherwise the damage would be even greater.

After all the warships withdrew from the cannon range, Cyborg counted the damage and almost fainted.

There were only 250 small and medium-sized warships in total, and 39 of them sank in just a short time.

Each small warship has 300 navy soldiers and 500 army soldiers, and each medium-sized warship has 400 navy soldiers and 500 army soldiers. The total number of soldiers lost is 32,000!

Adding the 20,000 soldiers lost during the previous landing, it has been less than two hours since the start of the war. I don’t know how many people the Revolutionary Army has lost. The 15-nation coalition has lost 52,000 people?

In fact, the 32,000 soldiers were not all dead. At most, a few thousand unlucky ones died. The rest were either swimming in the sea or lying on the wooden boards.

But no ship was willing to rescue them because they were afraid of being bombed.

As for these navy soldiers swimming over by themselves?

With the physical strength of the navy, it is not impossible.

But don’t forget, this is not the ocean of the earth, this is the world of One Piece.

Even if there are no sea kings in the East China Sea, there will always be kings of the near sea.

The blood of the marines and land soldiers is as clear as a lighthouse in the smell of these fish. Now they have already come here by smelling the smell.

These people are not dead now, but there is no difference from being dead.

"Retreat!" Cyborg sighed and waved his hand.

"Just leave like that?" The army staff officer next to him was dumbfounded. They lost so many soldiers and generals, and they just retreated like that?

"What else can we do if we don't retreat?" Cyborg said unhappily: "Can we continue to land? Or can we continue to bombard?"

The staff officer was speechless and could only execute the order.

The fluctuations of the Den Den Mushi spread among the fleets. When the fleets that were not very active in fighting and rescue heard that they were going to retreat, they immediately pulled up the sails and went full speed.

Some of the fast ones even ran away in a flash, and even Cyborg could not see their shadows.

Cyborg's ship was a general-level warship, not only with sufficient firepower, but also the fastest speed.

However, he did not go at full speed, mainly because he was afraid of encountering the Demon Slayer Fleet.

After all, he was promoted from the Admiral of the Navy to the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies. When he was in the Navy, he was invincible and invincible. He was like a god in the hearts of the younger generations of the Navy.

Now he has lost a battle. If the younger generations of the Navy saw this

Cyborg looked back again, and then he was stunned.

He quickly raised the telescope and looked again.

Sure enough, a lot of small boats emerged from Lailong Port.

How many are there?

From his distance, these boats may be as big as a leaf, with at most 3 to 5 people on board!

But there are hundreds of such boats!

"They want to massacre those navy soldiers? But is it that serious?" Steel Bone didn't understand. After all, if they just left them alone, these soldiers would either drown, die of exhaustion, or be eaten by the King of the Sea.

But soon he found that his guess was wrong.

These ships are not going to kill people, but to save people.

They picked up the navy and army still floating in the sea one by one and put them on the boat, and then paddled the boat back.

When these soldiers got ashore, they continued to go to the sea to save people.

"Saving people, what's the use of this?" Steel Bone didn't understand. Could these soldiers still be used by you?

There has never been such a precedent in the world, so Steel Bone certainly didn't understand.

He also didn't know that there were grievance movements and public trials in this world, which could quickly convert enemy soldiers into our soldiers.

Moreover, the weak enemy soldiers would become as fierce as gods of war when they joined our side.

What? You said there were no nobles on the ship, so there was no way to conduct a public trial! ?

Without nobles, there were no military leaders?

These military leaders usually beat and scolded soldiers, withheld military pay, set up gambling games to exploit soldiers' property, and sold the supplies in the barracks. There were many such things, and the lower-level soldiers had long hated them.

Take these people out and try them for a whole day.

What Steel Bone couldn't understand was that there were so many small boats saving people, but where was the King of the Sea? Just watching?

I just saw a lot of them wandering over!

But he didn't know that the King of the Sea had been scared away by the goddess of wisdom.

The method was also very simple, using electric shock, ultrasound, and vision shielding.

The thunder in the control of celestial phenomena refers to sound.

With full of doubts, Steel Bone slowly returned to the Four Leaf Island Naval Base.

After asking the soldiers at the port and confirming that the Demon Slayer Fleet had left, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to call the staff to a meeting.

The meeting was definitely not to pass the buck, he was not that kind of person, but to study what was going on in this battle and how it could be fought like this?

Soon, Steel Bone summed up several reasons.

First: I didn't expect the Revolutionary Army to have the means to fight against the Demon Slayer Order, and I didn't know that there was resistance in the bombed place, so I sent troops to land, resulting in the loss of 20,000 soldiers.

Second: I didn't expect the Revolutionary Army to have artillery, and it was so accurate and so far, so I blindly sent warships carrying the army to act as gunboats for bombing, resulting in another loss of 30,000 people.

Third: The Demon Slayer Order has used up all its shells!

If the Demon Slayer Order's warships still had shells, the Revolutionary Army's guns would not dare to fight back, because the Demon Slayer Order's warships had a long range of guns and could completely blow up the Revolutionary Army's guns.

Because he trusted the Demon Slayer Order too much, he used up all his shells in one wave. When the Revolutionary Army fired back, Cyborg was helpless and had no way to do anything.

These three reasons can be summarized into one reason.

Insufficient intelligence and insufficient understanding of the Revolutionary Army!

"I will contact the World Government and request intelligence support from the CP department!" Cyborg's expression was ugly. Although this battle was fought like this due to insufficient intelligence, in the final analysis, the problem lay with him.

He used to fight so smoothly that he didn't even regard the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army as human beings.

Moreover, the previous revolutionary army was indeed not very good, whether it was grand strategy or small tactics.

But he didn't expect that the revolutionary army would suddenly evolve!

But the problem is not big. Even if I lose 50,000 people, I still have 450,000. The advantage is still with me!

"Report!" A signal soldier walked in hurriedly: "The garrison commander of Rogge Town, Navy Colonel Smoker, has arrived with his troops!"

"Huh?" Cyborg was stunned, and his face suddenly darkened: "What happened to Smoker? Why did they come after the battle was over?"

"Chief Smoker said that they encountered heavy fog, and the fleet wandered in the fog for half a day!" said the communications soldier.

Cyborg hammered the table hard.

It was autumn now, and there was nothing he could do about heavy fog. He couldn't blame Smoker for this.

Moreover, the Rogge Town base is the farthest base from the battlefield, so it is understandable that it comes so far.

And Cyborg was a little lucky that Smoker didn't participate in the battle, otherwise he would probably have been sent to bomb the Revolutionary Army positions.

Wouldn't it be impossible to avoid the artillery fire of the revolutionary army?

"Let him come in and participate in the meeting!" Cyborg said.

A moment later, Smoker walked in with sharp eyes, steady steps and a muscular body.

"Sit down, eh?" Cyborg glanced at Smoker casually, and then realized something was wrong: "You are so imposing?"

"Marshal Bing, I have successfully awakened the domineering force of armed forces and the domineering spirit of seeing and hearing, and my strength has made great progress!" Smoker said neither humble nor arrogant.

"Okay, okay!" Cyborg nodded with satisfaction: "I remember you are only 30 years old this year. You are quite impressive for such an achievement. When you make some contributions in this battle, you will be qualified to serve as a major general when you return. It’s a matter of course for Lieutenant General!”

"Thank you Marshal for your support!" Smoker saluted quickly.

Cyborg nodded with satisfaction.

Before coming to the East China Sea, he specifically asked the navy for relevant information here.

According to the information, Smoker despised his superiors and was unruly.

Why didn't I see it?

This kid is pretty good!

Because I saw the outstanding juniors, even the bad mood caused by the defeat has improved a lot now.

"Although the attack in the morning did not go well!" It was obvious that the battle was defeated, but when it came to Cyborg's mouth, it just didn't go well.

“But it’s not all without gain!”

"The revolutionary army has deployed a large number of soldiers at Lailong Port for defense. They also have cannons with a range that exceeds the range of small and medium-sized warships!"

"I will contact the World Government for intelligence support, and at the same time investigate the source of the Revolutionary Army's cannons!" Cyborg looked at the 15 captains of the Navy.

Don't ask why there are only 15 colonels in 20 branches. Five of them died just now.

Among these 15 colonels, there was one with a sinister look, and he was actually Colonel Mouse of the 16th branch of the Navy.

Hina reported the matter of the rat, but the rat's backend is really tough, and with the station open, the navy has no way to replace people at this time.

"You continue to lead people to block the route, and make sure that not a single gun, not a single bullet, not a single cannon can enter the Kingdom of Goa!"

"Then when will we launch the second attack?" asked the army staff officer next to him.

"Wait for the Navy's demon-slaying fleet to replenish ammunition!!" Cyborg said calmly.

Landing operations would cause huge casualties, and he could see how those 20,000 soldiers died.

There are dense bullets in front of you, endless sea water behind you, and a muddy beach under your feet. You can't walk fast even if you want to. You are a living target.

Although the Demon-Slaying Order fleet cannot eliminate the defenders on land, it can still suppress them and prevent them from taking the lead.

So Cyborg's strategy is very simple, let the Demon-Slaying Order fleet fire artillery to suppress it, and the army will take advantage of the opportunity to land.

When the revolutionary army loses its terrain advantage, won't it have to go head-to-head with the army?

No matter how strong the revolutionary army's will to fight is, our army's victory lies in its large numbers, and even if these 400,000 soldiers are defeated, they can continue to be replenished, and the revolutionary army will be exhausted!

"Winning revolution on an isolated island is the worst choice you have ever made in your life!"

All in all, the advantage is mine!

Cyborg slapped the table, as if he had seen the moment of victory.

Until another signal soldier walked in quietly.

"What's the matter?" Cyborg asked.

"That!" the signal soldier handed over a phone bug: "Marshal's phone number from the Navy Headquarters!!"

"Huh?" Ganggu's face darkened. I only lost 39 battleships and 5 branch colonels. Did you start an army to hold the blame during the Warring States Period?

He took the phone bug and said angrily: "Warring States, do you know what I am doing? I am annihilating the revolutionary army! In such a war, even I may die, let alone five colonels!"

"What five colonels?" Seng Guo asked.

"Aren't you here to hold the five colonels accountable?" Cyborg frowned: "Is that about the 39 battleships? Those are all small and medium-sized battleships, one of which is not worth much. I will report it to the World Government later and let them know. Let them make it up for you!”

"Five colonels, 39 warships?" Warring States finally knew what Cyborg was talking about, and then he took a breath of cold air: "What's going on? Didn't the war just start? Why are the losses so huge?"

"The revolutionary army's firepower is a bit fierce. I suspect it is supported by some force!" Cyborg said with a dark expression.

Sengoku was stunned and immediately thought of Doflamingo.

If you want to say that it is strong, it may be because the Revolutionary Army has recruited some powerful characters.

But to say that it has strong firepower, it should have purchased a lot of arms.

Doflamingo, isn't he an arms seller?

but!

"I'm not calling you to talk about this!" Warring States said.

"Oh? What's that?" Cyborg asked.

"Ace is caught!"

"who?"

"Whitebeard Pirates, Captain of the Second Division, Ace!"

Cyborg's face suddenly became serious.

He had also been a naval marshal and had fought against Whitebeard, so he knew what kind of temper this man had.

He truly treats the pirates under his command as sons, especially the squad captain, who is at the level of his own son.

Now that one of his sons has been arrested, one can imagine Whitebeard's reaction.

"What are you going to do?" Cyborg asked: "Keep the news? Or go to war with Whitebeard?"

"Listen to me!" Sengoku said: "After investigation, we found that Ace is not only the captain of Whitebeard's Second Division, he is also the son of Pirate King Roger!"

"What?" Cyborg was stunned and immediately thought of something.

Roger's sword is Ace!

And if you count them by age, Ace seems to be right on target!

"Don't say that he is just Whitebeard's adopted son. Even if he is Whitebeard's biological son, we cannot let him go, let alone the biological son of Pirate King Roger!" Sengoku said in a deep voice: "After discussion, our Navy Headquarters decided to Ace performs a public execution!”

"But!" Cyborg frowned: "If you usually execute whatever you like, but I am still wiping out the revolutionary army, and I need the help of the navy!"

"Of course our navy will help!" Warring States said: "Public executions are not now. We need to deploy elite troops to the navy headquarters. During this period, there will be a window of more than two months. During these two months, the demons will be slain. The fleet can be handed over to you, but they must return after two months!"

"Two months is enough!" Cyborg nodded confidently. Although I just suffered a defeat, it was due to insufficient intelligence.

Now that I know that you can resist the Demon-Slaying Order and you have cannons, how can I give you another chance for a sneak attack?