Chapter 1096: One Year of War
March of the year 1505 of the Haiyuan calendar.
The Battle of the Golden Sea also lasted for a full year.
With the Emperor of the Sea of the New World, many top pirate groups and the Great Pirates sent members to Gaya Island.
Underground forces, some ordinary pirates, and even some independent pirate groups were attracted by the treasures of the Golden Sea.
More and more people are heading to Gaya Island.
The golden sea is real!
In addition, the Kingdom of Chronos controls public opinion in the New World and has many ways to present the beautiful blueprint of the Golden Sea to the pirates.
Which pirate found a large piece of gold and became rich overnight.
Which pirate retired from the underworld?
Too much too much.
The public opinion controlled by the Kingdom of Chronos continues to attract pirates from the New World to join the Golden Sea battlefield.
Many small pirates and unknown pirate groups directly entered the Golden Sea through the island battleships of the Flying Pirates.
Longing for wealth, longing for everything.
So what if the Golden Sea War is extremely cruel?
This still couldn't suppress the greed of those pirates.
Anyone who can venture into the sea must have the firm will to risk his life.
They have long since put life and death aside.
There is never a shortage of gamblers on the sea, even at the cost of their own lives.
Don't underestimate the horror of public opinion.
Due to the secret operation of the Kingdom of Chronos, a large number of pirates want to enter the Golden Sea every month.
The number even exceeds the expectations of the Flying Pirates.
No matter what your fantasy was before coming to Gaya Island.
Once you arrive at Gaya Island, you have no control over many things.
Had to go to war.
Even when salvaging gold, one needs to be vigilant against naval warships at all times.
It's not that easy to leave.
The influx of a large number of pirates inevitably led to a more intense war in the Golden Sea.
Hundreds or even thousands of people die every day.
This is normal.
The naval battle was not too bad, and the casualties were not that great.
What is cruel is the head-on confrontation on the ice battlefield.
You can still paddle in naval battles, and only need to attack with long-range artillery shells before the battle begins.
But if a major war breaks out on the ice, it would be a real bloodbath, and it would be normal for thousands of people to die in a day.
However, both sides were relatively restrained and the fight was over in half a day at most.
Except for the battles between high-end combat forces.
The fierce battlefield forced the navy to deploy more troops.
If the pirates want to go out to salvage gold, they have to send out at least half of their manpower at one time.
Every time this happens, a big war begins.
Wars were too frequent and there were battles every day. Many times we had to rest during the day and sneak out at night to salvage gold.
In most cases, the salvage ships on Gaya Island would cry out bad luck as soon as they saw approaching naval warships.
The Golden Sea is too small, there is no escape.
Of course, it is impossible for the navy to completely restrict pirates from salvaging gold, such things are inevitable.
As time goes by, the pirates' methods of salvaging gold are also changing.
Keep making adjustments.
The battlefield is this big, the golden sea is this big, and many things are actually laid out in the open.
You can't hide it even if you want to.
Even if submarines are used to salvage the gold, the navy has ways to deal with it.
The Golden Sea is very dangerous.
Even submarines have great risks. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.
This is also the reason why submarines are rarely used.
The salvage boat is fine.
In case of an accident, people can be pulled up at any time.
In such dangerous waters, even in a naval battle, both sides have to worry about whirlpools that may accidentally appear.
If you are not careful, you will be sucked in and the enemy will seize the opportunity.
The natural environment is also an important issue that both sides in this war cannot avoid.
In fact, many people have already discovered it.
When it comes to salvaging gold on Fishman Island, the Fishmen have a natural advantage.
Even dangerous ocean currents do not threaten their lives.
The World Government naturally knows about this.
As soon as the Golden Sea erupted, the Kingdom of Chronos was notified to prohibit the fishmen from Fishman Island from entering the Golden Sea.
Fishman Island is a vassal kingdom of the Chronos Kingdom, so this matter naturally needs to be notified to the Chronos Kingdom.
The World Government was also notified regarding Fishman Island.
The Kingdom of Chronos did not object to this.
At that time, the World Conference had just ended not long ago, so naturally there would be no objection to the reasonable request of the World Government.
Supported the World Government's decision and restricted the Fish-Man Island's fish-men from going out.
As for the fishmen in the sea, once they participate in the Battle of the Golden Sea, they will be assassinated by the Navy and the World Government.
There are also people from the navy and the World Government on Gaya Island, and any fishmen that appear will be discovered at the first moment.
There are many pirate groups on the sea, and among them there are many fish-men. During this year, no one knows how many fish-men have sacrificed their lives.
On the battlefield, it is also the navy's primary target.
The news has spread, and now, not many members of the merman tribe dare to go to the Golden Sea.
Knowing that they will die and will be the first target, they will not seek death.
You know, the World Government will also offer a bounty on them in the underground world.
Murlocs of average strength can't escape from hunters and killers.
Most of the fishmen died this way.
On the contrary, the number of times the World Government personally takes action is relatively small.
The more intense the war, the more manpower and combat power the navy has to invest.
Have to bear more pressure.
Today, the losses in the Golden Sea have exceeded the Navy Headquarters' previous expectations.
The Navy has lost 100,000 sailors this year.
This is equivalent to an average of 8,000 deaths per month.
This is the result of increasing war losses.
If the current loss situation continues, the number of naval casualties will be very high next year.
Such a cost puts enormous pressure on the navy.
You know, most of these sacrificed soldiers came from the Grand Route.
Of course, some also come from all over the world.
The military rank after participating in the Battle of the Golden Sea can be directly converted into the military rank of the headquarters.
And if you perform well, you can get promoted faster and enjoy some special resources, such as the Six Types of Navy.
As long as you can survive the war, you can save more than a decade of effort.
This is a great opportunity for some brave and hard-working marines.
Such excellent treatment attracted many marines from all over the world.
However, the marines of the Great Route still occupy the main position.
The theme of the world conscription is the four seas.
The newly recruited marines are needed to pacify the four seas.
Need to join the newly established naval branch.
The sea is becoming increasingly chaotic, and has affected the order in all sea areas.
The Sihai Navy even had some difficulty suppressing the Sihai and could only barely maintain order.
This makes it difficult for the Navy Headquarters to withdraw personnel from the four seas to the Golden Sea.
Although through the Battle of the Golden Sea, many outstanding marines emerged and were promoted.
But in the war, the navy suffered even greater losses.
War is war and will not be diverted by the will of others.
Such losses have exceeded the Navy's original intention of training troops.
The navy wants to train its troops, but the pirates will not do as the navy wishes.
In this era, the overall combat power of pirates cannot be compared with that of the navy.
Even the overall number of pirates far exceeds that of the navy.
In the war between the two sides, the combat power seemed equal, but in the end it was the navy that suffered the loss.
The navy's losses were borne by themselves.
As for the pirates, the losses were shared by multiple parties.
Even some of the sacrificed pirates don't need to be cared about at all.
Even if those independent pirates or pirate groups died, it would have no impact on the pirate community as a whole.
As a large number of pirates flocked to Gaya Island, most of the pirates in the New World focused their attention on the Golden Sea.
Instead, it led to an unprecedented peace in the New World Order.
There is little friction between the major forces.
The reduction in the number of pirates also reduced the fighting and competition among pirates in the New World.
It has eased the competitive pressure in the new world and created a lot of living space.
What made the Navy Headquarters feel uncomfortable was that regardless of the chaos in the four seas or the Battle of the Golden Sea, the Navy had a large number of new recruits.
The Navy is on a world conscription.
New recruits are sent into the battlefield without even having time to be properly trained, which greatly reduces their chances of survival.
All of this is consuming the Navy's future potential.
If it is cultivated for a few years, it will definitely play a greater role, but now we can only force it to happen.
This is something they don't want to do, but they have to do it.
Today, they are trapped in the quagmire of war.
Allowing the Golden Sea War to continue would continue to drain the navy's power.
