Chapter 448 The Development of the Flying Pirates

Time passes quietly into April.

In a short period of time, four more fleet captains were added to the Sky Pirates.

At this point, the number of fleet captains in the Sky Pirates has increased to eighteen.

While promoting fleet captains, the number of troops in each fleet dropped to almost 3,500.

In just seven or eight months, the overall strength of the Sky Pirates returned to its pre-war peak state, and even more.

Such changes are also noticeable.

Faced with the huge strength and territory, the Flying Pirates consciously began to make reasonable adjustments to their internal governance.

The first step is to weaken the fleet captain's military strength and management territory.

The military strength was reduced, and each fleet controlled approximately thirty islands.

Because the Sky Pirates will have more and more troops in the future, the number of fleet captains will also increase.

It is impossible to divide the territory in one go.

And these divided territories are basically at the outermost periphery, connected to various forces.

Form a strong barrier.

The troops directly under "Golden Lion" Shiji have 10,000 troops and are located in the Sky Kingdom, the core of the Sky Pirates.

This is a sky kingdom that consists of dozens of islands and is controlled by the power of Shiji's Piaopiao Fruit.

The location of the Sky Kingdom is not fixed, and the Sky Pirates hover over the huge sea territory.

This kind of governance can ensure that the Sky Pirates can effectively manage the huge number of pirates, as long as Shiji can maintain their deterrence as always.

If Shiji falls, the Sky Pirates will be disbanded immediately.

Divided among many fleet captains.

Just like the Rocks Pirates in the past.

Without the Battle of the Valley of Gods, the Rocks Pirates would not have been able to survive for a few more years.

As many of the core members have grown, Rocks' dominance has begun to decline.

His height is already visible and touchable.

Shi Ji's ambition is well known to everyone.

It can only be said that the time for the Rocks Pirates to disband was just right, and the time for the Battle of the Valley of Gods to break out was also just right.

If Shiji wants to become the next Rocks, this situation must be faced.

Of course, his dominance over the Sky Pirates must be stronger.

And certain restrictions have been adopted.

Of course, it is impossible to completely limit it, and the so-called 3,500 people are just an approximate number.

Not everyone is a member of the Sky Pirates, and some choose to submit to the fleet captain.

Just like some fleet captains who were originally captains of affiliated pirate groups, those crew members were also packaged to join the Sky Pirates and are still under their command.

Each fleet captain also has strengths and weaknesses, and has high or low prestige.

A strong person who becomes famous earlier will definitely have more people under his command and will have stronger power.

There will also be competition among each other.

Not only the Sky Pirates themselves were restored, but the number of affiliated pirate groups was restored to its peak, even more than before the war.

Being attached to the Flying Pirates is equivalent to having a strong backer.

The Sky Pirates' territory is vast, but their sphere of influence is even larger.

In addition to the division of internal forces, the Flying Pirates also formulated a series of development plans.

With the development and expansion of intelligence forces, in the past nine years, the Sky Pirates have had more than 2,000 intelligence personnel.

For a pirate force, developing intelligence capabilities is a very difficult task.

It is impossible to brainwash people from childhood like the world government does.

In terms of loyalty, there is a question mark, and only some relatively simple intelligence work can be carried out.

We still have to rely more on the intelligence power of the underground world.

With their terrifying overall strength, the Flying Pirates have established cooperative relationships with most of the top underground forces.

Including the "King of Arms" and "King of Shipping".

The King of Shipping will specially arrange a fleet to transport materials for the Sky Pirates.

The King of Arms will give some arms to the Sky Pirates for free every year to ensure that the arms trade of the King of Arms in the Sky Pirates' territory will not be affected.

This trade has been going on for several years.

During the war, Victor, the "King of Arms", made a lot of profits by selling arms.

In order for arms to be sold unimpeded, Victor can be said to have established trade relations with most of the powerful top forces.

This is very necessary.

There is a big difference in value between buying at market price and buying in bulk at a discount.

They are also willing to accept the friendship of the Lord of Arms.

How could a huge force not have the support of a large amount of arms?

Even in the war of the new world, arms and weapons can still show extremely high effectiveness, especially powerful artillery.

Bullets combined with Haki can sometimes play a greater role.

By relying solely on underground forces, the Sky Pirates can be said to have obtained almost 90% of the information in the New World.

Very few things can be hidden from the Sky Pirates.

The Sky Pirates' more strategic deployment of intelligence power is still in the world government and navy.

With Reinhard around, there may be help from Eternal Kingdom behind him.

Shiji knows that the Navy and the World Government are their ultimate enemies.

In contrast, the layout in the new world is actually not that important.

Therefore, in the arrangement of these intelligence personnel, in addition to paying attention to other forces in the New World, many personnel were also placed within the navy.

However, there is basically nothing that can be drawn out. Just pay attention to the trends of the navy.

Intelligence is very important, but in the end everything still depends on strength.

"Golden Lion" Shiji seems to be a little quiet. On the contrary, Reinhardt, the second-in-command of the Sky Pirates, is very active, interacting and communicating with various forces.

Step by step, the development speed and strength of the Sky Pirates will be enhanced.

After the victory of the war, the Flying Pirates were like an invisible whirlpool, constantly attracting pirates from all over the new world.

It can only be said that the trend has been achieved.

To the west of the waters of the Kingdom of Kronos, past the isolation zone, is the territory of the Sky Pirates.

The identity of the ruler of this sea area is "Blow Breath Arashi" Goenitz, the captain of the Thirteenth Fleet of the Flying Pirates.

In this vast sea area, Goenitz has a very high prestige.

Because the islands in this huge sea area were all conquered by Goenitz.

Those pirates stationed in this sea area, those hard-to-gnaw bones, were all defeated by Goenitz single-handedly.

One pirate group after another was either expelled, joined the Flying Pirates, or became an affiliated force of the Flying Pirates.