Chapter 332: Navy Landing on the Island (Please subscribe)
Chapter 328 The navy lands on the island (begging to subscribe)
Late at night, the surface of the island had been completely destroyed by artillery fire.
A large amount of land was burned to a dark brown appearance.
The naval soldiers calmly landed on the island under the cover of night.
The local soldiers quickly built temporary fortifications under the command of the lieutenant general.
Raleigh held a meeting of generals in a temporary conference room.
There were many people participating in the meeting, but they all waited quietly for Raleigh to speak.
Raleigh glanced at everyone present, then glanced at Cleveland, who was sitting on his right, and said:
"Tell us what you discovered."
Cleveland nodded, then opened the information in his hand and read:
"According to the soldiers' exploration on the surface of the island, the number of dead pirates was less than one-tenth of the expected number." Moreover, we found multiple entrances and encountered pirate counterattacks when landing. "
"They used hidden fortifications to greatly delay the advance of the soldiers. If it weren't for the generals, we would most likely have suffered huge casualties."
The generals present also had angry expressions on their faces.
It never occurred to them.
This group of desperate pirates still had the guts to fight back, and succeeded.
If they didn't have a lot of artillery fire, if they weren't at the forefront of the soldiers.
Maybe that's not the result now.
Regarding this situation, Luo Li had already made predictions deep in his heart.
He knew that pirates were a group of desperadoes who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin.
The more the navy attacks, the crazier they become under the threat of death.
Therefore, when he announced the attack order, he gave priority to the casualties of the soldiers.
Now it seems that his worries are not unreasonable.
"Marshal Raleigh, they are hiding underground like rats now. I suggest that our detachment be used as sharp knives to break into the ground and kill them completely."
Dauberman said with an angry look.
Others might choose to retreat when faced with this situation, but he was different.
He has always been an iron-blooded hawk soldier.
Faced with such complicated situations, he always stood up and fought against difficulties.
Raleigh looked at the others.
Apparently, many others here agreed with Dauberman.
Moreover, several people were already unable to bear it and wanted to speak and go underground with Dauberman.
Raleigh shook his head and refuted:
"No, I don't agree."
Dauberman was stunned when he heard this and looked at Raleigh in disbelief.
"Why? Marshal?"
"The opportunity to destroy the enemy is right in front of you, what are you thinking about?"
Raleigh had no other ideas.
He just remembered that once very famous battle, Iwo Jima.
Takajiao, who had an invincible navy, suffered heavy casualties on Mount Suribachi of Iwo Jima.
The reason is the same as now.
The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the open.
The navy knew nothing about what was going on underground.
There is no way to deal with the traps set up by the pirates inside.
Even if a large number of navy soldiers pour into the underground to fight against the pirates, there is a high probability that it will turn into a fueling tactic.
Apart from increasing naval casualties, there are no more benefits.
Raleigh pointed at his feet and said:
"The pirates are hidden in the tunnels beneath their feet. They have rich experience and familiarity with the terrain.
None of this is what our Navy has. "
"In addition, the pirates here are not the low-level pirates in the four seas. The pirates who can survive underground can be considered elite."
"So, stop thinking about going underground."
Raleigh really wanted to eliminate this group of pirates, but the problem now is that they may be more than ten meters or even dozens of meters deep underground, and the navy's artillery shells simply cannot hit that deep.
If the various channels they practice are tortuous, then the navy will have no way to break through.
However, Luo Li already had an idea in mind to deal with them.
Raleigh stood up from his seat, walked to the chart and said:
"Now, our advantage over the pirates lies in our superior firepower and military strength, and our supplies can be continuously transported from other islands in the New World, while the pirates only have the supplies they bring in."
Although Raleigh didn't know how long those supplies would last, he could guess it if he thought about it.
No more than half a year.
The more important the strategic node, the more cautious the commander-in-chief must be in his orders.
Pirates have become underground rats.
At this time, there is no need to use the lives of naval soldiers to try to capture the tunnel where the pirates are stationed.
In the past, Raleigh also led the navy to repel several times more pirates by relying on favorable terrain.
So he knows.
The importance of terrain to a war.
"If they want to be rats, then they can be rats for the rest of their lives.'
"Rat, please make arrangements."
"Order all naval soldiers to cooperate with Cleveland's intelligence personnel to discover a hole.
To blow up a hole, be sure to find all the holes in the island and destroy them! "
"We can discuss other methods later.'
After Raleigh finished speaking, all the generals began to discuss it.
However, after much discussion, Raleigh could come up with not many solutions.
For example, combining water and fire, or poison gas, bombs, etc.
Many ideas were rejected by others as soon as they were spoken.
The generals and Rolly all listened quietly.
Brainstorming, maybe we can come up with a better solution.
However, after thinking for a long time, there was no good solution.
Some people even said whimsically that Sakaski should use the power of the fruit to pour magma into the channel until the channel is filled.
Sakaski's eyebrows jumped when he heard it.
Fortunately, the general who spoke up took a look at Sakaski's face, otherwise he would definitely be scolded by Sakaski.
Although the fruit ability is very abnormal, it is not invincible under any circumstances.
Even if Sakaski has awakened the fruit and has the ability to change the environment, he can't fill the entire island with magma.
Rolly felt deeply that the education in the navy was backward.
However, Mouse gave a good suggestion.
That is to use some special fruit abilities to explore the weak points in the tunnel, and then take the action of digging the soil and burying bombs to blow up the channel.
One of the most terrifying reasons why the tunnel is so terrifying is that it has a network of tunnels that extend in all directions underground.
This means that people who are not familiar with the tunnel will be attacked from all directions.
But if the direction of the tunnel can be detected and the tunnel can be blown up from above, the connection inside the tunnel can be cut off.
In this way, the space of the pirates underground will be greatly compressed.
Even if they dig the tunnel again, the energy and time they spend will be much greater than the energy and time spent by the navy.
In this way, the pirates cannot use the hidden exits they set up in various places on the island to attack the navy.
This idea of the rat was recognized by everyone present.
After seeing that no one else had a better way, Raleigh decided on the next move.
After the meeting was over, less than half an hour later, continuous explosions occurred on the island.
That was the action of the navy gradually blowing up the pirate exit.
Boom!
Boom!
These sounds were weakened by the soil. Except for the pirates guarding the exit, other pirates are not aware of the navy's actions at present.
In the dark cave, the pirate coughed hard to spit out the dust he had inhaled.
"Boss, are they not going to come in?"
The pirate asked the captain beside him.
The pirate captain shook off the dirt that fell from his head and said:
"It seems that they are not going to attack from this entrance for the time being. Inform others that you can have a good sleep."
They had expected the navy to blow up the entrance.
They didn't care about this exit, after all, there were many exits on the island.
Some exits were even in the shallow water near the island.
They could only be found by diving into the sea.
Therefore, they showed an indifferent attitude towards the navy blowing up one or two passages.
Even this group of pirates did not report this intelligence to the pirate leaders.
In the cave deeper underground, there is a natural karst cave.
After discovering this karst cave, the pirates set up their base camp here.
Because it is closer to the underground, it does not feel cold here, but very hot.
Moreover, the ventilation is not that good, so the air is filled with all kinds of foul smells.
But the pirates have long been accustomed to this environment.
Under the dim candlelight, they live more peacefully.
A fat pirate captain spoke first:
"The navy has landed on the island now."
Another pirate captain immediately spoke:
"According to the intelligence just received, the navy landed in the evening. They also tried to attack our cave, but we easily repelled them."
The other pirate captains laughed when they heard this.
"If the navy wants to capture us, it will have to fill a large number of soldiers."
"With our supplies, it doesn't matter if we can hold on for a year or two."
There was a problem with Raleigh's prediction.
He thought that the pirates' supplies would be shorter than the navy's, but he overlooked one thing, that is, this is the red-haired lair.
A large amount of supplies had long been moved underground by this group of pirates.
Even when they retreated from several other islands, they took away a lot of food and fresh water resources.
If they can make full use of them, the pirates can survive underground for a year.
However, all this is based on the navy's strong attack.
If the navy does what the meeting discusses, then the pirates will definitely not last too long.
Just when they were complacent about their cleverness, a pirate guarding the entrance sent his men to report.
"Huh? What did you say? The navy took the initiative to blow up the entrance?"
After listening to the pirate's words, several pirate captains looked at each other.
Although they thought about this result, they still felt incredible when the navy really did it. After all, the navy was the attacking party.
They also knew the navy's determination to take them down.
So, when this idea was first proposed, everyone just laughed and passed it over.
'It doesn't matter, at worst we can dig it up again.
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"Now that they have blown up the entrance, it gives us enough time to repair it."
Several pirate captains disagreed.
They were confident that the various holes they dug on the island would not be discovered by the navy in full, and at most only a part of them would be discovered.
And they can crawl out of the cave and attack the navy soldiers at any time of day or night.
It's a sure win no matter how you look at it.
"It seems that the navy is scared by our method and dare not take the initiative to attack us."
"This is good news, it's worth a full drink."
Accompanied by the sound of wine glasses colliding, noisy sounds rang out in the cave.
On the sea, a ship without a pirate flag was moving forward at a high speed.
Heading straight for this island.
"Luffy, are you really going to that island? I heard that the navy is now destroying pirates there."
"Will there be any problems if we rush over rashly like this?"
Nami looked at her captain with a worried look.
And Usobu had already been scared to tears and trembling.
Since the pirates on the Grand Line have been cleared, the navy has lifted the restrictions on the route.
So Luffy and his crew are very fast.
However, after seeing the power of the navy, they also obediently took down the pirate flag and disguised themselves as travelers.
‘Nami, I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I know that Shanks is very important to me. ”
At this moment, Luffy has not experienced those things, and his mind is not so mature.
In his worldview, Shanks is very important to him.
So no matter what Shanks’ situation is, he will go to Shanks.
“Luffy, do what you want to do, we are always behind you.”
At this time, Zoro, who had just finished training, walked out of the training room.
“What’s more, I also want to fight with the world’s number one swordsman to see how long it will take me to go.”
Zoro looked at Luffy with pride.
After Mihawk died in the hands of the navy, Zoro did not have a confrontation with Mihawk.
His self-confidence is still so strong.
“Green algae head, you dare not listen to Miss Nami, do you want to be kicked by me?
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The kitchen door opened, Sanji walked out, wiped his hands and said to Zoro.
“Sexy cook, why are you involved everywhere?”
Zoro was a little angry when he saw Sanji.
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Nami said angrily:
"Shut up!"
Then her face returned to normal:
"Luffy, since you have made a decision, then we will go to Red Hair's territory with you."
"But let me make it clear first, before you meet Red Hair Shanks, you can't reveal that we are pirates."
"Otherwise, with our strength, we can't escape the attack of the navy at all."
After hearing Nami's agreement, Luffy smiled brightly:
"Okay!"
Marinford.
Due to the sudden incident during the day, the two sides entered a strange ceasefire period.
During this short period of time, both sides began to let their soldiers make enough repairs.
After all, the World Government needs time to mobilize forces from other places.
And the Revolutionary Army also needs to make new deployments and plans for the current situation.
But both sides know in their hearts.
This is just a short ceasefire, not the beginning of an agreement.
Everyone knows that the next battle will be the end of everything,
