Chapter 542

Marine Headquarters, Marinford.

The entire Marine Headquarters was extremely quiet.

The air was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Everyone's face showed sadness and hatred.

In the office of the Admiral of the Marine Headquarters.

Many naval generals gathered together.

Including Admiral Sengoku who had returned from the New World.

Everyone's face was expressionless and their heads were lowered.

Listening quietly to the phone call on the side.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! I'll arrange it immediately!"

Kong didn't dare to resist the orders on the phone and responded to them all.

Hang up the phone.

Kong sighed and walked back to his seat.

Looking at all the generals present.

His pupils shrank slightly.

The number of generals who came was half of the number before the expedition.

"Are they all here?"

Kong asked hoarsely.

He sat next to him, glanced at the generals behind the long table, and nodded.

"All are here!"

A trace of helplessness flashed in He's eyes.

The casualties of the navy this time were indeed a bit large.

Half of the generals died alone.

Kong closed his eyes silently after hearing this.

"I will bear the responsibility for this failure. I will submit my resignation to the World Government and recommend Admiral Zhan Guo to succeed me!"

Kong opened his eyes and said.

As soon as this was said, the whole conference room was shocked.

"Marshal Bu Bu, now is the time when the navy is in danger, how can you leave?"

Zhan Guo immediately retorted.

Are you kidding? Now that you are gone, who will solve the mess you left behind? Could it be him?

The current situation of the navy is all because of your order. It's good that you left, let me clean up the mess for you.

Zhan Guo had to hold back even if he wanted to become a marshal at this time.

Kong's eyes flickered slightly after hearing Zhan Guo's words, and the corners of his mouth rose a little.

But he quickly hid it.

"You don't need to persuade Sengoku. This time, it was because of my willful behavior that caused such great damage to the navy. I can't shirk my responsibility."

Sora said with a painful expression.

He has been the admiral of the navy for nearly 20 years. If you add the ten years when he was the admiral of the navy before the position of marshal was established.

He has been the head of the navy for a total of 30 years. He is obsessed with power.

From the original work, he still holds power even after retirement, which can be seen from the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.

The phone call just now was not just the accountability of the world government.

It was also a power confrontation.

Sora knew that the failure of this operation had greatly affected the navy's recognition of himself.

The distrust of the soldiers and the greed of the generals.

They all made him feel like a thorn in his throat.

His position was precarious.

After 30 years in charge of the navy, it would definitely be impossible for him to hand over the power in his hands.

But if he doesn't hand over the power, there will be countless eyes staring at him.

Just now in a conversation with the Five Elders.

Kong also implicitly put forward his own request.

The Five Elders hesitated for a while before agreeing.

But the condition was to support the World Government's Seven Warlords Plan.

But Kong agreed without hesitation for his own status.

"Marshal!"

When Sengoku was about to say something.

Kong interrupted with a wave of his hand.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, let's report our losses in this war!"

Kong said with a tired look, rubbing his eyebrows.

After hearing this, Sengoku swallowed what he wanted to say.

Picked up the report.

"For this operation, the Navy dispatched a total of more than 56,000 elite naval forces, and 45,000 died in the battle!"

Sengoku first reported the number of deaths.

When the death toll of 45,000 people came out, even Kong, who had been prepared in his heart, felt cold.

With the death of 45,000 people, the Navy can declare that the army is annihilated.

These are all the elite of the Navy, not those wastes of the branch.

When the other generals heard this, they all clenched their fists, and the rise and fall of their chests showed their inner unrest.

"There are a total of 150 generals on this expedition, including 72 brigadier generals, 52 major generals, 23 lieutenant generals, two generals, and one marshal. The number of generals who died is 80, including 43 brigadier generals, 32 major generals, and 5 lieutenant generals."

When Zhan Guo said this, his hand holding the paper began to tremble.

Half of the generals died in that battle. This is the foundation of the navy and the main force of the navy to suppress the sea.

When Kong heard this, his face turned dark.

More than half of the lower-level generals were killed or injured. The navy is broken!

Although the generals at the level of brigadier generals and major generals are not at the level of senior generals.

But they are also the backbone of the navy. The tasks of major generals and brigadier generals are to patrol the sea and arrestCapture pirates on the sea.

So many people died at once, it's no wonder that the navy is unable to suppress the sea.

Are we just going to rely on those dozen vice admirals to patrol the sea?

Isn't this a waste of talent?

The role of a vice admiral is more like sitting in a place, and the task of attacking and catching pirates is basically done by brigadier generals and major generals.

And patrolling the sea all year round instead of just going around.

After saying this, Zhan Guo sat down.

Everyone in the conference room felt cold hands and feet.

If this level cannot be passed, I'm afraid the navy will be in danger.

Once the group of garbage on the sea knows the strength of the navy, they will definitely swarm out to sea.

At that time, under the chain reaction, the navy will completely lose control of the sea.

"This matter must not be reported, rot in my stomach!"

Sora said to the more than 70 generals on the field.

"Yes!"

All the generals present stood up and looked at the marshal.

Sora waved his hand to let them sit down, rubbing his eyebrows with his hand.

"The failure of the navy this time has caused too much loss of combat power. I have proposed a large-scale conscription of the navy to the World Government. We will select excellent soldiers from various branches to supplement the headquarters of the navy. I believe that it will not take long for the navy to return to its peak."

Sora said when he saw so many generals looking dejected.

As soon as these words came out.

All the generals, including Sengoku, were enlightened.

The World Government treats the navy like a thief. Even if they watch the New World pirates become stronger, they are unwilling to strengthen the navy.

I didn't expect that the World Government would be so easy to talk to this time. Did they see the reality clearly?

But Sora's words were far from over.

"But this is not without cost, because the loss of the navy's nearly annihilation has caused the sea to sway again. The World Government will implement the Seven Warlords of the Sea system to suppress the growing number of pirates in the sea."

When Sora said this, he carefully watched the reactions of many generals.

Bang!

There was a loud noise!

Zephyr stood up.

"Marshal, I will never agree to recruit pirates to fight pirates!"

Zeffa angrily slammed the table and looked at Kong.

Bang!

Kong also slammed the table.

"Zeffa, sit down, this is the order of the World Government, and you don't need to agree!"

Kong said with a flushed face.

Other generals were also confused by this plan.