"Marshal...are we going back to Marineford now?" Momosuke tried to speak to Sengoku in a soothing tone.
As a candidate admiral, Momosuke has been in the navy for a long time, and has never seen Sengoku look so bad!
Just half an hour ago, the main fleet of the expeditionary army was attacked by hundreds of criminals who fell from the sky...
Although compared with the 70,000 navy, the opponent's number is not worth mentioning, but you have to know that these are not 500 or 600 miscellaneous soldiers. The weakest among them is also a bounty criminal worth tens of millions. The strongest ones include the No. 2 of that year, the Seven Warlords of the Sea who once betrayed the World Government and had their records erased, and even the giant bandits who were in the same period as Marshal Sora and were Roger's predecessors.
Back then, Roger defeated all his opponents on the sea and was called the "Pirate King" and dominated an era. His competitors in the same era were all called the No. 2 of the era, including Whitebeard and Shiki... There were countless of them.
If not everyone was injured, and they were only forcibly suppressed by some temporary and side-effect means, if these people were really united and in good condition, even if there were only 500 or 600 of them, they would not be weaker than any of the Four Emperors' teams!
Even if the other side was in extremely poor condition and fought on their own, the expeditionary fleet led by Sengoku paid a huge price.
After all, not only were they injected with "excitement hormones", but they also rationally understood that if they wanted to escape, they had to seize the ship. In addition, many of them had grudges against the navy, and soon they became bloodthirsty.
Fortunately, Taotu, Chatun, and many of the headquarters' vice admirals were not transferred away, otherwise if Aokiji and Akainu took more people away, I'm afraid the old helmsman Sengoku would also capsize!
Even now, Sengoku felt distressed - the headquarters' 60 frigates were almost completely destroyed, leaving only a single digit, and only a dozen of the 40 large warships were left...
Fortunately, the casualties were better than the proportion of warships destroyed. After all, after the ship sank, they could still use lifeboats or swim to the warships next to them. Of
the 70,000 navy, there are less than 40,000 left, and more than half of them are injured and need to be taken care of by others!
Half an hour ago, when the battle just ended, Sengoku hesitated whether to continue to return to Marinford, and after getting rid of the revolutionary army, he would give everyone a rest in Marinford...
It's not that Sengoku is a bloodless wave, but because in Sengoku's view, "Governor Garp" and the like are imposters, and the headquarters lieutenant general must be forced by the situation and pretend to agree. The revolutionary army does not really trust them, and other ordinary headquarters soldiers will return to the correct position as long as they return and give an order.
The revolutionary army that attacked Marinford at the beginning had less than 10,000 people, and it seemed that they had also divided their troops to push forward the city. At this time, they only needed to induce the original navy to defect.
This is why Aokiji had to go first-if Sengoku led the main fleet to Marinford with a crushing momentum, even if the original navy there defected, it would seem that there was no sincerity, and it would be difficult to explain to the World Government.
If it was the vanguard that arrived, the other side would turn against them, and then Sengoku would have sufficient reasons to persuade the World Government to lift the wanted orders for the others!
However, bad news came one after another. First, the prisoners from Impel Down "airdropped" to the main fleet, causing huge casualties.
Then came the news from Judicial Island. As the face of the World Government, Judicial Island was attacked by the former navy and the Revolutionary Army!
When Sengoku saw the detailed battle report sent by the navy of Judicial Island before being defeated, he wanted to vomit blood...
According to what was written above, it was Vice Admiral Jando who rushed into Judicial Island first, wanting to talk to the highest person in charge of Judicial Island, "suspected of pretending to surrender to the Revolutionary Army before", but then he was slaughtered by CP9 people, including Jando and his men, hundreds of navy who were likely to be loyal to the World Government!
Jando was attacked by the opponent with a finger gun, and his heart was broken. Later, his body was used as a "prop" to establish authority and sacrifice...
Sengoku naturally understood that the giant vice admiral Jando, who was appointed as the recruit training officer, had no problem with loyalty. It can even be said that this was one of the "confidence" for Sengoku to fight back against Marinford.
However, he was killed by CP9 directly when he wanted to contact Judicial Island?
All the navy under him were killed, and he was used as a prop to "deter" other "real navy"?
Is this a "deterrence" or is it really driving the navy to the opposite side?
Sengoku couldn't figure out why there are such stupid people in the world!
The direct result of this is that the navy that was hesitant completely turned to the position of the "real navy". Together with the Revolutionary Army, they pushed the judicial island, burned the Supreme Court of the Sea, captured Spandam alive, and slapped the World Government in the face... The
Revolutionary Army will definitely pass the news back to Marinford as soon as possible. Now Sengoku has no confidence to convince the navy of Marinford to "return to the right path".
This is just one of the bad news! Just
half an hour ago, when Sengoku had just killed almost all the criminals and only a few of them with excellent water skills fled, another bad news came-Aokiji was defeated!
Originally, Sengoku did not expect Aokiji to subdue Marinford. Normally, more than an hour ago, the main fleet should have arrived in Marinford, but it was entangled by the criminals who fell from the sky for more than three hours. It can be said that Aokiji is the most innocent one.
If that was all, Sengoku would have expected it. However, the real bad news is that Aokiji was defeated by Garp...
and in Aokiji's secret report, it was confirmed to Sengoku that the iron fist that had hit him and he still hasn't recovered was definitely Vice Admiral Garp himself!
If Garp hadn't shown mercy, Aokiji might not even have had the chance to retreat...
The repeated bad news made Sengoku look extremely ugly, especially since Garp himself actually attacked Aokiji and admitted his identity as "Governor General Marinford", which was the biggest blow to Sengoku.
Could it be that Garp was forced to rebel because the World Government announced his identity?
Sengoku felt that the Garp he knew was not this kind of person - even if there was no chance to return to the Navy, Garp should have chosen to leave on his own.
But now Zhan Guo has no time to think about these things...
Looking around at the mostly dilapidated warships around him, Zhan Guo finally ordered: "All troops... go to Dongcang Island for recuperation, notify the naval branch of Dongcang Island, and also notify Akainu and Aokiji."
Dongcang Island is a winter island located in the Grand Line, not close to Zhan Guo's current location.
The reason for choosing Dongcang Island is that it is relatively peaceful at present, because it is a fortress-like island with few residents, and there are no revolutionary army or rebel army.
The most important thing is that now Sengoku is worried that Akainu's crusade against the "Road Protection Alliance" will not go smoothly. If he finds a place nearby to rest, it will be too dangerous to be sandwiched between Marinford and the Road Protection Alliance...
Facts have proved that Sengoku's worries are correct. Soon, news came from Akainu's fleet that they were ambushed by Katakuri.
The main detachment of the navy led by Akainu and the G-thief detachment led by Katakuri, the leader of the G-thief Group and the Four Generals, fought a fierce battle before the former arrived at the scope of the Road Protection Alliance.
In the end, Akainu and Katakuri were both severely injured by each other in the duel. The battle ended with their respective commanders losing consciousness, and both sides retreated after taking back their commanders...