Chapter 87 This is your army?!
Kuzan, who successfully invited Jiguo Yuanyi to board the ship as an adjutant, seemed very happy while eating, and his appetite at lunch was much larger than usual.
This was really good news for Kuzan. He could even imagine his future life at sea.
There is a powerful adjutant on the ship. If anything happens or they encounter some petty thieves, there is no need for him, the brigadier general, to take action. He can just let the adjutant lead the marines to take action. As for himself, the most he can do is to scout around the sidelines. Don't take it too easy, okay!
When going out to sea, he can just cross his legs and sunbathe on the deck, and leave other things to his powerful adjutant!
Thinking of this, Kuzan finished a bowl of rice and then served himself another bowl, a bright smile appearing on his face.
Zephyr, Garp, and Jiguo Yuanyi who were eating together had no idea what this kid was thinking, but seeing that Kuzan had such a good appetite, everyone was very happy to eat.
After lunch, Kuzan didn't let Yoriichi rest at home for long. He directly dragged Yoriichi Tsukuni to the port, intending to let the crew get to know his adjutant Yoriichi Tsukuni first, and also wanted Yoriichi Tsukuni to recognize which ship he would join next.
Kuzan, once a Commodore at the headquarters of the Navy, is now a subordinate Commodore of the G-5 branch of the Navy. The G-5 branch is one of the larger branches in the New World. Besides the direct Admiral Sengoku, the highest leader of the G-5 branch, the G-5 branch base commander, is a Vice Admiral.
Under this base commander, there are several lieutenant generals who lead various units of the G-5 branch. Kuzan belongs to the second unit of the third division of the G-5 branch.
Generally speaking, the captain of a squadron is a lieutenant general or a major general, while the captain of a detachment is usually a major general or a brigadier general. As for the colonel, in the branch in the New World, he is at most a deputy and is not qualified to lead a warship to sail.
If you want to lead a warship as a colonel-level officer, you have to be transferred to Sihai and become the branch leader of Sihai.
For example, Smoker and Vergo in the future are both lieutenant generals belonging to the G-5 branch, but Vergo is the base commander of the G-5 branch, while Smoker is only the squad leader.
Although the two men have the same military rank, their power and strength are completely different.
Kuzan's current military rank is brigadier general, and his position is detachment captain, which is lower than the future captain of Smoker.
Kuzan's "vehicle" is just a small warship with a hull of just over 50 meters and a draft of only two meters, which is only a dozen meters longer than Luffy's Sunny.
Kuzan's subordinates were even more pitifully few, totaling less than a hundred people.
His brigadier general is only slightly better than a commander without any troops.
Kuzan is now facing the pain point of having few subordinates. In fact, if Tsugakuin Yoshiichi wants to lead his own team to sea in the future, he will also encounter this problem.
The navy is actually a place that pays great attention to "seniority". The vast majority of naval generals and officers have risen through the ranks from the grassroots level. This also means that when these "soldiers" are promoted to "generals", they will have many old comrades and old subordinates. Generals and officers who have risen from the grassroots level will never find themselves in the same predicament as Kuzan is now.
Only a general like Kuzan, who was promoted above his rank, would face the situation of not being able to get even an adjutant.
This is also the reason why Coby and Tashigi, who were promoted to the rank of colonel in the future, did not lead the team out to sea alone.
As for Smoker, who came from the branch, if he hadn't taken over a mess that no one wanted, he actually wouldn't have many subordinates, because the Marines from Rogue Town were of no use in the New World.
The navy has developed to the point where everyone has their own job. If the people above don't leave, where will all the troops come from for the new generals to lead?
It is very simple to lead an army. You can form it yourself. As for the funds, you don’t have to worry about them. As long as you can form a team, funds are not a problem.
But in the world of One Piece, how many people are willing to risk their lives for tens of thousands of Baileys a month?
They are all jobs that will cost you your life, so isn't it more profitable to go out to sea and become a pirate?
Therefore, the navy of this era still has some idealism in it.
Under Kuzan's leadership, Jigoku Yoshiichi and he came to a small pier in the north of the naval port. At the pier, there was a green warship docked at the port.
This is a new powered warship converted from an old sailing ship. The entire ship is made of wood. The hull is painted with green anti-rust paint and there is a white G-5 logo on the side.
However, it seemed that not many people repaired and maintained this ship on a normal basis. When Yuan looked over, he found that a lot of paint on the hull had peeled off, exposing the wooden boards that were directly exposed to wind and sun. In some places, the boards had been eroded by sea water and showed obvious signs of decay.
The sails on the ship have been furled, and there is an old-fashioned lookout on top of the mast, without even a roof to protect it from the wind and rain.
This warship actually gave Yuanyi a sense of desolation.
"Hey, Kuzan, is this your ship?"
"A ship like this would probably sink with just one round of bombardment from the pirates, right?"
Ji Guoyuan looked at the warship in front of him and asked in surprise. It's not that he disliked the warship, but Kuzan's "vehicle" was too ugly. If it weren't for the same color as the other warships, he would have thought it was someone's abandoned ship.
Moreover, let’s not talk about how much power such a warship has. Even if it is equipped with power, will it really not fall apart?
"No, no, with me here, there's no way the pirates' artillery fire will land on the warship!"
"Come on, I'll take you on board to have a look."
"This warship has a total of 50 rooms. Excluding the cafeteria, activity room and other public facilities, there are a total of 38 rooms suitable for living."
"Ordinary Marines share a room with two people, but you are an adjutant and sometimes you have to handle confidential matters, so you will have your own room, which also comes with a study."
"How about it, am I nice to you?"
"It's not like on Vice Admiral Garp's ship, where we have to squeeze two people into one room."
Kuzan said this with a big smile on his face. When he said that "the pirates' cannons couldn't hit his warship", his tone was a little complacent, and he didn't hear that Yunyi was mocking him at all.
"Uh, let's take a look."
Yunyi didn't have high expectations for his "single room". Fortunately, he didn't have any requirements for such accommodation conditions. He just hoped that the crew on Kuzan's ship could be more reliable, so that he could save a lot of trouble.
However, when Yunyi and Kuzan boarded the ship together, Yunyi knew he was wrong.
Each of Kuzan's crew members has a very distinctive appearance, and more importantly, Yunyi could not feel even a bit of powerful "aura" from them, not even a hint of "ferocity". They did not look like soldiers at all.
Kuzan's crew is a group of ordinary people who obviously haven't experienced much combat.
After Guoyuan boarded the ship, he glanced at the marines on the deck who were on patrol and couldn't help asking:
"Is this your army?"
"Kuzan, are you mistaken? These people..."
Before Yuan could finish his words, Kuzan interrupted, "Ah! That's right, my crew members are all recruits who are eager to join the navy!"
"In terms of combat effectiveness, they're still a little short, but don't worry, they all have the backbone of a navy!"
After Kuzan finished speaking, he clapped his hands, gathered the marines on the deck, and said loudly:
"Let me introduce you, this is Yoriichi Tsugikuni, a captain of the Marine Headquarters."
"He will be my deputy. Come on, come and say hello to Colonel Tsugikoku Yoshiichi!"
As soon as Kuzan finished speaking, the Marines shouted "Ao Wu" and raised their arms. Although there were not many of them, their morale was still very high.
“.”
"Hello everyone, please give me your guidance in the future."
Jiguo Yuanyi sighed in his heart and was forced to accept the reality before him. He quickly adjusted his mood and greeted his companions with a smile.
From today on, he officially became a member of the G-5 branch.
(End of this chapter)
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