From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 187 Bane, fire!

When Bane arrived, he only brought three warships.

When they left, they took ten warships with them, formed a large fleet, and requisitioned all the original warships of the G-5 Navy.

Anyway, when Smoker came, he also came with a fleet.

These ten warships will belong to Bane from now on, and to the G-6 Navy.

Each warship was fully loaded with 2,000 navy personnel, with sufficient firepower and complete equipment. The large fleet consisting of ten warships sailing in the waters of the New World was quite impressive.

In half a month, the scattered junglers along the way destroyed the three pirate groups.

During this process, Bane also experienced the brutality of the G-5 navy officers.

When the G-5 sees the pirate ship from a distance, they will quickly adjust the sequence of the warships, forming a wolf pack, dispersing their attacks to block their escape possibilities. Then, without getting close, a salvo of artillery fire will basically destroy the opposing pirate ship. There are almost no pirate warships that can withstand the saturation coverage fire of ten warships.

After the fight, the pirate ship is basically unable to move anymore. Under normal circumstances, the navy will take advantage of the situation, surround the pirates, and wait for them to make their last struggles. As the ship gradually sinks and their morale collapses, the navy will eventually capture the survivors who surrender.

But G-5 is not like that. After blowing up the pirate ship and making them unable to move, the G-5 navy will choose to approach as soon as possible. Then, one by one, like vicious wolves, they will jump over from the warships, howling, and kill all the remaining pirates. Then, before the pirate ship sinks, they will transfer all the supplies that can be looted to the warship.

If it weren't for the navy flag and warships, this style would be no different from those pirates in the New World!

A few days later, the sea area where the warships were sailing became lively. Often, after sailing for not long, merchant ships and commercial vessels with various flags could be seen appearing in the field of vision.

It was obvious that this sea area was approaching Dressrosa.

"Block the signals along the way, collect merchant ships, and don't let our whereabouts be exposed to the Don Quixote family so quickly." Bane ordered while standing on the deck.

Soon, the fleet began to turn on the signal shielding and drove the nearby merchant ships, cargo ships, etc. to follow the warships and sail in an orderly manner. They were not allowed to leave the routes designated by the warships without permission, otherwise they would be charged with treason and the enemy's ships would be directly bombed.

The merchant ships in the New World seemed to have long been accustomed to this situation. They followed the orders of the warships and followed obediently behind the fleet.

Some people even feel reassured by this, as being able to sail with such a large fleet at least improves safety a lot.

About two hours later, Nami ran down from the watchtower and said, "Lieutenant General Bane, we are expected to be within the visible range of Dressrosa in another twenty minutes."

"Stop the boat." Bane immediately raised his hand and ordered.

As his orders were delivered, ten warships began to drop anchor, slowed down, and soon anchored in the vast ocean.

"Entire fleet, go to alert, continue shielding surrounding signals, collect all visible ships, and sink any ships that disobey orders," Bane said in a deep voice.

If Bane had not received formal naval training, he would not have thought so much. He would have just rushed ten warships into the waters of Dressrosa and started fighting.

But now it's different. Bane has already gotten started with naval warfare and roughly understands how naval operations should be arranged.

In a situation like this where they are besieging an island and want to annihilate the pirate forces on the island, unless the situation is urgent, they will rush in all at once. Otherwise, they will wait until nighttime to start the action.

The reason is very simple. The visibility is poor at night. As long as the warships turn off all the lights and are in a silent state, it will be difficult for the observation lighthouse on the island to observe the fleet before the warships approach the island.

This can largely prevent them from activating the defense system as soon as they see the warship, or even the possibility of escaping from other ports on the island.

Of course, this kind of marching in the dark is very dangerous. If the operation is not done properly, it may cause our ships to collide with each other and cause serious accidents.

However, this is also the difference between regular troops and pirates. Pirates may not be able to complete this kind of combat, but well-trained navy officers can do it with ease!

This is the difference in combat quality!
In terms of individual strength, pirates and navy have their share of victories and defeats, but in terms of military and combat qualities, the navy are generally dozens of blocks ahead of pirates.

As the last ray of sunlight sank into the sea, the sky gradually darkened until it was completely plunged into night.

The sea at night is very scary. Today's weather is a bit gloomy, and even the starlight and moonlight are not very clear. Standing on the deck and looking around, it is all pitch black, with almost no visible distance. Even with the naked eye, Bane can hardly see the escort warships on both sides.

This distance is difficult to observe with the naked eye, let alone from the island.

"Is it okay, Ian?" Bane asked Ian beside him.

Ian nodded immediately and said, "Now is a good time for a surprise attack, young master." "Okay!" Bane grinned and picked up the internal communication phone bug in his hand and said, "All fleets, weigh anchor, enter silent mode, turn off all lights, abandon the merchant ships behind you, and rush to Dressrosa at the fastest speed!"

As all the lights on the warships went out, Ben could no longer see the warships around him, and the sea breeze became faster, which meant that the warships had weighed anchor and started to accelerate.

Just as Nami said, this place is indeed only about twenty minutes' flight away from the visible range of Dressrosa. Soon, Bane can see a bright island on the sea level.

As the warship increased in speed and time passed, the island gradually became larger.

At this time, on the coast of Dressrosa, in front of the Don Quixote family's military defense line, the half-merman cadre Deringer was conducting his daily patrols.

"Lord Deringer, there is no problem here." A younger brother of the Don Quixote family reported.

"Well, let's go check the next place." Deringer said casually while biting a lollipop.

Although according to the family rules, relevant persons in charge must patrol Dressrosa's sea defense line every night, but because Dressrosa has been peaceful for a long time and no real crisis has occurred in all these years since Doflamingo took over here, Derringer and others just treat this patrol as a daily pastime and do not pay too much attention to it or take it particularly seriously.

Walking to a coastal defense gun, Deringer was about to go down the stairs when suddenly, the lighthouse seemed to illuminate some phantom at the moment when it was sweeping across the sea normally.

"Are you dazzled?" Deringer stopped and turned to look at the sea. After thinking for a while, he ordered, "Ask the lighthouse to turn the searchlight back. I want to see if there was anything on the sea just now. Don't tell me if it's some sea king that's about to land."

The black shadow that flashed by just now was too huge. Ordinary pirate warships would not have that specification. Deringer did not even think of attacking the navy's standard large warships. After all, they were the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the navy could not suddenly attack them.

So the first thing Deringer thought of was sea kings!
Soon, his order was passed to the lighthouse, and the searchlight that was originally supposed to continue circulating began to turn back and slowly re-search the sea area that had been swept before.

On the deck of the warship, looking at the light that was gradually coming back, Bane raised his lips and said, "Zoro."

"Understood." Zoro nodded immediately, and an arc of electricity flashed across his body, as if he was controlling something.

The next second, the searchlight on the lighthouse that was about to shine over suddenly made a crackling sound and leaked electricity, and then exploded.

"Huh!?" Deringer was suddenly startled and asked, "What's going on?"

"It seems like there's a short circuit in the wires, Lord Deringer!" a pirate brother reported quickly.

"Really?" Deringer breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fix it quickly, don't delay."

At the same time, the internal channel Den Den Mushi in Bane's hand also received replies from the other warships.

"Ship number two is in place."

"Ship number three is in place."

Ship No. 4

"Ship No. 6 is circling behind the island."

"Ship No. 7 is about to arrive at the combat position"

There are ten warships, three of which will blockade the front port of Dressrosa, two of which will blockade another shallow port of Dressrosa, and the remaining warships will form a circular manner to completely blockade the entire Dressrosa waters, ensuring that no ship is allowed to leave during this battle!

After listening to the reports, Bane said in a deep voice, "Ships one to three, prepare to activate the evacuation regulations, capture the port in an orderly manner, set up positions, and be responsible for receiving ordinary people fleeing the island. Conduct wartime screening, requisition port ships on the spot, and allow qualified people to board the ships for evacuation."

"Understood." A navy man replied.

At this time, Ship No. 10 reported: "Ship No. 10 has arrived at the combat position. The Dressrosa Sea area has been blocked and can enter combat status at any time!"

After hearing this report, Bane's eyes flashed with a gleam of light and he said: "Vice Admiral Bane of the Navy Headquarters hereby issues a combat order. From now on, the entire fleet will enter combat status. Ten seconds after the order is conveyed, turn on the lights of the entire fleet and destroy all coastal defense systems and combat ships in the port of Dressrosa as soon as possible!"

After saying this, Bane fell silent. About ten seconds later, ten warships suddenly turned on all their lighting equipment. It seemed that in an instant, the entire sea surface was lit up, as if it were daytime!
This sudden change also confused many people in the Dressrosa port. Deringer suddenly saw three warships that had already arrived in the port bay, and he was completely dumbfounded.

Before he could react, on the deck, Bane held up a Den Den Mushi and said in a deep voice, "Fire!!!"

(End of this chapter)