hotmtlnovel Chapter 30: Young Soldiers All Eager for Merit! Second Topic – Suppressing Bandits?
Chapter 30: Young Soldiers All Eager for Merit! Second Topic – Suppressing Bandits?
The lieutenant general who spoke to Steelbone Kong in this way is called Spike.
The branch commander of the Navy's G2 branch, which is located in the New World.
Spike has been stationed in the New World for many years, and the blood of countless pirates has stained his hands.
If it weren't for the emergency call-up order, he would still be holding his ground in the New World.
In the current naval command structure.
Aside from the Marshal, the three Admirals, and Sengoku, Capzeff, Spike had the loudest voice.
While Spike's hawkish faction doesn't currently hold a large share of the organization, their ruthless methods are in no way inferior to those of decades later.
Next to Spike, five or six vice admirals nodded in agreement.
This shows the current percentage of hawks within the organization, which is indeed not high.
It is worth noting, however, that all of these generals were in their prime and possessed formidable strength.
The young soldiers all yearned for glory!
The hawks, from top to bottom, throughout the navy, openly displayed their desire for progress.
The Navy's decision to offer a ransom for the Celestial Dragons after their capture was primarily opposed by the hawks at headquarters.
For them, bowing down to pirates is the greatest disgrace for a marine.
In their view, the navy suffered a crushing defeat in the New World, and the losses were indeed very heavy.
But it is precisely because of such heavy losses that we should launch a major offensive in the New World to severely deter the pirates there.
Only by killing to stop killing will these crazed pirates be afraid and become obedient again.
As for the lives of the Celestial Dragons?
What business is it of theirs? It would be better if they died. If they died, the Navy and even the World Government would be more inclined to send troops to the New World.
Although they didn't say it explicitly, that was their unspoken message, and Kong understood it perfectly.
It can only be said that the hawkish predecessors in the Navy were in no way inferior to Akainu and others decades later.
In some ways, they are even tougher than Akainu's generation!
It is precisely for these reasons that the air force hawks are actually having a real headache.
The Navy is deeply divided over the issue of the Celestial Dragons.
The factional struggles intensified for this reason.
It began to rapidly veer towards the path of intense and pronounced factional struggles that would emerge decades later.
This is yet another bug that Brian created upon coming into this world.
After all, if we follow the original story, factional infighting won't happen that quickly.
The three current top figures of the Navy's new generation—Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr—are all doves.
Where do you hawks get such a large space to survive?
However, the fact that the Celestial Dragons forced the Navy to back down has indeed affected a large number of new Navy recruits.
These new recruits changed their mindset and actively joined the hawks, further fueling the development of the hawks.
"Ha~"
"Spike, the safety of Lord Naya should be our top priority right now; we can disregard everything else."
"I understand your point of view, and this is the second topic for today. Please sit down."
"Yes, Marshal."
"Let's continue the meeting and move on to the second item on the agenda."
Seeing that Spike was reluctant to sit down, Kong took the lead in the meeting again and moved on to the second topic.
"As everyone knows, pirates are rising up all over the first half of the Grand Line and the four seas, and riots are breaking out everywhere."
"The headquarters has received numerous requests for help and complaints from member states of the World Government."
"By order of the World Government, this headquarters has decided to focus on the anti-piracy operations in the first half of the Grand Line and the four seas."
As he spoke, Kong looked at the three people in the third row, who were the future of the navy.
"Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, the three of you will lead this operation."
"Headquarters has only one objective: to wipe out all pirates, without arresting them, but executing them on the spot."
"Yes, Marshal!"
Garp and his two companions quickly stood up, saluted, and accepted the mission.
"Everyone, this bandit suppression must be swift and decisive. The first half of the Grand Line and the four seas must not be lost."
"Let the pirates of the world know that even if the Navy occasionally makes mistakes, they will not be allowed to invade."
"Yes, Marshal!"
All the naval officers stood up and saluted.
"Alright, everyone, let's leave now. Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru, please stay behind."
Da Da Da~
Soon, all the lieutenant generals, including the three old generals, left the stage.
Only a handful of people remained in the meeting room.
Of course, CP0 is still around, and he has remained silent since the beginning, simply keeping quiet records.
"What did the Five Elders say? Is it confirmed?"
Sora looked at the one at the very front of CP0 and asked.
How much of the redeemed supplies the Five Elders should contribute, and how they should contribute, are all questions.
"Lord Satan has replied that the supplies can be provided, and as previously agreed, your navy will be responsible for one-third of them."
"The remaining two-thirds will be made up by the World Government."
His calm tone was like a savior from the void.
"Okay~~"
This is finally good news. It's really unexpected that the World Government, that big dog, is willing to spend so much.
But no matter what, the Navy suffered a huge loss this time, but it didn't completely deplete its resources, so he was already quite satisfied.
"At the same time, Lord Satan also said that your navy's military budget will be doubled in the coming year."
"The Navy is ordered to prepare for war and eliminate the Rocks Pirates in one year."
"Our CP organization will also provide assistance at that time."
Falling from heaven to hell perfectly describes the current state of mind.
Good news followed immediately by bad news, what a disaster.
He's old; his heart can't take it anymore.
But since the Five Elders had all spoken, he had no reason to refuse and could only nod.
"Yes, I understand. Please inform the Five Elders. The Navy will make preparations in advance."
"Um!"
A year later, when he took action against the Rocks Pirates, Sora was somewhat prepared.
Rocks dared to attack a Celestial Dragon; the Five Elders would never tolerate him.
In the past, Rocks was too powerful and lived in a new world with many secrets, so the Five Elders let him go unchecked.
As long as the lost century is not touched, the Five Elders' tolerance level is relatively high.
This time, the Rocks Pirates brought this upon themselves, and no one could stop their demise.
Of course, these are the Five Elders' original words.
Unbeknownst to them, Rocks was also preparing to strike first against them a year later, putting God Valley in grave danger.
It all comes down to who's faster!
"There's one last thing I need to take care of by keeping everyone here."
"We need to determine the bounty for Brian, the new officer of the Rocks Pirates."
"Including Shiki the Golden Lion, who committed the kidnapping of a Celestial Dragon this time, his bounty also needs to be readjusted."
"And all their men, we want them all."
"Crane, tell me your opinion."
At this point, it was finally time for a strategist to step in.
He nodded, took out a stack of documents from the side, and said.
"Yes, Marshal, this is the intelligence I have compiled."
"I believe that the bounty on Brian the Beasts needs to be unprecedented..."