I, Sakazuki, Will Not Take a Dog Easily

Looting passing ships, coastal ports or towns and villages in the sea area.

"Hahaha, gather the looted materials at the pier first! Whoever dares to swallow the private goods at this time, I will chop off his head!

Dozens of small boats were moored unevenly on the soft sand, and the leader of the one-eyed pirate captain let out a laugh, beckoning his subordinates to attack the town.

He raised his right arm high, using the saber as a banner and baton, and dispatched the crew on the small boats to act as the vanguard.

The old and cunning pirate captain led a group of his cronies to wait and see from the rear.

These minions rushing to the front are responsible for proving the strength of the town's resistance with their lives and bodies.

Sure enough, a volley of gunfire rang out, and a large plume of white-gray smoke ignited and exploded by black powder came out from the other end of the town.

And those pirate minions who were brandishing machetes and clamoring to charge in the first row fell down a dozen in an instant.

Most of these consumable vanguards are rookie sailors recruited from the port tavern, and these insignificant minions are exchanged for shortening the time and distance, and the real backbone of the pirate group has just begun to exert its strength.

"Come on! Grab the gap where they reload their ammunition!" Without the pirate captain giving orders, the battle-tested first officer led the crew and rushed over.

The pirates knew very well that the guns equipped by these militias could never be too good. There should be a small number of rifles capable of continuous shooting, but not many.

This veteran pirate stared at the militia fortifications in the town made of wooden tables, chairs, and freight wagons with one eye, showing a crooked grin.

He's not like those brainless fellow idiots. It is not that there is no place along the great route that is richer in oil and water than this town, but he finally set his goal here.

There is no other reason, other towns either directly have naval garrisons, or are less than half a day away from the damn [Sea Hedgehog] fortress.

And this place is the most fringe area of ​​the aid range of the navy branch, even if these heavy and large warships take the wind and ocean currents, it will take nearly a day to arrive.

These civilians who dare to resist him, just think they can support the arrival of the navy, right?

Although this port town rang the alarm bells on the top of the mountain and the clock tower when the pirate ship was seen from a distance.

According to his rich experience in looting in the East China Sea for many years, the light and strong male residents who are unwilling to give up their homes and food will build a line of defense with the local militia, while women, children, old and weak will be arranged to take refuge deep in the mountains.

"Heh heh heh, I'm the [One-Eyed Owl] with a bounty of 55 million Baileys, can these little tricks still fool me?"

Two days before the attack, the pirate captain had already dispatched a group of spies to ambush around the island to investigate.

"Second officer, bring a group of people to join the spies I sent into the town earlier, and capture all those women!"

297. Pain (Part 1)

Luffy lay on the side of the ship watching the waves being cut by the warship as if lost, and the waves were left behind in the blink of an eye amidst the roar of the steamship.

Although he is persistent, he is not a fool. Everything in Mogu Town is what he has seen and heard with his own eyes.

Shanks did tell him that the pirate group had a lot of criticism, but Luffy didn't care at the time.

But once he remembered that he would most likely recruit such scum as a crew member in the future, the little straw hat felt dizzy.

The words Rosindi told him when he jumped into the sky just now kept echoing in his mind, [Red-haired Shanks is a rare alien among pirates. 】

"Is this the true portrayal of most pirates?" Luffy leaned beside the side of the ship with a rather depressed expression. His long-term perception of "real pirates" has been subverted, and it is no different from his dream career Yu hit the head with a blow.

Seeing that the little devil who had been on the boat was wilting like a frosted eggplant at this moment, Rosinindi blamed himself a little.

Although those words came from the heart, they inadvertently hurt the child.

But he knew that these truths had to be said. Even if he doesn't say it, Garp will say it, and Mr. Sa will say it.

Let Luffy realize the cruelty between reality and imagination earlier, which is not a bad thing for him.

"Brigadier General Rossindi, Major General Lindemann invites you to go over to discuss the plan for the attack." Kaku's voice suddenly sounded from behind him, almost scaring the Silent Man half to death.

He didn't open the soundproof space, but he still couldn't hear the slightest footsteps.

The Legion Assassin [Raven] turned around and carefully examined the square-nosed young man. Should it be said that he is from the original assassination agency? Stand behind others when you disagree...

"Xiu En takes ten people, you go to the other party's pirate ship to deal with the remaining pirates and destroy all the irons on their ship! I want to wipe out all the pirates here." When Rossindi arrived on the second deck, Lindemann is hastily assigning tasks for each team member.

"Kaku, you take ten people to stay on the warship, and the others follow me to help the town and kill the pirates."

Lindeman glanced at his late companion, and assigned him an easy task: "Rosinindi took ten people and that kid to protect the women and children. I heard the report from the sea hedgehog. That town The militiamen hid the old and the weak in a cave in advance."

President Sa's confidant and beloved general gently stroked this unique new-style warship and asked all the sailors: "Do you know why the commander of the army is trying to supervise the construction of this steamship?"

"For naval battles with greater advantages in the future?" A sailor who claimed to be familiar with the murderous and belligerent spirit of the regiment leader rushed to answer.

Another veteran immediately choked and sneered: "Fart, you know eggs!"

With a mysterious expression, he recounted a few words he had heard from his companions by the hot springs before: "With the steamboats with sea towers and stone-bottomed bottoms, the expeditionary force will be able to sail warships in the windless belt." The ghostly place that can't run is rampant!"

"Eh!? You mean we might attack Nine Snakes?" Everyone was surprised at first, and then caught the blind spot.

"It's not right." Lindeman shook his head lightly, his face still had the iconic smile, but this time there was a little more genuine emotion: "Mr. Sa said——if these As soon as the warships can make a point, those towns and merchant ships that are being looted may have a glimmer of hope."

Even if it is just an experimental steamship, the speed propelled by steam power is still far faster than that of a sailing battleship driven by natural wind.

After receiving the support mission, the experimental ship at full speed was advancing on the sea for the first time, but at a distance of 85 nautical miles, even a modern light torpedo boat with a speed of 60 nautical miles per hour would have to run for more than an hour.

Even if the first-generation steamship of the Navy headquarters added some black technology installed by Vegapunk, the speed could only reach 40 knots.

"I hope it's not too late."

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"I hope there is still time." Half of the old mayor's face was blackened by the black gunpowder. He lowered his head and took out his pocket watch from his pocket to confirm the time. A shuttle of bullets hit the crude bunker with sawdust flying, and hiding behind the fortifications of these sofas and bookcases as bunkers, it was difficult to effectively ensure that the bullets would not penetrate these fragile protections.

It has been nearly an hour since he sounded the alarm when he discovered the pirate ship, organized the transfer of personnel, and planned the defense.

In other words, the warships sent by the navy should have already set off.

And as long as the current blocking force can be maintained, a few hundred of them can hold these pirates for several hours.

And the latest news [Sea Hedgehog] conveyed to them is: there is a naval headquarters team closest to their town is rushing at full speed, and it will arrive in about two hours.

【We can do it, we can hold on!】The old gentleman cheered himself up secretly.

"Mayor! They are getting closer and closer to us!" A middle-aged man bent over anxiously and ran over to report. A few minutes ago he was the baker who had never picked up a gun.

And the whizzing bullets, the loud black gunpowder spray, and the cries of the pirates getting closer and closer all made this gentle and good man feel at a loss.

"Go and tell everyone, keep going, the reinforcements from the Navy headquarters will arrive in only one hour!" The old mayor patted the baker's shoulder, pretending to be calm.

He was actually very scared, but when similar incidents happened in the past, this kind of delaying method basically had a miraculous effect.

Seeing that this idiot actually planned to announce so loudly, the mayor was really helpless.