On the global navigation map of the world, two parallel lines can always be seen, dividing two linear areas marked as windless belts on both sides of the red earth continent.
However, that is just a map. In fact, when sailing to the sea, such regional boundaries cannot be seen.
The windless zone has always been the subject of research by meteorologists and geologists all over the world, but so far, no one knows how they are formed. The magic of it is that if there is no wind, it will definitely no wind!
If a voyager encounters a storm when sailing on the sea, and when fighting against the storm, it suddenly becomes calm and sunny, then don’t doubt that you are not experiencing abnormal weather, but Blown into the windless zone!
Since many ships in this world still retain the tradition of sailing, when they suddenly enter the windless zone, the ship will lose power in an instant. At this time, it is quite dangerous for the people on board, because they lose their maneuverability , which means that it is impossible to dodge when encountering danger, and in the windless zone, it is also the lair of large sea kings. If you are not careful, you may die in the mouth of sea kings.
Every year, a large number of ships have accidents and disappear in the windless zone, so for people in this world, the windless zone has always been a relatively dangerous existence.
However, it does not mean that the windless zone is completely impassable. In fact, there are often many pirates who challenge the great route. The route, most of these pirates failed and died at the bottom of the sea, but there were also a small number of lucky ones who were able to escape back. The legends and horrors about the great route in the four seas are often these pirates who managed to escape They took it out.
Now, the only thing that can safely pass through the calm zone is the navy's warships. After using the research of Bergabank, the bottom of the navy's warships is inlaid with sea stones, which can protect the sea king from the windless zone. class nuisance.
Naval scientist Vegabank is a very important person to the navy and the world government. They have even created a naval scientific force based on Bergabank's research and invention. Many experimental weapons are limited to the navy. The scientific troops will conduct verification, and then gradually promote it to the entire navy.
It can be said that if the navy and the world government are given a little more time, the combat effectiveness of the navy may be strong enough to truly end the era of great pirates...
Now that I said if, it means that there are always turning points and accidents...
At this moment, at the junction of the West Sea and the windless zone, a naval fleet of twelve ships was swimming on the sea.
Although this naval fleet uses the navy's standard warships, in fact the logo patterns on their sails are different from those of the navy. The navy's flag is a flying seagull-shaped pattern, but this fleet flag, but there is an extra long sword passing through the middle of the seagull pattern!
This is the exclusive logo of the Naval Science Force, and the implication is self-evident, which means that the Naval Science Force will become the sharp sword of the Navy!
Although the naval scientific force is a branch of the navy in name, in fact they only obey the orders of the world government. The fleet of this naval scientific force is under the order of Wulaoxing to protect the underwater secret research institute here!
It has been a week since Dr. Bergabank was secretly transferred here. Why the world government transferred him here, the Naval Science Corps didn't know, but they didn't ask much.
The same patrol fleet, there are six in total, each fleet has twelve warships, these seventy-two warships are divided into two shifts, day and night around the center of the research institute, within a radius of 100 nautical miles Constantly cruising, and the orders they got were only to patrol and guard. All ships that broke into without permission were directly sunk without asking any reason!
This is a very unreasonable order, but it also protects the location of the institute from being discovered.
The current fleet is one of the routine patrols. On these twelve warships, there are not only a large number of elite naval soldiers equipped with new weapons, but also larger and more powerful naval guns. At the same time, each warship On it, there are three pacifists on board to deal with special situations.
At this time, on the flagship of the fleet, a major general is looking at the sea in front of him with a telescope. They are currently in the calm zone, but not far ahead is the range of the great route, so The sun was shining brightly on the side of the warship, but on the other side of the sea, it was dark and full of wind and rain at the moment.
It was a storm, the exact size of which is unknown.
"Try to avoid it and drive along the edge of the windless belt!" the rear admiral ordered.
The sailing order was quickly conveyed to all warships, so the fleet slowly began to turn around, making a huge arc, and prepared to leave by brushing the edge of the windless belt.
However, just as the soldiers on the warship were palpitating and looking at the storm in the distance from the side of the ship, suddenly, the three pacifists standing on the deck of the ship made a beeping sound, and the three The pacifists then turned to the right in unison, and also looked at the storm in the distance.
"What's wrong?" The rear admiral was taken aback when he saw this scene.
"Invaders!" One of the pacifists said suddenly.
The major general was shocked. He knew that the detection function of the pacifists was much stronger than his telescope. Since the pacifists said there were intruders, they were absolutely right!
So while calling the whole ship to be on alert, he raised his binoculars again and stared at the stormy sea.
Not long after, a large number of black shadows suddenly appeared in the dark mist on the sea ahead!
The major general immediately understood that those were ships passing through the storm, and the number seemed quite large!
But... so what? The major general smiled coldly, so many ships are nothing more than some unlucky large pirate group, probably encountered a storm and headed towards the direction of the windless belt without thinking.
However, no matter who the opponent is, just kill them. The order he received was to eliminate all the ships and people who broke into this sea area. Whether it was a pirate ship or a merchant ship, they could only blame themselves for being unlucky.
"The fleet is arranged vertically, all artillery fire is ready!" The major general issued an order.
As a result, the twelve warships quickly sailed in a row, and the running positions on the right side of the ship were opened one after another. Hundreds of unique-looking cannons were pointed at the distant sea.
All the navy soldiers were expressionless. They had sunk many ships in this way in the past few days, and they had long been a little numb to this upcoming attack.
However, they are still looking forward to it, and they don't know what kind of expressions those ships that have survived the storm will have when they suddenly see that the naval fleet has aimed their guns at them in the rest of their lives.
The major general who led the team also thought so, but for some reason, he always felt that there was something wrong...
The black shadows in the fog of the storm became clearer and clearer, which proved that those ships were about to pass through the storm.
However, at this moment, a ray of light suddenly appeared from the mist of the storm and shot directly at the naval fleet.
That ray of light of unknown origin was flying so fast. In the blink of an eye, it had landed on the sea surface near the navy fleet. Then, with a bang, hundreds of meters high blasted on the sea surface. Huge splash!
The rear admiral and the naval soldiers of the entire fleet were taken aback, but before they understood what kind of attack it was just now, on the sea in the distance, one ship after another appeared on them in front of the eyes.
Although these ships seem to be of different sizes, a very special pattern is printed on all the ships and sails.
Moreover, the ship at the head is also a very special looking ship, because the head of the ship turned out to be a dragon. dragon tail.
When he saw the flagship and the patterns on all the ships, there was a loud noise in the rear admiral's mind, and he was instantly stunned!
"Revolution... Revolutionary Army!!!???"
He screamed subconsciously, but because of his excitement, his voice seemed to be torn apart, which was extremely ugly.
Not only him, but also the naval soldiers and naval officers on the other warships were all stunned. As the biggest enemy of the world government and the navy, they naturally knew who the Revolutionary Army was, but... why did the Revolutionary Army suddenly appear here!
And... one, two, three, eighty, ninety, there are more than forty ships in the revolutionary army. I have never seen the revolutionary army deploy so many troops at once!
It can be said that this time, the naval scientific forces were completely caught off guard, so that in the few minutes after the Revolutionary Army's fleet appeared, the marines were not able to fire at the first time...
And at the moment, on the leading flagship, Ian was talking to Drago.
"Uncle Dorag, your devil fruit ability is really useful!" Ian smiled and looked back at the storm behind him, and said: "The patrol fleet of the navy probably thought we were in a storm, but they How do you know that this is simply a cover for sudden approach?"
Drago smiled and didn't speak. He is a dragon fruit capable person, calling the wind and rain. To him, it's just a child's play. With the help of a storm, a surprise attack on the naval fleet was planned long ago.
Ace and Sabo were also laughing at the back, Ace stepped forward, patted Ian on the shoulder and said: "However, your attack just now was off the mark, if you can hit a warship, this time The raid is even more perfect!"
"Don't worry, I've adjusted the angle this time!" Ian stretched out his hand, picked up another iron shell from a shell frame on the deck next to him, weighed it with his hand, and then his whole arm suddenly rose violently. With a swish of the current, the cannonball was thrown forward directly!
At the moment when the cannonball was released from his hand, there was a bang, and a strong sonic boom reappeared, causing the hair and hats of everyone on board to fly high, and the cannonball thrown by Ian turned into an orange light again, Shoot straight ahead.
The strong airflow directly split the sea surface along the way, as Ian said, this time his electromagnetic gun was finally adjusted, and a warship was directly hit by his shell!
Like a burst of fireworks, this gigantic warship was blown to pieces in an instant, and then it was annihilated in ashes under the terrified eyes of countless naval soldiers!
The bigger and more powerful railgun is so domineering!
Ian's electromagnetic gun was like the horn of attack. When the warship was blasted into pieces, all the ships on the side of the Revolutionary Army also roared in unison, and countless shells flew away from the ship. , bombarded towards the opposite naval fleet overwhelmingly.
The operation to rescue Bergabank officially started... 8)