One Piece: Shadow of the Navy

As soon as Fazan and his party stepped off the warship, the commander of the G-7 branch, Vice Admiral Kassel of the Navy Headquarters, came up to him and welcomed Fazan, "General Fazan, welcome to the G-7 branch."

"Lieutenant General Kassel, long time no see," Fazan also said hello to Kassel.

However, just saying hello, the other Fazan simply ignored it, and then asked about the goal of this visit, "By the way, Lieutenant General Cassel, I told you on the phone bug before. Do you know the whereabouts of the Scholar Pirates?"

Cassel clearly understood Fazan's way of doing things, and did not feel any discomfort at his rather abrupt question. He replied without any pause, "We have learned the whereabouts of the Scholar Pirates." , two warships led by two colonels have been dispatched to follow."

"It's just a little strange that a lot of pirate groups have suddenly arrived in the waters near us recently and have been harassing the surrounding islands. I had to send some warships to encircle and exorcise them, which caused all the warships in the recent base to be destroyed. Not quite enough.”

"Oh, do you know why these suddenly extra pirate groups are here? After all, this is a navy branch. These pirates shouldn't be able to come around here to rub our navy's beards." Regarding Fazan also paid attention to what Cassel said.

"These pirates have only appeared nearby in the past few days, and they are very cunning. They turned around and ran away when they saw our warships. The warships I sent out have never gained anything." Cassel shook his head and said.

"I feel something is wrong with this situation. What happened in the G-6 branch just happened not long ago, so I don't dare to send out all the soldiers."

"It's really not quite right..."

"Commander, it's not good, Commander."

Before Fazan could finish his words, a sailor from the G-7 branch ran over from the direction of the rear base and interrupted his words with a shout.

Fazan didn't speak any more, waiting for the sailor who shouted something bad to report the bad things he said.

The sailor ran to Kassel, ignored Fazan's presence, and saluted Kassel, "Commander, Colonel Froome called for help. They were lured by the Scholar Pirates and were captured by the sea." Pirate ships are surrounding us."

"Huh? What's going on? Please tell me in detail." Cassell's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the sailor who reported the report.

"Colonel Froome and Colonel Bogard caught up with the Scholar Pirates near Horn Island. They had just shelled the Scholar Pirates' ship twice when a large number of pirate ships surrounded the Colonel's warship. "

"Just now, Colonel Frum said that their situation was very critical and they were requesting support from the base. Moreover, the phone was hung up before they even finished speaking."

"Pirate ships lure and besiege warships? Interesting." The corners of Fazan's mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile full of bloodthirsty.

"Lieutenant General Cassel, where is Horn Island? Give me some warships and soldiers. I want to see what these bold pirates want to do." Fazan put away the bloodthirsty expression on his face With a smile, he turned to Cassel and said.

"Admiral Fazan, Horn Island is an uninhabited island, not far from us. It can be reached in a few hours by sailing at full speed," Kassel replied to Fazan, then turned to a sailor and said, " Go get a chart."

"Yes." The marine took the order and ran away.

Cassel continued to say to Fazan, "General Fazan, since those damn pirates dare to attack the warship, and they are so close to our base, there must be some conspiracy. I must leave enough To protect the base with troops, we cannot give you all the troops on the base."

"It doesn't matter. It's enough to allocate part of the troops to me. It doesn't require all the troops of the base." Fazan also knew Cassel's concerns, especially now that the G-6 branch was destroyed not long ago. , so he has no objection to Cassel's arrangement.

Hearing that Fazan didn't mind, Cassell couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I will give you one-third of the base's existing troops. I must leave two-thirds of the troops to fully defend G." -7 base."

"Okay, how many marines are there?" Fazan nodded. He had no opinion on the proportion of marines, but he had to have a rough idea of ​​the exact number of marines.

"Four warships and five hundred sailors." Kassel did not pause and reported the exact number of warships and sailors that could be allocated to Fazan.

"That's enough." Fazan nodded.

At this time, the sailor who had taken the order ran back with a chart in his hand, "Commander, here is the chart."

Cassel reached out and took the chart from the sailor's hand, spreading it out in front of Fazan.

"Admiral Fazan, this is Horn Island," Cassel pointed to a small island on the chart and said to Fazan, "to the southeast of us, if the warship sails at full speed, it will take more than two hours to reach it. .”

"So close?" Fazan said in surprise, looking at the distance between the G-7 branch location and the island and Horn Island on the chart.

"Yes, it's very close, that's why I'm worried."

"The fact that you have this consideration shows that you are a competent base commander. If you want to go out without thinking, I will be worried."

"However, you have to give me another person who is familiar with the surrounding waters, preferably someone with some status, to lead me. Otherwise, just giving me warships and soldiers is not enough."

"Don't worry about this, General Fazan." Cassel assured Fazan, then turned to a sailor beside him and said, "Go and call Lieutenant Colonel McIntyre."

"General Fazan, Lieutenant Colonel McIntyre, he has served in our G-7 branch for more than 20 years. He goes out to perform missions every year. Now he has visited the surrounding waters all over. Not to mention he is the person who knows the surrounding waters best. , and definitely one of the people who knows the most.”

Cassel introduced to Fazan the person he would lend to Fazan next.

"Oh, this is the kind of person I want. I don't care so much about his strength." After listening to Cassel's introduction, Fazan was very satisfied with the person Cassel would lend him next.

"Then he is the most suitable." Cassell replied.

Soon, a bearded lieutenant colonel, about 50 or [-] years old, followed the sailor.

"Commander." Bearded Lieutenant Colonel McIntyre saluted Cassel.

"Lieutenant Colonel McIntyre, this is General Fazan," Cassel introduced Fazan to McIntyre.

"Now Froome and Bogarde have fallen into the trap of pirates and are surrounded by pirates near Horn Island, and General Fazan will go over to rescue them,"

"In the next period of time, you will follow General Fazan and be responsible for bringing the General and the others to Horn Island as quickly as possible."

"Yes, General Fazan, Commander Kassel, promise to complete the mission." McIntyre turned slightly, facing Fazan and Kassel at the same time, and replied.

"Okay, Vice Admiral Cassel, prepare the warships and sailors, we will set off immediately." Looking at McIntyre with a determined face, Fazan said to Cassel with a satisfied look on his face.