Pirate: I partnered with Zefa to build a new navy!

Sakaski's shock is completely understandable, because this thing is quite outrageous.

If Ortorun had an army of 280,000 men, Sakaski would not be surprised at all, and would not even bother to pay attention to it.

Take the desert country of Alabasta as an example.

Alabasta's standing king's army has a size of 600,000!

Is this large enough? Absolutely enough!

For this reason, Alabasta is known as a 'military power' around the world, but in fact, the navy has never looked directly at Alabasta.

what is the reason?

The reason is because of Alabasta's huge military strength, which is the army!

In this world, the army and the navy are two completely different concepts. You may be able to afford an army of one million, but you may not be able to afford a navy of 100,000!

In the Army, you only need to give them food, issue a knife, and take them out for training for a week... Yes, according to today's social standards, almost ordinary Army soldiers can become like this.

Moreover, since the natural environment of the world is composed of oceans and islands, the vast majority of countries exist occupying islands. Usually there is only one ruling force on an island, so the so-called army has almost no combat experience. , with at most 'security warfare' level of experience.

Take Alabasta, for example. It has an army of 600,000, but that is basically to guard cities in its vast territory. How much combat experience can these troops have without rebellion or other unexpected situations?

The entire Sentinel Island is only one country, Alabasta. The army cannot fight externally and can only fight internal security wars.

Therefore, when the Alabasta war broke out, the so-called 600,000-strong army, except for better equipment, was actually not much different from the revolting peasant army in terms of combat experience and so on. Therefore, it was defeated again and again. Defeated, Alabasta, known as a military power, was beaten to the capital by the rebels and almost destroyed.

You know, during this period, Crocodile never directly intervened in the battles between the armies on the battlefield!

In this world, for an ordinary person to become an ordinary soldier, all you need to do is give him a knife, let him eat well, and have the strength to kill people. It can be said to be an elite army.

But if an ordinary person wants to become an elite navy, he needs to have many actual battles on the real battlefield. At the same time, he must be equipped with advanced weapons and equipment, have warships to take them to sea, and have enough ammunition and other equipment. Logistical support.

Therefore, the cost of training for the navy is completely unmatched by the army!

That's why Sakaski is so shocked. You, Altorun, can actually support 200,000 New World Frontline-level elite navy on your own. Isn't this terrifying?

If this were replaced by an army, Ortorun could support a navy of 200,000, which meant that he could support an army of at least two million. A ratio of one to ten was considered too small!

Sakaski was surprised by these things.

But the meeting continued.

After Tina finished introducing the situation of the New World Navy, Flying Squirrel knocked on the table and said: "According to the general's strategic intention, it is to completely annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates, and he also used the word 'annihilate' , that is to say, we want to defeat all the nearly 50,000 Whitebeard Pirates, so we have to find a way to let them concentrate their power. The final result is that we have to face the 50,000 people in the new world head-on. The fierce pirates of the first echelon..."

The others had no objections and listened quietly to the flying squirrel.

After the flying squirrel paused for a while, he continued: "Although Colonel Tina told us just now, we have nearly 280,000 naval elites in our hands, and we have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, but you don't want to I take it too much for granted, thinking that we can really invest 280,000 troops on the frontal battlefield..."

As soon as Flying Squirrel finished speaking, Huo Shaoshan couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's right, if both sides want to invest all the more than 300,000 troops on the frontal battlefield, they will need an extremely wide fighting space. This We need to find a large and open plain island. Secondly, the Whitebeard Pirates are not fools. Will they fight you for 50,000 versus 280,000? Finally, if we mobilize all the troops in the New World to participate in this battle, So how do the major bases operate? How do the daily security maintenance tasks, pirate extermination tasks, and guarding tasks work? How to deal with emergencies? In the new world, if we don’t remove the Whitebeard Pirates, there will be no us. Enemy, if we expose such an empty rear, wouldn’t we be putting fat on the enemy’s table?”

Stirres glanced at the young rear admiral beside him and said softly: "Do you understand? Although we have an army of 280,000, the number of troops that can really be deployed in this battle is not too much. This is our navy. The difference with pirates..."

Whitebeard has an army of 50,000 pirates in his hands. When he starts a war, he can really bring all 50,000 people together and fight you tooth and nail.

Because they don't need to protect anything, although they are fierce, they are really "stragglers" and have no pressure other than combat.

But Oltorun has a naval force of 280,000, but if he really wants to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, he can pull out 100,000, which is considered very impressive.

Because they are the navy, in addition to annihilating the Whitebeard Pirates, they also have many factors that hinder their performance. The naval base must be defended, right? The safety of the surrounding sea area needs to be protected, right? There are all kinds of things...

Or in the original story, for a system as large as the Navy, the headquarters finally spent 100,000 people to start a battle on top with Whitebeard. Why?

The main reason is, of course, that Marine Headquarters Marineford cannot open a larger battle array and cannot provide a larger combat space.

But other factors similar to what Huo Shaoshan mentioned just now also occupy a large proportion.

"So the first topic of this meeting is how much force we need to deploy to participate in this combat plan, which is the most appropriate one?" Yixiao also opened his mouth to finalize the first topic at this time.

Ortorun smiled and looked at Sakaski beside him and said, "Sakaski, do you have any good ideas?"

Sakaski took a deep look at Ortorun and said, "Let me listen first..."

He was too shocked just now, but now, his emotions have basically calmed down. At this moment, sitting here, in addition to the matters of the Whitebeard Pirates, he is still thinking about the matters of Altorun.

That's right, the idea that he had originally postponed emerged uncontrollably at this time.

Ortorun knew that he was coming and that he would participate in this meeting, but he showed Sakaski the information that should have been hidden.

This was a signal. There was no doubt that Ortorun was testing him, Sakaski!

However, although Sakaski knew that this was a test and signal, he was still unsure of his own thoughts at this time, so he was unable to give Ortolen a certain response.

While the two of them were testing each other here, the generals in the conference room had already begun a heated discussion.

"Before considering the deployment of troops, you should first think about the combat location, right? According to the combat space environment..."

"Idiot, although the general didn't say it clearly, it means that the initiative is most likely in our hands, so we can choose the venue first and don't have to rush up to encircle and suppress the Whitebeard Pirates. Therefore, we should first determine the number of troops to be deployed. Then based on this situation, we will select suitable venues for combat..."

"So, what is the general's trump card?"

"How do I know? I'm just a major general..."

"These are not within the scope of this issue. Can you talk about something serious?"

"In my opinion, maritime security and patrol tasks do not involve too many troops. What is important is the troops used to protect naval bases and frontline guards..."

"Looking at it from this perspective, if Totland All Nations can help us share part of the pressure of guarding the front line, we can release a lot of troops..."

"Our strength is our advantage, so even if we cannot deploy all of it, we must establish our advantage. Compared with the 50,000 pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates, it would be more appropriate for our New World Navy to invest 100,000 troops. Right?"

"Is one hundred thousand a little too little?"

"I think the 100,000 troops mentioned by Maynard should be just right...any more, it will seem a bit bloated, and it will have a certain negative impact on both combat and command..."

"One more thing, is our battle against the Whitebeard Pirates really confirmed to be annihilation on the island? What if it is annihilation in the sea?"

"Idiot, who do you think your opponent is? That's Whitebeard with the Zhenzhen Fruit. You want to fight him in a naval battle? Not to mention one hundred thousand, even two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand, you may not be able to win!"

"The headquarters has long had operational reference opinions on the Whitebeard Pirates. Among all the opinions, no one has suggested... starting a naval battle with the Whitebeard Pirates."

"The Whitebeard Pirates can reach the top of the pirate industry, firstly, by the strongest strength of Whitebeard himself, and secondly, by the Whitebeard Pirates' superiority in naval warfare..."

That's right, if you want to annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates, then don't even think about fighting a naval battle with them.

Whitebeard's ability is too terrifying in naval battles. He doesn't even need to make contact. One punch can create a tsunami. But as long as he keeps setting off tsunamis, he will really give away as much as he comes.

Therefore, so far, the top brass of the Navy have never considered using a large-scale naval battle to solve Whitebeard's problem.

That's ridiculous.