Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 322 War God's Steel Bones

The World Economic Daily's report had barely been published when it caused a sensation worldwide.

Killing nobles was not uncommon these days, but to try nobles was truly unprecedented.

After all, nobles are born of noble blood and their bloodlines are revered. How can a bunch of commoners judge them?

But today, this really happened!

The public was shocked, excited, and even began to imitate the revolutionaries. On the noble side, however, they were filled with righteous indignation and wished they could tear the revolutionary army apart.

Hundreds of calls were quickly made to Mary Geoise. The kings and nobles of various countries were in unison: this revolutionary army must be wiped out and they could not be allowed to roam around anymore!

The kings of the kingdoms near the Kingdom of Goa are especially terrifying; who knows when they might arrive?

The Five Elders looked at the photo with great vigilance.

After all, the previous revolutionary army's approach was wrong, so although it gained the approval of some people, it wasn't many.

But now?

Look at the eyes of those ordinary people below; they look like they're about to pop out.

The Five Elders had no doubt that if the Revolutionary Army wanted to recruit soldiers here, it wouldn't be surprising if they could pull out tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of soldiers!

Whether or not a war can be won is another matter, but this way of winning public support is terrifying!

The revolutionary army's momentum must be contained!

The Five Elders immediately summoned Steelbone, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

"You should already know what the Revolutionary Army did in the Kingdom of Goa!" The Five Elders handed the newspaper to Steelbone.

Steelbone took the newspaper and nodded.

His office was also in Mary Geoise, so he naturally saw the newspapers.

"Good to know!" The Five Elders nodded. "This revolutionary army's operation is very unusual and poses a great threat. The kings of all the member states are extremely dissatisfied! I need you to rush to the East China Sea and wipe them out!"

"But!" Steelbone scratched his head. How could the Revolutionary Army be so easily wiped out?

If it were that simple, the revolutionary army wouldn't have been active for over a decade!

"This time I'm giving you maximum authority. You can mobilize the entire East China Sea navy and army!" the Five Elders said calmly. "In addition, I'll give you a Buster Call fleet!"

"Even if we can't wipe them out, we must at least beat them hard and drive them away!"

"Yes!" Steel Bone nodded. If it was just about driving them away, then there would definitely be no problem. The Revolutionary Army was inferior to the Navy in terms of both equipment and warships.

Little did he know that while he was taking action, Dragon was also taking action.

First, grain from the nobles of the Kingdom of Goa was transferred to work relief, the work of which was to dig trenches and air-raid shelters.

With the vast wealth plundered from the nobles of the Goa Kingdom, Dragon contacted arms dealers on the black market to purchase weapons.

Dragon's personality used to be somewhat extreme; he believed that everyone in the world except the Revolutionary Army was a bad person, to the point that he didn't even contact Doflamingo.

But now?

If you sell me weapons, we can all be friends!

In addition, Alabasta had long been prepared for war, so although its military production was still lagging behind, the production of various civilian supplies, food, and medicines was already underway.

Military uniform, military shoes, belt, helmet, bulletproof vest, compressed biscuits, cola, painkillers, hemostatic drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs.

Dorlag is not stingy with money; they will buy as much as you produce. Once the war breaks out and the supply lines are blocked, it will be very difficult to buy more.

On September 1, 1520 of the Sea Calendar, Ning Yuan and Nami arrived at Jaya Island, and Nami finally returned to her loyal Straw Hat Pirates.

Even if Ning Yuan landed on the Sky Island and obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, that was a minor matter. At this moment, the world's attention was focused on the East China Sea.

After receiving the order, Steel Bone wasted no time and crossed the Calm Belt directly to the East China Sea.

In the anime, naval ships don't need to travel through the Grand Line and over the Reverse Mountain; they can simply cross the Calm Belt to get there.

The steel-hulled ship continued sailing for two more days without stopping, and arrived at Four Leaf Island.

Many people may not be familiar with this place, but Shells Town, where Luffy and Zoro first met, is located on this island.

Because of the presence of Colonel Morgan, the people here don't have a very good attitude towards the Navy, but Cyborg doesn't care. As long as you guys don't rebel, it's fine.

Clover Island is very large, even larger than Alabasta, and because it is not entirely desert, it has a larger population than Alabasta.

In addition to its abundant food production, the waters around Clover Island are extremely important to both the World Government and the Revolutionary Army.

It is important to the World Government because this kingdom bears the important responsibility of supplying food to Mary Geoise.

It was naturally very important to the revolutionary army because of its large population. Once they captured it, the revolutionary army would have no shortage of food or manpower, thus laying the foundation for their success.

Steelbone set up his headquarters here to protect Clover Island, since Clover Island and the Goa Kingdom are separated only by the sea.

As for why the Revolutionary Army didn't attack this important place first, it's naturally because Clover Island is too powerful.

Alabasta has a standing army of 60; guess how many people are on Clover Island, which has an even larger population?

Not to mention there's a ready-made naval branch here. Although the colonel is no longer here, a new colonel has arrived.

Upon arriving at the naval branch in Shells Town in the waters off Four Leaf Island, Steelbone immediately issued orders to all the major kingdoms and navies in the East Blue to report on their troop strength and ship status, and completed the summary within a day.

After seeing the final data, Steelbone breathed a sigh of relief.

The East China Sea is the weakest sea, and its weakness lies with the pirates, not the government.

There are 20 naval branches in the East China Sea, and each branch has at least 5 warships. In fact, this number of warships is always over budget because new warships are always being delivered, but the branch leaders are reluctant to sink the old warships.

Based on this calculation, each naval branch has an average of more than 10 warships.

In total, that makes nearly 250 ships!

Each naval branch has 5000 active-duty naval personnel, totaling 10!

The army is more optimistic, with all 14 member states of the East China Sea region able to contribute a total of 200 million army troops.

With 10 navy personnel and 200 million army personnel, even Steelbone wouldn't know how to lose!

After studying the map, Steelbone quickly devised a plan to annihilate the revolutionary army.

That is: encirclement and suppression!

Encirclement by sea, encirclement by land, and encirclement from all sides ensured that the revolutionary army had nowhere to escape.

Even so, the revolutionary army is still impossible to wipe out because its leader, Dragon, can fly.

Even if he could fly, he could only take a small number of people away under such heavy encirclement. At that time, even if Dorrag wanted to cause trouble, he would have to lie low for a period of time without anyone under his command.

The initial 80 naval vessels surrounded the Kingdom of Goa, ensuring that no ship could leave the Goa Kingdom's docks. The remaining 170 warships, along with thousands of civilian transport ships requisitioned, were used to transport the army to Yotsuba Island.

On September 3, the Naval Buster Order fleet arrived at its destination.

On September 5, 400,000 troops, selected from the best of the best, arrived in place.

Fortunately, Clover Island is large enough, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate an army of nearly 50 people.

It's impossible for all 200 million troops to come; they also have to guard against bandits and sea pirates.

Although the original 200 million has been reduced to 40, Steel Bone remains confident. In an interview with the World Economic News, he said that this battle must be won quickly and that he should end the fight before New Year's Day so that everyone can go home for the New Year.

The World Economic Journal simply reported the facts, while other newspapers immediately started hyping it up after Steelbone made its promises.

From his debut battle to earning the title of "Steel Bone," to leading the elite Marines to defeat the Rocks Pirates, his achievements can be described as numerous.

After being promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the three armed forces, Ganggu's path of meritorious service continued, such as chasing the revolutionary army everywhere, never having a moment of peace.

Such a general deserves to be called a god of war!

Although he relied on the World Government's vast war resources, Cyborg's abilities were genuine, far surpassing even the dim-witted Sengoku. This guy had enormous resources but didn't know how to use them!

In conclusion, at this moment, the entire nation has considerable confidence in Steel Bone!

He said the battle could be over in three months, so it must be three months!

(End of this chapter)