Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 187 Bane, Fire!

When Bann came, he only brought three warships with him.

When they left, they took ten warships with them, forming a large fleet and requisitioning all the original warships of the G-5 Navy.

Anyway, Smoker came with a fleet.

These ten warships will now belong to Bane, to the G-6 Navy.

Each warship is fully equipped with two thousand sailors, ample firepower, and complete equipment. The large fleet of ten warships sailing in the waters of the New World is quite imposing.

In just half a month, through scattered attacks, they destroyed three pirate crews.

During this process, Ben also personally experienced the ruthless style of the G-5 naval forces.

Upon spotting a pirate ship from afar, G-5 would quickly adjust the warships' formation, forming a wolf pack, and launch a dispersed attack to block their escape. Then, without even getting close, a barrage of cannon fire would essentially destroy the pirate ship. Few pirate warships could withstand the saturation fire of ten warships.

After the battle, the pirate ships are basically unable to move anymore. Under normal circumstances, the navy would wait in ambush, surround and wait for the pirates to struggle in their death throes. As the ships gradually sink and their morale collapses, the navy will eventually capture the survivors who surrender.

But G-5 doesn't do that. After destroying the pirate ship and rendering it immobile, the G-5 Navy will immediately approach and, like wolves, howl as they leap from the warship to wipe out the remaining pirates. Before the pirate ship sinks, they will transfer all the loot they can to the warship.

If this style of work weren't done under the naval flag and on warships, in the New World, they would be no different from those pirates!

A few days later, the sea area where the warships were sailing suddenly became lively. Often, after sailing for a short while, merchant ships and passenger ships flying all kinds of flags could be seen appearing in the field of vision.

It's clear that this area of ​​water is approaching Dressrosa.

"Block all signals along the way, and take in merchant ships. Don't let our whereabouts be exposed to the Don Quixote family so quickly," Bane ordered from the deck.

Soon, the fleet began to open its signal jamming and ordered nearby merchant ships and cargo ships to follow behind the warships in an orderly manner. They were not allowed to leave the route designated by the warships without authorization, otherwise they would be punished for treason and their ships would be bombed.

The merchant ships in the New World seemed to have long been accustomed to this situation, obediently following the orders of the warships and following the rear of the large fleet.

Some people even felt reassured by this, as being able to sail with such a large fleet meant that their safety was at least significantly improved.

About two hours later, Nami ran down from the watchtower and said, "Lieutenant General Bane, we expect to be within sight of Dressrosa in about twenty minutes."

"Stop the ship," Bane immediately ordered, raising his hand.

As his orders were relayed, the ten warships began to lower their anchors and reduce their speed, soon coming to rest on the vast ocean.

"Full fleet, go on high alert. Continuously deploy signal jamming around the area, conceal all visible ships, and sink any that disobey orders," Bane said in a deep voice.

Without formal naval training, Bane wouldn't have thought that much. He would have simply sent ten warships into the waters off Dressrosa and started fighting.

But things are different now. Bane has already gained some basic knowledge of naval warfare and understands roughly how naval operations should be arranged.

When besieging an island and annihilating the pirate forces on it, unless the situation is urgent, they will rush over all at once. Otherwise, they will wait until night to start the operation.

The reason is simple: visibility is poor at night. If the warships turn off all their lights and remain silent, it will be difficult for the observation lighthouses on the islands to detect the fleet before the warships approach the islands.

This would greatly reduce the possibility that they would activate their defense system or even flee from other ports on the island upon seeing warships.

Of course, this state of marching in the dark is very dangerous. If one is not careful, it could cause one’s own ships to collide with each other, resulting in a serious accident.

However, this is precisely the difference between regular troops and pirates. Pirates may not be able to carry out this kind of operation, but well-trained marines are very skilled at it!

This is the difference in combat quality!

In terms of individual strength, pirates and the navy are evenly matched, but in terms of military and combat skills, the navy is generally far superior to the pirates.

As the last ray of sunlight sank into the sea, the sky gradually darkened until it was completely shrouded in night.

The sea at night is terrifying. The weather was also rather gloomy today, and even the starlight and moonlight were not very clear. Standing on the deck, looking around, all you could see was pitch black. There was almost no visibility. Even with the naked eye, Bane could not see the escort warships on both sides clearly.

It's difficult to observe with the naked eye at this distance, let alone from the island.

"Is it okay, Ain?" Bane asked Ain beside him.

Ain immediately nodded and said, "This is the perfect time for a surprise attack, young master."

"Good!" Bane grinned, picked up his internal communication Den Den Mushi, and said, "Full fleet, weigh anchor, enter silence mode, extinguish all lights, abandon the merchant ships behind, and proceed at top speed to Dressrosa!"

With all the lights on the warships extinguished, Bane could no longer see any of the surrounding warships, and the sea breeze picked up, indicating that the warships had weighed anchor and begun to accelerate.

Just as Nami said, it was indeed only about a twenty-minute flight from here to the visible range of Dressrosa. Soon, Bane would be able to see a bright island on the horizon.

As the warship sped up and time passed, the island gradually expanded in size.

At this moment, on the coast of Dressrosa, in front of the Don Quixote family's military defenses, Delinger, a half-fish executive, was conducting his daily patrol.

"Lord Deringer, there are no problems here," a member of the Don Quixote family reported.

"Okay, let's go check out the next place then," Deringer said casually, chewing on a lollipop.

Although according to family rules, a designated person in charge is required to patrol the Dressrosa sea defense line every night, Dressrosa has been peaceful for a long time. Since Doflamingo took over, there has not been any real crisis in all these years. Therefore, Dellinger and the others treat this patrol as a daily pastime and do not pay too much attention to it or take it particularly seriously.

As Deringer approached a coastal defense gun and prepared to descend the stairs, the lighthouse, in a moment of normal sweep across the sea, seemed to illuminate some kind of phantom image.

"Am I seeing things?" Deringer stopped in his tracks, turned to look at the sea, and after a moment's thought, ordered, "Have the lighthouse turn the searchlight back. I need to see if anything appeared on the sea just now. Maybe some sea king is about to land."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

The black shadow that flashed by was too large; ordinary pirate warships wouldn't have that size. Deringer didn't even consider that it might be a standard Navy warship, since they were one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Navy wouldn't suddenly attack them.

So the first thing that came to Deringer's mind was actually Sea Kings!

Soon, his order was relayed to the lighthouse, and the searchlight, which was originally going to continue its cycle, began to turn back and slowly resume scanning the sea area it had just swept.

On the deck of the warship, watching the lights gradually begin to shine back, Bane smiled slightly and said, "Zoro."

"Understood." Zoro nodded immediately, a flash of electricity crossing his body, as if he were controlling something.

The next second, the searchlight that was about to shine on the lighthouse crackled with electricity and then exploded.

"Huh!?" Deringer was startled and asked, "What's going on?"

"It seems there's a short circuit, Lord Deringer!" a pirate underling quickly reported.

"Really?" Deringer breathed a sigh of relief. "Fix it quickly, don't delay."

At the same time, the Den Den Mushi in Bane's hands also received replies from the other warships.

"The second ship is in position."

"The third ship is in position."

"Fourth Ship"

"Ship No. 6 is circling behind the island."

"Ship No. 7 is about to arrive at its combat position."

Ten warships will be deployed: three to blockade the main port of Dressrosa, two to blockade another shallow port in Dressrosa, and the remaining warships will surround and completely blockade the entire waters around Dressrosa, ensuring that no ships are allowed to leave during this battle!

After listening to these reports, Bane said in a deep voice: "Ships one through three, prepare to activate the evacuation regulations, systematically seize the port, set up positions, and be responsible for receiving the general civilians who have fled the island. Conduct wartime screening, requisition port ships on the spot, and allow eligible people to board the ships for evacuation."

"Understood," a navy officer replied.

At that moment, Ship No. 10 reported: "Ship No. 10 has reached its combat position. The Dressrosa sea area is under blockade and we are ready to enter combat status at any time!"

Upon hearing the report, a glint of light flashed in Bane's eyes as he said, "Vice Admiral Bane of the Naval Headquarters hereby issues the operational order: the entire fleet is to enter combat readiness immediately. Ten seconds after the order is transmitted, activate all fleet lights and destroy all coastal defense systems and warships in Dressrosa's port as soon as possible!"

After saying this, Bane fell silent. About ten seconds later, with a whoosh, all ten warships turned on all their lighting equipment in an instant, as if the entire sea surface had been illuminated, just like daytime!

This sudden turn of events left many people in the port of Dressrosa bewildered. Deringer was stunned to see three warships already in the harbor bay.

Before he could react, on the deck, Bane, holding a Den Den Mushi, said in a deep voice, "Fire!!!"

(End of this chapter)