From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

After a few more beatings, all the problems will be gone!

The naval base in Rogue Town was originally an ordinary branch base, but at this time, it gathered a group of naval leaders.

Chief of Staff Ahe was sitting in the base commander's office. As for the original base commander, he was no longer qualified to come here and listen to the conversation between the bosses.

Kuzan, Sakaski, and Borsalino were all sitting here.

Some veteran lieutenant generals are also here, such as Lieutenant General Gumil, whose hair is almost Mediterranean, and Lieutenant General Jonathan, Garp's good friend.

There were several knocks on the door, causing the chattering lieutenant generals to look towards the door.

Chief of Staff Ahe smiled and said, "It should be Diarmuid. Come in."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door opened, and Diarmait was the first to step in and say, "Hahahaha, how did the Chief of Staff know it was me?"

"At least you, little guy, have worked under me for two years." Chief of Staff Ahe said with a smile.

During the two years that Diarmait worked at the Intelligence Staff, he occasionally disagreed with her on issues such as the establishment of the "non-existent organization."

But generally speaking, the two get along very well.

Chief of Staff Ahe was willing to teach Diarmait, and Diarmait was willing to learn her wisdom and political tactics.

What's more, the difference in opinions is just a business matter and will not affect their personal relationship at all.

As soon as Diarmuid came in, Gion, Flying Squirrel, Burning Mountain, Doberman and others followed him in.

The three of Flying Squirrels don't have any network of connections, and are currently considered Diarmait's confidants. As for Gion, although she is one of Diarmait's direct subordinates, she was transferred from Chief of Staff Ahe.

She has a very close relationship with the Chief of Staff, and although there is an age gap between them, they usually treat each other like sisters and have a very good relationship.

"Sister Ahe!" Gion greeted with a smile.

Flying Squirrel and the others greeted Kuzan, Sakaski 2.9, Borsalino, and the others. Diarmuid confidently sat down next to Lieutenant General Jonathan and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Lieutenant General Jonathan."

"Haha, yes. The last time I saw you, you were still a major general." Jonathan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, it seems so. Looks like you are going back to the headquarters to work?" Diarmait asked again.

"The G-8 Naval Branch has been completed and the project is coming to an end. After more than two years, the mission has finally been completed. Now that the incident in Rogue Town is over, I do have to go back to headquarters and report to the marshal, but..." Having said that, Lieutenant General Jonathan smiled and said, "Maybe after I go back and write a report, I will go to G-8 to serve as the first base commander, hahahaha." "Wouldn't that mean you can get promoted and make money? The two years of infrastructure construction have not been in vain. The marshal still remembers you." Diarmait laughed.

"Hahaha, you can't compare with you youngsters. I heard from Ah He that Zhan Guo might also intend to send you out for training after this matter is over, and make you the base commander?" Jonathan asked.

"Yeah, that's right, but I haven't decided where to go yet." Diarmait nodded.

"How about G-7?" Jonathan suggested.

"G-7?" Diarmuid was stunned for a moment, and then he recalled the situation of this base carefully.

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Chapter 86: The Contest between the Navy Headquarters and the World Government! (Updated rd)

Because Diarmuid has been studying this matter a lot in recent times, he has a better understanding of the current situation of various bases on the sea.

After thinking about it for a while, I thought about the current situation of the G-7.

As for G-7, it is located in the middle and late stages of the first half of the Grand Line, near the southern calm belt, not too far from Impeldown, one of the three fortresses of justice.

The military force is not sufficient, with only more than 7 naval soldiers. The area they are responsible for is acceptable. There are three member states under their direct jurisdiction that are seeking protection from the G-.

The entire G-7 base is not large, and the island it is located on is quite large. However, due to insufficient funds during construction, most of the island has not been developed, and the construction area of ​​G-7 can only accommodate more than people.

"Why do you recommend G-7?" Diarmait asked after thinking for a moment.

"G-7 and G-8 are located in the south and north respectively, covering the north and south routes of the Grand Line respectively. If I were to go to G-8 to serve as the base commander, I would certainly hope that G-7 on the opposite side would also have a powerful lieutenant general in charge. That way, if there is any difficulty, it would be convenient for me to ask for support from you, Lord Diarmait." Lieutenant General Jonathan said with a smile.

"Others may not know, but don't I? Lieutenant General Jonathan, you are one of the strongest in the headquarters. Even though I am so arrogant now, I dare not say that I can defeat you. Lord Diarmait, please don't tease me..."

Diarmait rolled his eyes at Lieutenant General Jonathan.

There are many hidden talents in the Marine Headquarters. There are many people who are not well-known, but they are actually very powerful.

For example, Lieutenant General Jonathan, he, Admiral Sengoku, Lieutenant General Garp, Teacher Zephyr, Chief of Staff Azuru and others are all veterans from the same period.

In terms of strength, he might be a little inferior to them, but definitely not too far behind.

In other words, this guy is very low-key and doesn't have much of a competitive spirit, so he seems like an ordinary person.

If you really make him angry and he goes crazy, it can be very scary.

"Hahahaha..." Lieutenant General Jonathan laughed.

After a brief pause, he continued, "But G-7 is a great stage, isn't it? I think you need it..."

Diarmait nodded, Lieutenant General Jonathan was right.

The facilities of G-7 are not very complete, its military strength is not very strong, and its construction area is also average.

But that’s what makes it valuable!

If this G-7 had a strong army, with to men under its command and ample firepower, the entire island could have been built into a solid fortress, the surrounding seas would have been calm, and all disobedience could have been suppressed. …

Then why the hell did he want Diarmait to go there?

I can't do anything!

It's just slacking off and gaining experience.

There is absolutely no place for him to display his talents.

On the contrary, bases like G-7, which have room for appreciation but have not yet transformed their potential into strength, are treasures in Diarmait's eyes. If he can go there and drive G-7 to develop rapidly, he can prove to the other senior naval officers that he is not only capable of fighting, but also of construction and leading the navy to prosperity.

Only in this way can everyone recognize that Diarmait will become one of the navy's most powerful admirals in the future!

In fact, as soon as the news that Diarmait was going to be sent out to serve as the base commander spread among the top leaders, many perceptive leaders had already realized that the higher-ups intended to train Diarmait to become a general.

For example, Lieutenant General Jonathan understood this meaning, otherwise he would not have said that G-7 was a suitable stage for Diarmait.

"That makes sense. I'll think about it." Diarmait nodded with a smile.

After a brief pause, Diarmuid whispered, "Lieutenant General Jonathan, you've also served as a base commander in G-3. You have experience. Could you please give me some advice on what skills are needed to be a base commander?"

"If everything goes according to plan, there's nothing much to say. The headquarters will distribute military funds to the bases every year, and we'll just pay them per person. There are also some maintenance fees and so on. However, in 1497, the bases were restructured, and their autonomy was further expanded. Basically, the heads of each base have absolute power in the base, and they just have to respond to the inspection of the headquarters' inspectors every two years..." Lieutenant General Jonathan said slowly.

It was 1497 in the Haiyuan calendar, which was exactly three years ago. At that time, Diarmuid was still serving as a major general in the headquarters, concentrating on his cultivation. He didn't pay much attention to such things.

However, some time ago, he also understood the things he was about to deal with.

Before 1497, the Navy's major bases were largely controlled by Marine Headquarters, Marineford. However, after 1497, in order to allow the major bases to better exercise their subjective initiative and not have problems constantly attributed to the headquarters, the headquarters' top brass made the decision to further delegate their autonomy to the major bases.

It was also from that year that the power of the major naval bases expanded unprecedentedly, and they could almost be called "warlords."

The department no longer needs to give advice on matters big or small, and can make almost all the decisions.

Within the direct jurisdiction of each base, one can be called a local tyrant, and a base commander with strong skills can even take charge of the economy, politics, and military affairs.

Therefore, a capable base commander will develop the base well, while a weak one will naturally let the base decline.

This has led to the current situation where the major bases have varying strengths.

As for the issue of decentralization, will it split the Navy and cause a disconnect between headquarters and major bases?

Anyway, this problem has not occurred so far.

First of all, although the headquarters has delegated power, it still nominally has the highest command authority. If someone from above is sent to assign a task, you have to accept the arrangement unless you want to openly rebel.

And if you openly rebel, then with the absolute strength of our headquarters, we will definitely kill you in minutes.

Secondly, although the headquarters has delegated power in terms of economy and secretly condoned the tricks of the major base commanders to raise money to develop their bases, to be honest, if everyone is so capable in this area, they would not have to make a living in the Navy. Wouldn't it be better to go to the World Government and become a senior official in the Ministry of Commerce?

Or maybe you can't start your own business?

Therefore, this kind of secretly making money and engaging in economic activities, to put it bluntly, is to provide a certain range of power-for-money transactions, such as guarding the caravans in the surrounding waters and collecting some protection fees or something. At most, they can go a step further... and secretly accept commissions from some countries and charge higher employment fees or something.

That's it. Next, it depends on the character of the base commander. If he is corrupt, most of the money will go into his pocket and will not be used to develop the base.

Therefore, the operation of the base mainly depends on the military funds allocated by the headquarters every year.

This military expenditure is like the shackles that the World Government puts on the Navy, and it is also the shackles that the headquarters puts on the heads of various bases.

If you have no money, why do you want independence?

You have no money, you can't feed and support tens of thousands of sailors, so you have to rely on the headquarters for relief? How dare you disobey me?

This is the second point. As for condoning the major bases to secretly raise funds for development, Diarmait feels that this is also a means for the headquarters to fight against the World Government.

If this base develops well, it might even provide financial support to the headquarters.

As time goes by, I don't know how much military expenditure can be saved every year. The headquarters can just cover it up a little and keep it all in their hands. In the long run, they will have a large amount of funds in their hands to use at the critical moment... This is one of the means to fight against the World Government.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Navy would not go against the World Government. In any case, Diarmait had never been seen once in the past few years in Marineford.

However, he knew very well that there would definitely be more confrontations later, and that they would probably become more serious. Perhaps the cause was the World Government's Seven Warlords of the Sea plan?

This plan to establish legal pirates was out of the question. Even if the navy was later forced to approve it, they would definitely have a very strong resistance to it.

This is normal. If there is no resistance, can it still be called a navy of justice?

This may be the reason for the deepening conflict between the Navy and the World Government, and the Great Pirate Era is the catalyst. On the one hand, the World Government needs the Navy to stabilize the situation, so it has to increase investment in the Navy in military spending and other aspects.

The navy continued to grow stronger during this era of great pirates. On the other hand, they were also worried that the growing navy would become more disobedient to orders and oppose them.

So they created a lot of chaos and continued to suppress the power of the navy.

This kind of advance and retreat, and its own very entangled state, has caused constant friction with the navy, resulting in a group of navy who have truly grown up from the Great Pirate Era having a bad impression of the World Government.

For example, Sakaski, after being tricked by the Five Elders during the Doflamingo incident, he angrily scolded the Five Elders.

As a result, the Five Elders said on the spot that you have no face at all.

Do you think Sakaski is angry?

He must be angry!

Afterwards, the Navy secretly pushed for a plan to abolish the Seven Warlords of the Sea. With the newly promoted admiral Fujitora Issho as the spearhead, they slapped the World Government in the face at the World Conference and forcibly overturned the Seven Warlords policy. Just look at how excited the Navy generals were when they went to capture those Seven Warlords of the Sea!

For example, Borsalino, although he doesn't fight you openly, he just lets you go. The Straw Hat Pirates beat up three Celestial Dragons in the Sabaody Archipelago, but Borsalino went over and used all his fancy tricks, but it was all useless. Not only did he fail to capture any member of the Straw Hat Pirates, he also failed to capture any of the so-called supernovas. In the end, he just picked up some small fry to get the job done.

Is it that Borsalino can't be caught?

No, with his strength, if he really got serious at that time, no one would be able to escape and they would all die.

But he just plays, alas, and just doesn't catch.

In the end, after dealing with them, there was nothing wrong. It was time for him to go back to being an admiral and continue to be an admiral. As for those three Celestial Dragons, I'm sorry... our navy is busy preparing for the war at the top and has no time to deal with you.