War Begins

"Fire! Target: the Moby Dick!"

The great battle at Marineford had begun. The Marines unleashed a fierce barrage, and the counterattack from Whitebeard Pirates and the other pirates was no less formidable.

Smoke and flames filled the entire battlefield. Thunderous cannon fire boomed without pause, and explosions roared both inside and outside Marineford Bay, while choking smoke blanketed the bay and its reefs.

"Come on, let's move!"

"They've given us a great place to land!"

"Let's show them what we're made of!"

Countless pirates manned the cannons and returned fire, while many more elite pirates prepared to sortie. Led by Whitebeard's fourteen division commanders, one elite pirate after another stepped onto the ice and charged toward the curved shoreline of Marineford Bay.

The clanging of metal rang out without end. Compared with the Marines, who were equipped with firearms on a large scale, the pirates relied more on cold weapons such as swords and blades.

"We're moving in too!"

Led by Smoker, Tashigi, and the others, the Marine elites advanced as well. The strong among the Marines were also masters of cold weapons.

The artillery fire from both sides continued, while the elites steadily closed the distance. A massive close-quarters battle was about to erupt.

Clang~~ Bang~~ Crash~~ Smack~~

All kinds of sounds echoed across the battlefield. The combatants wielded a wide variety of weapons, and the ringing of metal never ceased. Here, a pirate fell beneath a Marine's blade; there, a Marine was knocked down by a pirate's hammer. Some Marines fired their guns at point-blank range, while other unlucky fools were cut down before they even had time to reload.

Although the pirates appeared to be fewer in number, every one of them was an elite capable of taking on ten men. Even Marine officers such as