Suppressive Fire
Because after each battle, no survivors were left among the destroyed Marine warship and pirate crews, although the Night Pirates' achievements were known, the specific details were unclear.
Meanwhile, on the other side, "Fire first! Let these navy men see what real firepower suppression looks like!" Teach laughed loudly as he watched the approaching warships, his blood boiling with excitement. After all, "Guns and cannons are a man's romance."
Boom! Boom! One cannon shot after another, the booming sound echoing continuously, as all sixteen cannons fired almost simultaneously.
Baccarat, standing beside Teach, had already used her abilities silently. Having just experienced a great battle, she had also drawn enough luck from those enemies, and now she had plenty of luck at her disposal.
The crew members who fired the cannon were very excited. Although they didn't know what was going on, they vaguely guessed from Baccarat's title that her Baccarat's ability was related to luck.
There's nothing more exciting than becoming a master gunner and sinking warships one after another.
They just need to keep firing; ninety percent of the shells will hit their target.
"Fire first? Do you think you can defeat us like that?" Spank sneered, watching the Lucky Goddess with cannon fire.
He had great confidence in the navy's firepower; however, seeing the shells flying in, Spank's expression suddenly changed.
Like him were fellow Marine Captain Sean and Robert. Whoosh! Their bodies appeared in mid-air. Robert kicked a cannonball, sending it flying.
Spank then used the Storm Kick from the Marine Six Styles, a crescent-shaped slash kicking out from his foot, quickly flying towards the rapidly approaching cannonball in the distance, passing through the middle of the cannonball and splitting it in two. Immediately afterwards, the cannonball exploded in mid-air.
Sean drew his long sword from his waist, and with a flash of light, the two cannonballs were split in two.
However, this warship had its own crew to withstand the shells, but the warships on either side didn't.
Because the three majors were all together on a warship in the center.
A deafening explosion erupted from the warships on either side, not far apart. The bursts of fire shook the entire ship, instantly blasting a large hole in its deck. The power of the shells was beyond their ability to withstand.
He watched helplessly as shells landed beside him, a flash of fire, and then, nothing more.
There wasn't just one of these shells, but many.
"Oh no!" In the short time it took, the three colonels couldn't rush to the rescue and could only watch helplessly as explosions rang out from the warships on both sides.
Their eyes were bloodshot. Through the intense explosion, they could see the marines being swallowed up by the blast, their mangled bodies flying through the air from the impact.
And then there was the warship, nearly half destroyed by cannonballs. The warship's surface was covered with a layer of steel, which weakened the power of the cannonballs, but even steel is hard to withstand under the barrage of shells, let alone a thin layer of steel.
"Damn it! What's going on? These shells are so accurate!" Spank roared, but no one answered him. On both sides of the warships, there was a chorus of cries of grief as comrades lay dead and grieved. The marines who were lucky enough to escape the blast rushed to rescue the wounded.
The navy's morale, which had been high, plummeted. They hadn't expected that a single round of shelling would cripple their forces.
More importantly, the shells had an extremely high hit rate.
Now, there was no time for them to think. The Night Pirates' second round of bombardment was about to begin. Fortunately, the two warships that were hit by the bombardment were still operational, and their main and secondary guns at the bow were not damaged.
This was a bad start, and their navy needed to bounce back. "Fire! Counterattack! Counterattack hard!" Robert shouted.
Only through fighting can grief be transformed into strength, and only by temporarily forgetting the pain can we pull ourselves together.
Robert's voice echoed across the three warships, snapping all the sailors back to their senses. Gritting their teeth, they opened fire on the Lucky Goddess.
The first round of bombardment went very smoothly, and amidst cheers from the Night Pirates, the second round of shells was fired.
"They won't be a match for us in a direct artillery barrage. Those three Marine Captain will definitely come over. They're from the Marine Headquarters. They should have mastered all of Geppo and more than half of the Marine Six Styles. They're not weak. I'll handle those three myself." Teach said with a smile as he looked in the direction of the Marine warship.
"Captain, isn't that unnecessary? These three Marine Captain are quite strong, but we should handle them." Wallace couldn't help but stop Teach when he heard that Teach wanted to take action personally.
The others shared the same thought; the three colonels hadn't yet reached the point where Teach could make a move, and only Marine Vice Admiral would be qualified to witness Teach's formidable strength.
"Hahaha! I just wanted to change the bounty poster; that one was too ugly." Teach laughed, his gaze falling on a Reporter Bird hidden in the sky, a camera hanging around its neck, constantly taking pictures.
Noticing Teach's gaze, it trembled in fright, almost losing its balance as it tried to flee in terror; it had been discovered.
It possesses intelligence comparable to that of humans. It had been hiding on Sakhalin Island, and Teach didn't make a move the entire time, which also demonstrates Teach's strength.
"Take a good picture of me, or I'll pluck all your feathers and stew you in a pot, you hear me?" Teach said coldly, looking at the Reporter Bird.
Upon hearing this, the Reporter Bird imagined itself being cooked and eaten, and its body trembled. It nodded frantically.
Seeing that Teach was determined, the other crew members stopped trying to stop him. Moreover, they felt that the previous bounty of 40 million on Teach was too low and did not match Teach's imposing and Haki at all.
The second round of shelling began almost simultaneously with the Navy's bombardment. The Navy's shells passed through the shells fired from the Lucky Goddess, but none of them hit the Lucky Goddess the Night Pirates; they all landed around it.
With time running out, the three Marine Captain had no time to ponder why, despite such close-range artillery fire, their elite gunners had failed to hit the Night Pirates with a single shot.
Now, shells are constantly coming at them. A volley of sixteen shells almost all landed on the naval warships. If only one of the warships had been hit, the three of them together could have held them off. But now that the shells are scattered, how could they possibly manage to cover so many?
The outcome seemed predetermined, the same result as last time. Despite their preparations and being spread out across three warships, they were unable to withstand all the shells.
However, they were very fast, using Geppo to move quickly through the air. Despite their best efforts, one or two still managed to slip through the net and land on the warship before they could stop them.
The explosions rang out, and they froze, completely taken aback by the unexpected turn of events. A series of questions flooded their minds: Why were those shells so accurate? Had their navy actually lost the artillery duel?
The Night Pirates, however, gave them no chance. They unleashed a second and a fourth barrage, leaving the Navy utterly helpless. One warship had already been destroyed, and the remaining two were also damaged by the barrage of cannon fire.
"We can't go on like this, we'll lose," Sean gritted his teeth. Only four rounds of bombardment, a mere minute, and they had done their best, yet they couldn't completely withstand it. This defeat was unimaginable to him, leaving him somewhat bewildered. Why was the Night Pirates' firepower so terrifying?
"That's the only way. Let the marines jump into the sea, and we'll rush in and take care of the Night Pirates." Robert nodded, using Geppo to lead the charge towards the Lucky Goddess.
"Attention all marines! Jump into the sea to avoid the cannon fire!" Spank shouted to the marines around him. He felt ashamed of this behavior of running away from the pirates, but he had no choice but to do so. Without their resistance, although he didn't know why, many marines would die from the Night Pirates' accurate and powerful firepower, which was something they did not want to see.
As soon as he finished speaking, he used Geppo to catch up with Sean and Robert.
The marines below, upon hearing the order, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and quickly jumped into the sea. The feeling of being a target, constantly facing danger, was terrifying.
"They've arrived?" Teach murmured, a smile creeping onto his face as he watched the three Marine Captain approaching using Geppo.
"I can't let you cause trouble on my ship." Teach chuckled, then vanished from his Robert Teach a moment of astonishment. "So, get back here."
With a swift kick, Teach struck Robert squarely in the stomach. The next moment, Robert's eyes widened in shock.
Boom!
Robert's figure transformed into a shadow, flying directly backward and crashing onto the warship, creating a large crater.
"What?" "How could this be?"
Sean and Spank, who were behind Robert, were stunned. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but say in disbelief.
"You two get over here too." Teach smiled slightly and kicked them twice more. The two Marine Captain were powerless to resist and didn't even have time to react before the two heavy kicks landed on them.
Boom! The two men were sent flying back one after another, crashing onto the warship and landing on either side of Robert.
Teach landed on the deck of the warship and slowly walked towards the three colonels, his crisp footsteps echoing continuously.
Despite the pain in their bodies, the three colonels struggled to their feet on the deck, their bodies trembling. They stared at Teach with horror and disbelief.
"Who exactly are you? How could there be a powerful figure like you in the East Sea?" Sean stared wide-eyed, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
That kick earlier was a force they couldn't match; a single kick had severely injured their bodies.
"Guess," Teach said mockingly, not intending to answer them.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out. Behind the wall, another marine fell to the ground, a gun still in his hand, seemingly about to ambush Teach.
There was a bloody hole in the marine's head. On the Lucky Goddess, Kos lowered his gun.
Teach's overwhelming strength nearly drove them to despair, but in the end, they had to fight with all their might. They couldn't run away; Teach wouldn't give them that chance, and they wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die.
Colonel Sean held a long sword, his legs bent, while Robert and Spank adjusted their breathing, preparing for battle.
However, their hearts were trembling and cold sweat was dripping from their foreheads, because the pressure Teach was putting on them was simply too great.
Why would such a powerful figure appear in the East Blue with such a low bounty? And now, Spank and his crew are filled with regret for having provoked this powerful pirate.
However, as members of the navy, they would not back down.
"Execute all the other marines," Teach said calmly, but his words were chilling to the marines, sending a shiver down their spines.
On the Lucky Goddess, which had now approached the two warships, pirates, armed with weapons, jumped aboard. Some, carrying guns and with malicious glints in their eyes, aimed their weapons at the marines on the sea below, bullets flying continuously from their muzzles.
Those marines on the sea became easy targets, powerless to resist. Some of the marines who remained on the warships were captured and killed one by one by the Night Pirates.
Since Teach has given the order, there will be no survivors.
Watching the dead marines one by one, Sean and his two companions gritted their teeth, their eyes bloodshot, and clenched their fists tightly. "What are you doing? They're no longer capable of resisting!" Robert roared at Teach.
"That's just how the world is, a cycle of life and death. Since they'll die sooner or later, I'm just sending them to meet their Grim Reaper a little earlier." Seeing their expressions, Teach couldn't help but chuckle. "Rather than letting them suffer at the hands of cruel pirates in the future, this way we won't let them experience much pain. They might even thank us!"
"Go to hell, you bastard!" Colonel Sean couldn't hold back any longer. Hearing this pirate's disregard for life, he was willing to give his own life to uphold the dignity of the Navy.
In a close-quarters burst of power, he gripped his sword with both hands, the tip aimed at Teach's chest, and thrust it viciously towards Teach.
Suddenly, his body stiffened, and he involuntarily opened his mouth, blood flowing continuously from it. He then looked down as a demonic claw pierced his chest.
Teach's body appeared beside him at some point, and he couldn't even hurt Teach. He closed his eyes in resentment, and as Teach's bloodied claws were pulled out, the corpse fell to the ground.
The other crew members watched Teach's claws with curiosity, and were even more shocked by Teach's speed; they couldn't even see Teach's movements clearly.