The Marines' artillery unleashed a barrage upon Risky Red Island's coast. Under the dense bombardment, not to mention the ordinary little pirates, even the Beasts Pirates officers with bounties exceeding a hundred million didn't dare linger by the shore.
After leaving behind a field of "cannons," the personnel swiftly withdrew amid the thunderous roar of artillery fire.
In attacking Risky Red Island, the Marines had not adopted the Buster Call approach of using overwhelming firepower to scour the entire island.
Although Risky Red Island was under the Beasts Pirates' control, there were still many ordinary civilians on the island. The Beasts Pirates likely even held some "hostages" for the pirates' amusement.
Therefore, the Marines simply could not carry out indiscriminate attacks. They could only conduct targeted sweeps after landing on the island.
The Beasts Pirates were numerous and powerful. Both Garp and Zephyr had long been mentally prepared for that. Of the Marines who had come with them to Risky Red Island today, how many would return alive after this war was still unknown.
But whether they were the Marine higher-ups who had made the decision or the ordinary Marines about to charge onto the island, none of them felt fear.
Because fighting pirates was the Marines' duty.
As the cannon fire gradually faded, the Marine fleet slowly approached the coast. However, the warships did not dock directly at the harbor. Instead, they stopped nearly a hundred meters from shore and dropped anchor.
The pirates who had escaped the artillery's range halted on a hill behind the coast. Gathering together, they stared curiously at the distant warships.
"Why did those Marines suddenly stop? Aren't they landing?"
The pirates' doubts were quickly answered by the Marines.
As speedboats were lowered from the warships, white trails immediately streaked across the sea. Even