Naval warfare actually put the New Marines at a disadvantage.
When the New Marines' top brass ran their war simulations, they factored in all of Marine Headquarters' combat strength. If all three Marine Admirals were deployed and they fought the enemy at sea, their subordinates would most likely be caught in Aokiji's powers.
Ships that lost their mobility would find it extremely difficult to fight the enemy.
Although Tsugikuni Yoriichi himself could fly and was unafraid of fighting at sea, it would be putting the cart before the horse if resisting the World Government came at the cost of excessive casualties among the rank-and-file officers and soldiers.
Yoriichi understood the principle that if you held the ground but lost the people, you lost everything.
If resisting the World Government required sacrificing the lives of an enormous number of ordinary soldiers, they might as well break up their forces and have the troops scatter into hiding.
The New World was so vast that evading the World Government's pursuit would not be difficult.
Besides—
In order to deal with the New Marines, the World Government had assembled all of its forces. Such an enormous army placed immense pressure on logistics. As long as the New Marines could hold out for one or two months without being defeated, the enemy would retreat on their own.
Taking everything into account, if they had a choice, fighting on land and waiting in comfort for the exhausted enemy was the best way to minimize losses.
"Issho, the two of us will serve as the advance force and head to the Red Strait first to make some preparations."
"Tensei, gather the troops and advance toward the Red Strait. I intend to establish a bridgehead there."
"The main battlefield will be there!"
Tsugikuni Yoriichi made his decision. After