Although the Navy's Three Admirals remained intact, its efforts to deal with the New World still suffered a crushing defeat.
The Navy naturally didn't dare refuse the Five Elders' orders.
After Charlotte Linlin brought her children out and prepared to recruit pirates at Totto Land's former site to establish a new Totto Land, the Navy, led by Sakazuki and supported by Aramaki, numerous Vice Admirals, and elite marines, officially marched into the New World to deal a devastating blow to the Big Mom Pirates.
Unfortunately, as soon as they entered the New World, Kaido came to Charlotte Linlin's aid. The core forces of the two Emperor-led pirate crews joined together, and the two sides fought an exceptionally brutal war in the New World.
Akainu was badly beaten by Kaido.
Aramaki was suppressed by Charlotte Linlin. She turned the trees Aramaki had grown into traitors by giving them souls, thoroughly countering his Devil Fruit ability.
Then they fought hand to hand. Charlotte Linlin's Steel Balloon and immense strength left Aramaki with no answer.
With both Admirals suppressed, there was little more to say about the commanders under them. No one could hold back the Three Sweet Commanders and the All-Stars.
The likes of Momonga and Onigumo were thoroughly suppressed by Charlotte Katakuri and King. If Garp hadn't arrived with reinforcements, the Navy would have suffered another devastating loss.
Still, this battle allowed the Navy to understand the two crews' alliance: if they attacked one, the other would come to its aid. Unless the entire Navy mobilized, it could forget about destroying both Emperor-led pirate crews.
But how could the Navy send its entire force into the New World? If it did, the Whitebeard Pirates wouldn't just sit by and watch. Whitebeard surely understood the principle that when the lips are gone,