Chapter 572: Kneel
The Revolutionary Army had certainly given the Sweets Pirates enough face.
Nearly all of their upper ranks were here.
This included, but was not limited to, Commander of the Revolutionary Army Leo, Chief of Staff Sabo, Admiral Hancock, and a whole host of other officers, all gathered around Leo as they awaited the Sweets Pirates' arrival.
Naturally, the Sweets Pirates' force of fifty to sixty thousand people could not all disembark at this main port. They would be diverted elsewhere.
In truth, this was not a test at all, merely a helpless measure born of reality.
But for the Sweets Pirates, their strength had indeed been greatly dispersed.
If they truly harbored ill intentions, this was when they should have launched an attack.
But on the islands flanking Jaya Island, quite a few cannons hidden in the jungle were already aimed at them. Though these were merely second-line Revolutionary Army cannons, powered by Spray Wind Dials and loaded with fuse shells capable of exploding directly in midair, the Revolutionary Army had not halted its research into ordinary artillery just because it possessed the unrivaled Electromagnetic Cannon. Whether it was conventional gunpowder shells made using the Buggy Bomb formula or fuse shells, both had become Revolutionary Army specialties. Due to limited resources, the Revolutionary Army's second-line forces were now generally equipped with Spray Wind Guns and Spray Wind Cannons in battle.
And after Spray Wind Dials had been adopted as a power source, the Revolutionary Army needed to develop new weapons capable of replacing Spray Wind Cannons for its second-line troops.
The Navy's accumulated artillery technology, which already had a solid foundation, became one of the Revolutionary Army's alternatives.
With Buggy Shells now mature as an ignition method, large cannons had begun using these shells that could burst