Although it differed somewhat from expectations, this was indeed the Navy's plan.
In the Navy's original vision, for this war against the Sky Pirate Crew, they planned to use Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit to seal off the entire coastline, then use the Navy's warships to bombard Golden Crow Island indiscriminately over a wide area.
This could easily eliminate the vast majority of the Sky Pirate Crew's fighting forces.
That was the Navy's advantage—not only in the number of naval forces and top-tier fighters, but also in the number and firepower of its warships.
Sakazuki was in charge of this plan, because his Magma-Magma Fruit was the only Devil Fruit ability capable of silently melting the glaciers.
The only difference from expectations was that Sengoku had originally intended to deal with the fighting forces of the three major fleets under the Sky Pirate Crew, but now they had to deal with the suddenly appearing Germa Legion instead. Still, eliminating the Germa Legion would not be a bad outcome.
Clearly, although the soldiers of the Germa Legion looked fearless of death, they were still flesh and blood. Moreover, they were gathered so densely at this moment that under the bombardment of large-caliber shells, countless people were turned into corpses after only a few volleys.
The Navy soldiers trapped inside the encirclement instantly felt their pressure ease!
"That's it! Don't stop!"
For these elite naval soldiers, loading and firing the shells took no more than a few seconds.
Thus, within a minute, the entire coastline of Golden Crow Island was engulfed in artillery fire.
Black smoke filled the entire coastline...
The Germa Legion suffered heavy losses...
But at that moment, deep beneath the seabed, in a place no one had noticed.
In the pitch-black world, as bubbles rose, a group of dark-skinned Fish-Man warriors