Pirates: Beyond Akainu

Chapter 180 Feast Fire
Zefa's death once soared the confidence of the King's United Army, causing widespread doubts about the navy's ability to take over world power.

But soon, with the help of Roy, the leader of the Ghost Spider, the Navy became more resolute in its behavior, not only ruthless to the enemy but also ruthless to its own people.

Sakaski once again shouted the slogan that whether loyalty is absolute or absolutely disloyal.

Beria, the murderous devil back then, returned to the world and became one of the five most powerful people. He once again launched a loyalty review on the navy's middle and senior officers and purged a large number of officers.

But such purges did not reduce the army's combat effectiveness, because the students of the Iron Blood Military Academy quickly filled the power vacuum.

Under the leadership of this group of young officers, the Navy even exploded with unprecedented combat effectiveness. In addition, the top management adjusted the war strategy in a timely manner. The Navy has defeated the King's United Army steadily.

The naval command room of the National Reform War.

Today, Chairman Ghost Spider is ill and Roy is in charge. He met with Beria.

Beria reported:

"Officers with the rank of captain or above and those with more than ten years of military service have dropped to 40.00%, not to mention ordinary sailors. It can be said that the personnel composition of the current navy is far from that of the pirate era."

Roy pondered after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "It's not enough."

Beria's eyes looked strange and he was embarrassed: "It's difficult to continue with the process. The people left behind are already extremely loyal and could not be more loyal. My current method of convicting is as long as all those who are suspected of collaborating with the enemy within the fifth generation are put in jail. If it continues, it will not be good." .”

Roy chuckled, walked to Beria, held his shoulders, and whispered: "Why should I push you to this position? To satisfy your murderous fetish? Stop being funny, what I want is not the loyalty of the navy, but the loyalty of the navy. It’s loyalty to me.”

"The balance of this war has tilted. It will end within two years if we continue to fight. But what good will it do to me if it ends now?"

Beria was left with a thin layer of sweat. He always felt that Roy was scarier than him.

"I have to continue fighting. Only by continuing to fight can I expand my power, because the Ghost Spider..." Roy looked around and whispered even more:

"The body of the Acting Chairman cannot last for more than a few years. If he dies, do you think I can take over the position of Chairman? Their old comrades in arms will definitely not accept it. Maybe they will take over as soon as Ghost Spider dies. Kick me out of the core, do you know how much I suffered just because I didn’t let Magellan and Jonathan take over this time?”

Beria wiped his sweat and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Stoloberg and the others are just silent, because they have to endure the war. My purge never dared to touch the most senior people, but the alternate committee members They still account for the majority of the seats.”

"Well, it seems that you have understood." Roy patted Beria's round cheek lightly.

Beria asked: "If we continue to clean up the middle and lower-level officers, who will fill the vacancies? There are no people left in the Iron Blood Military Academy, and even the crash course that has been set up now cannot fill them."

"Then get it from the soldiers. If you kill the enemy, you will level up. I believe they will be grateful to the person who gave them power."

Roy opened the window and saw a dark storm gathering on the distant sea.

"This is the most critical step. This may be my only chance to get the highest power, and I will never get it again."

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Four years after the National Reform War.

The United Kingdom Army had long been beaten by the navy and huddled on the ground without any armor, but small sparks broke out from time to time in various places, causing the navy to fall into an endless security war, but still failed to achieve the final victory.

However, the Supreme Commander of the Navy, Ghost Spider, became worse and worse day by day until he fell ill.

At the Navy Headquarters, a storm is coming and the buildings are full of buildings.

Unlike the last time Zefa's death was only known to a few core people, this time all senior officers of the world's navies returned.

Everyone is waiting for the final moment.

White Glove pushed open the door.

In the navy's newly built spacious and bright banquet hall, a grand banquet was being held.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Amanda Roy, the deputy commander-in-chief of the National Reform War, knocked on the glass. No need to listen to the sound, everyone present stopped all noise as soon as they saw his action.

A group of young officers with medals hanging in front of them fell silent instantly.

"To all my comrades, we are about to win."

Roy's brief words made the young officers below cheer like a tsunami.

"And we are gathered here today to celebrate the birthday of Lieutenant General Ze Qing, the greatest contributor to our victory in the war of national reform."

The young officers cheered enthusiastically again, because most of these people came from the Iron Blood Military Academy, and Zeqing was their senior and the No. 1 graduate among the strong first batch.

Zeqing was sitting next to Roy. He stood up awkwardly and raised half a glass of wine to signal to everyone.

"Lieutenant General Zeqing, don't be shy, just say a few words." Roy smiled.

Ze Qing, who was about to sit down, was stunned for a moment, and then he had to say:

"At this moment when the chairman is seriously ill, he wants to hold a birthday party for me. I originally objected, but Commissioner Roy couldn't refuse his kindness and asked me..."

Seeing that Zeqing's topic had gone astray and the atmosphere in the room was heavy, Roy quickly stood up and pushed Zeqing down.

"Comrades, Lieutenant General Zeqing's achievements are obvious to all. It can be said that without him, we would not be able to defeat the hypocrites on the throne and their bunch of thugs so quickly. Let us toast Lieutenant General Zeqing and cheer for this victory. !”

Cheers.

Zeqing sat down but his face was livid, and he complained to Haye, another war hero sitting next to him:

"How fast? From the day I returned to the headquarters, I really didn't expect that the war on national reform has been going on for another four years and has not yet completely ended."

Haye now respects Zeqing a lot and said with a smile: "Calm down, war is always unpredictable."

But Zeqing persisted: "Haye, you have been on the front line, why do you think this war has dragged on for four years and it hasn't ended yet!?"

Haye's expression changed. He did have an idea, but how dare he say it.

"Lieutenant General Zeqing." Roy enthusiastically put his arm around Zeqing's shoulders and said:

"The war has been going on for so long, and we don't even think about it. But look at the terrain of our world. It's all islands, without a continent, and without an absolute center. How can we completely eliminate those rotten people? We always sweep through waves and waves. There will be a wave right away, endless."

Zeqing's eyes turned red: "What I'm worried about is the burden on the people! The intensity and breadth of the national reform war is tantamount to a world war, making people all over the world miserable. How many times do you think we have increased taxes for this war? "

"No way, how can we fight without money?" Roy spread his hands and pumped his fists again:
"However, as long as we are completely victorious and sweep away all the corrupt systems and the corpses on them, the joy and happiness of the people all over the world will soon come. Isn't this our next mission?"

Zeqing gritted his teeth and stopped talking.

Roy smiled as he drank with him, and glanced at Beria on the other side. Beria nodded, making Roy smile more willingly.

At a table in the corner of the banquet hall, there are Gerono, the Wright brothers, Mark, Gatsby, and a few others in dormitory 502 of this period.

Now they are all occupying important positions, holding power, and changing cups.

Jiewu Nuo sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity. How many years have we not been together in dormitory 502? I thought we could get it together this time, but we still missed the two tigers."

Mark, the little fat boy back then, is now even fatter and stronger. He held a big pig's trotter in his hand and said: "Wang Shuanghu is simply a war madman. He has become an alternate member of the headquarters and has never been on the front line. Look, Ze Qing is so famous now." , the person who can reach the rank of marshal the fastest in the future will be Wang Shuanghu."

"I heard that Wang Shuanghu is now commanding three armies on the front line by himself. The victory or defeat of the entire East China Sea war depends entirely on his thoughts. Then who are his commanders?"

It was Gatsby who said this. She has revealed her identity as a woman, and the secrets she had with the Dracos disappeared with the execution of all the Dracos, and no one knows about it anymore. Now she is responsible for the logistics.

Wang Shuanghu's former partner Jie Uno said: "Fujimoto Daiki, Shuanghu often said in his letters to me that that person is better than me."

"Haha, are you jealous?" Mark winked.

Geuno smiled: "I'm really not suitable for the front line."

Others laughed, but the Wright brothers, who came from a military family, were worried. Finally, the younger brother couldn't help it anymore and whispered:

"Don't you have any political sensitivity at all? This is a critical moment. Chairman Ghost Spider is going to die. Who will take over?"

Geuno was confused: "The 35 alternate members voted among the five core members. What is there to worry about? This was the rule set by Marshal Sakaski back then."

Mark looked down upon him: "Geunno, you are still so naive."

Geuno was dissatisfied, but didn't say anything.

Brother Wright gathered everyone together and whispered: "I think Deputy Commander Roy wants to take over, but the elders will definitely not agree. Most of the alternate committee members are elders."

Gatsby was puzzled: "If Commissioner Roy wanted to take over, why didn't he stay with the chairman at this critical moment and called everyone to give Zeqing a birthday party?"

Mark picked his nose: "Who knows? Chairman Ghost Spider has been bedridden for half a year. Who knows when he will die and there is no instruction. It must be very difficult."

"Stop talking about this. It's disrespectful and it's not our business." Geuno stopped everyone from continuing the discussion.

"You are also an alternate member, appointed by Chairman Zefa back then." Mark pretended to be exaggerated.

Geuno quickly picked up a whole chicken and blocked Mark's mouth.

Inside the banquet hall.

The feast continued. These young officers all had great military exploits, but at this critical moment they appeared to be sophisticated and indifferent to the upcoming events.

after awhile.

The door of the banquet hall was pushed open by white gloves again, and it turned out that Django, one of the five core members of the Supreme Military Council, had arrived.

This surprised everyone present, because all the people at the banquet were young officers, and there were very few officers from the previous generation like Django, although Django was not considered an old man in the navy.

But for Django, who was once a close combat partner of Marshal Sakaski, young officers still welcome him.

Jiang Ge also naturally sat at Roy Zeqing's table.

"Zeqing, happy birthday."

Zeqing quickly stood up and thanked him, with tears in his eyes: "Speaking of which, if it hadn't been for General Django who spared my life in the Chambord Islands, I would have died long ago."

Mentioning the past, Django, already grey-haired, laughed. He still wore the golden mask Sakasky gave him.

"If I had known that you were such an outstanding person, Ze Qing, I would have been willing to save you."

Ze Qing even said that he did not dare to take it seriously.

Jiang Ge solemnly said: "Daandang, I read your recent article in the New Navy News. I am very optimistic about you. You are the one who can realize the marshal's legacy."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the small area became quiet.

"Of course, Zeqing is a young and talented man. When we are all old and gone, we don't need him to take over our class." Roy laughed.

The tense atmosphere relaxed.

I don’t know how long it took.

The door to the banquet hall was opened by a pair of black gloves.

shouted:
"No! No! The chairman's house is on fire!"

Bang!

The metal vegetable basin fell to the ground, and the whole place fell into silence.

It was Amanda Roy who reacted first and shouted: "Everyone, listen to my order, rush to put out the fire immediately and protect the Chairman!"

"Defense Committee Chairman!"

"Defense Committee Chairman!"

Under the sudden surprise, the young officers rushed out of the banquet hall in a well-trained manner, and a large group of people went straight to the bedridden Ghost Spider's room.

But when everyone arrived, the fire had already spread over a large area. Half of the naval headquarters was on fire, and countless sailors were frantically putting out the fire.

The ghost spider's house was almost burned to ashes.

It goes without saying that everyone inside knows whether they are dead or alive.

Fire outside.

Not only the young officers came, but also the naval veterans, all familiar faces from the past: Stoloberg, Magellan, Jonathan, Flying Squirrel, Bastiu, Dalmecia, Ain ……etc.

Among them, Stoloberg, who is now a core member, has the highest status. His face was filled with sadness and anger, and he pointed at Roy who had just arrived. Just when he was about to get angry, Roy preempted him.

"This must be the work of the United Kingdom Army! Comrades, there are spies among us! How dare you come to our naval headquarters to kill people and set fires! It is too much to bully others! The crime cannot be punished!"

"As one of the five core members of the Military Commission and the deputy leader of the National Reform War Leading Group, I am here to inform the entire army that the murderer must be found and killed with a thousand cuts!!"

Roy looked furious, his eyes were red, and he pointed at Beria and ordered angrily:
"I order you! Immediately launch a review of everyone in the entire army. I would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go! Remember, it's everyone! Including me!!!"

Roy roared, his roar resounding through the sky. No one knew that his voice was so loud and his anger was so deep.

The most important thing is that at this moment, no one dares to question his arrangement.

Under the gaze of almost all the senior officers of the navy, especially the young officers who were all excited at this moment.

So Beria bent down and said respectfully:
"Follow your orders, Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

(End of this chapter)