From Admiral to the Gotei 13

Because Diarmuid has been studying this matter a lot recently, he has a good understanding of the current situation of various bases on the sea.

After thinking about it a little, I thought about the current state of the G-7.

The G-7 is located in the middle and late stages of the first half of the Great Route, near the South Windless Belt, and is not too far from Impelton, one of the Three Fortresses of Justice.

The military strength is not abundant, and there are more than 10,000 naval soldiers, but the area of responsibility is okay, and there are three member countries within the direct jurisdiction that seek asylum from the G-7.

The entire G-7 base is not large, and the island is quite large, but because the funds are not in place during construction, most of the islands have not been developed, and the construction area of the G-7 can accommodate more than 10,000 people.

"Why do you recommend the G-7?" Diarmuid asked, after a moment's thought.

"G-7 and G-8 are one south and one north, each covering the north and south routes of the great route, if I want to go to G-8 to serve as the base commander, of course, I hope that the G-7 on the opposite side will also have a powerful lieutenant general, so if there is any difficulty, it is convenient to ask you Lord Diarmuid for support. Lieutenant General Jonathan said with a smile.

"Others don't know, don't I know yet? Lieutenant General Jonathan is in the main department, and his strength is also in the front row, don't look at me so arrogant now, I don't dare to say that I can win you, what else Lord Diarmuid, don't tease me..."

In the Navy Headquarters, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, there are many people with unknown reputations, but they are actually very powerful.

For example, Lieutenant General Jonathan, he and Sengoku General, Lieutenant General Karp, Teacher Zefa, Chief Staff Officer Atsuru and others, are all veterans of the same period.

In terms of strength, it may be inferior to a few of them, but it is definitely not far behind.

That is, this guy is very low-key, and he doesn't have so much competitiveness, so he acts as if he is ordinary.

If it really provokes him, and he starts to rush, it will be very terrifying.

"Hahahaha," Lieutenant General Jonathan laughed.

After a slight pause, he continued, "But the G-7 is a good stage, isn't it? I think you kid needs it..."

Diarmuid nodded, Lieutenant General Jonathan was right.

The G-7 is not very complete, the military is not very strong, and the construction area is average.

But that's what makes it worthwhile!

If the G-7 is strong, with 50,000 or 60,000 strong troops under his command, and has plenty of firepower, the entire island has been built into a strong fortress, and the surrounding waters are calm, suppressing all disobedience...

So what do you want him to do in the past?

I can't do anything!

It's just grinding foreign workers and mixing qualifications.

There is no place to play his talents at all.

On the contrary, the G-7, which has room for appreciation, but has not yet transformed its potential into strength, can be regarded as a treasure in Diarmud's eyes, if he can go over, drive the G-7, and develop in a hurry, in order to prove to the rest of the navy that he can not only fight, but also engage in construction, and lead the navy to a strong and prosperous state.

In this way, everyone can recognize him Diarmoud as one of the admirals of the Navy in the future!

In fact, as soon as the news that Diarmuid was going to be released as the head of the base spread among the high-level, many keen bigwigs have realized that they intend to train Diarmuid to follow the path of a general.

For example, Lieutenant General Jonathan, he understood this meaning, otherwise he would not have said that the G-7 was a suitable stage for Diarmuid.

"Makes sense, I'll think about it. Diarmuid nodded with a smile.

After a slight pause, Diarmuid asked in a low voice: "Lieutenant General Jonathan, you are also a person who served as the base commander in G-3, you have experience, remind me of my junior, if you become the base commander, what means do you need?"

"If you do it step by step, there is nothing to say, the headquarters will send military expenses to the base every year, just pay according to the head, and there are some maintenance costs or something, but in 1497, the bases were restructured, and the autonomy was further amplified, basically, the major base chiefs have absolute power in the base, and it will be over to deal with the inspector assessment of the headquarters every two years..."Lieutenant General Jonathan said slowly.

In the year 1497 of the Haiyuan calendar, that is, three years ago, at that time, Diarmuid was still a major general in the headquarters, concentrating on cultivation, and he didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing.

But some time ago, he also understood these things that he was about to come into contact with.

Before 1497, the major bases of the Navy were still relatively controlled by the Naval Headquarters Marlingford, but after 1497, in order to better exert the subjective initiative of the major bases, no problems were put on the head of the headquarters, and after some decisions and judgments of the top management of the headquarters, the autonomy of the major bases was further delegated.

It was also from that year onwards that the power of the major naval bases expanded unprecedentedly, and they could almost be called 'warlords'.

Large and small affairs, no longer need the headquarters to give ideas, almost full decision.

Within the direct jurisdiction of each base, he can be called the emperor of the soil, and the commander of the base with a powerful wrist can even grasp the economy, politics, and military.

Therefore, the strong base commander will develop the base under his command very well, and the weak ability will naturally make the base weak.

Therefore, the current situation of the major bases is different in strength.

As for this issue of decentralization, will it split the navy and cause a fault between the headquarters and the major bases or something...

Anyway, there is no such problem at the moment.

First of all, although the headquarters has delegated power, it still has the highest command authority in name, and if you send someone to arrange the mission, unless you want to openly rebel, you have to accept the arrangement.

And if you openly rebel, with the absolute strength of the headquarters, you will definitely be killed in minutes.

Second, although in terms of economy, the headquarters has also delegated power, and secretly acquiesced in the routine of the major base chiefs to make money to develop the bases, but to be honest, if you are so good at this aspect, you will not have to make a living here in the navy, and it is not good to go to the world government to be a big official of the Ministry of Commerce?

Or can't you run your own business?

Therefore, this kind of thing that secretly makes money and engages in economy, to put it bluntly, is to provide a certain range of power and money transactions, such as guarding the caravans in the surrounding seas, charging some protection fees or something, and it is great to be out of line... Secretly accept tasks entrusted by some countries, charging higher employment fees or something.

That's it, it also depends on the character of the base chief, if he engages in any corruption, then most of the money will fall into his pocket, and it will not be used to develop the base.

Therefore, the operation of the base mainly depends on the military expenditure issued by the headquarters every year.

And this military expenditure is like the shackles put on the head of the navy by the world government, and it is also the shackles that the headquarters puts on the heads of various bases.

You don't have money, what kind of independence do you have?

You don't have any money, you can't feed the tens of thousands of navy under you, so you can't rely on the headquarters for relief?

This is the second thing, as for acquiescing in the fact that the major bases are secretly making money for development, Diarmuid feels that this is also a means used by the Ministry to fight against the world government.

If this base develops well, maybe it will be able to give the headquarters a blood transfusion in funds.

Coming and going, I don't know how much military spending can be saved every year, and the headquarters covers it up a little, and it all stays in the hands, and in the long run, there is a lot of money in the hands, which is used at critical moments, hard and hard... This is one of the means to fight against the world government.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Navy would not go against the world government, and Dilmud had not seen it once in the past few years in Malingford.

However, he knows very well that there will definitely be in the future, and this kind of confrontation is estimated to become more and more serious, and the cause may be the World Government's Seven Martial Seas Plan, right?

This kind of plan to establish legal pirates, there is no need to think about it, even if the navy is forced to approve it later, but they definitely have a very strong sense of resistance.

This is normal, if there is no resistance, then can it still be called a righteous navy?

This may be the cause of the deepening contradiction between the navy and the world government, and the era of pirates is the catalyst, the world government needs the navy to stabilize the situation on the one hand, so it has to increase military spending and other aspects of investment in the navy.

Let the navy continue to grow in this era of pirates, on the other hand, the navy that is worried about the growth will be more obedient and unwilling to listen to the announcement and fight against itself.

So they made a mess of things and constantly suppressed the power of the navy.

In this kind of advance and retreat, they are in a very entangled state, and constantly have friction with the navy, which has led to a group of navies that have really grown up from the era of pirates, and they do not have a good impression of the world government.

For example, Sakasky, who was played by the five old stars in the Doflamingo incident, angrily rebuked the five old stars.

As a result, the five old stars also said on the spot, you guy, you don't have face at all.

Do you say Sakasky is angry?

It must be infuriating!

After that, the navy secretly promoted the plan to abolish the Seven Martial Seas of His Majesty, and the new general of Fuji Tiger smiled at the sharp knife, and slapped the face of the world government at the world conference, and forcibly overthrew the policy of the Seven Martial Seas of the King, and looked at how excited the generals of the Navy were when they went to arrest those Seven Martial Seas of the King!

Another example is Polusalino, although he doesn't do it with you openly, but he just releases water with you, the Straw Hat Pirates beat the three Draconians in the Chambord Islands, and as a result, Polusalino used to have a set of bells and whistles in the past, but it didn't work, not only did the Straw Hat Pirates not catch any of them, but none of the so-called supernovas were caught, so they casually got some miscellaneous fish to deal with the errand in the end.

Is it that Polusalino can't catch it?

No, with his strength, if he really got serious at that time, none of them would want to run, and they would all have to die.

But he just plays, alas, just doesn't catch.

As a result, after coping with it, there is nothing wrong with it, I should go back to be a general, continue to be a general, as for the three Tianlong people, I'm sorry... Our navy is too busy preparing for war to pay attention to you.

This is also a manifestation of the Navy's wrestling with the world government.

Anyway, judging from the comparison of the state in the future, Diarmuid can clearly feel the drastic changes in the navy.

At this stage, the navy is still very good to the world government, and for several years, Diarmuid has not seen the navy rebel against the world government.

You can imagine the current relationship.

Therefore, in Diarmud's view, the era of pirates is also a pros and cons for the navy.

This chaotic and turbulent era will have a powerful impact on the order of this world, and this impact will also become a force that will intensify the growth of the navy.

The shackles imposed on the navy by the world government will be weakened to the extreme in this era.

Under the internal and external troubles of the world government, if the navy can seize the opportunity, it may be able to truly change and truly become a representative of justice.

Of course, these are all speculations in Diarmud's mind, and they have not yet become reality.

He just had to wait, look for an opportunity, and see if he could facilitate it.

To get back to the point, the third way for the headquarters to control the major bases is the rotation system of base commanders, although there are no strict standards, and some base commanders may have been working for ten or eight years.

But as long as the headquarters gives you an order, you will have to leave obediently and go to work somewhere else.

This is the most powerful means of control, so don't look at the major bases since 1497, the power has been unprecedentedly expanded, but in front of the headquarters, it is still a younger brother, and so far, there has not been a branch against the headquarters.