The second section of the rod drink, the first battle is unfavorable!

  It is said that one should plan before acting, and in the absence of a foolproof strategy to deal with the almost invincible Eneru (also translated as Enel), Shura was determined to seize absolute air superiority while Skypiea's military strength was still weak!

  But... 27 years ago, Karl (Gunnar) was not that white-haired old man either, but at the peak of his life, and he can't be underestimated.

  Led by the twin demons' giant shield, Longma's charging number followed closely behind, with Shen Bao's broken army number supporting in the middle, Christina's fire star number was ready to go, and Foksi's silver fox number wandered around. Shen Bao spent more than a month, finally rising from the blue sea to the entrance of the White Sea Sky Island.

  "Halt, people ahead! I am Amazon Granny, the surveillance officer of the Sky Gate of Empty Island. Blue Sea people, to go to Empty Island you must pay... Ah......" Before Amazon Granny could finish speaking, she was blasted flying by Christina with one shot.

  "Attack, capture the empty island!" Shino issued a general attack order.

  The "Giant Shield" gave way to the "Charging Spearhead", and the entire fleet, with the Dragon Horse as its unbreakable arrowhead, began an undeclared war.

  As the guardians of the Gate of Heaven were blown away by cannons, the Kingdom of God did not receive any warnings at all. The fleet of ships advanced continuously without encountering any decent resistance. Finally, when the landing troops captured the Temple of God, their good luck ran out, and Gao Ke finally reacted, leading an 800-man counterattack force in a fierce counterattack.

  The intense battle situation shocked General Shimabukuro. The enemy troops were like fierce tigers descending from the mountains, unstoppable. Our own naval elite was instead being defeated in a series of setbacks.

  "What's going on?! Retreat!" Seeing that things couldn't be done, Shen Bao decisively ordered the withdrawal from the Temple of Gods.

  In this battle alone, the original 2,400 elite naval forces were reduced by more than half, leaving only about 1,100 people. More than 800 people were captured and over 500 people died on the spot. This was still the result of the four branch captains, Christina the bomber, Long Ma the swordsman, Dong Li the green ghost, and Broki the red ghost, fighting to the death.

  "What's going on?! You tell me, what kind of battle are you fighting, like frost-bitten eggplants, so limp and lifeless!" The loss of the first battle made Shen Bao furious on the Broken Army Flag.

  The various branch commanders could only silently endure the scolding, and after a long time, Ryoma finally found an opportunity to speak up: "General, it's not that we didn't try our best, but at this distance of 17 kilometers from the Blue Ocean in the high altitude, the air is so thin. Even with my abilities, there's a huge impact, let alone ordinary soldiers. At the time of the battle, each branch commander was doing their best to protect the soldiers, and their actual strength wasn't even able to be fully utilized, suffering such a crushing defeat isn't unjust."

  Ryuma's words of loyalty and integrity made Shinsuke sober up a lot. Although his face was expressionless, in his heart he was deeply regretful: "I should have thought of this earlier! Soldiers suddenly rising to such high altitudes can't adapt to the thin oxygen, it's very easy to get fatigued. Even 27 years later, Luffy and his crew didn't they also encounter a period of declining strength at first? And the people of Skypiea living in such an environment, their quality is originally much higher than that of the Blue Sea people, this loss and gain, having such a great defeat isn't strange at all!"

  Christina also echoed Long Ma's words: "Indeed, no wonder people just found themselves powerless, and the ability to explode was not even a third of what it should be."

  "Alas! Let the order be passed down, the entire army will rest and train on the ships, and must quickly form a combat force. We are an expeditionary force, without supply lines or support. Originally, we wanted to launch a lightning war, but in the end, it was all for naught. We need to regroup and recharge, and 7 days later, we will re-launch our attack on the Divine Court of the Island of the Gods!"

  "Yes!" The captains of the various divisions shouted in unison.

  However, the landing battle on Kong Island was not as easy as he had imagined. The victories of thousands of naval battles brought him confidence, but also inevitably made him proud.

  After the failure of the Divine Court's assault, Garen Kaul, the current supreme leader of the Divine Realm, realized that he could not allow outsiders to gain a foothold and was wary of their numerous strongmen. He had no choice but to mobilize the masses, military, and police forces, arming them with overwhelming power, using the Wi-Ba (similar to a surfboard motorcycle) as a unit, concentrating superior forces to begin 24-hour uninterrupted guerrilla warfare and harassment tactics.

  Almost every day there were sneak attacks, and every day there were casualties. Shinsengumi was unknowingly drawn into the vast ocean of people's war. Seven days later, he launched another attack with difficulty. However, the second attack was suppressed halfway back. If it weren't for several division commanders recovering most of their strength, Shinsengumi might have vomited blood due to the heavy losses.

  Every naval officer who came here was the most elite among his subordinates, and losing one of them would make him heartbroken for half a day. But the losses in these two days' landing battle made him so heartbroken that he was almost numb.

  Shen Bao was bogged down in the People's War, and the counterattacks on the Divine Island were becoming more frequent. The Wei Ba was small and agile, and ordinary cannons couldn't hit it at all. The little loli's cannon fire was their only feared long-range firepower.

  Long-term preservation is bound to be lost, and a worse situation has emerged. A warehouse of grain and grass stored on the giant shield ship was secretly burned by an angel who had infiltrated it. Although the culprit was arrested afterwards, the fact that there was not enough food and only two warehouses' worth of food could support for 1 week had already been established.

  Shen Bao couldn't hold on any longer. He had no choice but to take a detour and start thinking of other ways.

  "I was originally afraid of fighting against the enemy's army, so I chose to use a blitzkrieg tactic. But now that we're at a stalemate, it's only a matter of time before we lose. It seems I underestimated them! Our best bet now is to contact Xandros' warriors and try to get their support. Yes, it would be best if we could pretend to be descendants of Wulfran Rolandot, offering them benefits and reasoning with them. Unfortunately, as a fish-man, I wouldn't be able to pull off that disguise... Ah well, I'll just have to send Fokker, that smooth-talking guy, instead."

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  The Seventh Watch!!!!!!

  P.S: Regarding the issue of Lyle being 50 times stronger, it's indeed true that I didn't think it through.

  At that time, the most important reference data was that in the comic book, when Luffy and his crew defeated Moonlight Moriah and arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, someone said that they were 100 times stronger than Luffy's group.

  Indeed, I didn't take into account Luffy's power boost after the great route, now changed to 10 times.

  1. Compared to Luffy and his crew's strength, Shanks' crew is stronger;

  2. Roronoa Zoro hasn't gone through the great route's training and hasn't reached his peak yet;

  3. The comparison doesn't include Shanks himself, who has admiral-level strength, but rather compares Shanks' subordinates with Zoro.