Not only ordinary pirates, including those captains, were surprised, even Hook and Wild Mountain found it incredible. A complete pirate regiment has the following conditions: a captain, a deputy captain, and then a sailor on board. Sailors can be subdivided into soldiers, logistics and maintenance personnel. Of course, the pirate group naturally needs a pirate ship, which is the basic element of a pirate group.

However, the number of talents, fighters, ships, and resources of the pirate regiment can be directly judged from the captain’s status, or intuitively speaking, from the captain’s bounties.

Like an ordinary pirate group, the captain is basically only a Tier 5 to Tier 6 capable person, and even newbies with only Tier 3 or 4 who just debuted. And such pirate groups are usually not very big. They will have a small and medium pirate ship with about ten to twenty people on board.

And like the four great pirates, Tielin needless to say, that is the specifications of the papal hall. It is people like Hook and Cindriella who are sitting on medium-sized ships, and there are thirty or forty people in the seat. But for people of their level, the number of personnel is not a criterion for considering strength. The pirate regiment of this level in Hindrella pays more attention to the quality of the crew.

Take Hindrella as an example. The guards of ten are all of the rank of ordinary pirate captains, even in the Knights, they are also soldiers of the rank of lieutenant. Especially that Jaeger Eureka, who was born as a bounty hunter, has already broken through the seventh rank, only one step away from the higher ranks. Such a person is always a character everywhere in the Western Continent. It can be seen that the overall combat power of the Water Monster can basically match the formation of the Knights fleet of about 20 ships.

The Walrus in Manshan is only slightly smaller than Tielin in terms of specifications, but Manshan's group owns a number of attached ships and can form a fleet of its own. Even in the sub-level pirate regiments, many pirate regiments directly follow the orders of the wild mountains. If necessary, Barbarian Mountain can stand independently against a fully organized fleet of knights.

But the current situation is that, on the other side of the Whisperer Strait, there are three fully organized fleets of the Knights, with a total of more than 500 ships in a truly large organization. Such a force, if it weren't for the existence of natural barriers such as Whispers and Devil's Passage in Roaring Bay, would have been wiped out by the Knights.

In spite of this, the geographic environment of the Whisperer Channel limits the firepower output of the Pope's Hall. But only with the staffing of a ship can intercept a hundred times the number of enemies on the other side of the strait, and the number of personnel is limited to a hundred. In other words, the quality of members on the Destiny must be at least several levels higher than the four major pirate groups!

In addition to the captain of the four major pirate groups, the next-level members at least have an average level of six. Raise a few levels on this basis, that is to say, the sub-combat power below zero is also an eighth level! And the eighth rank is the strength of the legion captain and legendary captain!

For Hook and Manshan, they couldn't help but smile after getting this inference. With multiple Tier 8 as his core members, it is no wonder that he has no confidence to fight the Poseidon Order, and it is no wonder that a woman like Cinderella will surrender to him. Of course, they are the same now.

But they didn't know that in the zero secondary combat power, there were two ninth tiers!

It was still early in the morning, but the port of Sea House was very busy. The port where hundreds of ships were moored, but now only a hundred pirate ships are staying. While the members of the Destiny intercepted the Papal Hall fleet, they also won very precious time for the House of the Sea. Since yesterday, all the pirates on the Sea House have been mobilized. According to Zero's order, they will face the Knights leaders who appeared from the Devil's Passage in two days.

This is not a trivial matter. From the number of warships outside the Whisperer Channel, it can be estimated that this is the combined force of the three legions. Then there are at least two legion leaders who have outflanked from the Demon Channel, plus the Iron Scale who will serve as a guide, how can the enemy's high-level combat power that will appear on the Demon Channel be more than three. With the addition of the Knights of the Round Table controlled by the Commander-level, then the combat power is not as simple as one plus one.

Fortunately, the Destiny intercepted on the Whisperer Channel this time, otherwise the pirate forces on the Sea House would not be able to fight on both fronts at the same time. In order to meet the enemy's high-level combat power, the Sea House is integrating resources. According to the meaning of zero, this is a battle of elites, and it can't accommodate the participation of troops at the level of miscellaneous fish. Instead of dispersing the materials, it is better to gather together to meet the opponent.

So after selection, including the three legendary captains such as Cindrila, another hundred captains and their pirate regiments who can still be seen were selected as the main candidates for this battle. The selected pirates are all excited, after all, this is an epoch-making battle. Regardless of eventual success or failure, it will always be included in the history of the Western Continent.

Those who are not selected will give up their own supplies, gather them at the dock, and be classified and distributed by a group of people headed by Mr. X. These materials are mainly combat resources, including ammunition and firearms. It can also be seen from the materials piled up on the dock that the gap between the rich and the poor between the pirate groups is really very big. Some pirate groups can’t even donate a musket, while some are out of the box quality. High-quality military supplies, these things are smuggled goods flowing out of the Pope's Hall.

It can be seen that the sacred papal hall may not be filled with devout believers.

Among these strategic materials, the most valuable is a batch of CNOOC. Since CNOOC is submarine oil, Haizhijia certainly does not have these resources, but these CNOOCs are high-quality goods obtained from several colonial islands with oil mines. The purity of this batch of CNOOC is very high, and the purity of CNOOC is proportional to the burning time. With it, the pirates can construct a flame interception zone in order to confine the enemy to a battlefield that they have set.

To this end, Hooke made a suggestion.

After exiting the Devil Channel, there are dense and complex islands in the sea area. If the enemy is introduced into that area and CNOOC is used to create a fire belt to blockade it, it will be beneficial to the pirates to fight a beautiful ambush. But this suggestion was rejected by Zero for two reasons. One is the complex island area, although it is conducive to the hiding and ambush of the pirates, but at the same time, a large amount of land also provides conditions for the Knights of the Round Table to take advantage of the land warfare. The second point, and the most important point, is that if the enemy is defeated by ambushes and other means under the circumstances of fighting with all-out strength. So even if you win, it will give people a sense of miserable victory.

However, this battle is a battle of great significance no matter from which point of view. Zero insisted on adopting a tough stance of confronting the enemy from the front and uprightly defeating the enemy. This battle is not just a battle for the pirates to protect themselves, but also to make a gesture to the Western Continent, both hostile and neutral camps, through this battle.

That is, the Papal Hall is not invincible, and the power of pirates is not what it used to be. Defeating the invading enemy with a tough stance, undoubtedly slapped the Papal Hall and Sauron in the face. Later, when confronted with the Pope’s Chamber, if guerrilla ambush and other methods are adopted, then it is a strategy rather than a show of weakness.

During the past few years in Asgart, especially after encountering many nobles and high-level figures in the later period, Zero understood a truth very well. That's the same thing, the order of which is different, will bring people different feelings. Especially for those big people, it directly affects their evaluation of you and the decision whether to subsidize or suppress.

Sauron's high-pressure policy has been implemented for more than ten years. Zero doesn't believe that there will be no two-minded people under him, and the frontal confrontation is more to show these people in order to win more allies. This is the ultimate meaning behind this battle. After Zero explained in this way, Hooke, who was originally opposed, finally agreed to Zero's strategy.

Pirates, even the four great pirates with legendary colors. Even though they have superior combat power, they are not good at politics on this special battlefield. It can also be said that what they pursue is only a free, unconstrained life. Therefore, from a visual point of view, there is definitely no long-term view. What is zero is not the name of World War I, but the far-reaching impact that this post-war can have on the overall situation in the future.

Who can grasp the situation of future development, who is the final winner. This is a game. If a chess player only sees the gains and losses in front of him, he has already lost the overall situation.

And on the huge chessboard of the Western Continent, it was far from reaching the time to decide the outcome.

So the matter of facing the enemy army commander head-on was finalized, but the details still need to be discussed. These include how to grasp the correct time for the appearance of the enemy ship, how to make good use of that batch of CNOOC to create fire belts, and some tactical details at the time, and so on. While Zero's side was discussing this matter closely, the members of the Destiny headed by Franklin on the side of Whisperer Channel fell into a bitter battle.

After clearing all the obstacles, Colonel Mader changed his strategy today and concentrated a large number of knight mechas and officers above the lieutenant rank in the fleet as forwards. For Mader, this is undoubtedly a gamble, putting his strongest combat power into the breakthrough battle of the strait at one time. In case of failure, the fleet he leads will only have ordinary soldiers with large numbers but low combat power.

There is no doubt that Colonel Mader made a right bet this time. Facing the huge firepower of the knight mech group and the assistance of a large number of lieutenant-level abilities, the papal hall has formed a penetration force that is several levels stronger than yesterday. Despite Franklin's tenacious use of various traps, terrain, and a group of high-level abilities that can be called trump cards. But because of the huge disparity in numbers, the fleet of the Pope’s Hall was advancing in the middle of the strait.

In this process, it can be seen that people with the ability of mass destruction methods like Berion have much more advantages in attacking the army than those with powerful individual attacks like Feng Hesu. It was also because of Berion's powerful firepower output that the fleet of the Pope's Hall did not break through the strait in one go. Facing an overwhelming advantage in the number of enemies, Franklin had to adjust his plan.

Under the circumstances that Berion attracted and continued to output, Su and the others changed the target of the attack to the opponent's commander, and staged a scene of killing enemy generals among thousands of troops, which can be called a model of war. After the command system of the opponent's fleet was dismantled, the enemy's power was continuously consumed through mobile warfare. In the end, in the face of the snowball accumulation of losses, Mader had to stop advancing as an example and set up a temporary forward base based on the corners of the strait to prevent Franklin from taking the opportunity to regain the lost ground.

In the evening of this day, the Papal Hall fleet changed from yesterday's decadence and broke through the Franklin's No. 3 area in the Whisperer Strait. But for this, they also paid a high price. This includes the damage of hundreds of knights' armor, while officers above the rank of lieutenant have suffered most damage, and ordinary soldiers are countless.

The battle was fierce. In order to prevent the fleet's breakthrough, Destiny had almost used up 80% of its supplies. Most of the ordinary crew members died in the battle. Although the capable people did not appear to be killed in battle, the strongmen of Lian Su's level also suffered some minor injuries under the fierce enemy fire. As for Haiwei's level, he suffered moderate injuries. One or two places were seriously injured, and there will be no way to continue fighting tomorrow.

Belion was almost miraculously unscathed, and Franklin did his best to protect his human turret. Even the giant bombarded a shuttle mechanism with several pieces of flesh in order to cover Belion, but Belion just ran out of energy and almost lost his strength.

But with one ship, he blocked the enemy fleet for two consecutive days. After this battle, I am afraid that the entire Western Continent will know the name of each of them.

But now, Franklin still dare not relax. There will be another day, as long as he stops the opponent for another day, he will complete the zero-reported order. That evening, the fleet of ships coming from the Sea House were the pirates who had not been selected to serve as the Devil's Channel to fight against. They were assigned to assist Franklin and his party. Although the average combat power of these pirates was low, they belonged to the new force, so some trivial tasks fell on them, and those with abilities were given more rest time.

After witnessing the miracle of Franklin and others blocking the Pope’s Fleet for two days, the pirates who served as reinforcements were energetic and worked harder. So new traps were planted overnight in the river course after Area 3, preparing for a deadly battle for the coming of tomorrow.

When the battle in the Whisperer Strait entered the white-hot stage, the four ships in the Devil's Channel had gone through bumps all the way, and finally arrived at the exit before dusk, anchored on an isolated island near the exit. As night falls, dense radiation clouds traverse the sky, and then it is different from the old times. Even though it was night, there was still a faint red light behind the radiant cloud, as if there was a sea of ​​fire behind the cloud.

Therefore, at night in the new era, the sky is always dark red. This is a depressing hue, but unfortunately, no one can change this hue. Someone once said that if it were not for the existence of radiation clouds, all things on the earth would have been ruined in the flames. This is not a lie. After all, on the day of the cataclysm, the planet’s ozone layer has been devastated. Radiation clouds shrouded the planet like a second protective layer, without letting deadly cosmic rays directly fall on the earth.

Otherwise, this planet would have long since become a star of death, and life would not be able to reluctantly survive as it does now.

But even so, human beings or other life are still working hard to create destruction, pushing the planet to the abyss of death. Ironically, although this goes against the wishes of the vast majority of creatures, the decision is in the hands of a few people.

The pyramid-shaped power structure of the planet determines that the fate of the mole crickets is only in the hands of the few people at the top of the pyramid.

This is the default rule of the world. Many people are dissatisfied, but no one can break it.

Looking up at the dark red sky, Habes said nothing for a long time. The black double-breasted robe danced lightly in the wind, like a ball of ink that was too thick to melt. The ink color envelops Habes, and the light in the young head's eyes seems not as clear as before.

"I can see that the faith in your heart is not so firm." Caromon's voice sounded behind him, and Habes smiled slightly and turned around.

The middle-aged man threw a wine bottle to Habes, but threw it back for the latter. Habes shook his head and said, "I don't drink."

"What fun is there in such a rigorous life?" Carlomon sat down on the ground, drinking wine and said, "There is going to be a war tomorrow. You have to learn to be happy in time."

"My joy is not based on alcohol." Habes said lightly, and looked into the depths of the roaring bay: "Captain Caromon~lightnovelpub.net~ didn't you notice it? This bay, yes. Isn't it too calm?"

Carlomon slurped his wine and said, "It's normal. The old Madr led a man to kill the Whisperer Strait. It's strange that the pirates didn't intercept it. In this way, it's not normal for the Gulf to be calm. ?"

Habes frowned: "But I remember that Colonel Mader led a whole three fully organized fleet. With such force, it should have gone into the Gulf long ago. Why is the pirate headquarters so quiet?"

"If the legendary captains struggled to intercept, it would not be surprising that Mader could not pass through the strait for the time being. Let alone Hook and Wild Mountain, it is the Cinderella that is already very tricky. I am more concerned about Mader. How much firepower has attracted the pirates, it’s best to attract them all in the strait, so that we can end the battle in one fell swoop."

Habes felt a little disapproving in his heart, and the overly calm roaring bay made him feel a little uneasy.

This is an intuition.

At this time, Habes heard some strange sounds. It was the sound of bubbles in the sea, and the sound came from the surface of the sea under the boat.