Codex Pirates

Chapter 293 Insufficient Manpower

As Karp said, if this incident was not instigated by William, the situation would be even worse. This shows that the order in the East China Sea has collapsed, the situation has been corrupted, and the weakness of the local navy has been seen. When the Navy is busy doing evil things, Garp and others must consider whether more people with ulterior motives will follow suit and cause even greater riots.

Moreover, the attack on the naval base can also be said to be an internal matter of the navy, but when the capital of the country that joined the world government was attacked, even the royal palace was burned down, and the king was killed, the nature changed.

This is no longer just a matter of the navy.

Indeed, it is not uncommon for pirates to go to big cities to do evil in big cities, and even go to the capitals of allied countries to do evil, but this is the East China Sea. In people's perception, this place has always been chaotic. Incomparably great routes are different.

Just like William's previous life, wars in Africa or the Middle East are commonplace in people's eyes, and they will not make too much fuss, but if the same thing happens in countries with good law and order and stable society, it will produce extremely extensive and extremely bad Influence.

It has been a long time since such a serious crime has occurred in the East China Sea. Karp and others can imagine how panicked and angry the East China Sea World Government will be when they join the Congress. They will definitely bring the matter to the World Government, and soon, the World Government will The Admiral of the Navy will be asked about it.

After all, on the surface, from William's arrest and imprisonment, to the collective riots of the East China Sea Pirates, and then to the riots causing the navy to be in a state of distress, unable to stop the criminal gangs from burning down the palace, it was the actions of the Navy Headquarters that led to what happened next. series of events.

However, this also made Karp and others suspect that this incident may have something to do with the Morgan Group, because it happened too coincidentally. The naval base around the capital of the Kingdom of Falaise was attacked just before the incident and was unable to monitor the sea area. Only then did the remnants of the Bucky Pirates and the Dragon Pirates have an opportunity to enter the capital of the kingdom and break through the city.

"I have already called Zhan Guo and told what happened here," Karp said with a smile, "Zhan Guo is very angry, and he wants us to stabilize the order in the East China Sea as soon as possible, so as not to cause panic among the locals , and..., he rejected my request to send another group of people from the headquarters, but he agreed to my proposal to increase the reward for the Morgan Group cadres."

The other three lieutenant generals disagreed. The most important thing now is to solve the problem of rioting pirates. Even if the bounty is increased, these pirates will not be out of their minds to tie up the cadres of the Morgan Group, and then swagger to the navy to receive the bounty , At most, it can attract some bounty hunters, or provide them with some clues from the people who pay attention to the bounty.

The most critical issue is actually manpower.

The four lieutenant generals in the conference room, everyone knows that the pirate group that is troubling them today is not worth mentioning in terms of strength. Can poke them to death.

It is a real stabbing with one finger, because these four lieutenant generals all know how to use finger guns.

But the problem now is that they can't meet them. Strong strength doesn't mean they can be separated into tens of millions. The East China Sea is so vast, and the rioting pirates are scattered all over the place. Not to mention that it is impossible for the four lieutenant generals to leave this city, even if they all leave, If William didn't care, he wouldn't be able to govern the entire East China Sea. If four lieutenant generals could easily suppress all crimes in a piece of sea area, the navy would still spend huge military expenditures every year. What would they do to support so many idlers?

They can only distribute the officers and soldiers brought from the headquarters to various places, reorganize the local navy mainly with school-level or lieutenant-level officers, and then strangle these rat-like pirates.

"Call back all the officers and soldiers who have been scattered throughout the city," Garp waved his hand, with a look of boredom on his face, "Let the nobles of this kingdom worry about the safety of this city, let us concentrate It is enough to guard the prison where Morgan William is."

There is something wrong with this city, and even this country. A criminal who was born as a pirate deceived the masses, imprisoned nobles, and pretended to be the ruler of the country, but in the eyes of the common people and even all walks of life, he still has full prestige Now arrested and imprisoned, although most of the civilians dare not defy the majesty of the Navy headquarters, they still complain and there are some commotions from time to time. However, the real ruler of this country has no prestige in this city, and even controls the city. , have to ask the Navy for help.

When the jailer wrapped William's ankles with cotton cloth, Smoker reported it to his superiors after he returned. Since then, Lieutenant General Stoloberg and others have not trusted the locals very much. They are worried that the locals will be detained in William During the period, he did not do anything, so he agreed to the request of King Norton I and the local nobles.

During this period, the city's ports, city gates and other key facilities were basically stationed by people from the Navy Headquarters, and they would be aware of any abnormal Karp and immediately suppressed it.

Originally, the idea of ​​the four lieutenant generals was to maintain this state until William was executed, and then transfer the officers and soldiers brought by the headquarters to the local naval base one by one, so as to make a smooth transition. It is impossible for them to disperse officers and soldiers across the East China Sea and help local rulers tightly control the city at the same time.

"I really don't know what the nobles of this country were doing before, so that they are useless to this point," Lieutenant General Dalmesia mentioned the nobles of the Navia Kingdom, with a look of hatred on his face, and shook his head hard. Knocking on the table, he even knocked off a piece of the solid wood tabletop, and said angrily, "They still hold banquets every day, don't they know that they can't even control their own country?"

Garp smiled, and the other lieutenant generals didn't say anything. They were just soldiers, and their duty was to exterminate pirates, so they couldn't do anything about such things.

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In fact, Lieutenant General Dalmesia's evaluation of the nobles of the Navia Kingdom is not entirely true.

Even if these nobles didn't know it before, but they had three years of experience of being "bloodyly suppressed" by William, they also understood that they should pay attention to the affairs of the kingdom, especially the military power.

Indeed, one banquet after another was held in the aristocratic district, but unlike in the past, not only those old-fashioned nobles appeared at the banquets, but also many generals in uniform without noble titles.

Originally, the noble strength of the army was picked out by William as carrion. These officers who appeared at the banquet were all middle and high-level generals who appeared during William's reign, but they failed to enter the Guards and were not absolutely trusted by William. .

But now, almost all the backbone of the guards were transferred away by William, and the remaining ones were thrown into prison by the navy one after another. These generals of the second- and third-line armies and the armed forces they led have become more important in this city.