The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

"Boom, boom." The navy's cannons roared, and the huge caliber fired one shell after another at the oncoming Red Flag fleet. When the shells landed not far from the Red Flag warship, the huge splashes of water were enough to cover all the surrounding warships.

It must be said that the firepower of the navy ships is still far superior to the temporarily modified warships of the Red Flag Fleet. Unfortunately, with the current industrial strength of the base, it is still impossible to mass-produce these powerful weapons. This also led to the Red Flag Fleet now only being able to use some small and medium caliber old-fashioned artillery to fire at the navy fleet.

However, although the revolutionary party's warships were somewhat weak in firepower, relying on the previously formulated combat plan, the Red Flag Fleet was able to fight on equal terms with the navy fleet in a short period of time.

In order to cope with the firepower advantage of naval warships, Galen organized the warships into several batches of guerrilla fleets.

Among them, the faster light warships were turned into the First Guerrilla Fleet, while the heavy fleet with certain firepower, including the flagship, was organized into the Second Guerrilla Fleet. The remaining ships were organized into the Third Guerrilla Fleet because they were old, slow, or not combat ships.

According to the battle plan, the First Guerrilla Fleet will rely on its speed advantage to approach the naval warships first and attack them. Then, it will use its speed to attack from behind the naval warships.

The Second and Third Guerrilla Fleets will take the positions vacated by the front ships, attracting the attention of the navy from the front and providing cover for the flanking fleet.

This was also a tactic that the Red Flag Army had painstakingly thought out, using the speed advantage of light warships to launch an all-round attack on the navy.

Of course, commanders like Galen also knew that this was just a pleasing way to gain the upper hand. They did not expect to defeat the navy directly, but only to slow down the speed of the naval fleet through this tactic.

After the first guerrilla fleet completes the detour, the second and third fleets will gradually leave the battlefield. With the cover from the first guerrilla fleet, the remaining Red Flag Army warships will take the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield. In the end, the first guerrilla fleet will also leave the battlefield with its speed advantage.

That's right, the Red Flag Army's strategy was not to fight to the death in one place, and the tactics they formulated were just to allow the Red Flag Fleet to retain more strength and safely withdraw from the battlefield. This was the maritime guerrilla warfare designed by the top leaders of the Revolutionary Party based on Marx and Engels' strategic conception.

You know, the sea area where the navy and the Red Flag Army are fighting now is almost entirely controlled by the Revolutionary Party. Just like the unknown island that Akainu and Aokiji explored at night, the Red Flag Army had deployed soldiers there before, and they were also recalled because of the West Sea Revolution, and now they may be fighting in the Red Flag Combined Fleet.

This deep mass base on the sea means that the Red Flag Fleet can be replenished anytime and anywhere if there is any loss. However, the navy is different. They are like rootless duckweed without any grassroots support. Every blow they receive is a permanent loss to them.

You might ask, what about the Navy branch? Unfortunately, they are already struggling to take care of themselves. Don't forget that the Navy fleet came to help the Navy branches in various places to support the already broken situation. It would be better to rely on the Navy to go to the island to grab supplies than to rely on them.

But this brings up another problem. The death of a marine is a loss. Unlike pirates, they can be replenished at any time. Therefore, the commander of the navy will never let the marines leave the safety of the warships in such a massive war and go to the land to look for supplies.

The Red Flag Fleet will use this tactic to constantly consume the strength of the naval fleet and eventually lead them to the battlefield chosen by the revolutionaries. At that time, the main force of the revolutionaries, who are waiting for the opportunity, will make the final decision there.

At this time, on the front battlefield, as time went by, the situation on the battlefield began to gradually shift towards the battle plan formulated by the Red Flag Fleet. And Galen stood on the deck of the flagship, fearlessly facing the navy's artillery fire.

Galen looked at the battlefield where artillery shells were flying. The gunpowder smoke from the artillery fire had filled the entire sea surface, just like the mist at dawn that never dissipated. As time went by, the navy's artillery advantage gradually emerged. In contrast, the Red Flag Army's First Guerrilla Fleet also completed a roundabout operation.

Galen immediately ordered the intelligence messenger on the warship to send a flag signal to act according to the plan. The other warships also kept observing Galen's flagship. After receiving the instructions sent by the flagship, the second and third fleets began to gradually withdraw from the war. The first guerrilla fleet launched artillery cover.

Everything went according to plan, and the Red Flag Fleet sailed out of the battlefield smoothly. Galen had people count the losses of the Red Flag Fleet in this offensive. Fortunately, although several warships were hit directly by the navy's artillery fire, no ship was sunk.

Garen also breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems that there is no problem with the battle plan. Divide the Red Flag Fleet into several waves and attack in stages so that the enemy's artillery fire cannot be fully concentrated. Next, we just need to continue the battle."

After the ships that participated in the first round of combat left the battlefield, Galen commanded them to disperse to various islands for rest. He himself took the flagship with the strongest firepower and went to the point where another naval fleet must pass. That's right, the ships that participated in the previous attack were not all red flagship fleets.

Long before the battle began, Galen and his men had divided the assembled Red Flag Fleet into several formations. Each formation was organized in the same way as the three previous guerrilla fleets. They had dispersed to various key points where the navy ships were about to arrive. As long as the navy arrived, they would repeat their old tricks and launch harassment on the enemy.

The most indispensable one among them was the flagship that Galen himself was on. As the only warship in the entire Red Flag Fleet that could compete with the Navy, it would serve as the fulcrum of the entire battle line. Only under its cover could the Red Flag Army compete with the Navy's volley fire.

At the same time, the other two navies also encountered challenges from the Red Flag Fleet, which also mainly used harassment.

The Red Flag Fleet did not linger on the sea, but was just consuming the seemingly powerful navy bit by bit. It is worth mentioning that the revolutionary party in charge of the Genoa Port Front was Darius. On the Andorra Kingdom side, it was Old Gus who personally went into battle, and everyone was in high spirits.

However, unlike the Red Flag Army, which was full of morale, the navy, their opponent, was not in a good situation. After being attacked by the Red Flag Fleet, the navy did not even dare to let go of the pursuit, as they could not abandon their original combat objectives.

Moreover, this put them in a passive position of being beaten. The naval commander was not stupid and naturally saw that this was an open conspiracy of the enemy.

Akainu and Aokiji also deeply realized their situation. They had fallen into the trap of the Red Flag Army and would probably be harassed by the enemy before reaching their destination.

Akainu was looking at the marines on the warship with some disappointment. He was really disappointed with the quality of the navy. They were so panicked after being suddenly attacked.

You know, the two sides had just fought such a big battle, but only a few unlucky people on Akainu's warship were affected and injured, and the casualties can be said to be very minor. This was when Akainu did not use all his strength to block the shells.

Seeing that the quality of his marines was worrying, Akainu released the full protection of the warship in order to train their combat capabilities. Thinking of this, Akainu couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Can the Demon-Slaying Order really succeed this time?" Thinking of the fearless charge of the Red Flag Fleet on the battlefield, Akainu couldn't help but become pessimistic about the prospects of this operation.

Unfortunately, the navy ships could not hear his whispers. The huge demon-killing fleet could only sail towards the unknown sea, towards the future they would eventually arrive at.