This time Zefa left the Marine Headquarters "Marinvando" and drove out in three large warships, one of which was fully manned.
The other two ships only have basic personnel configuration, and their purpose is to bring back the recruited recruits.
I have visited most of the Grand Line, but the situation of recruiting new soldiers is not optimistic.
The reason is also very simple. Now that the number of pirates on the sea has increased, pirates have become extremely vicious, and the danger of becoming a navy has increased rapidly.
The recruitment of new recruits on most islands is bleak. After all, unless they can no longer survive, or have a deep hatred for pirates, most people would not be willing to do such a job of licking blood.
Most people who can't live a good life will not choose the navy, but more often choose pirates and bounty hunters.
The same thing is to tie the head around the neck. The wealth collected by pirates is obviously much better than the meager salary of the navy.
Those who have a slight moral bottom line and are unwilling to become pirates will tend to become bounty hunters.
It's the same as killing pirates, but the bounty hunter's reward is much more generous than the navy's salary, and it's more unrestrained.
It is also for this reason that Zefa's recruitment mission to the sea was not completed satisfactorily.
Especially after experiencing that kind of thing, Zefa's requirements for the quality of the navy are quite bumpy. Those who just want to live in the navy, Zefa basically doesn't like any of them.
This also resulted in the fact that not even one of the two warships that were originally empty was filled with new recruits. It was obviously far behind the target given to him by Admiral Sora.
One of the accompanying major generals actually expressed to Zefa more than once in a vague way that they should lower their standards appropriately, otherwise they would not be able to complete Marshal Kong's mission this time and would be punished if they returned.
However, Zefa had no intention of obeying the suggestion of the major general's deputy, and acted extremely tough. Zefa also expressed that he didn't care at all about the so-called punishment.
"Originally I was planning to resign, but it was only after I was retained that I finally stayed to train new recruits in the navy.
If the marshal is unhappy, he can find someone else to complete the job. I didn't want to do it at first. Why are I afraid of the so-called punishment?
If the navy recruited are all guys who have no sense of justice and just want to eat and die, I won't be willing to teach such people."
Hearing Admiral Zefa's words, the rear admiral on the side also sighed helplessly, feeling that this year's bonus and promotion opportunities were probably gone, and he should be the one who would be criticized this time.
Zefa is an admiral of the navy. As one of the heroes of the navy, his reputation is spread throughout the entire navy headquarters. Coupled with his ruthless character, he has the qualifications to be a leader, but he is not a rear admiral...
However, just when the rear admiral was about to persuade Zefa again with earnest words, a navy man hurried to the deck to report.
"Report to General Zefa and Major General Kadaru that a pirate ship has been spotted at the port of Momiji Island. Judging from the flag, it should be the "Iron Arm Pirates", a rookie pirate group from the South China Sea.
Its captain is a bounty pirate from the Navy Headquarters, Iron Arm Cook, who has a bounty of 20 million Baileys."
After hearing the report from the navy soldiers, Zefa and the rear admiral named Kadaru were obviously stunned for a moment.
They passed the "Gate of Justice" and sailed for many days in the first half of the great route.
But they really haven't encountered the so-called pirate group yet, so when they heard the report from the navy soldiers, the two of them were obviously very interested.
The reason why we did not encounter other pirate groups was not because there were few pirates in the first half of the Grand Line, but because most of the pirates chose to flee early after seeing three large naval warships in the distance.
The large warships of the Navy Headquarters cannot be driven by just any naval officer.
Generally speaking, captains of naval branches can only own medium-sized warships at most, and the naval generals who sit on large naval warships are usually at least the rank of rear admiral.
This is only the first half of the Grand Line, and most of the people active here are new pirates.
When I saw three large naval warships clearing the way, no pirate would dare to hit this direction unless I couldn't think about it.
Because Zefa's mission this time is to recruit new soldiers, they will not deliberately chase the pirate groups they encounter and deviate from the route.
Therefore, they only fired a few symbolic shots every time. If they were hit by artillery, they could only blame the opponent's bad luck. Once they escaped from the range of the artillery fire, Zefa and the others would not deliberately pursue them.
"The Iron Arm Pirates? A pirate group that I have never heard of, but with a bounty of 20 million Baileys, they should be considered a figure in the first half of the Grand Line.
Inform the people on board to prepare for battle and make sure not to let these nasty pirates escape.
Hongye Island is one of the locations where a navy branch is scheduled to be established, and the mangroves on the island are also important resources, so the safety of the island residents must be ensured."
Zefa is an admiral at the Navy Headquarters, and Kadaru is also at the rank of rear admiral. They really can't remember the little guy with a bounty of 20 million beli.
Even for Zefa, even if the pirate has a bounty of over 100 million, if the other party is not so awesome, Zefa would not even be able to remember the other party's name.
But regardless of whether the "Iron Arm Pirates" are a powerful pirate group or not, as long as they are pirates, they are undoubtedly a huge threat to the ordinary people on the island.
Especially when a naval soldier received the "Iron Arm Cook" information just obtained from the headquarters, and saw all the evil deeds of the Iron Arm Pirates, Zefa exuded a terrifying feeling at this moment.
the breath.
According to intelligence, the Iron Arm Pirates are committing all kinds of murders and have poisoned several islands in the South China Sea one after another.
Especially when he saw that the other party did not spare even children and had an extremely cruel personality, some bad memories were brought back to Zefa, and his expression became predatory.
"General Zefa, the first priority now is to eliminate the pirates on Hongye Island as soon as possible. Please issue the order as soon as possible."
It was the first time for Major General Kadaru to see the terrifying aura emanating from Zefa. As a teacher, Zefa has a very kind personality. It was the first time that he saw General Zefa so angry.
"Leave some people to protect the new recruits on the warship, and another group to burn down the pirate ships in the port. The rest will come with me to the island to enforce justice!
Convey my order to all warships within one minute. Every second you waste, an innocent islander may die tragically at the hands of the damn pirates."
After leaving such an order, Zefa immediately jumped up from the deck, taking the lead with Kadaru's surprised expression, and rushed to Red Leaf Island alone on moon steps.