Chapter 8 Zephyr recruiting new soldiers

This time Zephyr left the Marine Headquarters "Marineford" and drove out in three large warships, one of which was fully staffed.

The other two ships only have basic personnel configuration, and the 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, most people would not be willing to do such a job of licking blood unless they could no longer survive or had a deep hatred for pirates.

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 the pirates is obviously much better than the meager salary of the navy.

Those who have a little bit of moral bottom line and are unwilling to become pirates will also 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 Zephyr's recruitment mission to the sea was not completed satisfactorily.

Especially after experiencing that kind of thing, Zephyr's quality requirements for the navy are quite bumpy. Those who just want to hang out in the navy, Zephyr 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, which was obviously far behind the target given to him by the Navy Marshal Kong.

One of the accompanying major generals actually expressed to Zephyr 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, Zephyr had no intention of obeying the suggestion of the major general's deputy, and acted extremely tough. Zephyr 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 Admiral is unhappy, he can find someone else to complete the job. I didn't want to do it, so I was 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 will not be willing to teach such people. "

Hearing Admiral Zephyr'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 when he went back.

Zephyr is an admiral of the navy. As one of the heroes of the navy, his reputation is spread all over the 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 Zephyr again with earnest words, a navy man hurried to the deck to report.

"Report to General Zephyr and Major General Kadaru that a pirate ship has been spotted at the port of red leaf Island. Judging from the flag, it should be the "Iron Arm Pirates", a rookie pirate group from the South Blue.

Its captain is a bounty pirate from the Navy Headquarters, Iron Arm Cook, who has a bounty of 20 million Baileys on his head. "

After hearing the report from the navy soldiers, Zephyr 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, colonels in 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.

After seeing three large naval warships clearing the way, no pirate would hit this direction unless he couldn't think about it.

Because Zephyr'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 fire a few symbolic shots every time. If they are hit by artillery, they can only blame the opponent's bad luck. Once they escape the range of the artillery fire, Zephyr and the others will 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 those on board to prepare for battle and be sure not to let any of these nasty pirates escape.

Red leaf Island is one of the locations where a navy branch is scheduled to be established. At the same time, the mangroves on the island are also important resources, so the safety of the island residents must be ensured. "

Zephyr 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 Zephyr, even if it is a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, if the other party is not particularly awesome, Zephyr cannot even remember the other party's name.

But regardless of whether the "Iron Arm Pirates" are a powerful pirate group, 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 when he saw all the evil deeds of the Iron Arm Pirates, Zephyr 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 Blue one after another.

Especially when he saw that the other party even spared children and had an extremely cruel personality, some bad memories were brought back to Zephyr, and his expression became predatory.

"General Zephyr, the first priority now is to eliminate the pirates on red leaf 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 Zephyr. As a teacher, Zephyr has a very kind personality. It was the first time that he saw General Zephyr so angry.

"Leave some people to protect the new recruits on the warship, and some 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, Zephyr immediately jumped up from the deck with Kadaru's surprised expression on his face, and rushed to Red Leaf Island alone on moon steps.