# The Sea Monsters Attacking the Fleet!
"Firearms that can rapid-fire like Heavy Machine Guns at high speed but are as large as Rifles and equipped for individual Soldiers, New Type Grenades that are even more compact than Stick Grenades, and Soldiers two meters tall suspected to be catalyzed by Medicine."
The person Speaking was none other than Walpole, the Prime Minister of the Great John Bull Empire, a stout man in a Suit with light blonde curly hair and a serious Expression.
The place he was in was the Meeting Room of the National Defense Intelligence Agency. Sitting at the Meeting Table in front of him were thirteen Military Officers, including the Bureau Chief.
"What do you all think about these?"
Walpole first put down the Intelligence Document in his hand, scanned everyone, and asked in a deep voice.
A Staff Officer from the National Defense Staff Department quickly suggested, "If this is true, then I suggest immediately dispatching a Fleet, and it must be done as quickly as possible, arriving at Jiaopenji Nation before other countries!"
"Indeed, their so-called declaration of World war is not just directed at us. Hans Tiger, Hairy Bear, White-Headed Eagle, and Rooster must have already known by now."
The Bureau Chief nodded in agreement.
"Since that's the case, let's form an Ocean-going Fleet consisting of five Dreadnoughts, ten Pre-Dreadnoughts, and fifty-two Destroyers and Cruisers, with Admiral Norris as the Commander!"
The current John Bull Empire was still in its historical peak.
Its colonies occupied one-fifth of the world's Land territory, its Homeland Population was forty-five million, and its Army and Marines had a Total Military Strength of 530,000. It possessed sixty-two Battleships, over two hundred Cruisers and Destroyers, and over eighty Submarines!
The reason Prime Minister Walpole assembled such a large-scale Fleet was not primarily due to apprehension towards Jiaopenji Nation, but to guard against encountering the Marine Fleets of other strong countries.
For those New Type Weapons, the major Marine Fleets were very likely to center around Jiaopenji Nation for an unprecedented century-long Great Sea Battle.
Although it was said that the quantity of those Weapons was large, there was more than enough to go around if divided. But if it was possible to monopolize them, it was better to do so!
Indeed.
Just as they thought, basically every Country with a Marines had dispatched Fleets of varying Scales to Jiaopenji Nation.
But in this Era, the strong countries were basically on the European Continent and across the Pacific Ocean. It would take at least twenty days for their Fleets to arrive at Jiaopenji Nation.
This gave Hope to several neighboring countries.
For example, the Great Stick Country across the sea. This Stick Country could indeed be called "Great" in this World; not only did they own the entire Peninsula, but they had even extended quite a bit northwards.
Then there was the Mengma Empire, which occupied most of the Zone, the White Elephant Empire next to it, and the various types of Monkey countries in Southeast Asia.
These countries' Marines Strength was actually very weak, possessing only a few second-hand goods bought from various European and American countries.
Even the Mengma Empire was the same; their main Military Power was still concentrated in the Army, especially the Cavalry and Cannon. Coastal defense mainly relied on a large number of Coastal Defense Cannons.
So they planned to send Army Units to Jiaopenji Nation from another Direction while the Great Stick Country's Fleet and the Jiaopenji Nation's Fleet were engaged in combat.
Anyway, the Great Stick Country's Warships wouldn't dare to easily open fire on them.
East Blue.
This Ocean, sandwiched between the Great Stick Country and Jiaopenji Nation, had an Area of 978,000 square kilometers.
At this moment, a small Fleet composed of three Destroyers and five Torpedo Boats was sailing at full speed towards the Direction of Honshu Island.
They rode the Wind and waves, their Aura aggressive. The face of every Stick Marine Soldier on the Deck was filled with an Expression of pride.
In this Sea Area, at this Time, they were the Strongest Fleet!
And they would be the first Army to land on Jiaopenji Nation's Homeland!
Therefore, rounding up, we are now the World's number one Marine Fleet!
"General Kim Won-hoon, Jiaopenji Nation's Marines, both in Scale and tonnage, are quite a bit Stronger than ours. I think we should be more cautious and wait for the Fleets from other countries, Seumnida."
Inside the Flagship's Bridge, a Stick Lieutenant Colonel wearing a white Military Officer uniform looked worriedly at the Sea Surface ahead. He truly didn't think they could defeat Foot Basin Chicken (Derogatory Term)'s Fleet with just their own strength.
"Vice-Captain Park, you're overthinking it. Currently, a subversive Military Coup is happening inside Foot Basin Chicken (Derogatory Term) Nation. They simply cannot organize a Fleet. This is a great opportunity that is hard to come by in a hundred years!"
"As long as we are the first to occupy Maizuru Naval Port, it's entirely possible to take all the Warships inside. Compared to that, those so-called New Type Firearms and Hand Grenades are not worth mentioning!"
General Kim Won-hoon, whose Military Rank was Vice Admiral, said with full confidence.
However, 'Seumnida' is an honorific in the Stick language, so he didn't include it in his words.
"So that's how it is. Your Wisdom is amazing. I was reckless and shouldn't have talked too much." Vice-Captain Park lowered his Head in shame.
"Hahaha, you're still young. In the future, just..."
Suddenly, just as General Kim Won-hoon was laughing with pleasure and reaching out his hand to pat the other person's Shoulder to show Encouragement, streaks of high Water Hashira shot up around each Warship.
The Commotion and the Scene of Cannonballs hitting the Sea Surface were almost identical. This made the Stick Marine Soldiers on the Warships turn pale with fright.
"Enemy Attack!"
"Where are the Enemy Ships? Where are they opening fire from!"
Exclamations rose one after another. Everyone became Nervous, gripping the Rifles in their hands and scanning the distant Sea Surface, trying to find some black dots that were gradually growing larger.
But these people on the Deck saw nothing for a moment.
Meanwhile, the Soldiers standing in the Crow's Nest were stunned, watching the Monsters rushing towards them!
It turned out that, as the stirred-up Water Hashira returned to the Great Sea under the effect of Gravity, those terrifying figures also appeared in mid-air.
[Boom----]
A thick and long light blue Palm with Fins growing between the fingers, carrying powerful Energy/Force, smashed the Head of a Stick Soldier.
Just like a Watermelon, a large amount of blood splashed open.
"Hahahaha, kill all these Otherworld Ants!"
"So fragile, these Otherworlders' Bodies are like Bubble Coating, they exploded without even using much Strength!"
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry and kill, but be careful not to damage this Ship, otherwise, you're responsible for the consequences!"
"No way, no matter what, it's a Warship made of Steel, how could it be damaged so easily."
Only to see that it was actually a group of Fish-Man Tribe members wearing Navy Uniforms, continuously landing heavily on the Warship's Deck from the air, and began the Slaughter of the Stick Marines on the Deck who were as terrified as rabbits.
"Ahh ahh, Monsters!"
"My god, what are these things!"
Although they were all bare-handed, the absolute crushing in Speed and Strength made the Scene extremely cruel and bloody from the start.
Especially the Fish-men's tall build, terrifying appearance, and mouths full of fangs, really just like the Sea Monsters in Legend!
This caused heavy damage to the Stick Marines' Morale!
There were also some brave people who pulled the Trigger towards the Fish-men. But it wasn't because their hands were shaking and they missed, or they were dodged. Even if they hit, those Bullets actually just fell powerlessly to the ground, simply couldn't break through the opponent's skin.
This wasn't because these Fish-men's skin was too thick, but because they had all mastered 'Iron Body' from the Six Powers!
Compared to those Fish-men on Fish-Man Island.
As a member of the Marine Headquarters Fishman Special Forces, the biggest advantage was being able to access these Martial Arts, and 'Iron Body' was the easiest technique for them to master.
(End of this chapter)