While the numerous ironclad warships were firing, the bottom of each ironclad warship opened up, and two submarines along with numerous Fishman troops directly submerged into the seabed from beneath the ironclad warships, not attracting the attention of the Marine or others at all.
Led by Executive Officer Gerald, over two hundred submarines and more than twenty thousand Fishman troops began swimming towards the World Government ships from hundreds of meters deep in the Sea.
"Keep advancing," Gerald shouted. "Don't surface, and don't get close to the ships in the front."
Gerald said loudly.
He was once a Fishman slave, rescued by Nox not long after he joined the Rocks Pirates. Until now, he has been by Nox's side for over twenty years.
His talent wasn't considered strong, but relying on the Limitless Pirates' years of training and various assistance, he finally successfully rose to become an Executive Officer three years ago, becoming a core force within the Limitless Pirates!
Nox entrusted the Fishman troops to him for management. This was the first time the Fishman troops would show their might, and he absolutely had to completely destroy those World Government ships!
Over two hundred submarines and Fishmen, each carrying weapons, bypassed the fleet in front of the World Government and charged directly towards the fleet in the rear.
After all, the fleet in the front was guarded by most of the top combat power of the World Government and the Marine. It would be too difficult for these Fishman troops to destroy those ships, which is why they targeted the ships in the rear section.
"All of you, spread out!" Gerald ordered. "Two submarines paired with ten Fishmen will deal with one ship!"
After reaching the seabed beneath the World Government ships in the rear section, Gerald began issuing new orders.
Under Gerald's command, these Fishmen began to act in an orderly manner, and they were only located three hundred meters beneath the bottom of the ships.
The submarines' torpedo launching devices had been activated. Five out of ten Fishmen were carrying a torpedo launcher, while the other five were holding two torpedoes, but they did not immediately begin attacking. Instead, they were waiting for Gerald's command.
"Launch torpedoes!"
Only after all the submarines and Fishmen had spread out and found their targets did Gerald issue the order to fire.
Two submarines simultaneously launched four torpedoes, and the torpedo launchers in the hands of the five Fishmen also fired towards the bottom of the same ship.
In other words, hundreds of warships in the rear of the World Government were targeted by the Fishman troops, and the bottom of each warship was simultaneously bombarded by nine torpedoes. This was arranged by Gerald to ensure that the warships would definitely be destroyed.
After launching the torpedoes, all the Fishmen and submarines immediately submerged into the deeper seabed, not even bothering to check if the torpedoes had exploded.
Even though the Fishmen didn't bother with the launched torpedoes, those torpedoes still surged upwards from the three-hundred-meter deep Sea, then rushed towards the bottom of those warships.
"Boom! Boom!!!"
The moment the nine torpedoes exploded, they instantly destroyed the keel at the bottom of the warships. The immense force of the explosion also killed the people near the bottom of the ships. The moment the huge holes appeared, countless seawater from the Sea surged into the warships, and the warships also began to sink into the Sea.
Nine hundred torpedoes exploded simultaneously, and the bottom of one hundred warships was destroyed at the same time. The crew members on these one hundred warships were instantly thrown into disarray and didn't know what to do.
They hadn't even met the Pirates yet, so how did their own warships get blown up?
"Help!!"
"Damn it, the bombs came from the seabed!"
"Run! The holes at the bottom of the warships are too big, they can't be filled!"...
In an instant, the people who were still alive on the destroyed warships began to scream in panic, and this huge commotion also greatly shocked Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was guarding the rear!
"Immediately begin rescue operations!"
"Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals who haven't eaten Devil Fruit, go down to the Sea to check the situation!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru immediately issued the command, she hadn't expected her fleet in the rear to be attacked!
"Vice Admiral Tsuru, it's the Fishman troops! They attacked our fleet with powerful weapons!"
"There are too many Fishmen, we don't dare to act rashly, please give instructions!"
Not long after, the Vice Admiral who went down to the Sea to check the situation came up to report.
"Immediately send people down to the Sea to protect our warships!"
Even though Vice Admiral Tsuru knew this method wasn't very effective, she could only do this.
As for going down to the Sea to catch Fishmen or anything like that, she didn't even think about it. The Sea is the Fishmen's home ground, and it's too difficult for humans to catch Fishmen in the Sea. It was already very difficult to protect the bottom of their own warships now.
"All Fishmen, continue to act according to the previous arrangement, lock onto another one hundred warships!"
Gerald continued to command the Fishman troops from the seabed.
"Boom! Boom!!!!"
Immediately after, the Fishman troops and submarines began a new round of bombardment. Vice Admiral Tsuru had just ordered people to go down to the Sea to protect the bottom of the warships, but the torpedoes had already reached the bottom of those warships.
"Damn it, go down to the Sea immediately!!!"
As the roaring sounds echoed, Vice Admiral Tsuru found that another hundred warships had their bottoms bombarded by the Fishmen. This loss was even more severe than the losses currently being suffered by the Marine fighting the Pirates at the very front!!
"Yes, Vice Admiral!!"
The Marine who received the order began to go down to the Sea one after another.
"Hahahahaha, lads, follow me!!"
Gerald, who had destroyed two hundred warships, had no intention of continuing, because the Fishman troops had run out of torpedoes. Only the submarines still had torpedoes stored, but not many, only six hundred rounds.
So Gerald did not continue to clash head-on with the Marine here, but instead directly led the Fishman troops to the front, or rather, the rear of the Marine, where the World Government's reinforcements were coming.
"Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Fishman troops have submerged into the deeper Sea and are gone!"
The Rear Admirals who went down to the Sea to protect the warships came up to report.
"Report the situation here to Sengoku at the front, and also to the fleet coming from the rear as reinforcements. Tell them to be extremely careful of the Fishman troops beneath the seabed!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru said with an extremely grim expression.
In just a few short minutes, two hundred warships and numerous Marine were lost. This was simply outrageous.
If they were not vigilant about the Fishman fleet beneath the seabed, then they would likely lose even more warships.
If the losses continued like this, there would be no need to fight this battle; the World Government would simply lose!
"Damn Fishmen! Aokiji, keep an eye on the seabed at all times. As soon as you see a Fishman, immediately freeze the Sea!"
Sengoku, who was commanding at the front, turned even paler after receiving the report from Vice Admiral Tsuru in the rear.
At the very beginning, over ninety warships were destroyed by the Limitless Pirates' terrifying weapons, and then many more warships were destroyed by the Limitless Pirates' long-range, powerful cannons. Now, a full two hundred warships in the rear were destroyed by the Fishmen. Even if they won against the Pirates now, such losses were unacceptable!
But the problem was, the war had just begun. If the World Government's reinforcements didn't arrive later, this war might just collapse first!
"Fufufufufu, this kind of weapon is truly terrifying. These must be the Limitless Pirates' secret weapons, right? The weapons that the Limitless Pirates leaked out are simply garbage compared to the current weapons!"
Doflamingo stood on a warship, watching the Limitless Pirates' many terrifying weapons and laughing madly. Especially the initial Laser Cannon, its power was simply terrifying.
He personally saw Garp, known as the strongest Marine, being blown away by one shot. Furthermore, when Garp had just returned, he saw the injuries all over Garp's body. Garp hadn't appeared on the deck yet, clearly heavily injured!
"Hahahahaha, the Limitless Pirates aren't that foolish. How could they sell weapons with such terrifying power and then let others obtain these weapons and turn around to deal with the Limitless Pirates?"
Warehouse King Atle McLaren stood beside Doflamingo, laughing as he watched the show.
The final battle hadn't started above yet; it was still just within the scope of artillery warfare. They didn't need to participate; they just needed to guard this warship and prevent it from being blown up by cannonballs.
"That shot was indeed terrifying. Even if you blocked the initial attack, you couldn't block the continuous subsequent attacks. Unless you can destroy that shot along with the Hades in one blow, or you can also possess continuous attack power like the power of that shot, otherwise, there's no way to stop it!"
Hawkeye said solemnly.
The power of that shot also shocked him greatly. He admitted that if he were to face that shot, whether he could survive was an unknown.
Only a monster like Garp, who has extremely strong physique and Busoshoku Haki, could survive the bombardment of that shot.