@EmperorKinyagi
It doesn’t make sense to me that Akainu who is shown to be very careful with the manpower (outside sending fodders getting sliced by Mihawk and Weevil lol) through all the timeskip is going to send virtually all of the marine HQ force in an expedition far away that will involve fighting with the 4 emperors crew. People think Akainu is a dumb brute but this is wrong. He’s very pragmatic and genuinely tries to act for the good of the Navy.
At best I could see Akainu going himself for x reason with a small elite force. Maybe Sengoku will have to come out of retirement if he fall there. Still. The straw hats and their allies would have to face the main marine HQ force and the WG after that (luffy can directly go fight Imu I guess)