The battle lasted for six hours, and the positions gradually changed hands. Seeing that they could no longer hold on, and when they were about to be swallowed up and surrounded, the Third Generation ordered a retreat. After being separated and entangled in pursuit, the Konoha troops retreated into the dense territory of the Land of Fire.
in the mountains and forests.
Compared with the open grassland before, the terrain here is more suitable for ninja combat and defense.
The ninja coalition did not enter the forest to pursue. At this point, they had won. The commander was very clear-headed. If he did not enter the forest, Konoha would not have the ability to fight. Maybe this army of ordinary people would be destroyed in the forest.
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In addition, ordinary people really couldn't keep up with the retreat of the ninjas, so they had no choice but to let the Konoha ninjas go.
In any case, since the beginning of the Second Ninja World War, it was the first victory from Konoha. The results of this victory were huge, and it greatly enhanced confidence and momentum.
On the Konoha side, Jiri took action and snatched Jiraiya from the battlefield.
After regrouping, Sandai immediately sent a letter to the village requesting reinforcements.
If there are many people on the other side and you can't beat them, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. If you can't beat them, it's normal to shake them.
"Currently, the ninja coalition forces on the opposite side have dispatched all their troops, and it looks like they are going to fight us head-on to the death."
In this exploratory attack, Sandai and Zhili did not take action, and similarly, no powerful figures appeared on the opposite side.
The third generation knows very well that even if he takes action, there will be no good changes.
Soldiers will fight against soldiers, and they will fight against generals.
In a one-on-one situation, he defeated one of the opponent's generals, was held back by him, and had no time to change the situation on the battlefield.
What's more, there is more than one general on the opposite side.
One's own soldiers cannot defeat the opponent's soldiers, so it is unrealistic to rely on oneself to come back and win the victory.
In the previous victories, Chongji took the lead in defeating the opponent's troops, and the bottom-up structure collapsed, affecting the performance of the top layers, leading to the final victory.
Practically speaking, even if Zhili went out to chop, without anyone stopping him, he would be able to hack a few to death even if he was exhausted.
If his subordinates cannot win, they will eventually end up like the Third Raikage, who was beaten to death by ninjas.
Three generations have witnessed this scene with their own eyes.
"That's what it looks like." Zhili said, "But..."
"But what..." Seeing Jiri's silence, the third generation asked.
"Maybe I'm overly concerned." Zhili shook his head and said, "They may just want to involve our power."
"It's not impossible." Sandai smoked a cigarette and pondered for a moment before saying: "But to do this kind of thing, they must have extra strength. Now just to involve us, they have to use their full strength. After all, ordinary people
People were rushed to the battlefield and killed by them. The strength of the ninjas is definitely not enough to defeat them in consecutive battles."
Even though he suffered a loss from an army composed of ordinary people, Sandai still didn't look down on these ordinary people very much.
A common problem among ninjas.
The old impression has not been completely reversed.
"With that kind of weapon in hand, you can already be regarded as a qualified genin." Jiri said: "There are more than 100,000 genin."
The only function of many genin on the battlefield, apart from attracting firepower and consuming the enemy's chakra, is to throw kunai.
These two things, this seemingly ordinary army can also accomplish very well.
"What's even more frightening is that it takes us at least two to three years to train a genin, but these people only need a short period of half a month to a month of training."
"Since we already have one hundred thousand, we can have a second hundred thousand in half a month."
Zhili said.
In the tent, the jonins present had serious faces, and Jiraiya nodded in agreement.
"It's not without flaws." The third generation said in a deep voice: "It must not be easy to make those weapons. I found that many people on the battlefield do not have those weapons and can only pick up the weapons of their fallen comrades and use them."
The eyes of the ninjas shined brightly. They were worthy of the third generation, and their observations were meticulous.
"The number of personnel will not expand in a short period of time, and it will be difficult for them to bear the logistical pressure of 100,000 or 200,000 people."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"In addition, because they are not ninjas and have limited mobility, their advancement and transfer speed is very slow, causing fellow ninjas to have to match their pace of action. This is also a flaw."
As he said this, Sandai gave him a hard look.
"Due to the need to form a formation, the personnel are too densely positioned and move slowly. As long as it is done properly, a large-scale joint escape technique is enough to bury them."
That's right.
But it's not like the ninjas on the opposite side don't know how to use large-scale joint escape techniques to defend themselves.
Some of the jonin showed unbearable expressions on their faces.
"In past Ninja wars, there was no problem with this approach." Jiri said, "But Sir, times have changed."
Sandai looked towards Zhili.
"First, regarding weapons, the output has not been increased. The enemy's rear is intensively increasing factory production lines. With the increase in production capacity, there will no longer be a shortage of weapons and ammunition."
Several unfamiliar words were poured into their ears, but when combined together, everyone understood the meaning.
"Second, in terms of logistics, the joint efforts of many countries have huge manpower and material resources to supply a huge army, which is far from its limit. Especially under the current circumstances, after industrial upgrading, logistics will only become more and more important.
Complete."
Meiji said, and Zhili relayed.
"Soon, the total military strength will exceed one million and reach the scale of several million."
"How is it possible!" A jounin exclaimed in disbelief, jumped up and exclaimed: "How is it possible that there are so many people!"
"Why aren't there so many people?" Mei Ji said, "Do you know how many people there are in the ninja continent?"
"The Fire Nation alone has a population of over 400 million."
"This is only a rough urban population calculation. Many black households, forest farmers in the vast forests, hunters, villages and tribes are not included in the calculation."
"Based on the ratio of population to military strength of ten to one, the Daimyo of the Fire Country can organize an army of forty million people."
"We don't have population data from other countries. Generally speaking, the total population is larger than that of the Fire Country."
"One combined ninjutsu can easily overthrow an army of tens of thousands of people. For an army of one hundred thousand, it is a huge loss, but for an army of one million, it is not worth mentioning and it is a tolerable battle loss."
Tens of thousands of people died, is that nothing?
Just imagining this scene made everyone present feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.
"And combined ninjutsu is not easy to succeed."
"The range of Ninjutsu is limited. Large combined Ninjutsu needs to be released at close range. This distance not only exposes oneself to artillery fire, but also exposes the enemy's guns."
"In the previous battles, Jiraiya must have had rich and profound experiences. Under the intensive barrage, he was anxious about being unable to successfully activate ninjutsu."
"Therefore, even when faced with the threat of large-scale combined ninjutsu, they still have the ability to protect themselves."
"Above." Zhili finished his speech.
The Third Hokage took a deep drag on his cigarette, feeling at a loss for what to do with the changes in the times.