May 24, the 36th year of Konoha, in the eastern part of Kawa no Kuni.
Between the rolling mountains, somewhere on a relatively flat mountainside, deep in the dense forest...
A large open space was opened up artificially, and it was filled with dense white tents. At a rough count, there must be at least a thousand tents.
If you look down from a high altitude, these white tents are like stars nestled in the forest, with flags embroidered with leaf patterns fluttering in the breeze.
This is Konoha's current camp area.
Because the war was going relatively smoothly and the front lines were constantly advancing, Lei Luo finally set up his camp here after several moves.
As of today, the location of the Konoha camp has not been touched for almost a year.
And this is far from the initial situation of changing every ten days or every month. It seems that Konoha's offensive against Sunagakure has been thwarted.
However, the Konoha ninjas who have experienced various big and small battles have no such idea.
All Konoha ninjas now basically believe that their commander, Lord Lei Luo, is a person with an extremely conservative fighting style.
Personality... I guess he is also a very stable type.
The reason why I have this idea is for no other reason than that the strategy adopted by Lei Luo... is really too cautious, as if he is afraid that Sunagakure will come up with some conspiracy.
If we look at it from an ideal situation, based on the comparison of the current combat power of the two sides, Konoha would have been able to push Sunagakure back to the Kingdom of Wind long ago, and it is not impossible to even go further, but the reality is...
The Sunagakure War, which could have ended long ago, has been delayed by Konoha for more than two years.
Moreover, it seems now that we don’t know how long we will continue to fight.
Although the big battles and small battles have never stopped, neither Konoha, Sunagakure, Lei Luo or the Third Kazekage have any intention of starting a decisive battle, and the scale of the war has always been maintained at a low level.
Lei Luo is naturally busy training his subordinates, while secretly purging some of the guys who are against him, and absorbing outstanding talents from the Ninja Army to join his camp, and constantly expanding his power and influence within the Ninja Army.
As for the several ANBU responsible for surveillance, as well as some of Sarutobi Hiruzen's spies lurking in the large army, they were either eliminated or controlled by Lei Luo a year ago.
After all, a year ago, Hinata Huan just arrived, Lei Luo entrusted him with full authority to take charge of the matter, and Hinata Huan seemed to have done a good job, neither wrongly accusing a "good person" nor letting a "bad person" go.
Everyone's little moves cannot escape his eyes.
As for Sunagakure, since the Third Kazekage vaguely grasped Lei Luo's true intentions, he has also tacitly cooperated with Lei Luo to fight this war that has a slightly changed flavor.
On the surface, Sunagakure seemed to have given in, but in fact, the Third Kazekage had been accumulating strength, waiting for the best opportunity to give Lei Luo a head-on attack.
Various older masters from Sunagakure Village gradually took their positions secretly, including Monzaemon, Wind Erosion, Drought, and some old ninja clan leaders...
In the past two years, although Sunagakure has been suppressed and beaten by Konoha, Konoha has not chosen to defeat Sunagakure in one go, and this has left a lot of buffer time for the Third Kazekage to fully deal with Thunder.
Luo's preparations.
Bearing the humiliation and bearing the burden, in order to avenge the past humiliation, the Third Kazekage believed that the day was not far away that he could defeat Lei Luo, defeat Konoha, and establish the victory of Sunagakure Village in one fell swoop...
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At this time, it was early morning.
The dawn rose, and the sunlight pierced the mist shrouding the forest like a sharp sword, spreading on the busy Konoha ninjas.
At the entrance of the camp, several horse-drawn and ox-carts filled with supplies were parked quietly. Every moment, there was an endless stream of ninjas coming in and out of the camp.
They were either carrying heavy wooden boxes or holding stacks of quilts, with joyful smiles on their faces, making it a lively scene.
The Konoha ninjas have reason to be happy, because today is the day when supplies arrive and are distributed. Everyone can receive brand new equipment, including but not limited to: kunai shurikens, machete detonators and other items.
In fact, for the low-level ninjas who have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, no matter how many truths they preach and how great and upright they are, it is not as good as having a good sword on hand to boost their morale.
This principle applies to every ninja village.
At least, low-level ninjas, civilian ninjas, especially those who have just graduated from ninja schools, naturally do not know any ninjutsu.
At this time, the importance of equipment is also reflected.
A detonating talisman may determine the outcome of a battle.
A ration pill may determine the life or death of a genin.
This is actually a very normal situation in the ninja world, and it is also the norm for most ninjas when they perform tasks.
After all, even from the perspective of the entire ninja world, those close ninjas like Lei Luo's subordinates are among the very few.
Although high-end combat power is very important, the demands of low-level ninjas cannot be ignored. If they want to become a recognized Hokage, all Konoha ninjas are willing to sacrifice their lives for Lei Luo...
Then, Lei Luo must ensure that all kinds of strategic materials needed for the war can be given to all low-level ninjas without any deductions.
Lei Luo has always attached great importance to resources and has always been very tight on material rationing. As a logistics director, Kato Rika has been fully aware of this in the past two years.
Just like the report being held in Lei Luo's office tent right now.
"Lord Lei Luo, a new batch of combat supplies has arrived successfully, totaling 2,000 sets of uniforms, 2,000 sets of ninja tools, 20,000 detonating charms, and 5,000 military ration pills..."
A clear voice sounded, and Kato Rika stood upright opposite Lei Luo's desk. While scanning the account book in her hand, she quickly reported various figures from her mouth.
A few minutes passed, and after listening to Kato Rika's words, Lei Luo frowned and thought for a while, and asked slightly unhappy:
"Why are there so few this time?"
Kato Rika put away the account book and shook her head, saying that she didn't know either.
Seeing this, Lei Luo waved his hand and said irritably:
"You go out first..."
"By the way, notify the secretariat and ask Nonoyu to come over and see me."
The new term "Secretariat" is a department established by Lei Luo in the past two years. It has absorbed the key personnel of the original office team, as well as some bright-minded but weak chuunin genin in the ninja army.
The total number of people is only thirty.
As the name suggests, the Secretariat is an organization directly under Lei Luo, specializing in handling some trivial matters for him. Its number one leader is Nonoyu.
Kato Rika nodded in agreement, turned around and left the tent, and after a while, Nonoyu walked in.
"What's the situation over there in the village? What on earth is Danzo doing? Doesn't he know that we are fighting bloody battles on the front line?"