Chapter 141 Exchange Ratio
Another day of crazy and fierce contact fighting ended, and Shiba Qinghe asked several returning captains about the results of the battle.
"Has the 1st Mobile Battalion returned? What are the casualties? Did the Assault Battalion's breakthrough go smoothly?"
Just from a name you can tell that the Akatsuki organization is different from the traditional ninja village today!
Since successfully usurping the throne, Shiba Kiyokawa has been reforming the organization according to his own ideas.
The first thing he did was to decisively transform the traditional ninja team model!
He did not deny that a ninja team of three to four people was indeed very convenient when performing routine tasks, and most of the time they also complemented each other very well.
Apart from the fact that it can easily give rise to love triangles among team members, this team model does have its merits in normal times.
However, considering the needs of large-scale war alone, this construction is undoubtedly extremely inefficient!
In war, it is not necessary for every team to be all-round and have no weaknesses.
War is a fight involving thousands of people!
Except for extremely rare top combinations like the Three Ninjas, no team on the front battlefield can handle all the tasks!
No matter how well-rounded they normally appear!
At this time, what a team needs is not the ability to do everything well, but only the ability to do its own job well!
It is foolish to blindly pursue complementarity within the team.
What we should really pursue is greater complementarity!
So before this, Shiba Kiyokawa reformed the Akatsuki organization's war sequence, established the battalion unit based on regular ninja squads, and divided it according to war functions.
Now he has the first and second mobile battalions under his command: they are mainly good at high-speed maneuvers, and all members are proficient in "water instant body" and "instant body technique";
The first and second battalions were mainly responsible for the frontal assault. Each of them fought with a sword. When they drew their swords, they all attacked frantically. They were determined to break through the enemy lines and fight to the death.
The first support battalion is mainly responsible for providing long-range ninjutsu support, and it gathers a large number of ninjas with special skills in ninjutsu.
As well as the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, which mainly concentrates all the sensory ninjas in the organization.
In addition, there are several specialized treatment teams. However, because the number of people is currently too small to form a battalion, they are temporarily operating as independent teams.
These six battalions are the entire team that Shiba Kiyokawa is now leading to the Rain Country.
Although this war is a voluntary conscription, all Akatsuki ninjas who accept the conscription must unconditionally join the six battalions he has set up!
As for the members' original team relationships, Shiba Kiyokawa completely abandoned them!
Only a "dictatorial" leader like him could make all members of Akatsuki accept such a rebellious team reorganization.
Not to mention other ninja villages, even Yahiko couldn't be so arbitrary back then!
Before today, his ideas seemed too advanced for everyone.
Even within the Akatsuki organization, not everyone agrees 100%, and the reviews are mixed.
Fortunately, the cruel war finally gave the most fair evaluation!
Another day of fighting has ended, and the results are encouraging.
"The 1st and 2nd Mobile Battalions carried out four deception missions today, losing 16 people. The battle line was pushed back to the position at dusk yesterday."
But at the same time--
"The First Battalion used Pain to carry out the annihilation mission three times and eliminated eighty-six Konoha ninjas! Even if we exclude those Genin who filled in the gap, the effective kills were more than thirty!"
"The Second Battalion of the Assault broke through the defenses on the north side of Vermilion Town, dismantled all the Konoha sentries near the main road, and killed more than two hundred Konoha ninjas! Although most of them should be fill-in ninjas, this time they successfully opened up a passage to the No. 1 Mine in the north."
"The First Support Battalion cooperated with the Assault Battalion to block the pursuing Konoha troops. With the help of Sister Xiaonan, we eliminated 18 Konoha ninjas. Most of them were effective kills!"
"Reconnaissance Battalion 1 cooperated with other battalions in the battle, and did not achieve any independent results. Report completed!"
Compared to when they first entered the battlefield yesterday, Akatsuki's results today were even more brilliant!
If the exchange ratio were to be announced, it would be enough to blind everyone on the battlefield!
Although they took advantage of Pain, the unreasonable war machine, and Konoha did not send out Minato Namikaze, they were able to take such a big piece of meat from Konoha, the leader of the five major ninja villages, as a small country, which was already a historical achievement!
At that moment, all the people who returned to the headquarters to rest looked at Shiba Kiyokawa with eyes full of respect and admiration!
Their leader is leading them to create a feat that is no less than what Hanzo of the Salamander did back then!
At about the same time, after the sun had set, news of the battle situation was also transmitted back to the Konoha Command Center.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the new aide-de-camp, turned so pale after hearing the preliminary intelligence summary.
If Akatsuki broke through their defenses yesterday, they could still use the excuse that it was a surprise attack and that they were caught off guard to save their reputation.
Today's battle results are a slap in his face!
no excuse!
Konoha's defenses were penetrated by a group of ninjas from small countries that he originally looked down upon!
The heavy losses in one day were so shocking that it sent chills down Sarutobi Shinnosuke's spine!
Although Konoha has deployed more than 10,000 ninjas in the northern war zone, at first glance, today's loss figure is just a drop in the bucket.
But in fact, more than 80% of the 10,000 ninjas in Konoha are Genin used to fill in the gaps, and there are less than 2,000 people with real reliable combat power.
These less than two thousand main ninjas now not only have to fight against the pressure from both Iwagakure and Kumogakure at the same time, but are also responsible for intimidating fence-sitters like Kusa-gakure and neutral ninja villages like Takigakure.
The pressure is enormous! Every jonin and even chuunin is an extremely valuable resource!
But today, in just one day, they lost more than fifty main ninjas in the direction of Rain Country alone!
As a result, a huge gap has appeared in the side defense line of the border!
If there are not enough main ninjas in charge, the ninjas who only have the ability to fill in the line will not be enough to defend such a long border!
At this moment, Sarutobi Shinnosuke couldn't help but recall the contemptuous words he said in front of Namikaze Minato yesterday, and he felt a burning pain on his face.
It was as if he was slapped hard in the face by the Akatsuki organization!
"Damn it! Why did the fight turn out like this?! As Konoha ninjas, is this how they repay the village at the critical moment? Where is their Will of Fire?"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke is worthy of being the son of Sarutobi Hiruzen. He asked questions fluently in the Will of Fire.
The ninja who came to report lowered his head, trying hard to suppress his emotions, and only reported in a low voice.
"Inuzuka Teru, the jonin in charge of the border defense, has requested backup.
In addition, he emphasized the need for more Byakugan ninjas. The enemy is very good at deception and long-distance maneuvers, and the defense line urgently needs more reconnaissance and perception ninjas. "
As soon as this request was made, Sarutobi Shinnosuke's face, which was already ugly, became even more wrinkled.
At the same time, in the Akatsuki organization's front-line command post, Shiba Kiyokawa looked at the map by lamplight, continuing to plan tomorrow's attack direction and plan. At this moment, he placed the third indicator in his hand on the map.
It was like placing my third chess piece on the chessboard!
The first two chess pieces, one is Pain and the other is Tongyi, both are the advantages of their Akatsuki organization compared to Konoha.
And this third chess piece is different from the previous ones. This is Konoha's disadvantage compared to them.
"Ninja clan!"
Shiba Kiyokawa whispered softly, saying only this simple word.
(End of this chapter)
