The quiet dawn whitens the boundary between the earth and the sky.

At six o'clock in the morning, the air forces of the Oni no Kuni attacked Windmill Town from the air again.

The various buildings in the town have long since been turned into uninhabitable areas of ruins after repeated bombardments in previous days.

But the sand shinobi is still very tenacious and stationed on the ruins of the town.

"Again?"

Markey looked at the sky with a headache.

The air forces of the Oni no Kuni will start attacking this side every time at night and in the morning.

And each time the size is a standard force of fifty.

After a few days of intense attrition, the bows and arrows and detonating charms in the sand ninja troops are also about to bottom out.

If the Oni Country launches another air raid tonight, then, tomorrow morning, they won't have enough bows and arrows and detonators to deal with the Oni Nation's air forces.

At that time, the Sand Ninja Force, which has lost its anti-air capability, will definitely become a live target for the Air Force of the Oni Country.

The Oni no Kuni Air Force, compared to the so-called air raids, is more like taking a thousand sand ninjas and serving as a stake for their actual combat practice.

Their air strike capabilities are increasing day by day, and they have become more skilled in operation.

In yesterday's air raid, the Oni no Kuni lost only six flying machines, while the sand shinobi paid for the precious lives of dozens of ninjas.

So far, less than half of the sand ninjas have survived, and half of this half of the sand ninjas are wounded. There are very few sand ninja who can retain their full combat effectiveness.

The roar of buzzing aircraft resounded in the air, and they began a new round of high-altitude bomb drops.

"Don't let up, as long as we resist the attack in the morning, reinforcements will arrive in the afternoon! That's the perfect time for us to fight back! ”

Markey shouted at the surrounding Shinobi, which was a good morale booster.

After a few days of bombardment, they already have a big psychological shadow in their hearts about the country of ghosts.

Now that they heard Markey say that reinforcements would arrive in the afternoon, hope was refreshed in their hearts.

As long as we survive the bombardment in the morning, the days of humiliation and hardship will come to an end.

When the time comes, their sand ninja will be like a bamboo, directly attacking the capital of the Oni Country, raising their eyebrows.

Seeing that the morale of the crowd had been mobilized by himself, Markey nodded, picked up the radio communicator, and began to direct the battle.

Soon, Markey notices that something is wrong.

Suddenly there was a hoarse, high-pitched sound from the communicator, the sound of a stone slashing through glass, exactly like that sound.

"Group three, what's going on over there? Can you hear it? Hear it, please answer! ”

Markey asked quickly.

The hoarse screeching was louder, but no report came, and it was covered by the sound of ferocious artillery fire.

Markey stared blankly to the southeast, where the three teams were, covered in endless firelight, sand flying, and fell into a dead silence.

Radio...... Failed?

Markey had to accept the fact that he was desperate.

Why do radios fail?

He hurriedly picked up the spare radio device, but there was still only a hoarse noise, and the voices of himself and the rest of the group were completely blocked by something, unable to convey information, let alone command the battle.

"What's going on?"

Markey couldn't figure out why the radio was out of order at such a critical time, and even the backup radio was out of order.

This kind of thing is definitely not a coincidence.

But it's no coincidence, he doesn't know what the ninjas of the Oni no Kuni did that would cause their radios to fail at the same moment.

Without his unified command, what will happen to the sand shinobi on the ruins of Windmill Town, Markey shuddered just thinking about it.

His eyes lit up red, and he looked at the air troops of the Oni no Kuni, which were still projecting explosions in the air, and he couldn't vent the intense anger in his heart.

Because the detonating arrows on the ground were shot into the sky completely out of order, for the air forces of the Oni no Kuni, the anti-air ability of the sand shinobi was greatly weakened, and it was impossible to form an effective anti-air combat force.

"Lord Markey, be careful!"

A kunai wrapped in an explosive talisman suddenly landed, very close to Markey's body.

Markey, who was in a state of extreme anger, lost his mind for a moment, unable to accept such a result.

A sand ninja hurriedly knocks Maki down to prevent him from having an accident.

Rumble!

The two of them were swept out by the impact of the detonating charm, disgraced and embarrassed.

Markey coughed, blood spilling from the corners of his mouth, and he gritted his teeth and stared at the Oni Country troops in the sky, his heart full of unwillingness and bitterness.

Reason told him that if he couldn't unite the unified sand ninja troops, he would only be defeated by each in the next air raid.

The die is cast.

He had repeatedly imagined that the rout of the sand ninja forces here would be due to a lack of food and water, or the rapid depletion of bows and arrows and detonating charms.

But he never imagined that the root cause of his failure would be the failure of the radio to communicate properly.

The sand ninja troops were perfectly cut into the battlefield by the ninjas of the Oni Country, and they fought separately in the face of the offensive of the unified Oni no Kuni Air Force, and there was no second result except for being defeated by each one.

In the middle of a war, if a team loses its unity and unity, it will be defeated very quickly.

Whether it is to consolidate the queue or disperse the enemy, it is necessary to make reasonable arrangements at the first time, and one more delay may make the situation abruptly change. The country of ghosts has fundamentally cut off the tactical configuration of the sand ninja, which is where Maki is most desperate.

Even if the sand ninja is dispersed now, so that the firepower of the country of ghosts will be dispersed to a certain extent, it seems that it is a little too late to arrange it at this time.

Markey looked at the air troops of the Oni Country, and with ease, he started from the periphery and used the explosive kunai bombardment inward, constantly narrowing the range of activities of the sand ninja, just to avoid the scattering of the sand ninja, and planned to concentrate and end the battle in one go.

If you can cut off the communication equipment, how could the country of ghosts not think of this step?

They had already made a foolproof plan and would not give Sand Shinobi any chance to fight back.

……

Caught in the fire and dust, there is no place in Windmill Town that is intact.

In order to end the battle this morning, this time the attack will be stopped until the sand shinobi completely loses the ability to resist, instead of the time-limited training activities like the previous ones.

From a distance, Ayane looked at the smoking windmill town, which had long since changed beyond recognition.

On the charred ruins, countless corpses of sand ninja fell, some of them were not dead, rolling and struggling in pain on the ruins, dying.

"Tell me to go down, and we can do the final reeling of the net. If you are not dead, you don't need to attack, you can take them all back to Ziyuan City and press them back to the prison to take care of them. Dead people are worthless. ”

"Yes."

After hearing this, the leader of the Shangnin squadron disappeared from Ayane's side and led people to Windmill Town to collect the net.

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When I returned to Aster City, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

In less than a week, Ayane's troops killed a total of 731 enemies, captured 269 people, and had a number of supplies, and lost 47 aircraft, 31 lightly wounded and 3 seriously wounded, with a zero casualty rate.

Although it took a long time, it was a proud achievement to kill 731 enemies based on zero sacrifices.

This can also prove that the air force's containment and air attack capabilities are outstanding.

The high mobility ability can also make people can't help but have infinite beautiful reverie about the future of this unit.

After reading Ayane's report, Shiraishi nodded slightly, basically not deviating from his expectations, the time and results were very close to his own speculation.

The only regret is that the full-fledged personnel of the Air Forces are only three hundred people.

Not only because of the cost of the latest combat aircraft, but also because of the technical limitations.

After all, unlike low-tech light weapons such as kunai guns, the cost of military combat aircraft is very expensive.

The follow-up training of flight personnel is also a lot of time and cost.

Such a unit, before the development of more powerful bomb-throwing weapons, can bring many unexpected results.

Once the enemy is familiar with the mechanics, the threat power is greatly reduced.

"Overall, it was a beautiful win, thank you. By the way, there was nothing wrong with those captives, right? ”

Shiraishi brought it up.

"Rest assured, on the way back, there are medical ninjas following, and the injuries of the seriously injured prisoner have been stabilized. Now I've sent someone to put them in prison, and when the war is over, let Sha Yin come and ransom them. ”

Ayane had already figured out how to slaughter Shayin when the time came.

In particular, Sand Hide's Kamishinobi Maki was once again captured alive by their Oni Country this time.

This celebrity around the fourth-generation wind shadow must be able to sell a lot of money at that time.

"There is no need to rush this kind of thing, with these captives in our hands, the advantage will be on our side, even if it is negotiated at the negotiating table at that time, it is we who occupy the dominant position."

Rational analysis of Shiraishi.

"If you want to transfer the battlefield to the negotiating table, you still need to give Sha Yin a painful blow...... Well, what's going on over there? Did you kill the four generations of Kazekage? ”

Ayane asked.

Shiraishi glanced at Ayane helplessly and sighed.

"Hey, where do you want to go? That is also one of the five shadows, and if he dies, the problem will become very serious. ”

"What's serious? The third generation of Thunder Shadow didn't die on the battlefield of Iwain at the beginning. ”

Ayane disagreed.

"It's no more peaceful now than during the Third Shinobi War, when countries tended to be at peace in order to recuperate and recuperate. For a village, the shadow is not only the responsibility of strength, but also the core of the leadership. At that time, in order to avenge the wind shadow, Sha Yin will do his best to attack us, and the situation will be bad. ”

"It's just more than 10,000 people, and with the cooperation of the three of us, it's not a problem to block it."

Ayane made a simple comparison of strength, the three of them, with seven clones, even in the face of 10,000 ninjas, can fight head-on, and even pick the final fruits of victory.

"What if they split their forces and directly attack the country of ghosts? The kind of situation you are talking about is the ideal state for them to go their own way and face us head-on. As long as they have a little brain, they will not do this, but the soldiers will directly point at the territory of the Ghost Country. Countless towns will be destroyed, a large number of people will be displaced, and the economy will shrink to the state of a decade ago...... This is very fatal. ”

After Shiraishi's explanation, Ayane was a little dumbfounded.

"And that's not the worst of it. One of my biggest fears is that during the battle with Sunagare, the rest of the Great Powers will intervene in the battlefield, triggering the Fourth Shinobi War. The attitude of Yunyin and Iwakuin is unknown, and if Konoha is a word, he will probably join forces with Shayin to get rid of us then. ”

Shiraishi's words made Ayane's face a little more solemn.

Indeed, leaving aside the rest of the great ninja villages, Konoha is the village that is most eager for them to have an accident.

Once they find an opportunity, those Konoha high-level officials definitely don't mind coming over and falling into the ground.

In this war, it is not only Sand Hidden that needs to be paid attention to, but Konoha also needs to be on guard.

"If Konoha wants to intervene in the battlefield, due to the distance and supply problems, it may not be realistic to use troops against us on a large scale. However, it must not be difficult to send a small elite force to join up with Sha Yin and carry out a decapitation operation against us. ”

"Hearing you say that, it's really a lot of pressure, Shiraishi-kun."

Ayane smiled on her face, but there was no sense of ease at all.

"Because we can no longer use the rebellious thinking to deal with the conflict of interests between countries. This is the transformation of identity, without breaking the rules, to get what we want, and the previous set of practices should be abandoned as soon as possible. From darkness to light, we have to act according to the rules on the surface. ”

It's a limit, but it's also an opportunity.

"If the fourth-generation Kazekage knew that he had escaped for this reason, he would probably die of depression."

"No, I'm sincerely grateful to the four generations of Kazekage, because he is alive and earnestly fulfills his obligations to the Kazekage, so that we can control the direction of this war to the extent we need it, instead of fighting to the death with more than 10,000 sand ninjas, then we will also suffer heavy losses."

A full-scale conflict war is not advisable.

The worst thing is that the loss of Rasha, the Wind Shadow, and the lack of a candidate for the next Wind Shadow, is unpredictable in what kind of actions he makes in anger.

Shiraishi was also worried that the Chiyo siblings would re-emerge at that time, two old antiques that had survived since the early days of Shinobi Village, and they were much trickier than Raksha, the Kazekage.

If you say that in the sand, who makes him the most jealous is undoubtedly the pair of sisters and brothers.

Wind Shadow Raksha still has to be subservient to the two.

"Based on this situation, leaving four generations of Kazekage behind is more valuable than him. So, my order to Ruri is to kill as much as possible the living forces except for Kazekage himself. Reducing the military power of a ninja village is not the only way to kill Shadow. Annihilating their upper and middle ninjas can also achieve the desired effect. ”

In conventional battles, the Five Shadows can do the so-called one ride as a thousand.

But in the face of the union of dozens of Shangnin, even the Five Shadows will drink hatred in the battle.

And in a ninja village of the size of Sha Yin, the number of ninja is far more than a few dozen people.

Kazekage is just the top ninja in the sand.

At the level below the wind shadow, there are also a lot of people.

Just because Kazekage is at the top of the ladder doesn't mean the role of the rest of the shinobi is overlooked.

These shinobi are scattered on the battlefield and their effect is immeasurable.

"I see, with the least cost, the greatest benefit, right?"

Ayane understood it very well.

"That's pretty much it. Next, adopt the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, send missions to Yunyin and Wuyin, sell their interests to them, and keep them neutral internationally. ”

Needless to say, the so-called mission dispatch is just a formality, pretending to be shown to others, so as not to be suspicious.

What Shiraishi wants to see most is Yunyin's neutral attitude.

As long as Yun Yin is appeased and kept neutral, the country of ghosts will be half victorious.

"Then my next task is ......"

Ayane seemed to have guessed something.

Shiraishi nodded and said, "You stay here to prevent Iwakuin, Konoha can't be co-opted, and it is likely that he will secretly support Shagakuin and borrow a knife to kill people." After reaching a neutrality agreement with Yun Yin, I will immediately go to the Land of the Wind to join the glass to further expand the advantage of the battlefield in the Land of Wind and ensure that there will be no accidents. Finally, we go to the negotiating table to negotiate. ”

Although I also want to take Ayane to the battlefield of the Land of Wind, in that case, the defense force in the country will become very weak.

Iwakure's Tokage Onoki is an old man who is very good at stealing and playing tricks, and he needs to be on strict guard.

Moreover, even if a neutrality agreement is reached with Yunyin, it can't retain too much trust in them, and the importance of Ayane staying in the country is highlighted.

It's like playing on the field, making sure you don't lose points first, and then thinking about scoring. This is the way Shiraishi has always been accustomed to thinking.

Fortunately, Ayane is not a very belligerent ninja, and if she and Ruri were replaced, Ruri defended, and Ayane was in charge of the main attack, the situation would be very different.

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There was a solemn atmosphere in the conference room.

The 2,000-strong troops led by Kazekage Raksha suffered heavy casualties after being ambushed, and a large amount of supplies carried by the troops were also left behind and obtained by the enemy.

It can be said that it is not good to be a teacher.

Because no one expected in advance that there would be such a surprise attack in the territory of the Wind Country.

And the culprit of the sneak attack is still the ninja who defected from Konoha more than ten years ago.

Such a funny and ridiculous scene is really staged in the ninja world.

Playing the role of a clown on stage, but it is their country of wind.

"Declaration of war against the Land of the Wind...... This group of traitors is really bold. ”

A high-ranking sand ninja clutched a piece of paper into a ball of paper and gritted his teeth.

For a small country to formally declare war on a big country, it is a great shame for a big country.

The representative of the declaration of war is still a traitor who broke away from the ninja village system, which is more like a slap in the face of the sand ninja.

"Konoha! The land of ghosts! In this matter, we must let the Hokage and the shrine maiden of the Demon Country give us a reasonable explanation, otherwise this matter will not be over! ”

Another high-ranking person in the sand hide also had a blue face and gloomy eyes.

Letting the traitor not clean up for more than ten years is undoubtedly a dereliction of duty by Konoha.

In the same way, the shrine maiden of the Oni Country allowed the traitorous ninja to act in the country, and also served as the representative of the military, which is even more ridiculous than Konoha's indulgent attitude towards the renegade.

When will the traitor be able to speak out openly and openly in the international community?

"Regardless of what Konoha can say, conniving at the rebellious Oni Country Witch is obviously the practice of the previous generation of witches, go to the witches of this generation...... I'm afraid the results will be small. And the shrine maidens of the Oni Country have a special status.,For this kind of thing,,They don't want to explain anything at all.,No matter what the outcome is.,The shrine maiden can stay out of it.。 ”

Luo Sha frowned in annoyance.

Now that I think about it, all of Shayin's actions are passively led by the nose.

From the beginning, the debt collectors made a lot of trouble in the country of the daimyo, and the country of ghosts has been set up.

They vaguely believed that the country of ghosts did not have the power to resist the great powers, so they carried out a series of wrong policies. For such a loss, all the top brass are not exempt from the blame.

Now that there was an accident on their side, most of the troops belonging to Maki who stayed in the country of ghosts were already more than lucky.

Such a heavy sacrifice made Luo Sha feel very bad.

"What are Kazekage-sama going to do?"

"Next, I will re-lead the troops and try to drive the Uchiha Ruri out of the Land of Wind."

On the word 'as much as possible', Luo Sha bit very hard.

It can be seen that he himself does not have much confidence in this matter.

"Aren't the Konoha Hokage and the Oni Country Shrine Maiden going to negotiate?"

"Naturally, we need to negotiate, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the witch of the Oni Country to achieve results, and in the end, she will still speak by force. But Konoha might be a helping hand. ”

"Konoha ...... Power? ”

Regarding the words of the Wind Shadow, all the high-level executives of the sand hidden were thoughtful.

"As far as I know, Konoha has never given up on finding Chiba Shiraishi, Ruri Uchiha, and Ayane Hinata. The Nine-Tails Rebellion that occurred seven or eight years ago led to the death of the fourth generation of Konoha Hokage Bo Feng Shui Gate, and it was inseparable from these three people. Therefore, compared to us in Shayin, Konoha is the village that is the most reluctant to see these three people stand up internationally. ”

Once the three of Chiba Shiraishi completely gain a foothold, then Konoha will not only lose face, but there will also be one more terrible enemy in the world.

It can be said that Konoha is now more anxious than Sha Yin, and he can't wait for the country of ghosts to perish immediately, and destroy everything about the three of them, as if nothing happened.

As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend.

If Konoha can become a help to Shayin at this time, Luo Sha doesn't mind reaching a temporary cooperation with Konoha at this time.

"What if Konoha refuses to intervene?"

One senior executive was worried about asking.

"Then tell them that Sha Yin is willing to negotiate peace with the country of ghosts, and recognize the legal identity of the three of Chiba Shiraishi in the country of ghosts."

This is a lie.

Because the current conflict with the country of demons cannot be resolved by simple peace talks.

He won't agree on his side, and neither will the daimyo either.

But Raksha doesn't mind using such rhetoric to threaten Konoha and launch an aid operation against Shagakure.

Because, now Konoha can't afford to gamble.