Chapter 446: The Mist Ninja Army: March Out!
A huge steel battleship slowly sailed into the port.

The Fiery Sun!
The strongest warship of the castle tower, which is also the core of the Fiery Sun Fleet, has finally arrived from the Tea Kingdom.

Well, the second and third ships are now under construction.

Judging from the appearance alone, the Fiery Sun is of a different style from other steel battleships.

Other aircraft carriers and warships look not much different from previous warships, except that steel is used instead of wood.

However, the appearance of the Fiery Sun is very different from these warships, not to mention its actual functions.

After such a long period of transportation, the Fiery Sun has now completed various tests and is extremely stable, so there is no need to worry about any problems.

Especially the black stick!
Just one of them can support the use of the Fiery Sun for more than half a year, which is simply amazing.

The Fiery Sun brought huge benefits to the castle tower.

Especially for the small countries in the Demon Country area, a large number of specialties can be transported out, and then the goods from the castle tower can be imported over.

So much money!
Trade is king.

However, if you want to trade, the prerequisite is to have a sufficiently reliable means of transportation. If you switch to the old horse-drawn carriage... you'd better forget it.

tread!
Dohei, along with Hinata Sogetsu, Yamama Koji, Ye Cang... and other senior executives, stepped onto the deck.

"Let's go, let the Mist Ninjas experience our true strength!"

"Yes!"

Koji Yamama nodded, and began to give the orders to set off.

Wow!
The Fiery Sun began to move slowly, heading towards the fleet that had already weighed anchor and was waiting outside the port.

The purpose of this raid is secrecy, so we naturally need to pay attention to all aspects of preparation.

The battle line between the two sides was south of the castle tower, an archipelago area west of the Tea Kingdom.

It's stuck right in the center of the sea area entering the castle tower.

As long as we hold this place, the Mist Ninja will not dare to go deeper, otherwise it will be easy for them to be cut off from retreat or have cheese sandwiched on both sides.

Each island became the focus of contention between the two sides.

Since the castle tower was planned in advance, it naturally had the advantage of geographical location, forcing the Mist Ninja army to fight with their lives.

Almost every island is stained with the blood of the Mist Ninja.

If he didn't know the truth, he would definitely think so.

But after knowing that a large number of noble forces were involved in this Mist Ninja army, he realized how skilled the Mist Ninja were.

Not only does he only need to put out a name, but he will also have countless cannon fodder to pave the way for him. He also doesn't have to worry about logistical supplies. It is simply a life like a god.

Therefore, no matter how heavy the losses were, the Mist Ninjas had no intention of retreating. After all, other children would not all die, so they just had to sit back and watch.

But now, the Mist Ninja army on the front line has new ideas.

Because they received information from the village.

"How can this be?"

A female ninja with long brown-red hair, vertical braids, and a mouth full of sharp teeth exclaimed after reading the information in her hand.

Ringo Ayuri!
This is her name, and she is also a strong new generation of Mist Ninja.

Now he has the strength of an elite jonin and is extremely proficient in lightning escape. What he wants most is the thunder sword among the seven ninja swords, but the sword has been taken away by a traitor and has not been recovered yet.

And this battle with the castle tower also made her famous.

At least when facing Honglian, the new generation leader of the castle tower, he was not at a disadvantage at all.

Geniuses naturally have privileges, so even if she is not of high status and does not have enough qualifications, she can still participate in this important meeting.

"Nothing is impossible. This is information sent jointly by Master Yuan and the village's top leaders. It can't be wrong!"

Sitting at the top is a veteran quasi-shadow artist.

Nagai Takaomi!

At the same time, he is considered a neutral civilian faction in the village, so there is no resistance to him leading the Mist Ninja Army.

And his prestige is not low, so even a genius like Lin Qinyu Yuli has no intention of provoking him.

"So what should we do next? Withdraw?"

A jonin asked.

Now that something has happened in the village, they naturally want to get back as soon as possible.

"No, we must attack with all our strength!" Nagai Takaomi gave an order that surprised them greatly.

After such a big incident happened in the village, instead of retreating, they launched an all-out attack?

If the person speaking is not a commander-in-chief with whom they have been working for quite some time, they really want to ask whether you have also been controlled by someone using magic.

After saying this, Nagai Takaomi did not intend to keep the secret and continued:

"It is precisely because of the trouble in the village that we must do our best to force Konoha to sue for peace with us!"

What he said does make sense.

Once the Hidden Mist Village shows signs of weakness, other forces might gang up on it and attack.

Especially the Cloud Ninja!
The other party is not a good person. He has always been domineering and powerful in the ninja world.

In the past, there had been conflicts with the Mist Ninja from time to time.

After all, the profits from maritime trade were too great, so the two sides had never fought a major war and the conflicts had never stopped.

If the other party knew that the Hidden Mist Village was weak, they would definitely attack without saying a word.

Therefore, not only can they not withdraw their troops and show weakness, but they must show their own style and show the ninja world that they are still one of the five major ninja villages and their strength has not been affected.

The ninjas are all very intelligent and naturally know that this is the right thing to do, so no one objects.

Please note that their goal was to force Konoha to surrender by attacking the castle tower, not to break through the castle tower. This is a fundamental difference.

After all, the three Kage-level warriors with titles, 'Purifying Flame', 'Storm's Fury' and 'Queen of Thunder and Fire', are not just for show. Add to that a group of warriors who have Kage-level strength but no titles, and they dare not say that they can break through the castle tower.

Of course, if you are not afraid of casualties, there is still a certain chance.

After all, no matter how strong the opponent is, facing thousands of Mist Ninja troops and a large number of cannon fodder, how many of them can they defeat?

They also knew what the castle tower's biggest weakness was.

"But something happened in the village. If we don't retreat, how will we get the logistics?"

The Mist Ninja in charge of logistics asked.

Even though the logistics are handled by the nobles, they use money to purchase supplies from the Mist Ninjas, who then transport them to the front lines.

This is to get rid of the suspicion of meddling.

Now that something has happened in the Hidden Mist Village, money cannot be exchanged for supplies.

"It's okay. Aren't those guys urging us to take action? Let's talk to them. If they are willing to prepare war materials for us, we will meet their demands!"

There was a hint of mockery in Nagai Takaomi's tone.

Do those guys really think that everyone is a fool and will let them manipulate them?

Since they were going to take action, they would naturally make some money from the other party.

It has to be said that Nagai Takaomi really has a good brain, and with his quasi-shadow strength, he can be said to be both civil and military.

He did not appear in the original plot and might have died in an accident. This time, it was because of the butterfly effect of Aritohira that he had the opportunity to shine.

"Yes!"

The Mist Ninja in charge of logistics nodded.

After solving the logistical problems, the next step is how to attack.

Regarding this, Nagai Takaomi plans to launch a "frontal attack".

In terms of strength, the Mist Ninjas have an absolute advantage, so naturally there is no need to resort to any risky tactics, and they can just attack head-on.

Naturally, everyone present would not object to his tactics.

Because that’s how they see it too.

What made them wary of the castle tower was its high-end combat power. As for those ninjas, although they were also very capable fighters, they were naturally not afraid of the absolute numerical disadvantage.

In particular, they are fundamentally different from the ninja coalition formed by the previous Fire Country Daimyo.

Since they belong to the Hidden Mist Village, they are destined not to be divided from within. It is not impossible to send people to lurk in, but the number will definitely not be large.

Unfortunately, what they didn’t know was that the castle tower was also looking forward to such a battle.

If the Mist Ninjas are scattered, their trump cards won't have much effect.

So after learning about the actions of the Mist Ninja, Dohei even commanded the fleet to slow down for two days before arriving at the battlefield on the day of the decisive battle.

(End of this chapter)