Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Hanyu's team hurriedly ended a night's rest and continued their journey forward. After another day and a half of safe and sound travel, they arrived at the front-line command post before the deadline.
The reason why the major powers with strong military power can tolerate the existence of small countries and small ninja villages with insufficient power is, on the one hand, because the division of national borders and territories in the world is itself influenced by historical and geographical factors; on the other hand, it is a deliberate act between the major powers in order to leave a buffer zone between each other.
Otherwise, when the one-village-one-country system is established, the fate that awaits those small countries will be nothing more than being crushed and devoured by big countries.
So far, retaining the existence of small countries on the border has proven to be a correct decision, because no matter how far the current Ninja World War goes, the main battlefield has always been on such a buffer zone and within the territory of the small country.
Even whether it was the First Ninja World War or the subsequent wars, the main battlefields were like this... Indeed, in every war, villages like Konoha fought fiercely, but the ones who suffered even more were the small countries that were always sandwiched between the Fire Kingdom, the Wind Kingdom, and the Earth Kingdom.
This does not even accuse Konoha of deliberately bullying the weak. The reason is simple. When faced with the choice of fighting a war in one's own country or in another country, everyone will choose the latter.
Therefore, even though the military losses of the ninjas were very serious, the production and other facilities within the big countries were not irreparably damaged, so the war could be sustained longer, and the big countries and big ninja villages would be able to recover quickly after the war.
Compared with countries like the Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Rice, the Land of Rivers where Hanyu and others are currently located is actually not small in terms of area, but it did not have the slightest ability to resist during the Ninja World War. The reason is that there is no ninja village in this country.
Currently, Konoha has deployed about four thousand ninjas in the territory of River Country. In order to form a balance with Konoha, the number of Sand Village ninjas should at least be on par with Konoha, so this country is already filled with densely packed ninjas.
In fact, Hanyu has always felt that it looks stupid for ninjas to gather together. Flexible team combat is the characteristic of ninjas. It is samurai rather than ninjas who should be deployed in groups and instigate large-scale attacks. Should ninjas line up and shout slogans to launch attacks?
But at present, this deployment and fighting method cannot be decided by a single village or country. When the war reaches this point, either side can only concentrate its forces to attack.
The kind of "very ninja" warfare that Hanyu imagined, where victory or defeat was determined by small-scale battles, was something that could only exist in the war-torn era before the establishment of the ninja village system. When ninjas formed villages, their power was much stronger than during the clan wars, and the scale of the battles naturally expanded uncontrollably.
Of course, even if the manpower is deployed so densely, the battles between the ninjas will not completely lose their characteristics... It is true that the two major ninja villages have deployed heavy troops in the Kingdom of Rivers, but unless it is a strategic-level decisive battle, neither side will be able to put all their strength forward in one fell swoop.
At present, most of the battles between Sunagakure and Konoha are still based on sporadic encounters between small groups of troops. Both sides are patiently trying to consume each other's strength bit by bit... To put it bluntly, the war has now entered a strategic stalemate.
After the Hanyu team arrived here and reported to the front-line command, they were sent out just a few hours later, just as he had expected.
Before the Hokage arrived, the commander-in-chief of Konoha was Uchiha Kagami. When they were in the village, Sansho could order Uchiha Kagami around, and Hanyu could often see him, but that would never happen here. Even Hanyu was not qualified to meet him for the time being.
After reporting, Hanyu returned to the team members with the mission. He opened the mission map he had just received, pointed to a small area on it and said, "Since the previous reconnaissance team in this area has completely lost contact, the command center speculates that they have been killed. Now we need to take over."
Although the word "speculation" was used, in fact both the headquarters and Hanyu were able to confirm that the team of ninjas were dead... In a place like this, as long as the regular communication of the ninjas did not reach the headquarters on time, they would be judged as dead.
"What's the time?" Nara Nagisa asked when the team lost contact.
"It's been seven hours." Hanyu told everyone the information he got from the headquarters. Generally speaking, frontline ninjas would communicate regularly every six hours , and in case of emergency, they would send special signals. However, the team that Hanyu and his team were going to replace had neither sent signals nor regular communications, so the biggest possibility was that they had been eliminated silently by the enemy.
"Then what is our mission, attack or defense?" Nara asked again.
"Defense, our mission is to guard that area. If a small group of Sand Village ninjas infiltrate, annihilate them; if it is an invasion by medium or larger scale enemies, alert the command center in time." Hanyu said. When he was assigned the task before, he specifically asked whether he should collect the whereabouts of the missing ninja team or investigate their cause of death, and this question was rejected cleanly.
Ninjas die here every day, and the command center has no energy to investigate their causes of death one by one, let alone the spare capacity to recover their remains.
"The time limit is five days. After five days, someone will replace us. If we don't receive a rotation order after a week, we will be allowed to withdraw voluntarily...Are there any other questions about the mission?"
"No more." The three members shook their heads in unison. Hanyu's explanation of the mission was clear enough.
"Okay, let's start arranging the battle formation. Since this is a defensive mission, in order to ensure a wide field of vision and avoid being wiped out, I plan to adopt a dispersed deployment. The basic formation is a 'T' formation. Nara and I will be at the front to deal with the first attack. Ten meters behind us is Renjuro, who will be responsible for reconnaissance and transmitting information to the front and back. Twenty meters behind Renjuro is Yasanagi. You must ensure sufficient height and field of vision, and pay attention to support us at any time... Pay attention, because the position is too open, you must conceal yourself, otherwise if the rear is attacked, it will be difficult for us to return to support."
"Any suggestions on the formation?"
Everyone shook their heads again.
It was hard to believe that the people who were arranging the tactics and listening to the tactics were all fourteen-year-olds. They were too calm and too cold. Ninjas were not killing machines, and everyone knew that. However, they kept pushing themselves to evolve in the direction of killing machines.
Even though he was about to enter the battlefield, Hanyu's mind was still clear and his language was extremely accurate and concise... There was no way that his first battle would overwhelm him psychologically.
Hanyu fully understood the mission he had been given, that is, they could die, but they had to pass on information when they died, so he adopted a dispersed formation. The most dangerous person in this formation was actually Yasanagi, who was actually disconnected from the front. If the front encountered an irresistible enemy, she would be the last guarantee for passing on information, and if the enemy attacked from the rear or flank, she would die immediately.
"Okay then, check the equipment and supplies..."
"No problem? Let's go!"
Ninja tools, protective gear, military rations, medicines, as well as scrolls and special flares for transmitting information, Hanyu and the team members rechecked the items they were carrying.
After everyone confirmed that everything was correct, they rushed towards their mission destination.
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