Escape From Konoha

"Everyone is alert, start fighting!"

Amidst the sound of the alarm, the Jonin captains of each team on the high wall saw a large number of figures pouring out of the forest. After a moment of astonishment, they immediately recovered from their daze and began to shout loudly. yelled.

"Captain, the ones attacking are Konoha's ninjas!"

The Hyuga clan ninja with the ability to see far shouted loudly.

He used his Byakugan ability to see clearly the identity of this group of ninjas who came in unexpectedly, and they came from the Konoha Ninja Village.

"No matter which side they are from, let me defeat them!"

Although the jounin captain was confused about the reason why the Konoha ninjas appeared here, the enemy had arrived, and the most important thing was to hold on to this fortress and repel the enemy.

At this moment, the walkie-talkie hanging by the Jonin captain's ear first made a noisy sound, and then returned to stability.

The person on the other side of the intercom spoke a quick word and gave an order, which made the Jonin captains guarding the high wall look shocked.

"What's wrong, Captain?"

Sensing the strange expressions on the Jonin captains' faces, the team members standing nearby couldn't help but ask.

"The superiors asked us to stay here for half an hour, and then quickly follow the troops to retreat. The main purpose is to protect ourselves. There is no need to charge into battle and fight the enemy to the death..."

The Jonin captain replied dryly, as if he hadn't fully woken up from the inexplicable instructions given by his superiors.

This battle hasn't even started yet, so why are you considering retreating? Is it a little too fast?

It's as if the commanders had long known that they couldn't defeat the Konoha ninjas who were attacking and needed to retreat?

Although they were confused, the Jonin captains only hesitated for a moment at the orders from their superiors, and then ordered the team members:

"Get ready to fight. Pay attention to the signal flares in the sky in half an hour. When you hear the signal, evacuate the front immediately!"

"yes!"

The ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts standing on the high wall responded.

The Konoha ninja troops who rushed out of the forest and made a frontal assault towards the high wall of the fortress did not adopt any detours or trap tactics. Firstly, this was a tough battle, and secondly, the opponent also had ninjas from the Hyuga clan. Any tactics were inferior to a frontal assault. efficient.

Although doing so will result in slightly heavier casualties on the Konoha side, as long as this fortress is captured and the Demon Country's garrison base stationed on the border of the Bear Country is removed, the first step of the strategic goal can be achieved.

Only by completing the first step can the subsequent second and third step strategies be effectively implemented.

For Konoha, this is a battle to the death!

No matter how great the sacrifice is, we must capture this fortress!

"Open the mechanism and consume as many of their numbers and chakra as possible!"

Looking at the Konoha ninja troops that looked like locusts crossing the border, a rough count showed that there were thousands of people, and it might even be more than 1,500 or less than 2,000.

This number is far higher than the number of Oni Country ninjas stationed at the border of Bear Country.

Putting aside the logistical work and medical staff, there are less than three hundred ninjas stationed here.

The Kingdom of Ghosts has always adopted a strategy of elite soldiers against ninjas.

Even for genin, there are extremely high professional requirements.

Because of this, the number of ninjas in the Ghost Country seems to be far lower than that of other major countries.

As such an order was given, pitch-black barbs immediately protruded from the originally smooth high wall of the fortress. Under the snowy night, they shone with dazzling silver light, proving their sharpness.

The barbs were densely arranged, leaving insufficient gaps for the ninja to gain a foothold on them.

If a ninja tried to climb over this high wall, he would definitely be injured by such a black barb that would pierce his sole.

Outside of the barbs, there was the groove area. The sound of mechanical gears began to roar. The groove opened the window. A black barrel of the same color as the barb protruded from the groove window, in the ice-white cold night. Extremely conspicuous.

"Use earth escape to attack!"

I originally wanted to reach the top of the fortress by climbing the wall, but now the outside of the fortress is full of barbed areas, making it impossible for people to run on it.

Moreover, the barrel protruding from the grooved window is probably a very destructive artillery piece.

This weapon has been improved by the military technicians of the Kingdom of Demons. The destructive power and shock wave produced by its explosion have completely exceeded the general fire escape ninjutsu.

Under the ninjutsu of the earth escape ninja, towering earth walls like city walls began to rise from the snow, and they continued to accumulate and increase in height.

However, as the dark cannon barrels on the fortress walls erupted with bursts of fire, a row of cannonballs fired out.

boom!

The tall earth wall standing in front of the fortress instantly turned into countless pieces of earth and rubble, flying everywhere.

The Konoha ninjas who had just climbed onto the earth wall and wanted to jump up from the sky were like goddesses falling from the sky, vomiting blood and falling to the ground.

Although the earth wall that was built was smashed, a considerable part of the earth remained, which was not destroyed and survived the artillery fire tenaciously.

Therefore, this round of bombardment did not suppress the morale of Konoha's attack. Instead, they used earth escape more and more courageously, accumulating earth walls at an even crazier speed.

In this way, one kept firing cannonballs and the other kept consuming chakra to superimpose earth escape.

After all, a fortress more than thirty meters tall is not that easy to break.

Especially under such dense firepower coverage, there were basically not many blank areas for the Konoha ninjas to gain a foothold.

"put!"

On the high wall, following another order from the Jonin captain, palm-sized glass tubes emitting fluorescent light were ejected from the high wall.

These fluorescent glass tubes appeared high in the sky, attracting the attention of Konoha ninjas.

The moment they raised their heads, it was as if they were looking directly at the sun at noon. Their eyes were all white, and their eyes began to sting and shed tears. They also made a painful groan in their mouths. They covered their eyes to prevent them from being affected by this kind of damage. Flash weapons flash blind.

At this moment, a small black dot appeared in the far sky, which was the swift figure of a ninja riding a flying ninja tool.

"Hmph, are you finally here?"

The jounin captain snorted. The flying ninjas who appeared here were not the reconnaissance troops patrolling the Kingdom of Demons, but the air combat troops affiliated with the Konoha Ninja Village.

They purchased a lot of flying ninja tools from the Kingdom of Ghosts. In these years of actual combat exercises, they obviously also have the ability to fight in the air.

Since it is a raid, there is no reason not to dispatch air combat troops.

However, the Jonin captain was not worried about this.

Shortly after the appearance of Konoha's air combat troops, figures flew out of the fortress one after another to attack Konoha's air combat troops.

Without air superiority, warfare in today's era would be particularly difficult, especially when conducting surprise and cover operations.

The earth wall piled up by the Konoha ninjas, even if it was more than ten meters thick, was not surprisingly shattered again under the cover of intensive artillery fire, and a huge hole was dug out in the middle. The scene was like a meteorite. It was as shocking as if it had been hit before.

Snowflakes, blood, and rolling soil mixed together, dyeing it an unusual blood red.

The north wind raged, the earth shook, and the sound of cannon continued in the night before dawn.

"go to hell!"

Even though the earth wall created by Earth Escape can be said to be very slow in its siege, the existence of ninjas cannot be inferred by common sense.

As long as they seize a moment of opportunity, they may accomplish miraculous feats.

After experiencing a short but fierce resistance, Konoha's ninjas finally rushed from high altitude to the high wall surrounding the fortress.

A Jonin captain raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at the opponent.

The Konoha ninja reacted instantly and threw out a kunai, which was attached with sharp lightning to resist the bullets fired from the opponent's gun.

However--

What shot out from the dark and deep muzzle was not a bullet, but a torrent of flames like lava.

With lightning speed, the kunai carrying the thunder and lightning, together with the Konoha ninja behind, were swallowed into the torrent of flames. Not even a scream was heard, and a charred corpse fell from the sky, risking the roasting process. Pasty meaty flavor.

The kunai fell weakly to the feet of the Jonin captain, making a snapping sound.

After being burned by the torrent of high-temperature flames, the thunder and lightning attribute chakra on the kunai dissipated, and there were still serious burns and gaps, making it unusable.

The Konoha ninjas who saw this scene all looked shocked.

Then he felt awe in his heart, thinking that he must not be hit head-on by that kind of weapon.

When the ninjas of the Oni Country on the high wall and the Konoha ninja troops who came by surprise were engaged in a fierce attack——

The command post, warehouses, dormitories and other areas within the fort are also under action.

I saw the combatants and staff staying inside the fortress completing the tasks assigned by their superiors in an orderly manner.

Even if this fortress was violently attacked by the enemy, they only felt slightly nervous, but did not fall into disorderly chaos.

They began to carry all the intelligence documents and war preparation materials they could take away outside.

After transporting these things, a large number of large military off-road transport vehicles had been waiting outside for a long time.

Weapons, food, medicine, clothes, sundries, etc., were crammed into the transport vehicle at an extremely exaggerated speed, leaving almost no supplies that could be used by the enemy.

The artillery fire roared outside, and the flames burned half of the sky. Even inside the fortress, the high-temperature airflow could be clearly felt, as well as the smell of blood floating in the air.

This undoubtedly further speeds up their work.

——On the high wall, once the first Konoha ninja breaks through the defense line, there will be the second, the third, and so on.

Therefore, after eliminating the first Konoha ninja who attempted to climb the high wall, the Jonin captain did not feel relaxed in his eyes. He knew that this kind of defense strength could not withstand the advancement of the Konoha ninja troops.

From the way they carried out the offensive in a stable and efficient manner, and also deliberately chose this cold winter night that no one expected, it was obvious that they were well prepared and were not attacking randomly.

As time went by, the intensity of the artillery fire became smaller and smaller. Although a lot of Konoha ninja's chakra was consumed, the damage caused by the accumulation of layers of earth escape was ultimately limited.

Konoha ninjas can only jump from the earth wall and attack high walls, and their casualties will increase rapidly.

But even so, under the suppression of several times the force, the Ghost Country ninja team guarding the high wall can only do so much.

They can only use their strengths as much as possible, and then delay as much time as possible, dragging the Konoha ninjas to this place.

The flames were sprayed out again, burning the Konoha ninja who tried to attack from high altitude to death, and the rest of the team members also took action.

Because more Konoha ninjas jumped up, and after paying a heavy price, Konoha's ninjas obviously passed the most difficult stage of this battle.

Ding!

"What!?"

The kunai with wind attribute chakra could not penetrate the chakra armor of the Jonin captain. Not only that, the Konoha ninja who attacked him suddenly felt weak all over, and the chakra in his body began to decrease crazily, with a look of horror and despair in his eyes. .

boom!

Instead of firing a torrent of flames, the Jonin captain directly took the butt of his gun and hit the Konoha ninja's head hard. The skull shattered and blood spurted out before he fell to the ground helplessly.

Then, he turned around again, and the dark muzzle of the gun was immediately pressed against the forehead of the Konoha ninja who wanted to sneak attack him from behind, making the other party's forehead drip with cold sweat of fear, and his eyes were indifferent.

Buzz!

The flames spurted out, and the scorching air waves also rolled and spread in all directions, swallowing the body of the Konoha ninja and burning it into a charred corpse that exuded a burnt smell.

Flying snowflakes, mixed with lightning, flames, water balls, and the explosions of stone pillar attacks, turned the high wall into a fierce battlefield.

In the sky, the aerial combat ninjas on both sides were constantly controlling their ninja tools, firing explosive bombs, and dodging the enemy's attacks, causing the sky to burn out of thin air and turn into a raging sea of ​​fire, with rolling black smoke billowing endlessly.

boom!

The walls shook.

What a violent attack.

A huge crater appeared in the location of the gate amid the violent explosion.

Although this door could not be completely hollowed out, this explosion was just the beginning, and more attacks were to come, one after another.

It didn't take long for this huge stone door, which was thick enough to withstand ninjutsu bombardment, to be unable to maintain for too long under such a ferocious attack.

boom!

With the final explosion, the giant stone door was finally blasted open by Konoha ninjas.

Large white rocks rolled around, and thick white dust billowed out. It was hard to tell whether it was dust smoke or white snow.

One after another, figures flickered and followed, rushing into the fortress.

Although his face was gray and his chakra was deficient, he was energetic, his eyes were bright, and he could obviously continue to fight.

"Stop them! Don't let them escape!"

The Konoha Jonin who took the lead saw the transport vehicles filled with various supplies. It seemed that the other party did not intend to defend, but planned to retreat, and the work of collecting supplies had come to an end. He couldn't help but wave his hand quickly, asking the surrounding Konoha ninjas to follow up and stop him.

As long as they are stopped, this batch of materials will become their supplies, reducing the material pressure on the raiding forces.

Facing the rushing Konoha ninjas, the staff responsible for transporting supplies ignored them and continued to stuff the supplies very calmly. The accompanying combatants took action first and stepped forward to block the rushing Konoha ninjas. .

The flash bomb was thrown out, and the scorching sunlight directly blocked the view of the Konoha ninjas.

"Fire Escape·Extinguish Fire!"

The leading Jonin captain, wearing chakra armor, put the firearm on the backpack behind him, opened his red three-magatama Sharingan, formed seals with his hands, accumulated a large amount of chakra in his mouth in one breath, and spat forward. .

The sea of ​​​​fire spread across the border, and the snowflakes along the way instantly turned into boiling hot water. The hard stone slabs were also dyed a charred black color, like thousands of horses galloping towards the incoming Konoha ninja.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

In the panic, although the Konoha ninjas were unable to figure out the specific situation ahead because of the flash bombs, they could still vaguely identify the situation and use water escape to put out the fire.

The water and fire collided, and the hot steam covered many Konoha ninjas. The screams continued. The Konoha ninjas swallowed by the hot steam suffered severe burns, and the skin exposed to the air suffered extensive damage.

"retreat!"

The leading Uchiha ninja did not waver at this, but calmly made a gesture to signal the convoy of supplies to evacuate quickly.

call out!

The flare flew high into the sky and kept exploding.

As the retreating flares were fired high into the sky, more flash-bang grenades were sent into the sky.

Illuminating the entire fortress, while blocking the vision of Konoha ninjas, it also provides a favorable protective environment for the ninjas of the Demon Country to evacuate from the battlefield.

boom!

He casually knocked down a Konoha ninja whose vision was suddenly blocked with a firearm. The Jonin captain on the high wall did not want to fight. He issued an order through the communication machine next to his ear, calling for the members of his team to evacuate.

Because more Konoha ninjas charged up, if they were caught in the encirclement of Konoha's large forces, their defeat would definitely end.

Many members of the team have begun to be injured. Even if several jounin captains were wearing chakra armor, they could only hold on secretly and were unable to effectively fight back under the group attack of Konoha jounin.

Chakra armor is not enough to allow them to defeat forces several times their own.

To be able to hold back the ferocious attacks of two jounin of the same level with one against two is already the greatest level of performance.

Boom!

The lighting beacon located at the highest point of the fortress collapsed for unknown reasons, directly drawing a temporary dividing line between the ninjas of the Oni Country and the ninjas of Konoha.

A few Konoha ninjas who were unlucky enough to be unable to retreat were directly trapped in the ruins, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

Thick dust and snowflakes rolled in together.

The smoke of battle covered the area.

The motor started to start, and the transport truck filled with supplies ran wildly on the snow. It rushed out of the fortress from the emergency exit at a sprint of 100 meters. The tires rotated and snowflakes rose into the sky.

In addition to the necessary supplies, there are also non-ninja workers and medical personnel on the transport vehicle. The combat ninjas are running on foot, running at the same speed, protecting the transport vehicle in the center of the team, heading west Evacuate.

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It was already dawn when Jiraiya arrived at the fortress that had been captured by Konoha.

The smoke and hot airflow did not disappear from the battlefield, but continued, and the temperature was significantly higher than the surrounding snow-falling areas.

The interior of the fortress has been reduced to ruins. Although some places can still be used smoothly, such as water, electricity, and housing, after rummaging through the various materials in the fortress for most of a day, not many things that can be replenished were found. The ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts took him away very thoroughly.

Fortunately, the raiding force carried supplies with them and could last for several days. In addition to Jiraiya who arrived half a day later, the hundreds of Konoha ninja who came with him also brought a large amount of supplies, which together were enough to last for a long time.

After all, it was unrealistic to defeat the Kingdom of Demons with a blitzkrieg from the beginning, and every Kage in the Allied Forces knew this.

Even if four ninja villages enter the battlefield at the same time, it is not practical to end the war in a short time.

According to best estimates, once this war begins, it is likely to last two years or even longer.

But Jiraiya is confident that Konoha will win in the end.

Just like the past three ninja wars, this time, they will also be illuminated by the glory of victory of the past Hokages!

Also coming with Jiraiya were Nara Shikaku, the Jonin squad leader, Akimichi Choza from the Akimichi clan, and Yamanaka Haiichi from the Yamazaka clan.

Apart from him, the Sannin, he is the highest-level combatant here and also the most powerful adviser.

"I didn't expect that just attacking a small frontline fortress would cause such huge losses..."

When Shikaku received the casualty reports compiled by each unit, his expression was extremely solemn.

This casualty was more serious than he imagined.

When the Demon Country faced a surprise attack, the ability to mobilize and counterattack, as well as the maneuverability demonstrated during the evacuation, allowed Konoha to find no openings and could only use its lives to fill the holes and attack from the front. .

In this raid, with Konoha having an absolute numerical advantage, 207 ninjas died, 69 were seriously injured, and 260 were slightly injured.

One-third of the ninjas in the assault force suffered casualties.

According to Konoha's statistics, the number of Oni Country ninjas stationed in this fortress is less than three hundred, and together with the rest of the support staff, there are only six hundred at most.

But the combat-oriented ninjas, especially those who wore chakra armor and served as team captains, displayed fierce fighting prowess that gave the attacking Konoha ninjas a headache.

It often takes two jounin to restrain one person. When chunin and genin face them, it is a one-sided massacre.

The fighting power of the ninjas in the Kingdom of Ghosts is shocking even on paper.

Now that it has undergone effective actual combat, it is even more shocking.

In terms of their fighting will and the ninjutsu they mastered, they were not inferior to the Konoha ninjas at all.

As for the organization and mobilization ability during the battle, as well as the weapons and equipment used in the battle, even if he was reluctant, Shikaku had to admit that the opponent was superior to Konoha.

Jiraiya patted Shikaku's shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't worry, the Oni Country side is the fastest, and the counterattack will have to wait until early tomorrow morning. And our support troops will arrive in the afternoon. In addition, Iwagakure has secretly sneaked into the Bear Country and blew up the railway connecting the Oni Country and the Bear Country. The supplies and support from the Kingdom of Demons may be delayed. By then, we can annihilate all the ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons stationed in the Kingdom of Bears."

Shikaku nodded, agreeing with Jiraiya's point of view.

So he began to direct the surrounding Konoha ninjas to use this fortress to build a command camp for Konoha's use.

Next, is the most difficult battle! Of those three people, who will come over?

Shikaku looked at the bright gray sky in the distance and said silently.