"The color of this ship is not good, it needs to be painted black!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu stood at the Midway Pier and pointed at the three ironclad ships on the sea.
These three ships are the first batch of finished products from the secret shipbuilding base of the Kingdom of Whirlpool. They adopt iron outer armor, but their power is still a relatively primitive combination of sails and oars.
It stands to reason that this level of power and armor is of little use to a ninja with strong single combat capabilities, but Uchiha Tokimitsu still conceived something different.
According to Uchiha Tokumitsu's request, Uzumaki researchers installed a sensory barrier on the ship to sense the Kirigakure ninja lurking underwater. At the same time, they also modified the traditional ballistae into a torpedo carrying a special detonating talisman to attack the water. The enemy below.
In terms of power, although traditional sails are still used, after modifications by Uzumaki researchers, a wind release blower was added as an auxiliary power system, so that the basic wind release ninjutsu Gale Palm can be used for acceleration.
As a result, the armored ship, which was originally at the medieval level, had attack methods similar to those of modern warships.
Although it lacks direct attack weapons such as artillery, it doesn't matter, the ninja is the most powerful turret.
"...Black paint, that's okay."
The Uchiha ninja in charge of ship construction and sea trials wiped the sweat from his forehead and decided to compromise.
Nowadays, the ship's painting still uses a combination of the traditional red of the Uchiha clan and the usual gray of maritime ships, but since the master has clearly requested it, black will be black.
"Lord Deguang, since the ship has been successfully trialed, why not just name it~"
Another ninja immediately took over and said.
Flatterer!
The Uchiha ninja in charge of ship engineering immediately glared at him, looking sideways at this arrogant man who was so bold as to steal his chance to flatter him.
"…Jounin Koe!"
The speaker was Uzumaki Koe, one of Uchiha Tokko's ninjas and the only female ninja from the Uzumaki clan.
Although she was from a side clan, after moving to Konoha, because the Uzumaki clan opened the inheritance of sealing techniques to all surviving clan members, she quickly showed her considerable talent and was recommended by the Konoha sealing class as a sealing technique expert. He is a special jounin; when Uchiha Tokumitsu recruited ninjas of all races to fight, it was Uzumaki Ashina who personally recommended him to Uchiha Tokumitsu's command.
"Can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend..."
The Uchiha ninja in charge of ship engineering is only a relatively low-level special jounin. He only got his current position as shipbuilding supervisor because of some research on mechanism techniques. Naturally, he is not willing to compete with such a person with a profound background.
"Name the ship..."
After saying this, Uchiha Tokko's interest arose.
His key spirit began to burn!
"The first ship... the Free Trade!"
"Good name!"
I don’t know if you heard clearly what Uchiha Tokumitsu said, but Uzumaki Koe immediately clapped her hands and applauded before Uchiha Tokumitsu’s words could be finished.
The traditional ship naming rules in the ninja world generally use the names of places or historical figures. A few of them also use the name of the builder or ship owner. For example, Uchiha Tokumitsu uses a combination of two words that sound awkward.
But as soon as the master said it, it was a good name recognized by the world.
"The second ship is called the Ninja Will."
The ninjas of the Kirigakure clan bowed deeply.
What a pleasure it is to ride on the battleship "The Will of the Ninja" and fight back to the Water Kingdom, the land of sorrow for the three tribes!
The hearts of the three clans of ninjas are filled with the desire for revenge.
"The third ship..."
Uchiha Tokko pondered for a moment and said, "Let's call it Fubo Zhengyi!"
Needless to say, this is once again showing his determination to conquer Kirigakure and conquer the Kingdom of Water to his subordinates.
At this point, the preparations for the Ninja Army have been basically completed. Once the armored ships have been repainted and loaded with supplies, they can set sail for the expedition to the Land of Water and the Kirigakure Ninja Village.
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As for the Kingdom of Water, the daimyo was naturally not willing to be bullied by the ninja leader of a mere Konoha ninja village - even the Uchiha clan, the most powerful family in the ninja world, in the eyes of the daimyo was just a person who only used force to indulge in killing. Savage tribe.
However, because the daimyo's attitude changes were too extreme before and after Kirigakure's genocide, the Mizukage was extremely dissatisfied. Therefore, in the face of the war started by Uchiha Tokumitsu, the Mizukage simply declared the mutual protection of the northwest. And will not participate in the war conflicts in the Eastern Islands.
Although this move also aroused the dissatisfaction of the nascent Blood Mist Sect in the Mizukage series, which was considered to be a loss of power and humiliation of the village, under the pressure of the Mizukage, the Kirigakure Ninja Village Headquarters chose to stand still and let the The group of elders was jumping up and down because they were unwilling to mobilize ninjas from the factions to form a ninja army for the war.
For the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water, this was a major blow like a thunderbolt.
It is no surprise that the third Mizukage is the most powerful person in the Kingdom of Water, and this lofty and powerful person actually chose to ignore the Daimyo's recruitment and sit back and watch the invasion of the enemy's ninja army. This is simply...
"What a shame!"
Daming Mansion, the Kingdom of Water.
The daimyo could no longer maintain his previous calmness, and angrily grabbed the jade seal that he usually couldn't put down and smashed it at the recently returned envoy Konoe Atsushi.
Before the Mizukage's anger had subsided, Uchiha Tokumitsu's truce conditions added fuel to the fire, completely igniting the already angry daimyo.
Konoe Atsushi withstood the daimyo's blow and caught the jade seal to prevent it from falling to the ground and shattering.
"How dare a mere ninja speak so wildly!"
The daimyo said coldly.
Konoe Atsushi didn't say a word, nor did he wipe the blood from his forehead. He just maintained his kneeling posture with his head raised.
When the daimyo saw this, he couldn't reprimand him any more.
"get out!"
Hearing this, Konoe Atsushi gently placed the jade seal he was holding on the ground, wiped off the stained blood, and then kowtowed before reverently retreating from the palace.
His attitude was so respectful that the Daimyo was speechless.
"Konoe Atsushi was transferred to Nakagami."
After Konoe Atsushi left, the daimyo issued an imperial edict to his chamberlain.
"Send another letter to the famous names of the four major countries in the mainland..."
The daimyo's tone was unusually cold, "Since the dog at home is disobedient, then the dog should be allowed to bite the dog!"
After going to the Daimyo of Fire Country, the Daimyo of Fire Country suggested in his reply that the two countries should join forces to contact the Daimyos of the other three major countries, and jointly put pressure on the ninja villages in their respective countries to suppress the expansion of ninja power and form a coalition to strangle them. The Uchiha clan is a force spread throughout the ninja world.
But the Daimyo of the Land of Water has never made up his mind.
Because the consequence of the Kirigakure genocide was that Kirigakure Village was close to being completely divided, a large number of ninjas began to show resistance, and even the Blood Mist Sect, which was secretly supported, no longer obeyed the orders of the daimyo.
It was out of necessity that the daimyo chose to win over Kirigakure's group of elders.
It’s just that the performance of the elders group is really unsatisfactory.
But in the face of the humiliating armistice conditions that Uchiha Tokimitsu asked the envoy to bring back, although the daimyo did not show much indignation, his inner murderous intention towards the Uchiha clan was completely out of control.
The chamberlain quickly wrote two edicts, and after submitting them to the daimyo for sealing, he hurriedly exited the palace.
"Even if it doesn't succeed, at most it will just be a loss of some money. It's not a big deal..."
After the chamberlain left, the daimyo, who was still feeling uneasy, comforted himself secretly.
…
Facing the increasingly tense situation, although the Kirigakure elders tried their best to set up a defense line, they still felt that they were at a loss.
With all their efforts to search for the ninjas of the faction, the elders squeezed out the ninja force of up to 5,000 people.
However, the genin who were used to make up the numbers accounted for the absolute majority.
However, this seemingly powerful ninja army was actually bloated, but it still needed to dispatch its elite to the Daming Mansion for garrison to prevent the shogunate from directly attacking Daming Mansion from the sea.
And in Daming Mansion alone, two thousand elite ninja troops were mobilized.
As a last resort, the elders had no choice but to ask for support from Mizukage. After paying a considerable price, they received a Kirigakure ninja army led by Goju Yagura.
Although Goju Yagura's ninja army did not station in Damingfu, they were also stationed in the prefecture north of Damingfu. If there were any changes, they would be able to provide timely support.
However, in addition to the western and northern archipelagos, which are privately protecting each other with the support of the Mizukage, the southern archipelago in Kinki, Daming Prefecture, and the eastern archipelago, which were looted by the three clans of ninjas, also need to be fortified, and the remaining more than three thousand It is almost impossible for the Ninja Army to control such a wide coastline.
In order to avoid another disastrous situation in which the defense line was easily defeated by hundreds of shogunate ninja troops, the elders mobilized nearly a thousand ninjas from the 3,000 ninja troops to form a support force so that they could be deployed in time when the shogunate ninja troops attacked. Support various defense lines, while also actively shrinking, and "strategic abandonment" of some less important sea areas.
After a lot of tricks, the defense line that the elders put in place with great effort finally took shape.
It's just that the imaginary shogunate ninja army never came.
…
Of course, the Shogunate Ninja Army will no longer target the Eastern Islands!
In the last raid, all the nobles in the Eastern Islands were plundered by the shogunate ninja army, and most of the main nobles were killed. Even if they were captured again, they would not be able to squeeze out much money. Uchiha Tokimitsu would eat Only when you are full can you continue to choose the Eastern Islands to log in.
He still has to rely on war seizures to make up for the shortfall in hiring Sanshouyu Hanzo and the Rain Ninja Ninja Army!
Therefore, the target of this battle, Uchiha Tokumitsu, set the attack target as the Damingfu of the Kingdom of Water.
What Uchiha Tokumitsu planned to accomplish in the Land of Water was what he had failed to achieve in the Land of Fire due to various scruples. The Ninja Army's plundering area was directly aimed at the southern island of the Water Country in Kinki, Daming Prefecture.
The core problem to achieve this tactic is how to conceal the whereabouts of the huge fleet at sea, and at the same time, in order to mislead the defending Kirigakure Ninja Army, an effective feint attack must be launched in the Eastern Islands to contain and disperse the Kirigakure Ninja Army's forces.
Therefore, even if the ninja army under his command was ready, Uchiha Tokko still patiently sent a small team composed of the Kirigakure clan to lurk in the Kingdom of Water to collect intelligence, and was not in a hurry to launch an attack.
As for Sansho Hanzo, who was at the core of the battle, he felt that the waiting time was boring and was a little worried about the situation in the Land of Rain. However, considering that Uchiha Tokimitsu's employment was based on a daily fee, it was not easy to say anything. , just let the officials of the shogunate circle a forbidden sea area as their own training ground, and go to the training ground for self-training when they have nothing to do.
Apart from training, Sansho Hanzo was also surprised by the financial resources displayed by the Uchiha clan.
He just casually asked Uchiha Tokumitsu for some special detonating charms with waterproof properties, intending to use them to improve the fire escape secret technique and detonating flame formation. However, Uchiha Tokko waved his hand and had ten thousand of them sent to him. The detonating talisman produced by the Uchiha clan also said that if the quantity was insufficient, they would be allocated separately.
Even Sanshouyu Hanzo, the head of the Ninja Village, has never enjoyed such a large gesture.
It's not that they can't afford it, but for the poor Yu Ninja Village, every useful material is precious, and Sanshouyu Hanzo really can't bear to squander it like this.
But the results of the lavish spending were indeed immediate.
Uchiha Tokumitsu once shared some mysteries about the mutual detonating talisman technique and the flying talisman formation to Sanhoyu Hanzo at the "Meeting on the Way", which inspired him to improve his ninjutsu.
The original detonating flame array used a triggering mechanism similar to that of landmines. A large number of detonating symbols needed to be buried underground in advance, and then detonated to cause damage after the enemy entered the ambush area.
However, after improvement, Sanshouyu Hanzo combined with psychic skills to allow the small Sanshouyu of the contracted psychic beast group to carry a large number of detonating talismans and lurk underground, which can bury the detonating talisman under the enemy's feet with relatively little movement. Achieve rapid directional blasting.
Although the flexibility is not as good as Uchiha Tokumitsu's technique of mutually multiplying detonating talismans, it is also unique in terms of concealment.
"Sure enough, money and resources are the most important thing in ninja training..."
After once again completing the ambush and detonation process of the detonating flame formation, Sanshouyu Hanzo wrote his experience of using the technique into the scroll, sighing inwardly.
It turns out that the most powerful ninja family in the ninja world is so rich!
With so much resource support, coupled with the power of blood inheritance, it is no wonder that the ninja army of the Uchiha clan was able to conquer the battlefield without any defeat in the second ninja war.
Accepting the employment this time is an eye-opener!
Suddenly, Sanshouyu Hanzo's ears twitched slightly.
A figure shot from behind and landed on a rock behind him.
"Hanzo-sama!"
The person who came was none other than Amada Jōnin, the rain ninja.
"What's up?"
Sanshouyu Hanzo turned around, his eyes covered in a gas mask calmly looking at his subordinates in shogunate uniforms.
What made him most uncomfortable was the shiny Uchiha Uchiha fan logo forehead protector on Amada's forehead.
Although the purpose of changing the forehead protector was to conceal his identity, Sanshouyu Hanzo still felt very unhappy.
"Lord Deguang is planning to hold a pre-war meeting, please attend."
Yutian said respectfully.
"finally……"
Sanshouyu Hanzo clicked his tongue, put away the scythe he had put aside, and used the teleportation technique to return to Midway Island.
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"The code name for this operation: Knock Off!"
In the Midway Ninja Army headquarters, Uchiha Tokko officially announced the battle plan.
After continuous reconnaissance by the Kirigakure clan's spies, the shogunate had almost figured out the details of the Kirigakure ninja army, and even the loopholes in the defense lines were clearly marked on the map.
"The first, second, and third detachments of the Eastern Border Defense Force are responsible for the feint attack mission on the Eastern Islands, and the fourth detachment is responsible for mobile response!"
"As you command!"
The four detachment captains raised their heads high.
"The 1st Division of the Red Bei Corps, Kaguya's Column and the 500 Rain Ninja Ninja Army launch a frontal attack from the Southern Islands!"
"I obey your orders!"
"The rest of the ninja troops will follow me into battle!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu glared at his men one by one with his scarlet Sharingan eye.
Wherever they looked, everyone straightened their chests and welcomed Uchiha Tokumitsu's inspection in the most energetic state.
"Combat target: Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Water!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu threw out a kunai, hitting the location of the Daming Mansion on the map.
"This battle is between the shogunate and the ninja village. Please do your best to win!"
Uchiha Tokko halberd finger swore: "In the name of the Uchiha clan, I will never mistreat all the loyal and brave people who serve the shogunate!"
"Death to the Lord!"
Surprisingly, the first one to stand up and kneel down was the Hyuga Shuhiro jounin who was born in the Hyuga branch family.
"Death to the Lord!"
Immediately, all the jounin in the hall bowed to the ground.
Only Uchiha Tokumitsu and Sansho Hanzo remained standing.
Witnessing this scene, Sanshouyu Hanzo's heart was filled with excitement.
Among the jonins kneeling in front of them, many were still jonins from the rain ninja, but they just changed into shogunate attire.
Is the charm of money really so great...
"Mr. Hanzo..."
After Uchiha Tokumitsu greeted everyone, he smiled and said to Sansho Hanzo: "The next war is the time for you and me to fight side by side."
Sanshouyu Hanzo didn't know how to respond, so he put his right hand on his chest and bowed slightly.
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On October 5, the thirty-seventh year of Konoha, the Tokumitsu Shogunate once again launched a large-scale offensive against the Kingdom of Water.
The southern and eastern archipelagoes of the Land of Water were filled with smoke, and the Kirigakure ninja army was exhausted.
On October 10th, under the cover of dozens of small warships, three black-painted iron-clad ships quietly appeared in the early morning in the open sea not far from the port outside Damingfu City in the Kingdom of Water. A surprise attack was launched.
Later history called this event: Black Ship knocking at the pass.
The battle for the rise of the shogunate officially beginsi!
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