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Chapter 141 Exchange Ratio
Chapter 141 Exchange Ratio
Another day of frantic and intense skirmishes came to an end, and Shiba Kiyokawa asked the returning captains about the results of the battle.
"Has the 1st Mobile Battalion returned? What are the casualties? Did the assault battalion's breakthrough go smoothly?"
The difference between the Akatsuki organization and traditional ninja villages can be seen from just their name!
Since successfully usurping power, Shiba Kiyokawa has been reorganizing the organization according to his own ideas.
The first thing he did was to decisively reform the traditional ninja squad model!
He did not deny that a three- or four-person ninja squad was indeed very convenient for carrying out routine missions and often provided excellent complementarity.
Aside from the potential for romantic love triangles among team members, this team model does have its merits in everyday situations.
However, considering only the needs of large-scale warfare, such a construction is undoubtedly extremely inefficient!
In war, it is not necessary for every squad to be an all-rounder with no weaknesses.
War is a bloodbath involving tens of thousands of people!
Apart from a very few top-tier combinations like the Three Ninjas, no squad could possibly handle all missions on the front lines!
No matter how well-rounded they seem in everyday life!
At this point, a team doesn't need the ability to do everything, but only the ability to do its own job well!
It is foolish to blindly pursue complementarity within a team.
What we should really be pursuing is a broader range of complementarity!
Therefore, prior to this, Shiba Kiyokawa reorganized the Akatsuki's war formation, establishing the battalion unit based on the regular ninja squads and dividing them according to their war functions.
Currently, he commands the First and Second Mobile Battalions: they are primarily skilled in high-speed maneuverability, and all members are proficient in "water-based instantaneous movement" and "instantaneous movement technique."
The first and second battalions were responsible for the frontal assault. They were all katana wielders, and at the sound of drawing their swords, the whole team went berserk, with the determination to fight to the death.
The First Support Battalion is mainly responsible for providing long-range ninjutsu support and has a large number of ninjas with ninjutsu specialties.
And the First Reconnaissance Battalion, which mainly gathers all the sensory ninjas within the organization.
In addition, there are several specialized treatment teams, but because the number of people is currently too small to form a battalion, they are temporarily operating as independent teams.
These six battalions are the entire group that Shiba Kiyokawa has brought out of the Land of Rain.
Although this war is a voluntary conscription, all Akatsuki ninjas who accept the conscription must unconditionally join the six camps he has set up!
As for the original team relationships among the members, Shiba Kiyokawa completely abandoned them!
Only a "dictatorial" leader like him could get all Akatsuki members to accept such a rebellious reorganization of the team.
Let alone other ninja villages, even Yahiko back then couldn't have acted so arbitrarily!
Before today, his ideas seemed too advanced for everyone.
Even within the Akatsuki organization, not everyone agrees with it; opinions are mixed.
Fortunately, the brutal war ultimately provided the fairest assessment!
Another day of battle has come to an end, and the results are gratifying.
"The 1st and 2nd Mobile Battalions carried out four deception missions today, suffering 16 casualties, and the front line was pushed back to the position it was in at dusk yesterday."
But at the same time—
"The First Assault Battalion carried out three enemy-annihilation missions using Pain, eliminating eighty-six Konoha ninja! Even excluding the low-ranking ninja who were merely filling in the gaps, the effective kill count was over thirty!"
"The Second Assault Battalion has breached the defenses north of Konoha Town, dismantled all Konoha outposts near the main road, and killed over two hundred Konoha ninja! Although most of them were probably low-ranking ninja, this has successfully opened up a passage to the No. 1 Mine in the north."
"The First Support Battalion, in coordination with the Assault Battalion, intercepted the pursuing Konoha forces. With Konan's help, they eliminated eighteen Konoha ninjas, almost all of whom were effectively killed!"
"The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, cooperating with other battalions, achieved no independent results. Report complete!"
Compared to their initial entry into the battlefield yesterday, the Akatsuki's achievements today are even more brilliant!
If the exchange ratio were made public, it would surely dazzle everyone on the battlefield!
Although they gained this advantage by taking advantage of Pain's unreasonable war machine and Konoha's failure to send out Minato Namikaze.
But for a small country like them to take such a big piece of the pie from Konoha, the leader of the five great ninja villages, is already a historic achievement!
At that moment, everyone who returned to the command post to rest looked at Shiba Kiyokawa with eyes full of respect and admiration!
Their leader is leading them to create a great achievement no less than that of Hanzo the Salamander!
Around the same time, after sunset, news of the battle situation was also relayed back to the Konoha command headquarters.
After hearing the initial intelligence summary, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the newly appointed staff officer, turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
If yesterday's attack on their defenses by the Akatsuki could be excused by the pretext of a surprise attack and their lack of preparedness, then...
So today's results are a blatant slap in the face to him!
There are no excuses!
Konoha's defenses were breached by a group of ninjas from a small country that he had previously looked down upon!
The sheer scale of the losses in a single day was shocking! It sent chills down Shinnosuke Sarutobi's spine!
Although Konoha deployed more than 10,000 ninjas to the northern war zone, at first glance, today's losses seem like a drop in the ocean.
In reality, over 80% of Konoha's 10,000 ninjas were genin used for filling gaps, with less than 2,000 being truly reliable combatants.
These less than two thousand main ninjas now not only have to contend with the pressure from both Iwagakure and Kumogakure, but also have to deter fence-sitters like Kusagakure and neutral ninja villages like Takigakure.
The pressure is immense! Every Jonin and even Chunin is an extremely valuable resource!
But in just one day, they lost more than fifty of their main ninjas in the Land of Rain alone!
This has resulted in a huge gap in the flank defenses of the border!
Without a sufficient number of main force ninjas stationed there, having only low-ranking ninjas to fill the gaps is not enough to defend such a long border!
At this moment, Sarutobi Shinnosuke couldn't help but recall his contemptuous words to Minato Namikaze yesterday, and suddenly felt a burning pain on his face.
It felt like he'd been slapped hard across the face by the Akatsuki!
"Damn it! Why did it turn out like this?! As Konoha ninjas, is this how they repay the village in this crucial moment? Where is their Will of Fire?!"
As expected of Hiruzen Sarutobi's son, Shinnosuke Sarutobi uttered a fluent question in the Will of Fire.
The ninja who came to report lowered his head, trying hard to suppress his emotions, and only reported to his superior in a low voice.
"Jonin Inuzuka Teru, who is in charge of the border defense, requests support."
Furthermore, he emphasized the need for more Byakugan ninjas, noting that the enemy excels at deception and long-range mobility, and the defensive lines urgently require more reconnaissance and sensory-type ninjas.
Upon hearing this request, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, whose face was already pale, wrinkled even more shrugged.
At the same time, in the Akatsuki's front-line command post, Shiba Kiyokawa was studying a map by lamplight, continuing to plan the direction and strategy for tomorrow's attack. At this moment, he placed the third indicator in his hand onto the map.
It's like placing your third piece on a chessboard!
The first two pieces, one is Pain and the other is Unity, which are both advantages that Akatsuki has over Konoha.
This third chess piece is different from the previous ones; it represents Konoha's disadvantage compared to them—
"The Ninja Clan!"
Shiba Kiyokawa whispered, uttering only this one simple word.
(End of this chapter)