Maintaining my appearance I greeted everyone with a little less cheerful voice than before. Fortunately even though some of the Chunins were dissatisfied to work under a girl younger than them, they didn't complain.
After waiting for 15 minutes, Tsunade finally showed up and after a small debriefing about our role in the battlefield, we left the village.
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The plottings of different old men
//The night before Usagi left for the rear logistic base
//Location: Tsuchikage building, hidden stone village, land of Earth
"Our previous operation failed spectacularly. Every single shinobi that we had sent was eliminated on the spot. We didn't even manage to get back the information that they had stolen. And the fact that they kept the culprit under tight wrap indicates that it must have been done by Danzo." One of the council members of the hidden stone war council spoke up angrily. He was talking about the failed mission of the stone shinobi in which they got annihilated by Usagi's team.
"Even though we have sent Kitsuchi with an Elite force of 5000 strong shinobi, we should not just stay back and watch. Danzo has been using his disposable pawns trying to disrupt our movement since quite a while. If we try to use just brute force then the war will drag on. Even if we achieve victory, the cost will be very high." Another council member spoke up.
"You are right. It was the main reason why I had called this meeting. We want a decisive victory against the hidden leaf with minimum losses. Even though the hidden sand is going through a civil unrest, I believe they will join us soon against the hidden leaf to turn the focus of the people on an outer enemy.
But in the meantime I wanted our forces to achieve an initial overwhelming victory over the forces of hidden leaf. Unfortunately the front line is tricky. There is this river flowing in between these two points of our border." Onoki the tsuchikage pointed at a blue marking on the map.
"Orochimaru will use his snake summons and the water style user of the hidden leaf strategically to keep our forces at bay and concentrated at one spot. This is the strategy that he had used during the second great shinobi war when the leaf forces pushed back our forces. This tactic might be old but we don't have any counter measures against it.
On top of that our spy has reported that there is a great chance that Sakumo Hatake and even Jiraiya of the Sannin could get deployed in the front lines. Since we are the only ones who have declared War on the hidden leaf, Hiruzen will try to earn a quick victory. Altho with our numbers it won't be possible, but our forces will suffer a huge casualty." Onoki said, marking the battlefield on the map, with a red cross.
"So what do you suggest, Tsuchikage sama ?" One of the younger council members asked the old man
Onoki didn't answer. Instead he picked up the brush and drew a circle on a particular place in the map not far from the border of the land of Fire.
"We will target their rear logistic base."
"But it won't be easy, Tsuchikage sama. Even if our Intel is accurate about their logistic base being built there, we won't be able to reach that spot easily. On one side of the spot there was a stiff mountain to its left. That mountain has a huge deposit of white marvel. Our earth release mole technique couldn't work there. On top of that there is a river to the left and on the other side, there is a border town. We simply won't be able to reach that place, without exposing ourselves. And even if we reach there, the hidden leaf must have appointed a strong man to protect their base." A middle aged man raised his doubts.
"You are right about that. In normal circumstances, their rear logistic base is more secure than our own. But I have a plan. We will use the demolition squad." Onoki said, smiling lightly.
Demolition squad is an elite group of shinobi consisting of two types of Ninjas. Each team in this Special squad has two members. One member in each team has mastered Earth style lightweight jutsu. While the other member has 'explosion release' kekkei genkai.
Not every user of 'explosion release' could make flying birds and other animal constructs like Deidara. They could make only simple structures at best. Deidara had become an S ranked shinobi because of the mobility of his explosive clay animals. But the shinobi of the demolition squad are not that skilled. Their explosions are equally powerful. And they could control it remotely. But they could simply plant and explode and then they will have to go into a safe distance before using them. But Tsuchikage had trained an elite group of shinobi which could achieve Deidara like results by combining explosion release and lightweight jutsu.
"We understood Tsuchikage sama. That squad has the capability to destroy the entire logistic base very quickly. But the distance between the land of earth and that place is around 15 miles. They won't be able to simply fly there. Their Chakra reserves will drop severely. They might be able to destroy the base but they won't be able to return in the same way." One of the older members raised his concern.
"You are right. That's why I have called all of you here. I want all of your Clans to provide the village with a few Elite jounins. We will create a distraction at the border 10 days from now. It will be an aggressive attack that must break their frontline. I will be going there myself to raise the morals and put some serious pressure on the hidden leaf. Using this chaos as a cover, our demolition squad will infiltrate the land of Fire. Then they will commence their operation and return straight to the land of earth without any casualty. In this move, we might lose a hundred shinobi in our aggressive attack. But with their main supply chain destroyed the hidden leaf won't be able to sustain themselves for a long time. And we will use that chance to gain a quick victory." Onoki laid down his plans in front of the others.
After thinking for a while the entire council nodded in agreement.
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Apart from me and Tsunade there were three Jonins, eighteen Chunins and sixty genins travelling to the land of Fire.
Apart from Tsunade, every other Ninja was carrying massive scrolls on their backs. These scrolls were filled with food, weapons, medical supplies and other necessary things. Unlike the popular belief, Ninjas can't sustain themselves solely on military pills. In a long term war, they will need proper food to regain their strength. That's why more than half of the storage scrolls were filled with food items. The total worth of all of these supplies are more than 500 million ryos. That's why apart from us, there were Anbu scouts spread around us to keep an eye on the situation.
With all of these loads, the speed of the shinobis were reduced. As a result, even after 2 days of continuous travel, we have only reached half way through our destination.
"Everyone ! We will take a break in the next 10 miles for half a day. So the faster you can reach there the faster you can rest." Tsunade's voice ignited a new fire in between the exhausted shinobi. We have been travelling for the last 2 days with only small breaks of half an hour after every five and half an hour of journey. Chunins are doing barely fine. But the condition of the genin is not that good.
"Usagi, take Muramasa and his team and go ahead. I want you to set up a temporary camp before the rest of us reach there." Tsunade ordered me.
"Okay, Tsunade sama ! Leave it to me.
Muramasa, you can use body flicker jutsu right ?" After accepting the order, I turned towards the Chunin named Muramasa. Even though his title was Chunin he can be considered as a special Jonin. The same thing goes about his team.
"Ofcourse."
"Then let's go !"
Our journey continued for the next two and half days including the rest hour. During this time, nothing unexpected happened. We were travelling through the heart of the land of Fire. And our route was top secret, with members of Anbu Ninjas keeping an eye on us and our surroundings.
With all of these security measures, the probability of us getting attacked was very low.
On the afternoon of the 5th day of our journey, we finally reached the rear logistic base. It was around 15 miles away from our frontline base. Most of the Chunin and genins in the logistic base will be running from the base to the front line carrying supplies most of the time. With Tsunade keeping an eye on the logistics, I will be getting a lot of free time. I have already planned a lot of things to do during this time. But before that, with the others, I was also granted half a day of rest.
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Next chapter: Life in the military base and the surprise attack
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