Chapter 255: Short Street Battle

"Pass the order, everyone go to the designated location immediately, no mistakes!"

In the position in front of Duance Street, as the order was conveyed, the soldiers who were building the position were stunned and confused.

"Hurry up and get to the designated positions!"

The next moment, the officers supervising the construction began to shout, and the battlefield became chaotic for a while, and many people couldn't even find where they were supposed to be.

But fortunately, everyone knew that the anti-bombardment caves were built for them to hide and rest. Under the command of their superiors, the confused soldiers began to run into the anti-bombardment caves one after another.

This also caused a phenomenon, that is, everyone in the trenches of the entire position ran into the anti-artillery holes, and for a time there was no one on guard on the position.

Some of the anti-gun caves were crowded with people, while others had only a few people.

"What does this mean? Are we really going to get involved in a fight?"

In the small anti-artillery cave, there were still the same two warriors as before. Looking at the eight people crowded around them, including a ninja and five civilians called recruits, the two couldn't help but discuss in a low voice.

Judging from the situation, it seems that they will have to fight alongside those ninjas.

This was not a good thing. Although he had never seen a ninja fight, he had heard about it. A ninja fight was not something that samurai like them, who were not much stronger than civilians, could participate in. This was simply courting death.

Seeing the people in the trenches all hiding in the anti-artillery holes after a chaos, the faces of the Fire Nation admiral and Shimura Danma were black.

The entire position is empty!

Shimura Danmako still remembers the intelligence sent back by those who participated in the Death Forest battle. At that time, even though the skeletons' defense line was covered by explosive kunai, the skeletons reacted and attacked immediately, and there was no confusion at all.

"Go to the position immediately and pass the order, asking them to send people to guard!" The general of the Fire Nation immediately gave the order with a dark face.

"Also, redistribute the anti-artillery holes! Each anti-artillery hole must only have one ninja." Shimura Danma added the order. As a ninja, he saw more, such as the personnel situation of the branch in the anti-artillery hole.

Under the orders of the Fire Nation Admiral and Shimura Danma, the ninjas and soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery caves came to their senses and realized what mistake they had made. They immediately selected a group of people to come out on guard and determined the order of guard.

At the same time, the anti-artillery holes were redistributed according to six people per one.

At one time, many people came out of the trenches, some to be on guard, and some to go to the reassigned anti-artillery holes.

"Boohoo~!"

Just as the soldiers and ninjas in the trenches walked out to find their assigned anti-artillery holes, the sound of artillery shells whistling suddenly rang out in the sky.

"Enemy attack!" Upon hearing this sound, a small number of ninjas who had participated in or knew about the Death Forest battlefield shouted one after another, and rushed to the nearest anti-artillery hole as soon as possible, squeezing in regardless of how many people were inside.

They knew the horror of the enemy's long-range attacks. At this moment, who would care about the orders from above? The first thing to do was to survive.

Hearing the ninjas' shouts, the samurai, the new troops, and the ninjas who had not yet reacted were all confused for a moment.

But the shells didn't give them enough time to think clearly.

After the whistling sound, in just a moment, large and small shells fell on the position.

"Boom~~~"

In an instant, the rumbling sound of explosions continued like thunder on a rainy night, and terrifying explosions continued to explode on the battlefield. The soil blown up was at least 10 to 20 meters high, and some were 20 to 30 meters high.

The ground was shaking and trembling constantly at this moment. The soil on both sides of the trench kept sliding into the trench during the shaking. The exploded soil mixed with the body parts was poured into the trench like water. Such a horrific scene finally let those who were still confused know what was happening.

"Hurry and find a place to hide!"

"Hide in the bomb shelter!"

Samurai, ninjas, and recruits were all shouting and running desperately towards the nearest shelters. Even if some shelters were already full of people, they were still trying their best to squeeze in.

But even if they hid in the anti-gun cave, they were not safe.

Their anti-artillery holes were not dug in a proper manner and were not in compliance with the standards. Although they were indeed effective, they were simply unable to protect against the bombardment of heavy artillery. Large-caliber shells would directly collapse these non-standard anti-artillery holes when they fell. Many people were directly buried alive in the anti-artillery holes.

"This is too scary!"

The Fire Nation general, who was retreating under the protection of his personal soldiers, was horrified when he saw the horrific explosions that continued to occur in the trenches.

Shimura Danma also swallowed his saliva. Although he knew from the intelligence how powerful the enemy's long-range attack was, it was not as shocking as what he actually saw. The trenches were full of blown-up soil, and the trenches were almost invisible. The description in the intelligence was not even one-tenth of it!
"It's over. I'm dead. I'm dragged into the ninja battlefield!"

In the anti-artillery holes in the trenches, many people were filled with despair, including the newly trained soldiers.

In their minds, the war in the ninja world was the ninja's business, and they could only help the ninja with logistics and transportation, but participating in the battle had nothing to do with them. At this time, they were directly dragged into the battle, and for a moment, many people felt that they could not escape death.

Even some wandering ninjas felt despair in their hearts.

Among them, only the ninjas under the daimyo, the ninjas who escaped from Konoha, and those who had hastily received firearms training knew that future wars would no longer be just wars between ninjas, and the scope of the war and the number of casualties would be much larger.

"Oh my goodness! Is that the battle we are going to fight?"

In Tansho Street, the soldiers and ninjas who were not assigned to enter the trenches also heard or saw the continuous explosions in the trenches. Their faces changed drastically, and some even looked as pale as death.

Many people had already thought about escaping at this time, including some samurai and ninjas from the supervisory team.

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The shelling lasted for twenty minutes before it stopped, and the three defense lines outside Duance Street were all hit by heavy artillery fire.

After the artillery fire, the trenches filled with smoke had been blown into pieces, with large pits ranging from three to more than ten meters in diameter everywhere.

Many parts of the trenches were blown down or turned into large pits.

"Can we really win?"

Coming back to the top of Tansho Street, looking at the defense line that had been bombed beyond recognition, the Fire Nation admiral couldn't help but ask Shimura Danma next to him, and he was also asking himself this question.

We haven’t even seen the enemy yet, but although we don’t know the casualties from this wave of long-range attacks by the enemy, it is definitely heavy.

"We can win, and we must win! We can only win!" Upon hearing this, Shimura Danma said without hesitation.

After being found by the daimyo's men, the daimyo also told them the miko's prophecy that the enemy was from another world. At this moment, he also knew that this was a war concerning the survival of the entire ninja world. No living creature could be spared. This war must be fought and must be won.

The Fire Nation general also understood the reason, but he was confused for a moment. After calming down, he immediately gave the order: "Immediately send the second and third infantry battalions to reinforce the defense line and treat the wounded. Tell them that those who escape will be killed, and the entire family will be killed! All family members will be put on the wanted list."

He also knew that under such a terrifying attack from the enemy, many people would definitely want to escape. He immediately made it clear that if they escaped, they would be killed, and their entire family would be killed. Even if they managed to survive, they would be wanted. Escape would only lead to death.

(End of this chapter)