Chapter 285 The Four Old Men Forced

'Finally it's done!'

Looking at the excited crowds inside and outside the city, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because everyone knows that staying is to die, and most of the people who stay in the Fire City are not willing to do so. After the war begins, they are afraid that there will be many setbacks, such as playing rotten, not actively building defenses, and even running away and large-scale surrender. Therefore, this speech to mobilize everyone's morale must be carried out.

But I didn’t expect that everyone was not interested in the Will of Fire. Instead, a more down-to-earth speech could resonate with everyone.

Of course, this is also because those soldiers from another world are not from the Ninja World after all, and after the enemy captures prisoners, they either kill them on the spot or use them as laborers. Otherwise, the people of the Ninja World would not have resisted so tenaciously.
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after one day--
Sarutobi Hiruzen stood on the wall of the Fire City, observing the soldiers and civilians outside the city busy setting up defensive positions.

At this time, about 200,000 people were working hard outside the city. There were crisscross trenches, densely packed pits, and wooden barriers piled up everywhere for a thousand meters outside the city. The scene was almost the same outside the four walls of the Fire City.

These are the experiences summarized from the previous blocking battles. Although they did not play a big role in the end, they are at least some of the rare means that can effectively fight against enemies from other worlds.

Looking at the defensive positions that were gradually taking shape outside the city, Sarutobi smiled and said to Asuma beside him: "It seems that everyone's enthusiasm has been mobilized! See, as long as the goals and interests are consistent, everyone will work hard for it! As a commander, what you need to do is to give the majority of people a common goal!"

"Hmph!" Asuma snorted with disdain as he listened to his old man's sermon.

He could tell that his father was not showing off to her, but teaching him how to control people. If not, he would not have come.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't mind Asuma's behavior. He knew Asuma was still angry about him fleeing Konoha with his family and abandoning all the civilians of Konoha as pawns.

"Boom~~~"

At this moment, bursts of explosions suddenly broke out on the positions outside the city, and the continuous explosions continued to devour lives outside the city.

The crowd who were originally busy outside the city now dropped their tools and either ran towards the anti-artillery holes that had been dug long ago, or rushed towards the city.

The ninja guarding the city gate did not hesitate when he saw this and immediately opened the gate to let the people outside escape in.

"coming!"

Looking at the continuous huge explosions outside the city and the crowds pouring into the city, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes suddenly became solemn.

Originally, he should not have allowed the family ninja to open the city gate, because the enemy's tactics would most likely lead to an attack right after the bombardment. Now that the defenders outside the city were allowed into the city, it would not be easy to have them reinforce the position and fight.

But considering the morale of the army and Asma next to him, he still allowed the soldiers outside the city to enter the city to hide.

"finally come!"

On the south wall of the Fire City, Danzo Shimura looked towards the direction of the east wall where the explosion occurred, and his eyes became solemn.

If it were in the past, he would have definitely taken his men and escaped from such a battle early, but that was not possible now.

Nowadays, the entire ninja world is united and advocates unity. However, Danzo Shimura and the Shimura family have been excluded by everyone because of the affairs of Konoha. If he does not work hard now, there will be no place for him in the ninja world. Even if he defeats the army of the other world in the future, he will still not escape death.

In addition, if the ninja world is doomed to fail in the future, he still hopes to die in a blazing battle, so that everyone knows that he died in a blazing battle, and that it would be in line with what he often said - everything he did was for Konoha. Even now, he can say that everything he did was for Konoha to be rebuilt.

Even if the history of the ninja world disappears completely in the future, at least now he is dying for his own ninja way.

This is also the reason why he, such a shameless person, was still able to accept the order of the daimyo and lead the entire clan's fighting force here.

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"Monkey, you have to hold on!"

In the West City and North City of Fire City, Utane Koharu and Mitokado En, who were also on the city walls supervising the progress of the fortifications outside the city, also heard the continuous rumbling explosions, and both of them couldn't help but pray secretly in their hearts.

These four old men played politics very well in Konoha, sucking the blood of Konoha like blood suckers to enrich their own families. But their political skills were like children's learning to speak in front of the daimyo families who controlled the entire Land of Fire and had been passed down for hundreds and thousands of years.

The Fire Country Daimyo easily forced them to bring almost all of their family's combat power to the Fire City to resist the enemy. Unless they could abandon everything, there was no possibility of a second choice.

Now they can only hope that Sarutobi Hiruzen can withstand the enemy's attack, so that their pressure will be reduced. It would be best if Sarutobi Hiruzen could hold on for ten days, so that they won't have to suffer too much loss.

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On the other side, five kilometers away from the Fire City.

"Positional warfare, a tactic that will lead to your own death! It has been useless since thirty years ago!"

Richuan Gangban looked at the images taken by the drone and sneered with disdain.

Positional warfare did play a huge role in the era when machine guns and cannons first appeared. At that time, the industry was backward, the production of weapons and ammunition was limited, the power and function were limited, and transportation was limited, so positional warfare was able to play a huge role.

But in today's more technologically advanced world, especially as we have become cannon fodder for the undead civilization, positional warfare has become an outdated tactic.

No matter how large the position was, it could not withstand the bombardment of artillery fire, and no matter how solid the position was, it could not withstand the destruction of powerful rockets and bombs. The trenches and anti-artillery holes dug were completely the soldiers' graves, and they had no other purpose except to make them consume more ammunition.

On the battlefield of the new era, human life is the most important thing. As for bullets and shells, they are produced much faster on the production line than newborns.

"Continue the bombardment. Once you've destroyed the front positions, fire hard into the city. Don't save ammunition. By breakfast tomorrow, I want to see the city on the other side reduced to complete ruins."

Richuan Gangban put down the tablet in his hand and gave the order directly.

In the past, Sakura Star produced more than 100,000 shells every day. This was because there was not much demand, the cost of production and storage was too high, and it could basically only be used for training. There was no full-scale production.

Now that Sakura Star has become cannon fodder for the Undead Civilization, everyone has realized the future of Sakura Star, hoping that ammunition can replace soldiers' sacrifice in the war of cannon fodder's fate.

Therefore, Sakura Star is not only adding new factories every day, but all factories are also working hard to produce ammunition every day. More than 30 billion bullets are produced in one day alone, and the daily output of large-caliber artillery shells can exceed 500,000 rounds.

He fought and built roads along the way, so his transportation was able to keep up with his consumption.

It's just a city covering an area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers. Even if it is bombed with artillery shells, the land can be plowed dozens of times.

(End of this chapter)