dmims Chapter 235 War Damage Estimates
Chapter 235 War Damage Estimates
When the situation seemed to be very good, discordant voices emerged. The Uchiha people stationed on the east bank of the river in River Country began to complain. Some of them felt that they had made great contributions in this Ninja World War and the village should give them corresponding promises.
Indeed, Mo Congfeng also felt that their contribution was not small. After all, they fought from the northeast to the southeast of the Fire Country, and from the southeast to the center of the Fire Country, rescuing Konoha from danger, and now they were chasing the Sand Village to the River Country southwest of Konoha.
However, they have not experienced life-and-death battles, and have mostly participated in stalemates and favorable battles. Therefore, their strength has been preserved most completely.
Even if they have any ideas, they should take on the tough challenge of Sand Village and show their true strength and willpower before talking about other things.
Some elders of the Uchiha clan began to build momentum. They felt that at this time the Third Hokage should give their clan leader Uchiha Fugaku a corresponding position and should clarify Uchiha Fugaku's identity as a candidate for Hokage.
Mo Congfeng felt that since he came to the ninja world, he had not met many stupid people, especially complete stupid people. However, these elders of the Uchiha clan were such complete stupid people. He was afraid that Uchiha Fugaku would be burdened by these people all his life.
Of course, Uchiha Fugaku also stood up to suppress those Uchiha ninjas. The younger ones were willing to listen to him, but the older elders would not completely obey the orders of this young clan leader. They thought that everything they did was for the good of the Uchiha clan!
Mo Congfeng observed these Uchiha clan members carefully and felt that arrogance was deeply embedded in their family's blood. The weaker and older they were, the more obvious this condition was.
Fortunately, Uchiha Shisui is not here, otherwise it would be bad if he was influenced by these people.
Mo Congfeng quickly lost interest in such a battlefield. He felt that with the capabilities of the Uchiha clan, no major problems would arise. So he asked for leave from the Third Hokage and temporarily returned to Konoha to rest.
After returning to Konoha, Mo Congfeng had nowhere to go, and he unconsciously wanted to visit the Konoha Orphanage. However, after what happened that night, Mo Congfeng felt a little fear in his heart. He was afraid of seeing Yakushi Nono again, afraid of seeing her gentle smile.
Mo Congfeng knew that he had no feelings for Pharmacist Nono. What he felt was a sense of regret after having completely used her.
Mo Congfeng was wandering around and accidentally met Jiraiya. He got together with Jiraiya and even spread the word about Jiraiya's creative collection of folk songs.
Mo Congfeng noticed that Jiraiya would occasionally meet with Tsunade and drink with her, and understood Jiraiya's sincere feelings for Tsunade.
However, Mo Congfeng suddenly felt that Tsunade's look at him was a little abnormal. After all, he and Tsunade had an unusual drinking experience.
So Mo Congfeng gradually kept his distance from Jiraiya, and preferred to get along with Minato Namikaze, and liked to chat about forbidden ninjutsu with Minato Namikaze, and share each other's knowledge of forbidden ninjutsu. Minato Namikaze had a strong sense of sunshine, which could dispel the darkness in Mo Congfeng's heart.
At this time, Mo Congfeng realized that in the current Konoha, after the death of Hatake Sakumo, he no longer had any real friends with whom he could confide. The only friend he could talk to sincerely, the only friend who still made him feel a sense of belonging, was Kinoshita Ichiro who was far away in the Land of Grass.
Mo Congfeng paid attention to the situation of Kakashi, the son of Hatake Sakumo, and learned that he had been nominated as a Jonin because of his excellent performance in the counterattack on Sunagakure and the subsequent pursuit battle.
Kakashi's promotion speed was really too fast. In Mo Congfeng's opinion, this was an important move by Konoha's top leaders to promote ninjas on a large scale, increase the number of senior ninjas, and boost morale after the war.
Many people were nominated to become Jonin and Special Jonin, and as long as the Third Hokage agreed, Kakashi would be qualified to become Jonin along with these people.
Mo Congfeng's eyes passed over the familiar faces in Konoha and he realized what he was longing for. He longed to take root and establish a connection with someone in Konoha. This person could be Nono Yakushi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, or even Minato Namikaze.
In a word, Mo Congfeng's subconscious mind was persuading him to stay, stay here, stay in Konoha.
But Mo Congfeng couldn't do this. This was precisely an opportunity, a great opportunity to leave here.
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After the snow melted, Konoha formed a new battle plan, which was to defeat Iwagakure first, inflict heavy damage on the Iwagakure ninjas, and force them to withdraw from the battlefield.
The hook had already been buried, and Iwagakure had swallowed it deep into his stomach. Now it was time to lift the hook and reel in the line.
In order to inflict heavy damage to Iwagakure, they must cut off Iwagakure's return route and cut off its supply lines. This glorious task belongs to Namikaze Minato, the next Hokage.
Minato Namikaze had already given a brilliant performance on the battlefield of Mount Kikyo. He also forced the Aby brothers of Kumogakure to retreat. By sending an envoy to Kumogakure, he made Kumogakure withdraw its troops and turn their attention to Konoha's enemy, Iwagakure.
Namikaze Minato still needs a real achievement on the battlefield, and Kannabi Bridge is the stage reserved for him.
Mo Congfeng applied to join this mission. He will go straight into the Land of Earth to attract attention for Minato Namikaze and others.
The Third Hokage drew a team of several hundred people from the two battlefields in charge of the Uchiha and Hyuga. After Namikaze Minato destroyed the Kannabi Bridge, this team of several hundred people will join forces with Akimichi Torikaze, forming a force of about two thousand ninjas to devour the Iwagakure ninja troops that fell into the huge trap of the Land of Grass.
Mo Congfeng saw the changes in Konoha's overall military strength from the mobilization of combat personnel and estimated the casualties of this Ninja World War.
This war in the ninja world has indeed been brutal so far. The estimate of the Third Raikage's son, now the Fourth Raikage Ai, was correct. Before the battle began, there were a total of more than 6,000 to nearly 7,000 ninjas in Konoha, including about 1,000 Uchiha, several hundred Hyuga, and about 1,000 ninjas from Konoha's large and small ninja clans, and the remaining 3,000 were all civilian ninjas.
The main loss of the Konoha ninja was the annihilation of the ninja unit led by Orochimaru, and nearly two thousand ninjas were lost in one battle.
Afterwards, Iwagakure's surprise attack in the direction of the Land of Grass caused Konoha to lose about 500 people at once, and the total consumption in subsequent battlefields was only more than 1,000 points. Of course, the Kikyo Mountain defense line was an exception.
At the Kikyo Mountain defense line, Konoha suddenly replenished more than one thousand and nearly two thousand Chunin and Genin who did not have full combat capabilities. These ninjas were gradually consumed, leaving more than two hundred ninjas, who were considered the elites who had experienced such a brutal battle and survived.
According to overall calculations, Konoha had six to seven thousand ninjas before the war, and one to two thousand ninjas were added during the battle, for a total of about eight thousand five hundred ninjas.
How much strength does Konoha have now? There are still about 800 Uchiha, about 400 Hyuga, and about 100 ninjas left by Mo Congfeng to Shinatohiko by Hyuga's side. There are about 2,000 ninja troops that are about to be deployed to eliminate the Iwagakure ninjas distributed in the Land of Grass. The Third Hokage still has about 200 ninjas, and there are about 50 to 60 ninjas in the Root organization, less than 3,600 ninjas.
By this calculation, Konoha had lost more than half of its strength in the Third Ninja World War, which was tragic. However, even so, Konoha was still strong enough among the five major countries, because the number of ninjas in Sunagakure and Kirigakure before the war was only about three or four thousand.