The night was uneventful, and the next morning, Hanyu's team hurriedly finished the night's rest, and then continued on their way forward, and after a peaceful day and a half, they arrived at the front-line command post before the deadline.

The reason why the big countries with the highest military power can tolerate the existence of those small countries and small ninja villages that lack strength is that, on the one hand, the division of world borders and territories itself is affected by historical and geopolitical factors; On the other hand, it is deliberately done by the major powers in order to leave a buffer zone between them.

Otherwise, when the system of one village and one country is established, the fate of those small countries will only be pushed and eaten away by the big countries.

So far, keeping the presence of small countries on the border has been proven to be the right decision, because no matter how far the current ninja war is fought, the main battlefield has always been on such a buffer zone, in the territory of a small country.

Even whether it is the first ninja world war, or the subsequent wars, the main battlefield is the same...... It is true that in every war, villages like Konoha have fought fiercely, but even more miserable are the small nations that are forever sandwiched between the land of fire, the country of wind, and the country of earth.

This doesn't even accuse Konoha of deliberately bullying the weak, the reason is simple, when the war is faced with two options in one's own country and fighting in other countries, everyone will choose the latter.

Therefore, even if the military ninja was seriously damaged, the production and other facilities in the territory of the great country were not irreparably damaged, so the war could last longer, so the great country and the great ninja village could quickly recover after the war.

Compared with countries like the country of Vortex and the country of Tano, the country of Kawano, where Hanyu and others are currently located, is actually not small in terms of area, but it does not have the slightest ability to resist in the Great Ninja War, because there is no ninja village in this country.

At present, there are about 4,000 ninjas deployed in Konoha in the territory of Kawanoku, and in order to form a balance with Konoha, at least the number and scale of the Sand Hidden Ninja should be the same as Konoha, so this country has been filled with dense ninjas.

In fact, Hanyu has always felt that it seems stupid for ninjas to get together, flexible squad combat is the characteristic of ninjas, and it should be the samurai rather than the ninjas who deploy and instigate large-scale attacks in groups, should the ninjas line up and shout slogans to attack?

However, at present, this kind of deployment and fighting mode cannot be decided by one village or one country, and the war has been carried out to such an extent that either side can only concentrate its forces to attack.

Hanyu imagined a "very ninja" style of warfare in which victory or defeat was decided by small-scale battles, something that could only exist in the war-torn years before the establishment of the ninja village system. When the ninjas formed a village, their strength was much stronger than during the clan wars, and the scale of the battle naturally swelled uncontrollably.

Of course, even if the hands are so densely arranged, the battle between the ninjas will not completely lose their characteristics...... It is true that the two major ninja villages have deployed heavy troops in the country of Kawanoku, but unless it is a strategic decisive battle, it is impossible for either side to press their own forces in one fell swoop.

At present, most of the battles between Sungakure and Konoha are still dominated by sporadic encounters of small forces, and both sides are patiently trying to drain each other's strength little by little...... To put it bluntly, now the war has entered the stage of strategic stalemate.

After Hanyu's team arrived and reported to the front command, they were dispatched just a few hours later, as he had expected.

Before the Hokage arrived, the commander-in-chief of Konoha at this time was the Uchiha Kagami. Mishino was able to shout at the Uchiha Mirror when he was in the village, and Hanyu could see him often, but that would never happen here. Even Hanyu doesn't even have the qualifications to meet the other party for the time being.

After the report was completed, Hanyu returned to the team members with the mission, he opened the mission map he had just gotten in his hand, pointed to a small area on it, and said, "Since the reconnaissance team in this area has completely lost contact with each other, the command speculates that they have been killed, and now we need to go up." ”

Despite the use of speculation, both the command and Hanyu were able to determine that the group of ninjas was dead...... In such a place, if the ninja's regular contact is not delivered to the command on time, it will be considered dead.

"What about time?" Nagisa Nara was asking when the team had lost contact.

"It's been seven hours." Hanyu told everyone what he had received from the command. Generally speaking, the regular contact of the frontline ninjas is carried out every six hours, and in case of emergency, special signals will be sent, but the team that Hanyu is going to replace has neither sent a signal nor regular contact, and the most likely thing is that it has been silently eliminated by the enemy.

"So what is our mission, offensive or defensive?" Nara asked again.

"Defensively, our job is to defend that area. If there is a small group of sand hidden ninjas infiltrating, annihilate them; If it is an invasion of the enemy of medium size or above, it is necessary to warn the headquarters in time. Hanyu said that when he was given a mission, he also made a point to ask if he wanted to collect the whereabouts of the missing ninja team or investigate the cause of their death, and this question was neatly vetoed.

Ninjas die every day, and Command simply doesn't have the energy to investigate the cause of their deaths, let alone recover their remains.

"The time limit is five days, after which someone will rotate us, and after a week, if we don't get a rotation order, we will be allowed to withdraw voluntarily...... Any questions about the mission? ”

"Nope." The three members shook their heads in unison, and Hanyu's explanation of the mission was clear enough.

"Okay, then let's start arranging the battle formation - because it is a precautionary mission, in order to ensure a wide field of vision and not be suddenly extinguished, I am going to adopt a scattered position layout, the basic formation is a 'T' formation, Nara and I are in the front, to deal with the first to arrive attack, ten meters behind is Renjuro, responsible for reconnaissance and centering forward and backward transmission of information. Twenty meters further back from Renjuro is Senchiwa, so you have to make sure you have enough height and vision, and keep an eye out for us at all times...... Note that you have to hide yourself because the position is too open, otherwise it will be difficult for us to come back if the rear is raided. ”

"Do you have any comments on the formation?"

The crowd shook their heads again.

It's hard to believe that the people who are setting up the tactics now, and the people who are listening to them, are a bunch of fourteen-year-olds, too calm, too cold. Ninjas are not killing machines, everyone knows that, but they are constantly pushing themselves to evolve in the direction of killing machines.

Even when he was about to enter the battlefield, Hanyu's thinking was still clear, and his language was extremely accurate and concise...... In the first battle formation, it was absolutely impossible to overwhelm him psychologically.

Hanyu fully understood the task he had been given, that is, they could die, but they had to pass on the information of the time of death, so he adopted a scattered formation. The most dangerous thing in this formation is actually Qianqianhe, in essence, she has been disconnected from the front, if there is an irresistible enemy in front, she is the last guarantee to send back information, and if the enemy kills from the rear or flank, she will die instantly.

"Okay, check the equipment, supplies, ......"

"No problem? Let's go! ”

Ninja gear, armor, rations, medicines, scrolls and special flares to transmit information, Hanyu and the team rechecked what they were carrying.

After all of them were confirmed, they galloped towards the task.