Uchiha's personal opinion

A hidden and dark underground cave in the ninja world.

A bizarre humanoid creature, pale white all over and covered in barbs on its back, ran along, laughing and joking in a funny manner.

Along the way, there were many other white, humanoid creatures wandering around.

"Ugh! What are you studying, poop?!"

The running white humanoid creature suddenly noticed a group of similar white humanoid creatures gathered together in a circle, occasionally letting out strange cries.

Unable to contain their curiosity, the white humanoid creature hurriedly squeezed forward to see what was happening.

After finally squeezing in, they found that there were only a few of their kind lying in the crowd, their noses and eyes bruised and swollen.

"Huh? What's so strange about that?"

The white humanoid creature found it very strange.

The other white humanoid creatures around him quickly pulled him into the encirclement and, without saying a word, pinned him to the ground and beat him up.

Then he became just like those of his kind who were lying in the middle, all bruised and battered.

The seven hands and eight feet that formed the encirclement continued to emit strange cries.

"Hey! Didn't you go out today? Did you find any fun poop?"

A white humanoid creature recognized this unlucky fellow who had just returned and been beaten up.

"Ouch!"

The white humanoid creature, lying on the ground making silly noises, suddenly remembered its mission: "I have information to report to Lord Madara!!!"

"Oh dear!!!"

The white humanoid creatures that had formed a circle scattered in panic.

The white, bruised and swollen humanoid creature struggled to its feet and continued walking into the darkness.

Until they arrived at a cave with an unusually spacious interior.

"Lord Madara! I have important intelligence to report!"

In the darkness, beneath a strangely shaped tree, an old man, whose body had risked his life, slowly raised his head.

"White Zetsu... I hope this time your intelligence isn't some weird excrement... or I'll turn you into excrement!"

The old man's eyes gleamed red in the dark space.

Chapter 102 The Uchiha Attack

Just after Akimichi Torifu sent the battle plan back to the village, Uchiha Tokumitsu met the second squad of the Tokumitsu Red Guard.

In this way, the number of clansmen gathered under Uchiha Tokumitsu's command has exceeded 260, and that is not even their full strength.

Because the third squad of the Deko Red Guard is still stationed in the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Grass and serves as the backing for Uchiha Himon's control of the Land of Grass.

In addition, there is another clan force belonging to Uchiha Tokumitsu—the Uchiha Anbu—that has not yet been deployed. Therefore, if Uchiha Tokumitsu were to fully mobilize his forces, they would undoubtedly be a terrifying force capable of winning a local war between major powers.

As for whether the village, especially the Hokage Building, would have any particular thoughts about the war against Sunagakure, Uchiha Tokumitsu neither cared nor was interested in finding out. To him, the dead were not worth much attention.

Sakumo Hatake was only concerned with whether the war supplies he requested could be collected on schedule. So when he saw the last batch of ninja tools arrive at the warehouse on time, he breathed a sigh of relief and assumed that the village was fully supporting this war.

"So naive..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu also witnessed Hatake Sakumo's relieved expression.

As a comrade-in-arms and ally, he had reservations about Sakumo Hatake's consistent style. Since he had already decided to compete for credit and rise in rank, why did he still naively believe that his personal relationships and trust with others would remain unchanged?

You must understand that blocking someone's future is worse than killing their parents.

But it was precisely because of Hatake Sakumo's upright and honest character that he gained a large following, so Uchiha Tokumitsu did not want to change it.

Shaking his head, Uchiha Tokumitsu left the supply depot and went to the training ground to observe the pre-battle training of the Tokumitsu Red Guard.

……

The Land of Fire, where Konoha is located, is the richest country among all the ninja nations.

The Land of Fire is located in the central part of the Ninja World Continent. Although it is not the largest in terms of land area, it has the most fertile land and the richest resources. At the same time, it occupies the core trade route between the countries. Therefore, even if the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire do nothing else, they can make a fortune just by collecting commercial taxes. They naturally have a psychological advantage over the other four major countries, believing that they are a group of barbarians who rely on exploiting farmers and robbing to survive.

However, it was precisely because of the current state of the Land of Fire that the daimyo and nobles had little ambition for other great powers and never took the initiative to launch a war against other great powers. In both Shinobi World Wars, they were in a passive and counter-attacking state.

Moreover, in terms of terrain, the Land of Fire lacks natural barriers, making it easy to attack but difficult to defend. It not only has to guard the borders of the three major land powers, but also has to be on guard against attacks from the Land of Water by deploying defenses along the coast. Even with a large number of ninja forces, such a dispersed force is still stretched thin.

In their operational plan against Sunagakure, Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo aimed to directly target the Land of Wind's homeland. Their plan was to defeat Sunagakure's border forces and then capture the cities along the route to serve as strongholds and pre-planned battlefields for subsequent battles, thus turning a passive counterattack into an active offensive.

This will undoubtedly be the first time Konoha has launched a war against a major power since the village was founded and Madara Uchiha left.

Even though the Konoha leadership remained silent on the matter, the eyes of Konoha and even the Land of Fire began to turn to the various ninja communities of the Land of Rivers.

The feint attack from the direction of the Land of Rain also proceeded as scheduled.

With the assistance of elite Jonin such as Dan Kato, Tsunade led her troops in the first attack, advancing into the western part of the Land of Rain, which was occupied by Sunagakure.

Jiraiya's role also changed from intelligence gathering to raiding behind enemy lines, coordinating with Tsunade's forward offensive.

Orochimaru led the main force of the expeditionary army, slowly pressing towards Sunagakure.

Meanwhile, Hanzo of the Salamander began to gather the remaining Rain Ninja forces and prepared to march towards the Sunagakure-occupied territory in the west.

"You can move now."

Sakumo Hatake, holding the intelligence sent from the dispatch army headquarters, spoke to Tokumitsu Uchiha.

Uchiha Tokumitsu picked up the intelligence report, read it again, and nodded.

“Then let’s proceed according to the original plan!” Uchiha Tokumitsu was equally eager to try. “Inform Jonin Mimura and Jonin Kogure that the border defense forces can set off.”

“Then I’ll lead the mobile force ahead.” Sakumo Hatake stood up, cracked his neck, and said with a smile, “I’ll leave the frontal combat to Tokumitsu-kun.”

"Then I wish Sakumo-kun a great victory, and that after this triumphant battle, he will seize the position of Jonin class leader!" Uchiha Tokumitsu also laughed.

The Konoha ninja army in the direction of the Land of Rivers plans to advance in two routes.

Mimura Yoru and Kime Kōdō led the western border defense forces from the south, directly approaching the undefended areas of Sunagakure's defenses to lure Sunagakure's eastern army into splitting up; Uchiha Tokumitsu led two squads of the Red Guard to launch a frontal attack on the Sunagakure ninja army; Hatake Sakumo led the mobile forces to lie in ambush in advance, waiting for the right moment to launch a decapitation strike and wipe out Sunagakure's field command in one fell swoop.

The entire operation plan was basically a copy of the tactics used in the breakout battle of the Uzushio Rescue during the Battle of Uzushio Country.

After all, although Sakumo Hatake was nominally the combat commander of the battlefield in the land of rivers, this position was essentially for him to gain military merits. In actual combat, raids behind enemy lines and decapitation strikes were the best ways to fully demonstrate Sakumo Hatake's abilities.

When Uchiha Tokumitsu led his troops to the border and confronted the Sand Village army, news came again from the direction of the Land of Rain: Ebizo, the Sand Village commander in the western region of the Land of Rain.

This means that Elder Chiyo, a high-ranking member of the Sunagakure clan who has a blood feud with Uchiha Tokumitsu for killing his son and daughter-in-law, is currently in the Sunagakure camp right in front of them.

"That old puppet woman is really patient..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu chuckled and gathered Fire Release chakra to burn the intelligence documents to ashes.

After several feint attacks to probe the enemy's strength, Uchiha Tokumitsu had a general idea of ​​the Sunagakure camp's situation.

After splitting their forces south to fight against the western border defense forces of Konoha who were launching a cross-border offensive, there were probably still more than 1,500 Sand Village ninjas in the Sand Village camp in front of them.

With 260 against 1500, victory is naturally assured!

"Sunagakure is easily defeated. The headquarters is composed of clan elites. Do you all have the confidence to win this battle?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's Sharingan quietly activated, his blood-red eyes radiating a sinister killing intent.

Victory is certain!

Two hundred and sixty pairs of Sharingan opened simultaneously.

The overflowing, chilling gaze, connected with boundless killing intent, painted an extremely bloody aura.

Since the Uchiha clan joined Konoha, there has never been an opportunity to gather so many clan ninjas to launch a large-scale war.

In particular, since the Uchiha clan took over the police department, they were absent from most of the battles in the First Shinobi World War. Moreover, due to their current duties, they rarely had the opportunity to leave the village to carry out missions. As a result, the new generation of ninjas lacked sufficient understanding and respect for the bloodshed and terror of the Uchiha clan.

Therefore, neither Konoha nor the ninja world lacks voices questioning the strength of the Uchiha clan.

In this battle, Uchiha Tokumitsu planned to wipe out the Sunagakure camp in one fell swoop, so that the fame of the Uchiha clan could once again spread throughout the ninja world.

"Let's launch an attack!"

"Yes!"

Two hundred and sixty Uchiha ninjas roared!

"Uchiha—"

Uchiha Tokumitsu drew his katana, the blade pointing directly towards the Sunagakure camp.

"Charge forward without hesitation!"

With Jonin as the spearhead and Chunin as the foundation, Uchiha Tokumitsu commanded his troops to deploy in formation and launch a full-scale attack on the Sunagakure camp.

Not to be outdone, the Sand Village, which had an absolute numerical advantage, sent out a force of about 500 Sand Village ninja to charge towards the Uchiha ninja army.

"A two-way journey...that's wonderful!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu licked his lips, and the blood-red three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun even faster.

He loves battles where the opponent underestimates him and plays a piecemeal approach!

"preparation!"

When the two sides were about a kilometer apart, Uchiha Tokumitsu gave the order.

The Uchiha ninja army began to slow down, while the Uchiha Jonin accelerated forward to form ranks.

The presence of fifty Uchiha clan Jonin was Uchiha Tokumitsu's greatest source of confidence in this battle.

Eight hundred meters away.

The puppeteers in the Sand Village Army began releasing puppets, while also summoning a group of summoning beasts such as giant sand insects and large poisonous scorpions.

"Combined Fire Release—"

Uchiha Tokumitsu issued another command.

Five hundred meters away!

We can already see the hideous faces of the Sand Village and their hand seals.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Fifty Uchiha Jonin joined forces to unleash a high-level Fire Release ninjutsu, creating an overwhelming, world-destroying sea of ​​fire that swept towards the Sand Village army.