Uchiha's personal opinion

"Load the shells!"

"Cluster detonator launcher is ready to fire!"

With a mournful blast of the ship's horn, the Fog Concealment Fleet sailed out of the fog ambush zone, and at the same time, the various weapons on board were ready to fire.

Although these weapons are the first products of the Shogunate, and their power was reduced after being 'adapted' by the Kirigakure ninjas due to the lack of some repair parts, they are still considered to be extremely powerful naval weapons in this world.

"Once the village is established, we must build a large number of gunboats!"

Pipa Juzo composed himself, slowly unsheathed the guillotine from his back, and prepared for battle.

Chapter 495 Strong Ships and Powerful Cannons are the Foundation of the Ninja Village

Fukasaku the Immortal prides himself on being a respectable frog, so in principle, he hopes that any intercepted fleets will obediently hand over their 'toll'.

After being sent to this 'new world' by the Sage of Six Paths, Fukasaku first led the Greninjas to lie low for a period of time, and sent out intelligence frogs to scout out the basic situation of this world. Moreover, through many battles between the Navy and pirates, he also gained a general understanding of the combat strength level of this world.

But none of that really mattered. Fukasaku had already decided to remain hidden in the shadows, only contacting the World Government after the ninja army officially entered the world, and taking the opportunity to rise to power as a strategist.

As for its thousand ninja frogs, the Sage Fukasaku did not intend to involve them in the bloody war any further.

However, it still needs to solve another problem—how to ensure that the next generation of Greninja frogs does not suffer from severe racial degeneration in this world where there is no natural energy!

Moreover, if this problem is not solved, not only will its own strength be greatly limited, but even the frog eggs it brought will not be able to hatch—even if they are forcibly hatched, they will only hatch ordinary frogs without intelligence. And now, after the generation of ninja frogs that migrated has died out, they will either become completely extinct or completely degenerate into mindless behemoths.

So, the immortal Fukasaku opened the first brocade pouch left behind by the great toad immortal.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do; change your roots."

This seemingly casual admonition shattered Fukasaku's plan to allow his Greninja kin to fully recuperate, forcing him to begin searching for various sources of power in this world that could replace natural energy.

However, the problem is that although this world has seemingly mysterious cultivation methods such as 'Haki', the Greninja frogs' activity range is limited, so they only know that such a situation exists, but they have not been able to see the whole picture, let alone learn from it.

Therefore, when he learned that this fleet, jointly formed by various kingdoms to transport the 'Heavenly Gold', contained several legendary 'Devil Fruits', Fukasaku couldn't help but be tempted.

Of course, it wasn't ambitious, and ordinary gold and silver jewels were of no use to the Greninja lineage. So after organizing the Greninjas to create a giant wave that trapped the fleet, it simply demanded that they hand over the Devil Fruit.

However, this fleet, mainly composed of ordinary people with a few so-called Armament Haki experts, not only refused to hand over the Devil Fruits, but even dared to put up a stubborn resistance!

"Great Immortal..."

After nearly half an hour of standoff, his Greninja was getting impatient: "Why don't we just make a move..."

"Furthermore, if we send them all to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish, we won't have to worry about the news leaking out and affecting our future relations with the World Government..."

"Let's wait another ten minutes..."

Fukasaku hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "It's better not to act rashly, otherwise there will definitely be trouble later..."

"But……"

The Greninja frogs looked at each other in bewilderment.

If we keep waiting, things could get complicated!

……

"Let's close the net first... but apparently it's a bunch of rather strange-looking toads."

On the flagship of the naval fleet at the rear of the transport convoy, a rear admiral put down his Den Den Mushi and calmly spoke to his subordinates.

"understand!"

The subordinates immediately stamped their feet and saluted, then stepped out of the command cabin and began issuing orders.

With the combined efforts of the rowers and sail handlers, the naval fleet, which had been waiting silently with its sails lowered, began to take advantage of the ocean currents and sea breezes, tracing an arc towards the flank of the transport fleet.

This route was chosen to allow for a comprehensive encirclement and annihilation operation. After all, if they were to charge head-on, the rear admiral was worried that the "big fish" they had finally caught would escape!

However, all plans look wonderful when they are written down.

But reality is often not as perfect as a simulation.

"Enemy detected!"

Observers from both the Hidden Mist Fleet and the World Government Navy fleet sounded the alarm in unison!

"It's a naval fleet!"

Pipa Juzo was shocked! The reconnaissance had clearly uncovered a small, weak fleet transporting 'Heavenly Gold'!

"It's the Hidden Mist Pirates!"

The rear admiral was equally shocked! The information reported by the Den Den Mushi was clearly about a group of large frogs of unknown origin!

Both sides' top officials were hesitant to act rashly, fearing it might be a trap set by the other.

But it was Hibiki Juzo who made the first decision.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, as the Shadow of the Blood Mist, a man determined to rebuild Kirigakure in the pirate world, he absolutely cannot show weakness in front of his group of war-crazed men!

"Occupy the T-position in the battle line!"

Pipa Shizang coldly gave the order.

"As ordered!"

The Hidden Mist ninjas, who had been staring at their leader, immediately erupted in a frenzied cheer.

Subsequently, the six ironclad warships simultaneously turned hard to port, drawing a wave-like arc on the sea surface, and in a very short time formed a long, straight line to intercept the naval fleet's course!

Meanwhile, the motorboats primarily used to transport combat ninjas began to lower their sails and switch to boiler power to flank from the other side.

The rear admiral who witnessed this scene looked extremely grim.

Putting aside everything else, no other commander in his naval fleet, or even the entire navy, could execute such a clean and efficient formation change!

However, based on previous battle reports between the Navy and the Kirigakure Pirates, these pirates of unknown origin, while violent and ruthless, seem to only fight when they have the upper hand. Furthermore, once they enter boarding combat, they actively disengage and flee. Therefore, based on this existing intelligence, the Navy Rear Admiral quickly made the most correct judgment under the given conditions—

"Raise the sails, let the wind blow! Tell those rowers to give it their all, and if they're even a little slow, whip them to death!"

The rear admiral ordered, "Distribute all the sailors' flintlock muskets. Marines and officers, be prepared to board!"

He commands eight naval warships!

These warships, equipped with new cannons, far surpass ordinary pirate ships in both firepower and speed. Often, a single naval warship is enough to wipe out a large area of ​​pirates. Although the Mist Pirates in front of them have more than a dozen ships, they are still no match for the navy!

"We are the valiant navy! We are the rulers of the seas!"

"Full speed ahead! Use the main guns and ramming ram to crush this lowly pirate squadron!"

The rear admiral drew his sword, pointed it at the direction of the Hidden Mist Fleet, and made a feinting slash, issuing the order for a decisive battle with all his might!

"Hoohoo!"

The naval fleet responded to the commander's order with fervent battle cries.

……

"Their artillery range is far inferior to our Chakra Cannon, at most only half the range of our side-mounted rocket launchers..."

Having successfully secured the T-position, Pipa Juzo stood on the bow of the flagship, chatting and laughing with the Jonin surrounding him. Pointing at the enemy, he was full of vigor and enthusiasm: "Moreover, they can't even turn their cannons, they're utterly useless!"

"Pass down the order: once the enemy ships enter within four kilometers, prepare to fire a salvo from the main guns, and keep the secondary guns and launch tubes on the sides silent!"

After observing the naval fleet's formation and arrangement once more, the slight unease that had been lingering in Biwa Juzo's heart was completely banished.

Ultimately, technology is combat power...

Stroking the cold iron hull, he sighed, "Back then, the village was defeated by the shogunate because the shogunate's ships were strong and their cannons were powerful. That's why our brave and skilled ninjas suffered a great loss!"

"Now, it's time to make these naval forces suffer a loss!"

The Kirigakure Jonin also revealed bloodthirsty smiles filled with pleasure.

They were really going stir-crazy!

Because Juzo Biwa had always been somewhat wary when he acted, he never directly confronted the Marines he encountered. He would usually order a retreat after encountering a slight setback. Although this had preserved the precious Kirigakure ninjas to some extent, it was a disgrace to the Blood Mist faction ninjas who were fond of fighting and disregarded death!

If it weren't for the vast difference in strength and the excessively bloody way that Juzo Biwa suppressed him, these Jonin would probably have been tempted to challenge his authority.

Faced with this particularly sudden encounter, Juzo Biwa's first reaction was to assume that this was an encirclement and suppression by the World Navy. Naturally, his long-suppressed ferocity was completely unleashed. As for being recruited as a Shichibukai or Yonko, how could he accept the recruitment without killing and setting fires?

"All ships, prepare!"

The command from the ninja staff officer came from the observation tower. At this moment, the lead warship of the naval fleet had entered the standard firing range of four kilometers!

Juzo Biwa nodded slightly, and his trusted ninja immediately waved a command flag to give permission.

"Target the enemy's lead ship! Fire all main guns!"

As the command was given through the loudspeaker in the command tower, the Mist Shadow Ironclads opened fire in unison!

"boom!"

The roar echoed across the sea, thoroughly alarming the immortal Fukasaku, who was still confronting the fleet.

"This is……"

The astonished Senjin listened intently and recognized the sound as the cannon fire of the Shogunate's warships!

"Go and investigate immediately!"

It immediately dispatched a squadron of intelligence frogs to investigate, then glared menacingly at the fleet still locked in a silent standoff: "Attack! Kill them all!"

If all the witnesses are killed, then no one will know that they did it!

……

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

The chakra shells fired by the six ironclad warships simultaneously struck the navy's lead ship, completely engulfing it in smoke!

Immediately, everyone in the naval fleet who witnessed this scene was dumbfounded!

In terms of main gun range alone, naval guns can also fire this far.

However, accuracy is entirely dependent on luck.

The lead ship, being the first in line, was hit so accurately by the concentrated fire of the pirates' cannons, without even a single near miss!

What does this tell us?

This proves that the truly powerful and well-equipped pirate crew is the Hidden Mist Pirates!

The entire navy was immediately plunged into an ice cave!