Naruto God Tree Arrives

Naoki's plan is actually very simple, and it is completely designed to counter Yagura's strategy.You don't want to waste time to surround Wei and rescue Zhao. Well, I will defeat the Kingdom of Water as quickly as possible and try to drain the cauldron and see how you can save it.

Therefore, the best way to defeat the Kingdom of Water in a short period of time is to take the same tactics as the Mist Ninja used in the Kingdom of Wind, directly taking the two major centers of the Kingdom of Water, Kirigakure Village and the Capital of the Kingdom of Water.

This tactic sounds very simple, but in fact it has a hidden meaning: Now Kirigakure has adopted comprehensive guerrilla tactics. In this case, it is impossible to quickly invade the center of the Kingdom of Water by relying on steady and gradual encroachment tactics. The simplest method of guerrilla tactics is to directly attack the civilians of the Water Country, loot all supplies, and burn down the towns along the way.

After the top management of Konoha understood the intention of the rope tree, they were all in a daze and couldn't calm down. This cruel practice was completely inconsistent with their usual moral values, and was even deeply abhorred by them.

But now Skywalker, who has always shown himself to be a great and upright person, has crossed this moral bottom line and attacked civilians, which is unacceptable to most senior officials.

"Master Naoki, do you have to do this? Is there no other way?" Kato Dan's dry voice sounded in the mental network. No one expected that he, who had always been very low-key, would be the first to stand up.

"Jun Duan, you should understand that this is the only way to win victory. If there were other options, I would not propose this plan." Nao Shu's tone was low and firm, with an air of brooking no objection.

Tsunade was silent about this. Now the two men closest to her had a disagreement. She couldn't express her opinion at will, otherwise things would probably be worse. The best choice was to remain silent, even if she was the one most likely to influence Naoki's decision. People don't want to ruin the relationship between the three of them.

Although Tsunade didn't speak, another woman who was close to Naoki didn't have so many worries. Kushina directly expressed her dissatisfaction: "But the civilians of Naoki and the country of water are innocent. If countless people are sacrificed for the sake of victory, Innocent people have their families destroyed because of this, which is not only cruel but also unfair.”

"Innocent and unfair" Naoki said in a funny tone: "This is a war between countries. All ninjas and civilians in both countries are participants in this war. Where did the logistics materials used by the Kirigakure ninja army come from? Was it produced by the civilians of the Water Country? In the same way, when Konoha won the victory and ceded territory from various countries to pay compensation, the civilians of the Fire Country could also share the dividends of the war. So don't be stupid. No one in the two countries is innocent. Everyone is. a participant in the war.”

The high-level officials of Konoha present were speechless by Nasuki's absurd reasoning. Although they could not find a reason to refute, they still felt that something was wrong.

"Ahem, Naoki-kun, your statement is a bit extreme." At this time, Jiraiya, who has always been unreliable, rarely became serious: "Although civilians are indeed participants in the war, they join passively. It is the ninja class and the daimyo government that are leading the war. Didn't you always advocate not involving civilians in the war? Why did you suddenly change your mind now?"

After hearing this, all the senior officials in Konoha suddenly realized that Jiraiya's statement was the correct one.

Correct, civilians cannot lead the war, so naturally they should not bear the responsibility. So why did Mr. Nogeki suddenly change his insistence?

"Haha, is it still exposed? It seems that Jiraiya, you have grown a lot since becoming the Minister of Education." Naoki smiled in a relaxed tone: "Since everyone must know the reason, then I will tell the truth.

Yes, during these years of war, I have been deliberately restraining the Konoha ninja army and advocating the protection of civilians.The reason for doing this, in addition to the superficial reasons such as conforming to the mainstream moral concepts to maintain Konoha's image, and improving the spirit and discipline of the army, there are actually deeper reasons.That is to gain the favor of the civilians of the enemy country so that we can annex the territories of other countries with a tolerant policy.

I think everyone has more or less noticed this. In recent years, even if the territories occupied by Konoha have not been fully integrated into the Land of Fire, at least there is no hatred and resistance. Maybe in one or two generations, The local civilians will completely regard themselves as people from the Country of Fire."

Konoha's top brass all nodded suddenly when they heard this, and Tsunade finally couldn't help but ask: "Since your previous policies went so smoothly, Naoki, why do you want to make sudden changes now?"

"Because this policy has a premise, that is, we can completely digest it after we capture the territory." Shen Shu emphasized in a more serious tone: "But the Kingdom of Water does not have this condition.

The Country of Water is an island country isolated overseas. It is completely different from the land we occupied on the mainland before. It is separated from the mainland of the Country of Fire by a vast sea. Even if we have a new aircraft carrier fleet, it will take at least a day and a night. , one trip lasts for two days and two nights

You can think about it, if the Kingdom of Water cedes a certain territory to us Konoha, then we must station troops here for a long time to ensure safety.Because Kirigakure on the opposite side can attack at any time, and it will take at least a day and night for our reinforcements to reach the territory here, which is an enclave for ninjas with far greater mobility than ordinary people.

The land of water is already small. The territory we get will never exceed the Nishikawa area, and the resources are not very rich. If a ninja village is established here, the commercial and industrial value will not be high, and our ninjas are still If you have to compete with the Mist Ninja, you won't even be able to be self-sufficient.On the contrary, a lot of manpower and material resources have to be invested, which is completely worth the loss.Moreover, the strategic value here is also very low. Originally, the aircraft carrier fleet alone could completely blockade the Kingdom of Water from the sea. Stationing a large number of ninja troops on the island would be too wasteful.

If Ninian is not stationed, this place may be taken back by Kirigakure at any time, and Konoha will not be able to guarantee its influence at all.

Therefore, the territory of the Water Kingdom is useless to Konoha. Even if we treat the civilians according to the original policy, it is impossible to completely conquer the land here.

Unless we can eliminate the Kirigakure Village and the Daimyo government and completely occupy the entire country, there is no value in establishing a shinobi village branch here. But in this way, the Water Country will be destroyed. This is completely different from the government ceding land and paying compensation. By then, there was no difference between the civilians of the already subjugated Water Country whether they surrendered or resisted.There is no need for us to use soft policies to win over civilians."