Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

After new weapons and firearms entered the battlefield of the ninja world, the top leaders of the major ninja villages quickly noticed the value of this strategic weapon. In particular, the battle reports from the front line showed that Konoha's firearms greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Genin and Chunin in battle.

As the Hidden Cloud Village is a powerful war machine, the Third Raikage Ai naturally received detailed reports about Konoha's use of new weapons and took quick action.

The Hidden Cloud Village has always attached great importance to the development of military force and military technology. Especially in the confrontation with other ninja villages, maintaining the advantage in combat effectiveness has always been the core goal of the Raikage Ai.

As early as when the single-shot rifle was first introduced in the Land of Whirlpools, the technical department of the Hidden Cloud Village conducted tests, but concluded at the time that the weapon was not powerful enough to compete with traditional ninjutsu and weapons.

Therefore, the technical department believes that firearms are nothing more than insignificant and useless weapons, suitable for ordinary people to defend themselves, but cannot really play a decisive role in the ninja battlefield.

However, as Konoha achieved significant results on the battlefield using improved firearms, front-line battle reports refuted past judgments.

During the battle between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha, the ninjas constantly encountered the powerful firepower of this automatic rifle. Especially in close and medium-range combat, the high efficiency of the firearm was obvious.

For a time, the ninja troops of the Hidden Cloud Village suffered heavy losses and were forced to adjust their battle strategies.

When the Third Raikage Ai convened the technical department for questioning, the technicians had to admit that they had underestimated the potential of firearms.

The single-shot rifles tested in the past were indeed not to be feared, but Konoha now uses improved automatic rifles.

This new type of firearm not only has sustained firepower, but is also easy to operate, greatly improving the long-range combat capabilities of the Genin and Chunin.

For ninjas in general, and genin in particular, automatic rifles provide a huge boost in combat effectiveness.

Raikage Ai was very dissatisfied with this and believed that the Hidden Cloud Village should not lag behind other ninja villages, especially when facing Konoha.

He snorted coldly and gave an order to the technical department: "If Konoha has it, the Hidden Cloud Village must also have it. I will give you one month to crack this weapon and produce our version so that all the ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village can be equipped with it." Faced with the pressure from the Raikage Ai, the head of the technical department broke out in a cold sweat and had to devote all his energy to studying the technology of Konoha's firearms and finding an effective cracking solution.

Technicians acted quickly and began collecting samples of firearms seized from the battlefield, attempting to analyze their structure and manufacturing principles through reverse engineering.

At the same time, Raikage Ai also plans to obtain more technical intelligence about firearms through other means, and will not hesitate to use various means to capture more weapons on the battlefield to speed up the research and development and production process.

The actions of the Hidden Cloud Village were just the beginning. With the storm that firearms created on the battlefield of the ninja world, the military technological competition among the major ninja villages officially began.

Faced with the emergence of Konoha Village's new weapons on the battlefield, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of the Iwagakure Village quickly received detailed reports from the front line.

The front-line commander particularly pointed out that the new automatic rifle used by Konoha greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Genin and Chunin, especially the ordinary ninjas of the Iwagakure Village who suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Konoha Genin.

The report explicitly requested the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki to attach great importance to this matter in order to prevent Konoha from continuing to expand its victory with this weapon.

Ohnoki read the report carefully, and at first he still had a bit of contempt for this weapon.

As a strong old man in the ninja world, he has dominated the battle for many years with his powerful ninjutsu such as Dust Release. He has always believed that traditional ninjutsu is the core that determines the outcome of a battle. As for new weapons such as firearms, he regarded them as "strange and tricky skills" that are not worth mentioning and believed that they would not pose a threat to the real strong ones.

However, as the reports from the front became more detailed and urgent, he gradually realized that guns were not such simple weapons.

Although it could not shake the status of the top ninjas, it had a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the middle and lower ninjas, catching the Iwagakure Village troops off guard, who might have originally had the advantage on the battlefield.

Ohnoki had to re-examine the threat posed by this weapon while considering the potential behind it.

Since Konoha can develop and use this kind of weapon, the Iwagakure Village naturally cannot lag behind.

Ōnoki convened the technical ninjas and research departments of the Iwagakure Village at a meeting and asked them to develop ninjutsu and tactics that could effectively defend against gun fire.

The Iwagakure Village is famous for its expertise in earth escape techniques, so Ohnoki instructed them to develop bulletproof ninjutsu based on earth escape techniques to ensure better protection for the Iwagakure Village ninjas on the front line.

At the same time, he ordered the technical department to collect intelligence and try to seize Konoha's firearms from the battlefield and conduct reverse engineering to crack their manufacturing principles.

Ohnoki also learned that the Third Raikage Ai of the Hidden Cloud Village had been frantically advancing firearms research, trying to achieve mass production of firearms within the Hidden Cloud Village.

This news made him feel uneasy. After all, the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village have been rivals for a long time. If the Kumogakure Village was the first to master this weapon, then the Iwagakure Village would lose its competitive advantage in military power.

In order not to fall behind in the arms race in the ninja world, Ōnoki immediately ordered the Iwagakure Village to focus on researching firearms and asked the research and development department to launch the Iwagakure Village version of the weapons as soon as possible.

Ohnoki believed that with the strength of the Iwagakure's technical department, as long as they could analyze the core principles of Konoha's firearms, the Iwagakure would be able to quickly produce its own firearms units and further improve the Iwagakure's competitiveness on the battlefield.

At the same time, Ohnoki also knew that this arms race was not only a technological competition between ninja villages, but also a contest of strength between countries.

If the Iwagakure Village cannot catch up with Konoha and the Kumogakure Village in time, the entire strategic layout of the Iwagakure Village may be destroyed.

Therefore, how to quickly master firearms technology and popularize it has become one of the most important tasks for the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki.

The pattern of war is quietly changing, and Ōnoki also realizes that there will be more and more battlefields that no longer rely on traditional ninjutsu. How to gain an advantage in this new battlefield will determine the future of the Iwagakure Village.

The Third Kazekage of the Sand Village realized the power of firearms earlier than other ninja villages.

As early as the Oasis Uprising in the Country of Wind, the rebels purchased a large number of firearms from the Country of Whirlpools, and used these weapons to successfully resist the suppression of the Daimyo of the Country of Wind and the Ninjas of the Sand Village.

This experience gave the Sand Village a very clear understanding of firearms and made them realize that this was not an ordinary weapon.

Compared to other ninja villages that initially looked down on firearms, the Sand Village reacted more quickly because they had personally experienced the power of firearms.

In the process of suppressing the Oasis Uprising, the Sand Village encountered strong resistance to the rebels' use of firearms, especially the automatic rifles purchased by ordinary people through the Awakening Organization of the Whirlpool Country, which played a surprising effect on the battlefield.

This resulted in the loss of some ninjas in the suppression operation of the Sand Village, and the war came to a stalemate, which eventually forced the Third Kazekage and the top leaders of the Sand Village to slow down the suppression of the oasis and no longer actively attack.

During this process, the Sand Village ninjas gained a deeper understanding of the power of firearms, and some ninjas even secretly purchased some firearms from the Akebono Organization for research and study.