Red sand dust

The expansion of the air combat force does not happen overnight.

If they were to swarm them all, Sand Hidden Village didn't have that many resources, so the wing armor developed by the whole village was really too expensive.

In addition, the requirements for selecting members of the air combat force are also very high, and a batch of wing armors have been produced. It would be embarrassing if they could not find enough qualified people to operate them.

If the thirteen students selected and trained by Daimaru himself are counted as the first phase, and the second phase is expanded to include three cadres who control the wing suit Swift, logistics support, and daily clerks, Daimaru requires a staff of thirty people.

In Daimaru's vision, the number of front-line combat members of the air combat force will be maintained at about 12 to 150 people. Counting others, the total will not exceed 180 people.

If Sunagakure Village fully launches war mobilization, it is estimated that there will be more than 12,000 official ninjas above Chuunin level. In peacetime, it would be good to maintain half of this number.

According to the information Daimaru knows, the total number of jounin in the entire Sunagakure Village is about one-twentieth of the number of chunin. The proportion of jounin in the wealthy Konoha Village is slightly higher, but it is also limited.

After the weakening of the "Konoha Collapse Plan" and the repeated conflicts with the Iwa Ninja, there are still many vacancies for jounin and chunin.

Because they took back part of the mission share from Konoha Village, they could theoretically support more ninjas.

In today's ninja world, it seems that the ninja war will not be fought for a while. The five major ninja villages have not started an arms race, and Sunagakure Village has no intention of provoking a war. It is just preparing to regain its strength as soon as possible.

Therefore, even if everyone knows that front-line ninja troops, such as the air combat troops, which serve entirely for war and are quite expensive, are very useful, the village still has no intention of spreading them over a large area.

The overall size is maintained at about one-third to one-half of the number of Jonin, which is the quota limit for the air combat force set by the village for Daimaru.

The air combat force's budget was drawn from the Jonin training funds. Daimaru understood this hint.

At the top of Sunagakure Village, the new ninja army founded by Daimaru has the same status as jounin, and its strategic value is even higher.

At present, it cannot be said that we do not pay attention to it.

This number of people is completely sufficient. The number of wing armors and the difficulty in selecting personnel make it impossible to fully staff them.

In addition, it is impossible for Daimaru to focus all his energy on selecting qualified candidates and training batches of students.

It takes a thousand days to raise troops, but it takes a while to use them. Now that the air combat force has been formally established, it must be put to use.

In the conference room of the Kazekage House, Fu Yi's general, Sha Li, rushed back from the northern fortress, dusty and tired, and was explaining the latest trends of the Iwa Ninja to everyone.

Daimaru, who participated in such a high-level meeting for the first time after being promoted to Jonin, secretly speculated that Daimaru, who had a group of direct troops under his command and barely had some influence, should not be qualified to make irresponsible remarks on the politics of Sunagakure Village.

"Then it's time to use me... and the air combat troops!" 』

After roughly showing the layout of the front line to everyone present, Sha Li said loudly:

"Iwa Ninja should also realize that he can no longer take advantage, but he still doesn't want to retreat. The defense of the northern fortress still cannot be careless..."

"It's troublesome..."

Fu Yi frowned, a trace of gloom showing on his old-fashioned face.

"From last year to this year, the confrontation has been going on for almost a year. The conflicts, large and small, have never stopped. If it continues to be consumed like this, it will be very detrimental to us..."

Among the five great ninja villages, Sunagakure Village is the least able to withstand a protracted war. It has too few resources. If a quick victory cannot be achieved, the "secondary disasters" caused by militarism will be more serious than the losses on the battlefield.

For example, there is a shortage of food and water, the supply of military supplies is not timely, and a large number of commissioned tasks cannot be completed in time, resulting in the share being snatched by other ninja villages.

Konoha Village did promise to return some of the profits to Sunagakure Village, but if you don't have the ability to take it back, you can't blame others.

Long Sha put down the information in his hand and asked a little strangely:

"Is it necessary for the Iwa ninja to be so unyielding? Since there is no intention to fight a war, it is the right choice to just give up..."

In fact, many people present had such questions. Fu Yi from Jiuzhen North Territory explained:

"Although the Iwa Ninja are not strong individually, they are still very difficult to deal with when united. Onoki is an experienced leader. Under his leadership, the Iwagakure Village is particularly united. The Iwa Ninja have a very high will to fight because they are good at group operations. The combat power of every Iwa Ninja is very precious..."

"Isn't this more confusing?"

Huang Sha asked confusedly,

"In such a small-scale conflict, the Iwa ninja do not have the upper hand. Whether we fight alone or in small groups, we Suna ninja are stronger than them and our losses are much smaller..."

If the two major military groups fought a protracted war, they would suffer more casualties than a major war. The number of Suna ninjas and Iwa ninjas who died in the guerrilla and trial conflicts was more than the number of ninjas killed in the previous three ninja wars combined. Several times more.

"Iwagakure is richer than us..."

Fu Yi sighed helplessly,

"Actually, all of our dead are compatriots, the Iwa ninjas died in battle, and a large part of them were mercenaries hired by that despicable and shameless guy Onoki with money..."

Rebellious ninjas, wandering ninjas, fallen samurai, and even major secret organizations.

Among the five major ninja villages, apart from Konoha Village, Iwagakure Village is the one that knows the most about the "Akatsuki" organization. Ohnoki even hired rebellious ninjas from the "Akatsuki" organization to intervene in the war between small countries.

"That's it..."

Huang Sha nodded numbly.

Others present were also a little helpless.

In a relatively peaceful era when the ninja world was unable to fight a war, many ninja quotas in each village were reduced, and the combat power remained at a low level.

However, the conflicts between the Ninja Villages have never stopped. There is no need to expand the army and prepare for war, and the existing manpower is not enough to meet all challenges.

what to do?

Therefore, some wandering ninja groups and rebel ninja organizations who were employed by the five major ninja villages to fight proxy wars came into being.

In Ohnoki's mind, the "Akatsuki" organization is not much different from the hired ninjas who paid to die in the past. They are even more timid and never directly intervene in the conflicts between the five major ninja villages.

Among the five great ninja villages, Konoha Village and Kumogakure Village have strong strength, so there is no need to spend money to invite mercenaries; Kirigakure Village is already at war with itself internally, and has no time to invite "foreign aid" to cause trouble; Sunagakure Village has no money, so please I can't afford it; only Iwagakure has the most dealings with those mercenary ninja groups who specialize in selling wars and want money rather than lives. Not only does it have that need, but it also has a little money, and can hire some cannon fodder from time to time to maintain the situation.