I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 255
The sound of a violent roar erupted.
The power from steel showed its true power at this moment.
Just as the samurai at the forefront, headed by Mifune, were stunned with their katana in their hands.
In the vast yellow dust, hundreds, even thousands of steel torrents, shining with a cold gleam under the sunlight, rushed with even greater momentum than the warriors of the Land of Iron.
Moreover, from the conspicuous, thick, and long barrels on the steel war vehicles, an abundant amount of chakra was concentrated at this moment.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Guided by the intelligence relayed by Hayama Shirakumo within an instant!
Highly compressed chakra shells were fired from the barrels of all steel war vehicles, rapidly and astonishingly fast, covering the advanced warriors of the Land of Iron who had displayed great strength.
Different from tanks in the original world of the Cloud Courtyard, scientific creations were deeply rooted in chakra as the unique energy source in the ninja world with its unique chakra system.
For instance, the steel war vehicles at this moment were not firing flammable gunpowder from their barrels but chakra input by the personnel inside the vehicles.
After spending significant money, the Konoha Research Department employed Kushina to perform Tailed Beast Jade research. Drawing inspiration from the construction principles of Tailed Beast Jade, with the assistance of sealing class members, Konoha researchers developed chakra shell equipment that converted chakra using technology and techniques to create chakra shells with much less power than true Tailed Beast Jade, which they then equipped on the steel war vehicles.
Just like now, the personnel inside the steel war vehicles only needed to input their own chakra, and the barrels would rapidly condense proportionally compressed chakra shells and fire them at high speed under the command.
Compared to traditional tanks, the attack frequency of steel war vehicles powered by chakra flow undoubtedly greatly increased.
However, the sustained combat capability was insufficient due to the chakra consumption of the vehicle personnel.
But it had to be clear that when facing enemies who were like little superhumans with chakra, the tactical positioning of steel war vehicles was to fire all the shells in the shortest time with the fastest efficiency, reaping the maximum results.
As for the rest, there were other friendly forces to deal with.
Just like now, chakra shells compressed in proportion were flying toward the advanced warriors of the Land of Iron amid the firing of the steel war vehicles.
In an instant, a series of explosions resounded within the ranks of the advanced warriors of the Land of Iron.
Although the power of chakra shells was far from that of Tailed Beast Jade, the capable warriors could even split them as they did with ninjutsu earlier.
But they couldn’t withstand the onslaught of chakra shells coming their way.
At the command of Onoki, the commander of the steel war vehicles, the first and even the subsequent second and third rounds of shell attacks aimed at the advanced warriors who had previously stood out.
Some of them were hit by one shell, but they were hit by a dozen or even dozens of shells in no time.
Faced with a deliberate attack, the advanced warriors of the Land of Iron who were surprised quickly paid a painful price.
Most of the capable advanced warriors, along with the ordinary warriors caught in the crossfire, were either killed or injured in the fierce bombardment.
The only ones who were still relatively intact were Mifune and a very few people like Rikaku?
“Onoki! Da** you, Konoha!”
Rolling out of the thick smoke and dust, Mifune, who had survived the attack through his own strength, looked back at the position belonging to Onoki, his old friend and masterful master of Iaijutsu in the Land of Iron. Onoki had fallen and was no longer among the living.
As Mifune looked around and saw more warriors falling, he could no longer contain his anger and charged toward the Konoha steel war vehicles.
“Kill! Tear down all these iron lumps from Konoha!”
“Kill! Kill!”
As their companions died, the warriors of the Land of Iron, equally furious, did not hesitate to rush forward with their swords drawn.
They were not ignorant peasants.
The ninja world was full of all sorts of oddities.
Compared to the monsters several times larger than these iron lumps in front of them that they had seen, they were not frightened by the blow from the former.
Seeing this scene, Onoki, the commander of the steel war vehicles, was not surprised but laughed. “Charge ahead and crush them!”
The steel war vehicles, enveloped in thick armor, had strong defenses. Although the samurai swords, enhanced with chakra, were extremely sharp, it was still difficult for ordinary warriors to completely break through the vehicles quickly.
Only the advanced warriors could quickly pierce the armor.
However, with a carefully planned barrage, these qualified individuals had already perished, leaving only a small group of them. For the steel war vehicles, there was little threat remaining.
“Steel war vehicles are in action. Now, return and assist the former in defeating the Land of Iron army,” Hayama, who was previously considered a fool by Mifune and others, stopped in his tracks and, with a group of well-informed Konoha ninja and warriors, turned back to rush forward.
Also, at this moment, the steel war vehicles at the forefront had already collided head-on with the Land of Iron warriors.
Under the unrelenting barrage of the steel war vehicles, which had caused great casualties, the faces of the Land of Iron warriors who had come forward to attack were immediately filled with fierce expressions as they raised their swords, which were considered their faith, and shouted, their chakra-infused blades directed at the surface of the steel war vehicles before them.
“Shatter for me!”
At this moment, countless Land of Iron warriors either shouted or inwardly roared.
But the next second, a series of ear-piercing clashes, far from what they had imagined, was all that resulted from their full-strength strikes against the surface of the steel war vehicles.
“How could this be!”
Some Land of Iron warriors couldn’t believe what they saw.
Their most powerful attacks turned out to be just shallow grooves on the surface of the Konoha steel war vehicles, far from the imagined result of splitting the iron lumps in front of them in half.
This was a stark departure from their expectations!
At this moment, many warriors looked at their samurai swords, which they considered their second life, and their eyes inexplicably showed some ideals collapsing and perplexed confusion.
Of course, more warriors were not willing to swing their samurai swords, madly hacking at the vehicles.
But this behavior, at most, left a few scars on the latter.
Also, in the charging steel war vehicles, which were like fast horses, the warriors who had no time to dodge were struck in the chest like a heavy hammer. Their entire bodies were knocked to the ground, and then, in the relentless advance of the massive vehicle bodies, they were crushed into a puddle of bloody mud.
At this moment, the steel war vehicles, with full throttle, continuously fired and, like heavy spears, rapidly interspersed into the dense ranks of the Land of Iron army.
When the Land of Iron warriors couldn’t break through the armor, they quickly carved out more than a hundred bloody paths in the ranks of the former.
Piercing! Continuous piercing!
With the overwhelming assault of the steel torrents raining down like a torrential storm, the Land of Iron warriors finally felt fear.
Anyone would be this way when faced with such heavy casualties and unable to do anything against the enemy.
Soon, some of the Land of Iron warriors, when facing the overwhelming momentum of the steel war vehicles rushing towards them, no longer dared to charge forward as they had before. Instead, they timidly dodged to the side.
This fragmented the formation of the Land of Iron.
Also, at this moment, Mifune, who had just killed several steel war vehicle drivers and destroyed their vehicles, noticed this situation and had no choice but to frown.
Just as he was about to take action, Hayama, carrying a vacuum sword, immediately blocked him and swung a sharp wind-style blade. He said coldly, “Old man! Just stay here and don’t cause trouble!”
Unwillingly, Mifune had to stop and deal with the enemies before him first.
In the time that followed, the Konoha forces, under the coordination of their infantry tanks, became more stable, and the steel war vehicles, no longer isolated, began to strike more fiercely.
Like a solid Great Wall positioned at the forefront, they advanced alongside the Konoha ninja and warriors, firing while using their massive bodies to withstand enemy attacks.
Behind them, the more secure Konoha ninja and warriors used ninjutsu or picked up kunai to shoot forward.
Under this saturation attack, the Land of Iron warriors who had rushed forward suffered heavy casualties, and some of the regained fighting spirit was suppressed.
The battle had tilted in Konoha’s favor.”
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