Just as Uchiha Shigenobu was shrinking his head and looking for a way to retreat, Uchiha You waved a shovel and commanded: "Shigenobu, go and move that bucket over here."

"yes!"

Uchiha Shigenobu hurried over and moved it over with a grunt.

Uchiha You picked up a large colander, scooped out the soaked meat from the bucket, put it into the large iron pot, and stir-fried it quickly. Soon a strange fragrance rose up.

Uchiha Shigenobu suddenly felt physically and mentally empty, as if a big hole appeared in his stomach, and he urgently needed delicious food to fill the gap. His saliva flowed out involuntarily.

Miwa Masayo sniffed it, shook his head regretfully, and said, "It tastes okay, but it's still much worse than when it was fresh."

Uchiha You smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do. Octopus legs are not shellfish meat. Drying them will only lose their freshness, not increase their flavor."

This is the meat left over after they find the giant octopus's nest and chop off its legs again and again.

Although both immortals were big eaters, Uchiha You's physical condition was not stable after his breakthrough, and his appetite was sometimes high and sometimes low. There were times when he had a poor appetite and could only eat more than 100 kilograms of meat, and there were times when his appetite was so great that he could swallow 500 kilograms of meat at a time.

In order to avoid wasting the leftover meat, Uchiha You cut it into palm-sized pieces, spread it out to dry, and made octopus jerky the size of mahjong tiles.

Dried meat can be stored for a long time. When you want to eat it like today, you can soak it in clean water and taste this delicious flavor of the tailed beast's chakra.

Although Miwa Masayo and Uchiha Yu always say that the taste is lost, this is a subtle difference that can only be perceived by the keen senses of the cat hermit and gourmets. In fact, Uchiha Yu's technique is very delicate. After the octopus meat is dried, the loss of freshness and nutrition is minimal.

The reason for preparing such a meal is that after two consecutive days of recovery training, the Uchiha Genin have suffered a huge loss of physical strength and are in urgent need of nutritional supplements.

Unfortunately, the war caused prices in the Kingdom of Hot Springs to soar, and supplies were extremely scarce. Vegetables could still be bought at several times the price, but meat could not be bought even at ten times the price.

And because the Kirigakure fleet was wandering on the sea, the Kumogakure ninja and the Konoha ninja implemented a sea closure policy and did not allow any ship that was not under their control to go to sea. Therefore, the Kingdom of Hot Springs, which was obviously close to the sea, had no fish to eat.

Uchiha You had no choice but to take out his treasured dried octopus and make a pot of stew to nourish his subordinates.

He had to increase the intensity of training because the atmosphere was getting more and more tense and a war was imminent. The Tiger Force was able to train in the camp because there were not many missions and they could be completed every day. Therefore, there were many Konoha ninjas in the camp, and they, the Uchiha, were not conspicuous.

But when the Kirigakure ninjas land, combat missions will absolutely come in like a tide, and by that time there will be few ninjas left in the Konoha ninja army camp.

The Tiger troops would be very conspicuous if they stayed in the empty camp.

The organizational structure of Konoha Village is loose, and its supervisory system is almost non-existent. Uchiha You is very good at finding opportunities to cheat within the rules, but the key to doing such things is to be discerning and never go against the rules.

As long as he doesn't want to be targeted by Orochimaru, he has to lead the Tiger Corps to the front line. Anything can happen once he arrives at the front line. Before that, if he can increase his strength a little, it is possible to save one person's death.

Uchiha You did not expect the Tiger Unit to suffer zero losses, so while he was trying to win over these children, he also deliberately kept his distance to avoid excessive emotions that would make him feel uncomfortable in the future.

He, Uchiha You, did not want to open the Mangekyō Sharingan by feeling the sadness that was like tearing his soul apart.

The deliciousness of octopus legs made the Uchiha Genins unable to stop. Although each person did not eat much, the meat full of tailed beast chakra contained amazing energy. This meal alone completely made up for the shortfall of two consecutive days of super-high-intensity training.

Moreover, these young boys all felt that their bodies were getting hot, and there was an inexplicable impulse that made them restless.

Of course, the captain of this group of boys is different. The five big boys, Uchiha Shigenobu, Uchiha Ayumi, Uchiha Hiroto, Uchiha Kazushi, and Uchiha Tadamichi, are all 17 or 18 years old, and of course they know what this kind of impulse is.

Uchiha You naturally knew that in order to prevent these 101 big boys from getting together and having nowhere to vent their energy and causing strange changes, he continued with super-intensive training overnight.

"Train! We need to practice each variation of the 4-4 tactics three more times. Captains of each team, lead your respective teams, and start."

Uchiha You's order triggered a burst of wailing. The tactical variations of the 4-4 system were too many, and a complete drill would take at least an hour and a half.

Moreover, Uchiha You’s requirement is that after each drill, all mistakes must be summarized, the reasons for the mistakes must be discussed, and ways to prevent mistakes must be discussed.

Including this relief, a complete session takes at least two and a half hours. By the time I finish three sessions, it’s almost dawn.

The five captains said nothing because Uchiha You explained to them in advance that he had not expected the effect of octopus meat to be so strong. With this anger in their stomachs, none of them could sleep tonight.

The goal is to drain all of one's energy, and only when one is extremely tired can one fall asleep.

In the face of his subordinates' wailing, Uchiha You just laughed, and led his own team to leave the residence and head towards the outside of the ninja camp.

When they arrived at their respective training locations, the captains of each team would naturally follow orders and explain to their respective team members the reasons for the night training. Uchiha You would not explain any problem to hundreds of people, because the audience exceeded two orders of magnitude, and the transmission of information could only be one-sided, which could only promote information and was not suitable for explaining problems.

Explaining a problem requires getting feedback from the other party. Only by knowing which part others don’t understand and explaining that specific part in a targeted manner can the problem be explained clearly.

The subordinates all understood, but many of them could not accept it. It was just a meal, why should they be unable to sleep?

"Okay, you can lie down and rest now. No matter who you are, as long as you can sleep, you don't have to participate in the training tonight."

"Captain, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, this is Brother You's order."

"Haha, Brother You really knows how to scare us. It's just sleeping, he just lies down and falls asleep."

The captains were actually skeptical about Uchiha Yu's words.

But after more than two months of training and changes, his prestige has reached a good level. Even if the captains do not believe in him, they will conscientiously follow his orders.

Half an hour later, all five captains were convinced.

None of their team members fell asleep, and they did not feel the slightest bit of calm after lying down; they all felt restless and irritable.

My body felt like it was on fire, my heart was beating like a jackhammer, my blood was flowing like a jet, my whole body was hot, but there was not a drop of sweat on my body, and I couldn't even close my eyes because of the dryness.

Then something happened to the youngest members. They sat up, holding their noses, and shouted to the captain: "Captain, I, I have a nosebleed."

"Me too, a lot."

"Captain, what should I do? I can't stop it. I can't stop it."

At this time, the captains would smile evilly and shout, "Everyone, stand up. Your faces are all red from holding your breath. If you lie down any longer, you will all have nosebleeds."

"Now you believe what Brother You said, right? What you eat today is the rarest good thing in the ninja world, the giant octopus meat that even the clan leader cannot eat."

"This was hunted by Brother You from the sea, and he processed it personally to preserve the chakra of the tailed beast. Is this something that can be easily digested?"

"Everyone stand up, wipe your nosebleeds, and let's start training."

"yes!!"

"Practicing every variation of the 4-4 system of tactics may not allow everyone to survive until the end of the war, but it will increase everyone's chances of survival. This is life-saving and must be practiced to the death."

"Got it, Captain!"

Under the leadership of the five captains and following Uchiha Yu's instruction, the Tiger Troops began their respective drills.

After the Tiger Force was established, Uchiha Yuu granted the captains a privilege that they could adjust the captain of each team based on the performance in training. The basis for adjustment is not the individual's strength, but the degree of understanding of tactics and the degree of tacit understanding with the captain.

The rule that captainship is not determined by personal strength is definitely the first time in the ninja world, and it is different from the rules of the entire ninja world.

If the members of the Tiger Unit were not newcomers to the battlefield, if they were not sincerely convinced of Uchiha You, this change would definitely cause a lot of uproar, even cause an uproar, and would end halfway before any results or major mistakes were seen.

Uchiha You has a deep understanding of this. He also taught the four-four tactics before, but he never mentioned the matter of changing the captain. He strictly followed the rules of the ninja world. Whoever can fight will be the team leader.

It was not until he believed he had gained sufficient prestige that he implemented it within the Tiger Force, which he had full control of.

Only by promoting the ninja with the best judgment to be the team leader and cooperating with the captains of the 17-man team can a complete 4-4 tactical system be established.

The so-called 44 tactical system is naturally derived from the famous 33 system. When Uchiha Yu was in the army, he was probably the last batch of infantry to practice this set of light infantry tactics.

In fact, few people know that the starting point for No. 1's design of the three-three system was actually due to the helplessness of the rabbit's soldiers' poor quality and equipment.

The rabbits back then didn't have cannons at long range, and they didn't have enough bullets at a distance of 100 meters. Even in close combat, the soldiers were too thin and weak, so they still suffered a lot. The distance of only about 30 meters, where both sides threw grenades at each other, was the range where they suffered the least.

Therefore, the rabbit's tactic is to rush to 30 meters, blow the enemy dizzy, and then take the opportunity to rush up and fight with bayonets.

How to get close to 30 meters has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved, and the only solution available is to rely on new tactics.

But the poor quality of the soldiers is not just because they are too thin due to hunger. Their literacy rate is also close to zero. The tactical design cannot be complicated, otherwise it cannot be promoted.

It was only due to so many stringent requirements that the three-three system was finally implemented.

There are only two core ideas of this tactic: first, to minimize casualties, and second, each person only needs to care about one thing at a time.

Uchiha You thought that the three-three system was also a very suitable tactic for ninjas, but it needed improvement, so the four-four system was born.

A 17-man squad is structured into a captain and four four-man squads, each with a squad leader.

The captain is a commander who does not directly participate in the battle. He concentrates on observing the enemy situation, judging what tactical changes should be made, and then conveys them to the captains of the four teams.

The four squad leaders followed the captain's orders attentively and directed the squad members to fight according to the tactical changes specified by the captain's orders.

The three team members followed the orders from the team leader and concentrated on executing their respective tactical actions.

Everyone is very focused on doing one thing, without any other distractions, so they can naturally do their best.

If a commander communicates with 3 or 4 subordinates, there will be no difficulty in command, and the execution of tactics can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

Taking into account the special circumstances of the ninja world, the captain of the squad, as the only core and initiator of the tactics, will become the first target of the enemy's hunting. Therefore, the captain not only needs to be good at command, but also needs to be good at fighting to ensure his own safety.

Since the captain's requirements were so harsh, Uchiha You simply gave the captain the responsibility of resisting surprise attacks, and let him act as the tank of the entire team, holding back the elite among the enemies and creating opportunities for the squad to encircle and kill the enemy.

The contents of tactical training are all brand new and are constantly being improved. After all, the original template comes from the Dharma-Ending World, and in the ninja world there are always various details that need to be reconsidered.

Therefore, the difficulty of training is extremely high, and can only be compensated by higher training intensity.

As for the final result, no one in the Tiger Unit was sure. They could only wait for a real battle and use their own and the enemy's blood to prove it.

The opportunity to fight came quickly. On the fourth day after the Tiger Force was established, the Kirigakure fleet successfully landed, and the Kumogakure and Konoha ninjas were instantly in an uproar.

The entire Konohagakure Ninja Army was mobilized, and all the Konohagakure ninjas in the battle sequence received orders to assemble at different locations to encircle the crazy attacking Mist Ninjas.

This was completely different from the previous few months, when the Kirigakure ninjas always entered the Land of Hot Springs in scattered groups and the three major ninja villages fought each other in a chaotic battle.

The Kirigakure ninja chose to land on the southern coastline defended by the Konohagakure ninja army and temporarily avoided the Kumogakure ninja. Orochimaru could only deal with this wave of attacks independently, and he also had to be careful of the Kumogakure ninja's malicious sneak attacks.

On the battlefield, all contracts are worthless, and force is the only truth. If the attack of the Kirigakure ninja causes chaos in the Konoha Village, the Kumogakure ninja will definitely temporarily ignore the Kirigakure ninja who has declared war and launch an attack on the Konoha Village ninja.

Moreover, the Hidden Cloud Village is extremely shameless. Even if they have already launched an attack on Konoha, they will not declare war. They will just drag it out and leave a way out for themselves.

This is what happened in the last battle. Even though they had been fighting for almost a year, the Third Raikage did not declare war. Even when the Third Hokage was so angry that he took the initiative to declare war on the Hidden Cloud Village, the Third Raikage, a reckless man, had the audacity to say that if he did not accept it, it would not count as a war.

In Uchiha Yuu's opinion, the Third Raikage Ai is the strongest of all three generations, especially as a leader, he is undisputedly strong. For the benefit of the Hidden Cloud Village and the benefit of the Land of Lightning, the Third Raikage never cares about his own face and reputation, but will protect the reputation of the Hidden Cloud Village at all costs.

The Third Raikage would implement any agreement signed by the Hidden Cloud Village without any compromise. He built the flexibility of the Hidden Cloud Village's policies on his own face. As long as he was shameless enough, the Hidden Cloud Village would have flexible room for advance and retreat.

With the experience of the previous war, Orochimaru knew that he had to keep enough strength to guard against the Kumogakure ninja while fighting against the Mist ninja.

In this way, the power to resist Kirigakure is seriously insufficient.

There is no way. Although Konoha Village is big and powerful, with the largest number of ninjas and the strongest strength, there are three battlefields going on and the military strength does not have an advantage on any battlefield.

The Konohagakure ninja army's strength was originally less than that of the Kirigakure ninja army that had landed. The Kumogakure ninjas, with their covetous and malicious neutrality, tied down two thousand Konohagakure ninjas, leaving only five thousand ninjas available to fight the Kirigakure ninja army.

A good cook cannot cook without rice, and Orochimaru was helpless about it.

When only his subordinate Nara Shikaku was at the command center, Leng Jun Orochimaru couldn't help but sigh: "Now I can't do anything. I can only hope that the Konoha ninjas on the front line can burst out their potential and withstand the attacks of the Kirigakure ninjas."

Nara Shikaku echoed almost pleadingly, "As long as we can hold on, even if it's just to temporarily stabilize the front line, the Kumogakure Ninja Army will determine the target of their attack as Kirigakure."

"As long as the two families fight, the two thousand reserve troops used to defend against Kumogakure will be freed up, and everything will be much easier then."

Orochimaru remained silent. Unwilling to give up, he racked his brains, trying desperately to think of where he could squeeze out some more strength.

Suddenly, a light of hope flashed in his cold snake eyes, and he asked, "Where is the Uchiha family's 'Tiger Unit' now?"

Nara Shikaku was stunned, but as a Nara, he immediately recalled the corresponding order and replied: "The Tiger troops will assemble at defense points 6 to 41 on the third line of defense."

Orochimaru immediately gave the order: "Order: Move the Tiger Force up to... the first line of defense, yes, to the salient of Kubota Village."

Nara Shikaku was stunned, and then his eyes turned red with anxiety.

He said quickly: "Lord Orochimaru, this order is inappropriate. The Tiger Force is composed of the Uchiha family's Genin, and the commander Uchiha Yu is the only Chunin. If they go to the Kubota salient, they won't be able to hold out for long with their strength. We can't go in now..."

Orochimaru stopped Nara Shikaku from speaking out of turn. He even smiled and said to his staff officer, "Shikaku, I am different from my teacher. I am not that petty and I have no prejudice against Uchiha."

"I believe in Uchiha Yuu, the Chunin, and the one hundred Uchiha Genin he leads. I believe they have incredible combat power and can shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the Kubota salient."

"Lujiao, do you believe in my vision?"

"Lord Orochimaru, I believe in you."

"Then issue my order, the sooner the better."

"yes!"