Sunagakure Air Force

In the early stages of Konoha's Shinobi Army invading the Land of Wind, everything went very smoothly. They encountered almost no resistance as they easily occupied the first city according to plan, then used it as a center from which to expand into the surrounding regions.

However, while Nawaki's strategy was very sound, it took a long time. The hatred of the Land of Wind's native population was also a major hidden danger, and Konoha's Shinobi Army had to contend with harassment from Sunagakure guerrillas as well, so there were many difficulties involved.

Konoha's army of 150,000 looked immense, but if they wanted to ensure the stability and security of their defensive zones, they could occupy no more than three city-centered regions at once.

If they exceeded that area, Konoha's Shinobi Army would lose its absolute advantage in troop strength and risk being defeated piecemeal by Sunagakure's guerrillas.

Yet even with Nawaki being so careful and cautious, Konoha's Shinobi Army inevitably suffered frequent attacks and harassment from Sunagakure guerrillas. Even towns where military camps had been established would come under attack from Sunagakure's air force at night.

At this point, it was necessary to introduce the air force that Sunagakure had spent more than a decade and vast sums of money building.

Because Konoha and the civilian world kept technology under strict lockdown, and because Sunagakure had no technological talent or industrial foundation whatsoever, it was impossible for them to imitate Konoha and manufacture flying vehicles through chakra technology in a short time.

Necessity bred invention. Since they lacked the conditions to pursue technology, Sunagakure's upper ranks naturally changed their approach and used ninjutsu to solve the problem.

And within Sunagakure's entire ninjutsu system, the art most closely connected to machinery was naturally puppet technique!

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