Fox's orders soon came through:
"Target confirmed. Prepare according to plan! Once the convoy enters that narrow stretch ahead, wait for my signal and attack together! Prioritize the shinobi guards and destroy the supplies!"
Lin Ze took a deep breath and brought himself to peak condition, but something still felt wrong.
Orochimaru must have sent elites. It looks like he takes this mission seriously-or rather, he's looking forward to what cutting the supply line could achieve.
But... why do I still have this faint sense of unease?
That unease was not unfounded.
In Lin Ze's memory, cutting supply lines was an effective tactic, but carrying it out was extremely risky and often came with heavy casualties.
The Sunagakure shinobi aren't idiots. Would they really let us get close to such an important supply line so easily, with so few troops escorting it?
Lin Ze lay where he was, thinking silently while pushing his sensory perception to its limit.
Apart from the chakra of the convoy below and the superbly concealed presences of the other two Konoha squads, he detected nothing unusual.
Am I overthinking this? It's wartime, and troops are stretched thin. Sunagakure's main force is tied down on the front lines, so weak rear-area security would make sense.
Just as Lin Ze began doubting himself, Fox's signal finally came!
"Attack!"
Almost the instant the signal came, the three Konoha squads sprang from their hiding places like phantoms!
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spear!"
For a moment, all kinds of ninjutsu bombarded the Sunagakure convoy from different directions, catching them completely off guard!
Screams erupted instantly. Several Sunagakure chunin and disguised genin at the edges of the convoy were torn apart or gravely wounded by the savage ninjutsu before they could