The Seventh Swordsman

Battle of Nations

A heavy frown was visible upon Naruto's face as he finished hearing the intelligence reports from the Scouting parties of Zetsu's that he had sent out across the lands to keep an eye on the Allied Shinobi Force's movements.

Their enemy had finished amassing more than 220,000 thousand troops which itself was a significant achievement considering how little time they had to prepare after Iwagakure's destruction. It was a testament to Tobirama's organization skill and the shinobi nations shared desire to stop them at all costs.

"They must really hate us if they have put aside their decades long differences" commented Inoue dryly,

She watched her elder son glancing at the war map and could already see the gears churning in his mind as he saw the various directions from which the allied armies were approaching the Mountain's Graveyard.

For easier tracking, he had divided them into two main battle groups.

"Let's call those approaching from the east as the Rock Brigade considering they are led by the Land of Earth's forces and other smaller nations like the Hidden Rain, Hidden Grass and Hidden Waterfall. Together, they are nearly 100,000 strong made up of shinobi, feudal warriors and even drafted civilians. They shall be falling upon our eastern flank in less than 30 hours, but it will be a diversion" advised Naruto seriously,

Madara who had been silent until now watched as Nagato seized upon his elder brother's advise and pointed at the sea between the Land of Earth and Mountain's Graveyard.

"While the main army batters at our flank in order to keep us occupied, their Special Forces will try to flank us from the sea and go straight for this hideout. Iwagakure's Bomber Squadron is still in play and I'm sure they must have inducted other veteran shinobi from the smaller nations to aid in this attack. Their main aim is to rescue their Jinchuuriki or the tailed beasts inside them, it will not only help stop our plan but also increase their military might. They have the numbers to eventually encircle and finish us off. What they don't have is time" warned Nagato,

"Then we'll need to counter that. I can hit them with some Spartans and Zetsu support units before they flank us. Let's outflank the enemy and seize the initiative. We should not be completely defensive" recommended Kushina,

"Good ideas, but what do you suggest doing with the Leaf Brigade marching from the Land of Fire. They are even bigger force than the Rock Brigade with nearly 120,000 forces majorly from Land of Fire and Land of Wind alongside Samurai, feudal warriors and drafted civilians. This army will have more talented fighters and better commanders like Tobirama and Sakumo Hatake alongside many others. They shall fall upon Southern flank, our only advantage is that they won't try to go into the erstwhile Hidden Frost village territory which belongs to Kirigakure now in order to attack us from the sea on that side" suggested Madara frankly,

"While Kirigakure may have decided to opt out of this war, they are still sending the Seven Ninja Swordsmen after us. They are elite fighters who can directly aim for this hideout by coming straight from the sea, they have a Navy to assist if the task is too daunting. If they are deceiving us all and have secretly allied with the enemy, then we could be facing another army" said Hayate gravely,

"We're fucked anyway, aren't we?" teased Kasumi with a nervous laugh,

There was merit to her concerns as the situation was extremely dire. The nervousness was visible on every person's face except for Naruto who was the Supreme Commander of their army.

Apart from the Spartans, they barely had 120,000 Zetsu's who were the bulk of their army. Decent numbers, but just not skilled or experienced enough like the thousands of veterans in the Allied army. In an open fight, it would be a one sided slaughter.