I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 39-040 Artillery Barrage

"Are you sure it's okay? It won't really get away. Countless important figures are watching this exercise. If it does, we'll both be in deep trouble!"

Holding up his binoculars, Muto Masafumi watched the red-haired bear monster disappear into the depths of the forest, and he became slightly anxious.

"Rest assured, Muto Masabu, we have already implanted a tracking chip in this Type A creature, so we have it under control no matter where it escapes to."

Section Chief Mori said with great confidence:

"And even if something goes wrong, we've placed a dissolving capsule in its stomach. The shell will melt before 3 p.m., at which point more than 1000 mg of potassium cyanide will be released, and even a Type A cyanide would surely die."

"Then let's proceed with the drill according to plan."

With a whooshing sound, three armed helicopters carrying heavy weapons, which had taken off from the North Fuji training ground, flew over the two men.

At Muto's command, Type 16 wheeled mobile tanks started up and moved forward in the original direction.

The Type 16 wheeled armored vehicle is smaller than a typical main battle tank and has eight pairs of wheels, with the front four being rotating wheels. This gives it excellent mobility and increases its ability to traverse soft terrain, making it particularly suitable for island nations with many mountains and rivers.

Half an hour later, three helicopters belonging to the Ground Self-Defense Force, which were deployed to assist ground troops in combat, arrived over a forest on the western side of the Okuchichibu Mountains.

"Okay, understood. Don't kill the target directly; instead, drive it to the designated coordinates!"

Put down the communicator and, as the captain of the air cavalry combat squadron, give orders to the other helicopters over the air channel.

"The target is in the woods below. First, drop incendiary bombs to the east to force it out!"

"Puff puff—!"

Two helicopters circled in the air and flew towards the east side of the forest, dropping incendiary bombs and accelerants.

Instantly, incendiary bombs rained down from the sky, exploding violently the moment they hit the ground, and the accelerants connected the ignition points into an insurmountable wall of fire.

Flames rose into the air from the trees, and the raging forest fire swept in from east to west with the wind, unstoppable, like the flames of hell that wanted to burn and devour everything.

Countless small animals fled from the mountains and forests, breaking through to the west.

The captain kept his eyes fixed on the ground below, but the planned target did not appear, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

Could they have been burned to death in the first wave of incendiary bombs?

He was just about to pick up his communicator to contact command and confirm whether the target was moving when he saw a conspicuous red monster rush out of the woods like a wolf or a boar.

"Alright, target spotted! Open the hatch machine gun and begin driving the target away. Note, drive it away, not kill it!"

"clear!"

The machine gunner excitedly turned the machine gun on the hatch, tilting the muzzle downwards.

The door-mounted machine gun is the least powerful weapon on this attack helicopter, but even so, it can fire hundreds of rounds in an instant, making it a powerful tool for attack helicopters to suppress ground troops and mop up enemy forces.

The machine gunner was excited; he never imagined he'd have a day where he'd fight monsters.

Although this monster is not large, it is still a monster, isn't it?

"Da da da!"

The bullets rained down, sweeping past the red-haired bear monster a few meters away, bouncing up plumes of smoke on the ground. Some trees were hit by the machine gun and snapped on the spot.

The machine gunner tried his best to control the muzzle so as not to hit the red-haired monster. After all, these were machine gun bullets. Even if a whale suddenly appeared on land covered in scales, the machine gun at the hatch could turn it into a pile of mangled flesh.

Those monsters that can remain unharmed even after being hit by bullets or missiles only exist in tokusatsu films.

The other two armed helicopters also arrived, opened their doors and machine guns, and together drove the red-haired bear monster westward.

If the red-haired bear monster shows any sign of breaking free, immediately unleash a burst of bullets to force it to change direction.

A dozen minutes later, the red-haired bear monster had been driven to a barren hillside, next to which stood an abandoned wooden villa.

"Calling command center! The target has been driven to the designated coordinates!"

The captain picked up the communicator to report to the command center, and then hovered in the air as if to avoid being affected, no longer moving forward. The machine guns outside the cabin were still firing at full power, forcing the red-haired bear monster not to retreat.

Seeing that the three steel monsters flying in the air had finally stopped chasing it, the red-haired bear monster had a chance to stop and rest, half walking and half running.

Just then, the red-haired bear monster saw several small black dots suddenly appear in the sky, approaching from afar and landing beside it in an instant.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Huge explosions rang out one after another.

The artillery barrage didn't end there; another round of artillery fire roared, flashes and smoke instantly exploding on the ground, sending dirt flying into the sky, and grayish-white smoke filled the air.

Two kilometers away, a row of Type 16 wheeled mobile armored vehicles stood side by side, their 105mm rifled guns still spitting fire as they fired shell after shell.

"Boom—!"

Watching the entire hill being plowed through and the wooden villa blown away by the first wave of artillery fire, Muto Shobu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

He turned to look at Section Chief Mori and asked:

"Is the tracking chip on that monster still working?"

"After being driven to the coordinates, it has completely lost signal." Section Chief Mori's face was full of smiles. The Type A had been completely annihilated in the few waves of shells, leaving no trace of its body.

"The bigwigs up there should be satisfied with this military exercise. Even monsters can't withstand the Self-Defense Forces' steel cannons!"

Section Chief Mori looked at the small hill that had been almost completely leveled, and a strong sense of pride and confidence appeared on his face!

This round of artillery fire is not even the tip of the iceberg of human military strength; it is only a small part of the Self-Defense Forces' armed forces.

Not to mention, Japan has more than just the Self-Defense Forces; it also has US military bases. Every Japanese person has not only a powerful motherland but also an even more powerful father country behind them.

This is also the source of Chief Mori's confidence in maintaining a tough stance against superhumans. So what if they can slice bullets with a knife or breathe fire? Such power is utterly insignificant in the face of human military weaponry.

This is the 21st century, long since the barbaric and ignorant era of the past. The light of human technology shines across the globe, and in the past 100 years, humanity has accomplished feats that surpassed those of the previous two thousand years!

Steel behemoths that conquer the four oceans, railways that connect countries across vast distances, fighter jets that are faster than the rides of gods in mythology... Humanity has conquered the land, the sea, and the sky, and has set its sights on the more distant stars and the sea.

The so-called supernatural beings that suddenly appear in this era, whether they are monsters, evil spirits, or extraordinary individuals, are nothing more than clowns.

Chief He Sen didn't care whether the superhumans were ancient, hidden rats or mutants who suddenly awakened superpowers. They all had to bow their heads and obey orders before the state apparatus. Otherwise, they would have to be suppressed, suppressed, and suppressed again until those freaks completely submitted.

(End of this chapter)