Chapter 561: Tracking the Truth
Over ten thousand Japanese soldiers perished tragically in Geshan County, buried in the aftermath. The entire political and civilian landscape of Japan trembled thrice.
The opposition parties began furiously criticizing Xiyuan Temple Yiteng and his officials, accusing them of incompetence that led to such a tragedy.
The public was also extremely dissatisfied, with the families of the deceased Japanese soldiers demanding apologies and compensation from the government. A massive wave of public opinion surged nationwide, urging the authorities to promptly eliminate the monsters entrenched in Geshan County to prevent them from returning to the sea and threatening other coastal areas.
Japan's high-ranking officials were in turmoil, unable to cover up such enormous casualties.
This pressure further transmitted to the military, landing on Sakura Defense Minister Sugiyama Hideaki.
To address the situation, Sugiyama Hideaki put aside his status and personally went to Geshan County.
At this moment, over thirty thousand Japanese soldiers had gathered in Geshan County, but they no longer dared to enter, fearing the powerful sea monsters located in the city center. They had been frightened into submission.
"Within three days, Geshan County must be taken, I don't care how you do it."
Recollecting Xiyuan Temple Yiteng's coercive order before his departure, Sugiyama Hideaki sternly gazed at the present group of advanced military officers and ordered coldly: "Launch a new offensive on Geshan County, no matter the casualties. I want to see this city back in our hands."
"But... there are over a dozen Dominator Level monsters in Geshan County."
The officers and staff present displayed expressions of difficulty. The so-called Dominator Level monsters were a simple classification by Japan for the monsters in Geshan County. Japan categorized monsters over 50 meters as Dominator Level, over 20 meters as large, 10 meters as medium, and under 5 meters as small.
Seeing these officers' expressions, Sugiyama Hideaki's face remained cold as he continued: "I allow you to use all heavy firepower. The military no longer restricts this aspect of weaponry."
Upon hearing this, the numerous officers on site suddenly had their eyes light up.
Obviously, though Sugiyama Hideaki did not explicitly address the fate of the survivors in the city, it's not something that could be openly discussed. However, everyone understood Sugiyama Hideaki's subtext, which was to ignore the remaining survivors in the city and unleash unrestricted bombardment on Geshan County. Inevitably, some survivors would be incidentally harmed or even killed by their own firepower.
In such a circumstance, the military could launch a full-scale counterattack on Geshan County.
If sufficient powerful heavy firepower, artillery, air force, and missile units were combined, the strong sea monsters in Geshan County would still be of no avail. The inability to capture Geshan County before was entirely due to the military's prohibition on using heavy weapons, which left them handicapped.
"Yes, we will definitely take Geshan County within three days."
The officers on site vowed, their morale soaring.
Soon, the Japanese military once again organized a new round of offensives against Geshan County.
The first to break the silence was the artillery bombardment action from Japan's artillery units against Geshan County.
Rows of artillery lined up outside the city, including self-propelled howitzers, towed howitzers, and multiple rocket artillery.
With a command, the barrage was unleashed like a thousand cannons firing simultaneously, with heavy shells raining down on Geshan County, fiercely bombarding areas densely populated with monsters based on intelligence gathered from aerial reconnaissance.
In an instant, the city was engulfed in flames, smoke spread, and buildings collapsed.
Many sea monsters only heard a sharp screech before a flash of fire blinded them, and their massive bodies were torn apart, with limbs and remnants flung by shockwaves.
Humanity's powerful thermal weapons, especially heavy firepower, overwhelmed most mutant sea monsters, utterly incapable of withstanding such a level of bombardment.
A single 155mm shell could crush a tank weighing tens of tons; dealing with most mutant sea monsters required merely one shot.
Following closely were the air force strikes.
In the central urban area of Geshan County, there were dozens of sea monsters like the Octopus Sea Monster and Spider Crab Sea Monster, each similar in length to tens of meters. These were the pinnacle among mutant sea monsters, exhibiting the highest genetic stability, blood concentration, and mutation intensity. Each had consumed and killed numerous counterparts to grow to such an extent, earning the name Dominator Level Sea Monsters by Japan.
The previous death of over ten thousand Japanese soldiers in Geshan County was due to attacks by these Dominator Level sea monsters.
Whoosh!
A whistle filled with oppressive power swept across the skies above Geshan County, as a squadron of F35 fighter jets zoomed past, dropping several napalm bombs into the central Yufeng Square of the city.
In an instant, Yufeng Square was engulfed in flames, with intense fire blazing.
In this place, a large amount of white spider silk and hordes of small spiders were caught in the sweeping flames of the napalm bombs, burning with sizzling screams, quickly turning into charcoal.
Boom!
The ground upheaved as a fifty-meter-tall Spider Crab Sea Monster crawled out, watching in fury as its offspring suffered such a fate, emitting an angry roar.
But soon after, several more air-to-ground missiles were dropped, their high-explosive warheads hitting the Spider Crab Sea Monster with terrifying power precisely.
In just an instant, most of the Spider Crab Sea Monster's body was blasted apart, leaving a bloody mess of organs on the ground, killing it instantly.
Regardless of how formidable its restorative self-healing power was, with its body shattered to pieces, it was hopeless!
Under tank main gun fire, the Spider Crab Sea Monster might have suffered only minor injuries, but now it succumbed after being hit by several successive missiles.
After all, tank shells weighed merely twenty or thirty kilograms, whereas the explosive TNT in a missile alone weighed four or five hundred kilograms; there was simply no comparison, the might was incomparably greater.