Closed Beta That Only I Played - Chapter 521: Juyoung Hong (48)

Off the coast of Tokyo, Japan.

“Hmm, in the end, you have made such a decision.”

I could create a typhoon more powerful than the present one in an instant off the coast of Tokyo. If I channeled all my strength into Ice Tornado, I could make such a typhoon without any problem.

But I made it small on purpose in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean to grant Prime Minister Abezo time to make his decision. And that was my minimum consideration for Japan.

Obviously, I personally didn’t like Japan very much, but I had no intention of destroying it. But the prime minister turned a deaf ear to my minimal consideration.

And I had no intention of giving them any more leeway

If I gave them any more leeway, it would definitely cause the other party to misjudge greatly. For example, they might think I’m a coward.

So I just watched as the typhoon accompanied by hail the size of a human body gradually approached the fleet of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

However, the Self-Defense Forces fired cannons at the typhoon approaching them

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!

Without doing anything, I just watched that spectacular sight.

“…”

Captain Souta, a member of the 1st Fleet of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces who had been serving as the commander of the Atago-class Aegis destroyer Nakano,, did not understand the current mission from the very beginning.

He was ordered to be on standby off the sea in a situation where a typhoon with such powerful force he had never seen in recent years was on track to hit Japan.

He could not understand such an order at all.

Even though the Self-Defense Forces was not a formal army like other country’s regular armies, it is clearly a group that performs the role of an army. Like the armies of other countries, he was supposed to follow his leader’s order, considering Japan’s unique organizational structure.

That’s why he had to follow such a ridiculous order.

Even though he felt uncomfortable about the order, he raised his head and looked at the sea outside the control room.

Numerous battleships caught his eye.

When he watched not only the Aegis-class frigates, but also the destroyers, cruisers, and battleships that played a pivotal role in each fleet, he could not help but shake his head because more than 50% of the total power of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force was concentrated here.

He thought it impossible for such a large army to gather in one place even if a major war broke out. Nonetheless, something impossible was already happening right before his eyes.

‘I don’t know what the military leaders are thinking about right now. No matter how strong a typhoon is, it won’t sink the battleships of 5000 to 10,000 tons easily, but there is no guarantee that they will not sink. If they are damaged, it is certain that the media will crazily report about the incident…’

Of course, he already reported to his immediate supervisor, Admiral Itsuki, about how ridiculous it was for the Japanese battleships to try to stop the typhoon because it was his job to do so.

However, Yamamoto, the Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces, ordered them to keep their current position.

‘I just don’t know. I really don’t know.’

Anyway, he gave up thinking about it anymore, then watched the radar closely because the strong typhoon was approaching close to their area.

A little later, he and Admiral Itsuki were watching the front from the control room.

At that moment, everyone residing in the control room heard an order through the radio.

[I am Yamamoto, Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces. From now on, use all available means to attack the typhoon until I order you to stop!]

“…”

“…”

“…”

Don Quixote rushing towards the windmill?

At that moment, Souta recalled Don Quixote’s image as soon as he heard the commander’s order. After all, he was ordered to fight nature just as Don Quixote fought a giant windmill.

He could not ignore that order because it was issued by the Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Japan is an island country. So, like the army, the navy, and the air force, which are called the three forces that make up the army of any country, Japan has the Self-Defense Forces, consisting of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, the Maritime Self-Defense Forces, and the Air Self-Defense Forces. Of course, the most powerful among them is the Maritime Self-Defense Forces.

As if to show how big and powerful it is, the Maritime Self-Defense Forces alone spends five times more than the combined defense budgets of the Ground and Air Self-Defense Forces for one year.

So the Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defenses was a highly coveted position in Japan. That’s why people often said that it was more difficult to become the Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces than to become the prime minister in Japan.

Anyway, Captain Souta turned his gaze to Admiral Itsuki who was next to him.

When Itsuki nodded, Souta immediately announced to the staff of the battleship in a loud voice, “”Our target is the typhoon ahead! Quickly adjust the firing angle and start firing when you receive the order!”

There were a lot of missiles in the ship and each missile cost hundreds of millions of yen, but Yamamoto ordered them to use all the available resources to destroy the typhoon even if tens of billions of yen evaporated in vain.

“Got it!

“Understood!”

With the approval of Admiral Itsuki, the Atago-class Aegis battleship Nakano began to prepare for attack.

Shortly afterwards, they began to fire at the approaching typhoon.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Atago-class Aegis ship Nakano showed tremendous firepower as if to prove it was the most powerful battleship of Japan.

It was not just the Aegis ship with Captain Souta and Admiral Itsuki on board.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

When not only huge battleships, but also small battleships and coast guard boats were combined, there were more than several hundreds of ships firing at the approaching typhoon.

***

At the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, Japan.

The Cabinet members including Prime Minister Abezo, watched the screen showing the numerous battleships firing a barrage of cannons at the typhoon.

It was such a spectacular sight.

Prime Minister Abezo could not help but think this was the most spectacular sight he had ever seen while watching hundreds of battleships firing at the typhoon that was so threatening.

But Prime Minister Abezo soon realized that the target of their fire was not man made, but a natural disaster called a typhoon accompanied by a tremendous amount of ice and wind that these huge battleships they spent an astronomical amount of money and time to build were attacking now.

While watching the numerous battleships firing, he finally realized how foolish he was to make such a decision to attempt to fight a natural disaster that humans have never conquered, for their attacks did no damage to the typhoon.

He thought to himself, ‘How could I be so stupid when I have endured so many natural disasters myself?’

Like all Japanese people, he had endured numerous natural disasters just because he lived in Japan. At times, he was so frustrated about Japan’s geopolitical position as an island country. On such occasions he recalled his grandfather, who was sentenced to death in the Class A war crimes trial.