Godzilla Earth: Origin - Book 1: Chapter 33: Nagoya-Osaka Operation, Pitfall (6)

Inside the Osaka-Far East Command Headquarters base vehicle.

Personnel at all levels are coordinating the remote mobilization of all large transport vehicles in Nagoya City to prepare for the final anti-Godzilla operation.

Explosives have been installed in all underground structures in Nagoya City, ready to create a giant pitfall once Godzilla enters the city.

Everything is proceeding according to the original plan.

After being hit by the railgun, Godzilla did change direction and headed deeper into the mainland, using the mountain ranges as cover.

But we had already anticipated this situation.

Since Godzilla is considered “intelligent,” it must be aware that it needs to evade attacks, and the best way to do so is to seek refuge in the mountain ranges and the ocean of the Far East.

By staying in these areas, it can avoid being targeted by the railguns. Godzilla surely understands this.

We trust Godzilla and believe that it possesses this level of intelligence.

If it enters the ocean, the navy will engage with it, but if it enters the mountains, we, the army, are prepared!

We have set up conventional artillery regiments along the straight line from Godzilla’s shortest distance to Nagoya to induce it to use its breath and deplete its energy.

Even if Godzilla does not go through that mountainous area, it doesn’t matter. The rocket artillery has a long range and can lure it over.

Even if it cannot be lured, at least attacking it for a few hours can cause some damage.

Just like those navy guys, who bombarded it for over ten minutes and caused slight deformation on one percent of Godzilla’s armor.

Although the damage inflicted was small, it was still something.

Whether it is lured or not, or if it really walks in a straight line through the mountains, it would be even better as it would consume a significant amount of its energy.

And now, reality perfectly aligns with the plan. It is time for humanity to counterattack!

Sound the horn of retaliation.

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Godzilla passes through the mountains it has melted and continues forward in the direction of Nagoya.

Lava, dust, and charred remains accompany it. Catastrophe follows in its wake, and destruction and death are its subjects.

To outsiders, it is unquestionably the King of Destruction. But from Godzilla’s perspective, its aim is not to annihilate nature.

It’s such a shame…

The ancient mountains being destroyed by its own hands, it truly is a pity.

Destruction is never the goal; it is merely a means.

If possible, Godzilla would prefer not to resort to such means.

But since it has already done so, it must persist until the end; otherwise, it would be unfair to the lives lost because of it.

Those little people who perished did not die in vain.

Godzilla is different from one of its kind in another dimension; its destruction is not for “revenge.”

It is for regeneration.

Moving forward, breaking through the smoky haze it created.

Godzilla continues on its path towards Nagoya, taking the opportunity to clear the coastal cities with its long-range breath in the mountainous areas.

Destroying all the cities along the way, fortunately or unfortunately, these cities are not very large, allowing Godzilla to destroy them all within dozens of kilometers from the mountains using its charged breath.

Starting from the merged city of Fujieda-Itagawa, it has already obliterated Fukuroi, Fukuroi, and Handa. Since it made landfall, it should have destroyed five cities by now.

Now that it has destroyed five cities, shouldn’t the mission be completed by one or two?

That’s what Godzilla thinks, but the panel’s thoughts are completely different. The number of destroyed cities on it remains at zero.

It seems that the panel does not consider these small cities as mission objectives.

It’s a pity.

Destroying cities took Godzilla some time, but it doesn’t matter. It still managed to arrive in Nagoya before sunset.

Awakening at 21:00, spending 15 hours coming ashore, and now it took another 5 hours from Shizuoka to Nagoya.

The speed is average, right? It shouldn’t be considered slow.

At 17:42, Godzilla finally sees the boundary of the Nagoya metropolitan area—the towering skyscrapers and houses.

The Nagoya metropolitan area has been reached.

The four major super metropolitan areas in the Far East—Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and Hokkaido.

These are mega-cities with a radius of 100 kilometers, with a population of over 50 million permanent residents, engulfing several surrounding cities.