Mount Asama, which is more than 2,500 meters high, is a very active volcano. Smoke erupts from the crater all year round at the top of the mountain. The wisps of milky white smoke are particularly conspicuous against the blue sky.
It is very beautiful, so it has become one of the famous landscapes of Mount Asama.
But nature is never kind, and volcanoes are one of the most violent disasters in nature.
The smoke in Mount Asama is not always so soft and beautiful. There are often smoke erupting straight into the sky, and can even reach a height of one or two thousand meters. From a distance, it looks like a giant pillar standing tall in the sky.
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Occasionally, there will be rumbling sounds from inside the mountain, echoing between the sky and the earth. Every few years, hot lava will be spewed out and scattered around the crater.
But crises are always accompanied by opportunities. Volcanoes bring dangerous lava, magma and volcanic ash, but they also bring high-quality hot springs. Therefore, hot spring resorts have been developed around the underground water veins of Mount Asama.
The beautiful scenery around the mountain attracts many tourists here.
But today, the leisurely and leisurely atmosphere of Mount Asama is gone, replaced by panic and fear.
The road into the city is empty, but the road out of the city is crowded with vehicles. People living near Mount Asama are now dragging their families and leaving their homes, heading towards unknown distances.
In the towns behind them, there are TPC staff at every intersection to maintain order, divert traffic, and guide residents to leave the city or take refuge in underground shelters.
In the air, TPC transport planes quickly passed over the towns and people below, carrying various types of air defense weapons and equipment to the surroundings of Mount Asama. TPC technicians who came randomly began to assemble and debug nervously.
While wiping away my sweat, I couldn't help but look up at the rumbling Asama Mountain. I always felt that the smoke and dust rising from the top of the mountain seemed to be thicker than before, and the noise coming from the heart of the mountain seemed to be louder.
Is that strange bird about to fly out?
In such a tense and uneasy atmosphere, the TPC technical class, with an average age of 25, was busy from noon to dusk, completing the installation of more than 30 anti-air particle cannons and the data link connection between radars and satellites.
After finishing, the giant cannons were raised in unison, aiming at the still smoking Mount Asama, ready to fire at any time.
The past TPC satellites did not hesitate to take a few photos of Mount Asama. Even the Delta Space Station fine-tuned its orbit to pass by Mount Asama and used the detection instruments mounted on it to conduct an all-round survey of the mountain to determine
The hiding place of the strange bird that was injured by the victory team.
Although night is approaching, no one is asleep at the TPC headquarters base. From ordinary employees to Director Sawai, everyone is busy.
It is not only the air interception of Mount Asama that is arranged, but also the defense of the metropolis. After all, Mount Asama is only 130 to 40 kilometers away from the metropolis where tens of millions of people live, and the strange bird can fly at a speed of up to one hour per hour.
Thousands and five hundred kilometers, you can fly to the metropolis in five or six minutes.
But at this time, the Victory Team, as the main combat force, intercepted the strange bird head-on, causing the Shengli Feiyan II to collide with the strange bird, crashing on the spot, and suffering serious damage.
Munakata, the deputy captain who serves as the on-site commander, is still in the rescue room. Dagu, who piloted the Feiyan 2, was also seriously injured, and his combat effectiveness dropped by 60%. Horii, the battlefield analyst, was lucky because his seat was far away from the impact point.
He only suffered minor injuries.
It can be said that the victory team, as a seven-member team, lost most of its combat power after this battle, and the only front-line combatants left were Xincheng and Lina.
This makes Sawai very worried. If the strange bird appears at this time, it may be difficult to implement effective interception and attack, so...
Sawai lowered his head and looked at a document placed on the table, regarding the establishment of a TPC flight training school, signed by Police Chief Tetsuji Yoshioka.
"Maybe it's time to consider it." Director Sawai said to himself. When the Victory Team was established, it was not to deal with monsters, but to contact, communicate and deal with visitors from outer space. Now it is dedicated to dealing with monsters and the universe.
People are just forced by the situation.
In fact, Sawai has long realized that the victory team's combat power is limited, so he has long planned to set up similar elite teams in each branch to deal with possible global crises.
But the victory team has another fatal flaw: it has too few players and no substitutes.
If a plane crashes, it can be replaced with a backup plane, and it can be put into the battlefield immediately. However, people who are injured cannot recover in a short time, so Ji Gang's suggestion is indeed necessary.
In fact, this has happened more than once. In the last Mechanical Island incident, after Atdis and the Victory team were sucked into the Mechanical Island, the headquarters base lost its combat power. It was also from that time that Ji Gang began to plan.
Build a flight training school to cultivate reserve forces.
The report was officially submitted some time ago, and the audit process has just been completed. It is just waiting for a vote at the General Staff Meeting. However, as far as Sawai knows, Ji Gang has already started selecting personnel, and training will start immediately after the plan is approved.<
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All this was tacitly approved by Sawai, and Ji Gang also knew that Sawai knew what he was doing, because the two of them have been rivals and friends for many years, and they have a tacit understanding on many things, including but not limited to
The hostility between doves and hawks.
At this time, in the medical department, the four victory team members gathered outside the operating room, standing, sitting or pacing back and forth. Even Dagu, who was a wounded person, was doing the same. He rushed to the hospital with the help of Lina as soon as he was bandaged.
Come and wait with everyone.
Mayumi also came over to accompany her brother with the approval of the director of the medical department, just in case any bad news came out and this group of people went crazy. At least there was someone who could help stop and persuade them.
Dagu lowered his head blaming himself. He was in charge of flying the plane at that time. If he had avoided it, the commander would not have been so seriously injured. Lina comforted Dagu on the side, for fear that Dagu would leave something behind.
Psychological shadow, this is a taboo for pilots.
At this moment, a sound of "Beep! Beep!" came from Dagu's body. It was extremely loud in the silent corridor and attracted everyone's attention. Dagu grinned and wanted to get the PDI.
Na quickly stopped him to prevent him from breaking the newly bandaged wound. She helped him take out the PDI, opened it and held it up to Dagu so that Dagu could see it without having to lower his head.
What appeared on the screen was Norui, saying that there was a man named Nezu Masachika outside the base who wanted to see the Ogu team members, and also said that he knew something about the strange bird.
"Masachika Nezu, this name seems a bit familiar," Horii thought thoughtfully, then pumped his fist and said in realization, "He is the inventor of Zelda."