Chapter 1921 Armament of the Victory Corps

In the scene, Golza let out a long howl under the morning sun, then took heavy steps toward several yurts not far away.

Nanase Rena exclaimed, "The monster is heading towards the village!"

In a moment of inspiration, Daigo Madoka suggested: "Fire a signal flare to scare it; we must change the monster's course as much as possible."

As he spoke, Daigo Madoka pressed the launch button.

Two signal flares were immediately launched from the Victory Flying Swallow 1, but since signal flares are not designed for attack, they fell to the ground before they could hit Golza.

Thick smoke billowed from the signal flare, accompanied by a dazzling red flash.

Although this did not harm Golza in the slightest, Daigo Madoka's goal was achieved.

Whether startled by the signal flare or realizing that traveling underground was far faster than traveling on land, Golza immediately burrowed back underground after its figure was enveloped by the smoke from the signal flare.

When the smoke cleared, what remained for Nanase Rena and Madoka Daigo was a peaceful Mongolian plateau.

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Victory Team Operations Command Center

Everyone who watched Golza's entire appearance and disappearance through the onboard camera of Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 was shocked and fell silent.

Gu Chen's prediction has been somewhat confirmed at this moment.

Nanbara Masayuki only hoped that the monsters appearing on the Mongolian Plateau were just isolated incidents, so that it wouldn't be the arrival of a great catastrophe, but just an unexpected accident.

However, Tetsuji Yoshioka held the opposite opinion to Masayuki Nanbara.

Seeing that no one spoke, he snapped his paper fan shut and said in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Sawai, I said long ago that TPC must be armed as soon as possible. The monsters have already started to appear, and if we don't act now, it will be too late!"

Upon hearing Tetsuji Yoshioka's words, Soichiro Sawai snapped out of his reverie and turned to look at him, but shook his head slightly and said, "It's not the right time yet."

Tetsuji Yoshioka frowned, his voice immediately rising several decibels, filled with incomprehension and resentment as he said, "Not the right time yet? Then when is the right time?"

"Sawai, time is of the essence. If monsters appear in the city, what will we, without any weaponry, use to defend against them?"

Tetsuji Yoshioka's words immediately plunged Soichiro Sawai into an even deeper silence.

He knew very well that once the TPC began to arm itself, it would never stop.

However, given the current situation, the TPC has no choice but to arm itself, otherwise the weapons that it had worked so hard to get other countries to lay down would be picked up again by them.

By then, all of Sawai Soichiro's efforts will have been in vain.

Between two evils, choose the lesser; by comparison, the cost of arming the TPC is relatively small.

However, as the director, he must firmly control the direction of TPC's development and try to prevent TPC from going down the wrong path.

Just like Commander Kishida during the Showa era of the Space Ultra Guard, the expansion of military power led to the expansion of ambition, ultimately leading him down the path to the abyss.

“Yoshioka, you’re right, but TPC cannot be armed yet.”

Sawai Soichiro took a deep breath and continued.

“Sawai, you…”

Tetsuji Yoshioka's eyes widened, and his anger almost burst forth.

But Sawai Soichiro immediately raised his arm to stop Yoshioka Tetsuji from speaking, then looked at Iruma Megumi and said, "But I plan to arm the GUTS team first, as an elite team to fight against monsters and alien invasions."

"May I ask you a favor on this matter, Captain Intermediary?"

Upon hearing this, Megumi stood up with a serious expression and nodded without hesitation, saying, "No problem, Director!"

Seeing this, Tetsuji Yoshioka's lips twitched a few times, but in the end he said nothing, only huffing angrily, "Hmph!"

Although the ultimate goal was not achieved, the start of armament was half the battle won.

After all, a single Victory Team cannot completely defeat monsters and aliens, as proven by the successive defense teams of the Showa universe.

During the battle, in addition to elite squads like the defense force needing to confront the monsters head-on, ordinary soldiers from the army also need to provide support from the sidelines.

It is believed that by then, the functions of the TPC Police Department will be further expanded, eventually transforming into a military institution.

Of course, Tetsuji Yoshioka could also foresee that with Soichiro Sawai around, the TPC Police Department's equipment would definitely be far behind that of the GUTS team.

However, Tetsuji Yoshioka was not concerned about this matter, because he knew that under his leadership he would not repeat the mistakes of Commander Kishida of the Showa Space Force, but he could not guarantee that his successor would not be corrupted by powerful force like he had been.

Therefore, Sawai Soichiro and Yoshioka Tetsuji, these two old rivals, reached such a tacit understanding without any communication.

Sawai Soichiro's faction's GUTS team is responsible for elite training, equipping them with the most advanced weapons, and cultivating them as the main combat force.

The police department of Tetsuji Yoshioka's faction was militarized, equipped with less advanced weapons, and served as support personnel in combat.

The two complement each other, yet also check and balance each other, preventing one from becoming the dominant player.

This scene was so captivating that Gu Chen, watching from the sidelines, exclaimed how wonderful it was.

After all, many things cannot be fully presented on the screen, especially the various games currently underway, which are all hidden beneath the surface.

However, due to Gu Chen's arrival, the GUTS team's armament was brought forward considerably. Normally, the GUTS team would not have been officially armed until the episode with Gakuma, but now that Golza has just appeared, the GUTS team has begun to armament under Sawai Soichiro's orders.

However, considering the timeline, it seems unlikely that the Victory Team will be able to make it to the battle against Golza and Melba. After all, the weapon system needs time to be debugged, and after it is installed on the Victory Swallow, it will need to undergo certain safety tests. Otherwise, it would not be called going into battle, but rather gambling with their lives.

After deciding on the armament of the GUTS team, Sawai Soichiro and the other three leaders immediately left the operations command center.

Giving an order only requires words, but its execution requires coordination and cooperation from multiple departments. They also need to inform the heads of each department and communicate the specific details.

So the three giants of TPC will be quite busy for the next period of time.

Not only do they have to deal with internal matters, but they also have to deal with external matters. They need to explain clearly why the TPC is arming itself, so as to avoid countries making wild guesses about Sawai Soichiro's intentions and causing misunderstandings.