On the Japanese aircraft carrier, a plane was preparing for takeoff. The first wave of reconnaissance aircraft had already departed some time ago. From the air, the vast expanse of the mainland was clearly visible.
"Oda-kun! Look over there! What is that?"
A vanguard unit consisting of twelve reconnaissance planes was circling in the air, sweeping along the coastline. The sky had already grown dim, and at that time, aircraft were not yet equipped with friend-or-foe identification radar; the most they could detect was altitude above the ground. As the Japanese planes cruised southward, the twelve aircraft soon sensed something was amiss. Below them, on the dark coastline, sat an incredibly massive steel beast.
Chapter 548