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Chapter 2
"Thegeneral’stheonewithhispantiesinabunchabouttherottenexcuseforsecuritywehaveonthisbase,sodon’tlookatme,anddon’tlookatthecaptain,either.Infact,youmightaswelljustshutupanddowhatyou’retoldforachange."
Isighed."He’snotgonnahaveusoutthereweavingbaskets,ishe?"
Yonabarushookhishead."Maybewecanalldoagrouphug.Fuckingasshole."
Iknewwherethisended.I’ddreamedallthis,too.
AftertheirdefeatayearandahalfagoattheBattleofOkinawaBeach,theJapaneseCorpsmadeitamatterofhonortorecapturealittleislandperchedoffthecoastoftheBosoPeninsula,aplacenamedKotoiushi.Withafootholdthere,theMimicswereonlyastone’sthrowawayfromTokyo.TheImperialPalaceandcentralgovernmentretreatedandruledfromNagano,buttherewasn’tanywaytorelocatetheeconomicenginethatwasJapan’slargestcity.
TheDefenseMinistryknewthatJapan’sfuturewasridingontheoutcomeofthisoperation,soinadditiontomusteringtwentyfivethousandJackets,anendlessstreamofovereagergeneralshadbeenpoolinginthislittlebaseontheFlowerLinethatleddownBosoPeninsula.They’devendecidedtoallowAmericans,SpecialOperators,intothegame;theU.S.hadn’tbeeninvitedtothepartyatOkinawa.
TheAmericansprobablydidn’tgiveadamnwhetherornotTokyowasreducedtoasmokingwasteland,butlettingtheindustrialarearesponsibleforproducingthelightest,toughest,compositearmorplatingfalltotheMimicswasoutofthequestion.
