First edition, first printing, 2017. With obi, a very clean book. (However, there is a small crease on the upper edge of the cover spine) (As of July 27, 2025) "To the Peninsula: The JGSDF Mountain Regiment" Hisato Kazuto Price: ¥1600 The time of collapse approaches. What will the government do then? What will the Self-Defense Forces do? What about the abductees? Overwhelming information gathering ability & cold analysis. A former SDF officer's ultra-realistic military suspense! Amidst the exposure of top-secret operational actions based on the Japan-US Security Treaty, the desperate actions of JGSDF personnel dispatched to seize biological weapons hidden by North Korea. "Is the Self-Defense Force conducting a top-secret operation in North Korea?" Television Every Morning reported the scoop. Starting with a smallpox vaccination accident involving JGSDF personnel, Kotone Kiryu, a social affairs reporter for the Every Morning Newspaper, followed the movements of a unit of the Special Operations Group, commonly known as the "Mountain Regiment," and got the scoop. As internal collapse approaches North Korea, where the supreme leader's influence is declining, the government plans to use the full strength of the SDF, based on the Japan-US Security Treaty, to destroy missiles before launch (Nodong Hunt), and simultaneously rescue multiple abductees. Furthermore, at the strong request of the US military, the "Mountain Regiment" led by Major Muroga was infiltrated into the Matenryo mountain range in northeastern part of the peninsula, where the research facility is located, to seize biological weapons using the smallpox virus secretly developed by North Korea. However, due to the scoop, North Korea's counterattack intensified. Moreover, an unexpected diabolical plan also surfaced... Following "Dawn Whistle," which depicts aerial combat, and "Abyss Conqueror," which depicts naval combat, the latest masterpiece of military suspense depicting land combat! #HisatoKazuto #Hisato_Kazuto #book #JapaneseLiterature/Novels/Stories