double speed

敷島は思いきって30ミリ砲を連射しながらゴジラの鼻先をかすめてみた。案の定ゴジラは30ミリ砲ではまるでダメージを受けている様子はなかったが、震電への反応は素早かった。

Shikishima took the plunge and fired a 30mm cannon at Godzilla’s nose. As expected, Godzilla did not appear to have been damaged by the 30mm cannon, but his reaction to the shockwave was quick.

見事に震電を目標に捉えて、通常の二倍のスピードで顔を突き出し、震電に食らいつこうとした。

He successfully targeted Shinden and stuck his head out at twice the normal speed, trying to get hit by Shinden.

敷島はかすかに機体を傾けることで、ギリギリゴジラの襲撃を避けた。

Shikishima narrowly avoided Godzilla’s attack by slightly tilting his aircraft.

その瞬間、今度は大きく振られた尾が、震電のコックピットいっぱいに迫った。

At that moment, its tail swung wildly and approached Shinden’s cockpit.

「危ない!」

“Dangerous!”

とっさにフラップをおろし、エアブレーキのように使って、やや失速状態にすることで、かろうじて尾の攻撃もやり過ごすことができた。

By quickly lowering the flap and using it like an air brake, he was able to stall a bit and barely survive the tail attack.

模擬空戦時にひたすらトレーニングした敵の弾道から逃れるための挙動が、無意識のうちに自分を救ったことに敷島は驚いていた。

Shikishima was surprised to find that the behavior he had trained to avoid the enemy’s trajectory during the mock air battle unconsciously saved him.

しつこいハエのようにまとわりつく震電を、ゴジラは攻撃目標であると完全に決めたようだった。

Godzilla seemed to have completely decided that Shinden, who was clinging to him like a persistent fly, was the target of his attack.

ゴジラはついに進路を変え、相模湾に向かって歩き始めた。

Godzilla finally changed course and started walking toward Sagami Bay.