In the minds of these radicals of the coup d'état, Kantaro Suzuki, a naval hero of the Russo-Japanese War and chief of staff to the emperor, was a representative of the collusion with Britain and the United States. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The unit responsible for the assassination of Kantaro Suzuki was led by Captain Teru Ando of the 3rd Infantry Wing, which had 150 men and a total of 204 men plus the machine gun squadron.

Armed with 5 light machine guns, 4 heavy machine guns, more than 130 rifles and more than 10 pistols, the unit arrived at Suzuki's residence at 4:50 a.m.

After arriving at the designated location, Team 1 broke into the courtyard directly, while Team 2 hid on both sides of the gate and set up two heavy machine guns in the courtyard and at the gate.

The coup soldiers met with strong resistance from the guards at the entrance to the residence of the chief attendant, Kantaro Suzuki, and only stormed into the room after 10 minutes of firefighting.

When the rebels rushed in, Suzuki calmly sat down on a chair in the living room, asked everyone to be quiet, and asked, "There must be a reason why you are doing this." Tell me what the reason is. ”

"What is the reason, you know better than we do!" Teizo Ando replied by pointing a pistol at Kantaro Suzuki.

"I don't really know why, but I know it's not right for you to do this!" Kantaro Suzuki raised his voice slightly, looked at Terumo Ando and said calmly.

"All along, you have colluded with Britain and the United States to betray the interests of our great Japan, don't you know it yourself?!" Teruzo Ando nodded Suzuki's head with a pistol and asked sharply.

"I have never betrayed the interests of Great Japan!" Kantaro Suzuki argued.

Kantaro Suzuki talked with the rebels for more than 10 minutes, and when he saw that he couldn't talk anymore, Suzuki said, "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

Ando said, "No, sir. ”

Suzuki said, "Then shoot." ”

Sergeant Nagata stepped forward and said, "For the sake of the Showa Restoration, please make a sacrifice." ”

After speaking, three shots were fired in succession, one of which missed, one shot hit the lower abdomen, and one shot grazed the heart.

Someone asked for another shot, and at this time, Mrs. Suzuki threw herself down beside her husband and shouted, "Don't fight anymore, you can do it to the old man, and kill me too!" ”

Because Mrs. Suzuki is a famous contemporary Japanese educator and once the nanny of Emperor Showa, and she is a figure that the emperor regards as if she were closer than her own mother, no one dares to do anything to the soldiers.

Captain Teru Ando, who admired Kantaro Suzuki for his character, said, "It's too cruel! ”

Then Teru Ando shouted three times: "All of them, salute your spear to Lord Suzuki!" ”

The rebel soldiers, raising their guns in their hands, collectively saluted Kantaro Suzuki, who fell in a pool of blood.

After the ceremony, Teruzo Ando led the team out of Suzuki's official residence.

What Ando didn't expect was that Kantaro Suzuki, who was seriously injured, was rescued from the death line by doctors a few days later.

In this coup d'état, almost all the elders of Japan were attacked.

Although former Interior Minister Nobuaki Makino is 75 years old and the son of Okubo Toshimitsu, a hero of the Meiji Restoration, radicals believe that he is a sworn enemy of the Showa Restoration.

At the time of the coup, Nobuaki Makino was staying at the Yugawara Itoya Hotel, far southwest of Tokyo.

The mission of assassinating Makino was carried out by an eight-member team composed of Captain Kono Toshiki of the 1st Infantry Wing.

Armed with three light machine guns, rifles, and pistols, they arrived in Yugawara in two taxis on a snowy night, and immediately mounted machine guns at the front and back doors of the hotel and cordoned off the hotel.

When the rebels attacked, Makino's guards shot and killed the leading officer, Captain Kono Kotoshi, and then the rebels shot Makino's guards and set fire to the inn in order to force Makino to escape from it.

With the help of his 20-year-old granddaughter, Kazuko Yoshida, Makino took advantage of the time the defenders had gained to resist and slipped out of the back door of the hotel.

Behind the inn was a cliff, and with the help of his granddaughter, Kazuko Yoshida, Makino struggled to climb to the protrusion of the rock, and he could no longer climb it.

Soon after, the firelight illuminated the cliffs, illuminating Makino and Kazuko Yoshida like searchlights, and the rebels below raised their guns.

At this moment, Kazuko Yoshida unfolded her own kimono and blocked in front of her grandfather.

The coup soldiers, seeing this heroic gesture of Kazuko Yoshida, invariably put down their guns and stopped firing.

Nobuaki Makino escaped!

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The coup soldiers, in addition to assassinating the minister, blocked the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters.

The Ministry of War of Japan is the military and political organ of the army forces, responsible for proposing and implementing national defense policies, and is subordinate to the government; The General Staff Headquarters is the command organ of the Army, which is responsible for proposing plans for the use of troops and directing and mobilizing troops for combat, and is subordinate to the Emperor of Japan.

The Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters are located in Miyakezaka, which is located on the southwest side of the Imperial Palace, and the official residence of the Minister of War is also nearby.

In fact, Miyake Saka is the center of the Army, so in Japan, "Miyakesaka" is also used as a synonym for the military, such as the attitude of "Miyakesaka", that is, the attitude of the Army, and the movement of the "Kasumigaseki", which refers to the movement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is located about 1 km southeast of Miyakezaka in Kasumigaseki.

The blockade of the Ministry of the Army, the General Staff Headquarters, and the siege of the residence of Senior General Yoshiyuki Kawashima were about 170 men of the 11th Infantry Squadron, commanded by its acting squadron leader, Lieutenant Seitaka Tansheng.

The adjutants of the 1st Brigade and Lieutenant Kada, Lieutenant Teru Ando, Lieutenant Jio Takeshima, and former lieutenants Takaji Muranaka and Asaichi Isobe were ready to make contact and hold talks with the organs and heads of the army.

The unit carried two heavy machine guns, four light machine guns, 150 rifles, 12 pistols, and was well stocked with ammunition.

At 4:20 a.m. on the morning of the 26th, Tansheng Seitashi and his troops left the camp of the 1st Infantry Wing and advanced towards the residence of the prime minister.

Following Dansheng Chengzhong's order, the nearby army ministry, the general staff headquarters, and the land minister's residence were surrounded and blocked.

At the gates of these areas, they set up machine guns and sent out sentries and combat squads; Sentry posts were placed at all intersections leading to the area, pedestrians were not allowed to pass, and violators were shot.

At the same time, another group of militants also surrounded the Metropolitan Police Department.

The militants took into account that the Metropolitan Police Department officers were armed and that they were located next to the Sakurada Gate, the main entrance of the Imperial Palace, so they used a team of about 500 people to carry 8 heavy machine guns, more than 10 light machine guns, dozens of pistols, and hundreds of rifles.

In addition to occupying the Metropolitan Police Department, this group is also preparing to break into the palace.

At 4:30 a.m. on the 26th, the 3rd, 7th, and 10th Squadrons of the 3rd Infantry Wing, led by Captain Shiro Nonaka, left the camp and arrived in front of the Metropolitan Police Department at 5 a.m.

Later, Shiro Nonaka sent troops to block several passages near Sakuratumon and the Ministry of Justice, and set up machine guns; Sentry posts were also sent in the direction of Miyakezaka, Toranomon, and Hibiya Park, and machine guns were set up on the rooftops around the Metropolitan Police Department.

The radicals surrounded and blockaded the Metropolitan Police Department in both a flat and three-dimensional way.

The troops who entered the compound of the Metropolitan Police Department immediately occupied the telephone switchboard, cut off its external and internal communication, and conveyed to the police the purpose of the uprising and asked them to stop their operations.

Before dawn on February 26, the militants led a force of about 1,500 troops to blockade and occupy the political, military, and police centers of Japanese politics, military, and police in the areas southwest of the Imperial Palace, such as Miyake Saka, Hirakawa Town, and Kasumigaseki.

The plan to occupy several important facilities was successfully completed by 5 a.m.

The coup soldiers first occupied the Sanno Hotel in Akasaka, emptied the guests who stayed there, and took control of the hotel's telephone exchange, which was used as the headquarters of the coup command.

Then, the coup forces successfully took control of the residence of the prime minister of the land and the Metropolitan Police Department in Kasumigase.

At the Prime Minister's residence, the coup soldiers asked Kawashima to come out for negotiations, but Kawashima Yoshiyuki agreed to get up and negotiate on the grounds that he had a bad cold and needed to rest.

By daybreak, the assassinations of the rebels were over.

The coup fighters also seized the offices of Tokyo's five major newspapers, demanded that they publish their "Rise Up Manifesto," posted slogans in the areas they occupied, and ordered cinemas and theaters to close and radio to stop broadcasting entertainment programs.

The whole of Tokyo is shrouded in terror.