readx; On August 10, the weather in Tokyo was hot, stuffy and humid. www.biquge.info In the air-raid shelter of the army headquarters in the base camp, more than 50 army officers were waiting for the arrival of Minister Anan. At around 9:30 a.m., Lu Xiang Anan, accompanied by two senior staff officers, went to the air-raid shelter. Looking at the expectant eyes of these officers, Lu Xiang sighed and said:

"Anan is incompetent, so much that he has disappointed you! At the Imperial Council, the Emperor had decided to accept the Potsdam Proclamation. I have conveyed the Army's opinion, but I have not been able to do it, and I have not even met the minimum requirements of the Army's armistice. I'm sorry to have your trust! ”

"Nope! That's impossible! They can't do that! ”

Several officers stood up angrily and shouted:

"Doesn't the Army have an obligation to defend the country? Now it's time for us to step up! The Emperor has been deceived, and there is no reason for such a cabinet to exist anymore, so it's time for us to do it! ”

One of them shouted excitedly:

Anan Weijun pretended to be angry and pretended to reprimand:

"Nonsense! Surrender is the Emperor's holy will, do you want to rebel? I don't care what you want to do, but order within the Army must be maintained, you know? ”

The head of the Military Affairs Bureau, Masao Inaba, said loudly:

"Whether you surrender or not, even if you want to surrender, you will surrender to the Americans and the Chinese, we have fought with them for many years, and they are worthy of respect! We will never surrender to the Soviets, who are perfidious and despicable people. We should give orders for the Kwantung Army to continue fighting against the Russians advancing towards Manchuria. ”

"The strength of the Kwantung Army has been greatly damaged, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the Soviets!" A major general said worriedly:

"Then withdraw the troops from the Guannai, withdraw all the troops from the Guannai, and withdraw to Manchuria to fight to the death with the Soviets. Manchuria will be lost to the Chinese, that is their territory, and the Russians will never be allowed to take advantage of it. In addition, the idea of reshuffling the existing cabinet is imperative and fast, before His Majesty's edict of surrender is issued. There is no need to consult with the navy, they are unreliable. The only way to save the book is to rely on our army itself! ”

Inaba Masao says:

General Anan looked at him deeply and ordered word by word:

"Then trouble Inaba-kun to write out the instructions."

The Suzuki cabinet was clearly facing a difficult problem in that if it wanted to surrender, it would have to tell the truth to the entire public, but the military was adamantly opposed to this, and the reasons seemed to be quite good. "If the allies do not accept the surrender, it will greatly affect the morale of 100 million people." As a result, a middle-of-the-road plan was reached, with the Cabinet issuing only a vaguely worded statement to the people, so that the people were somewhat prepared for surrender. And to boast more about the great victories since the jihad, and to condemn the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by brutal and brutal new bombs, the statement concludes:

"Indeed, we have to admit that the army will do its utmost to defend the country, defend the national body, and safeguard the honor of the country. But we should also be mentally prepared to face the final terrible end, overcome all kinds of difficulties, and defend the empire."

On the other hand, the instructions issued by the headquarters to the troops did not hint at any surrender, but rather asked the troops to resist to the end.

That night, bursts of gunfire and grenade explosions rang out in Tokyo. Rebels in the army began to sow chaos in the capital in an attempt to cause martial law. Once Tokyo is under the control of the army, the emperor may be affected, and he may change his mind and continue the "holy war". However, the citizens and officials, accustomed to war and bombing by US planes, did not take the explosion seriously, did not cause major confusion, and the army's plan fell through. But the hard-line main battle faction did not give up, and greater civil strife and conspiracies were in full swing.

In the early morning of August 11, 1945, the U.S. Navy's Task Force 32 was still cruising about 200 nautical miles from the mainland. Because there was no war to fight, and there was no threat to the fleet or suicide planes, although the entire fleet was lined up in a wartime formation, radar troops, sonar troops, observation posts, and patrol planes were still in place. But the officers and men of the fleet were a little lazy and couldn't get up. Anyone who suddenly relaxes from the tension and finds that he has nothing to do all of a sudden.

Liu Xirui finished his workout, and after breakfast, he walked to the command room of the air team. The command room on the 3rd floor of the 'Ship Island' was only the ever-busy Lieutenant Colonel Kauft's Chief of Staff and a Lieutenant Staff Officer on duty.

"Good morning, sir!"

The lieutenant officer on duty saw Liu Xirui enter the duty room, and immediately stood up and saluted, and greeted Mr. Colonel loudly.

"Hmmm! Very good! Thank you, Mr. Lieutenant! Liu Xirui returned the salute so-so, turned his head and asked Kauft, who was sorting out a pile of papers on the steel table:

"Lieutenant Colonel, is there any situation?"

"Report sir, everything is fine. No hostile information was found. The first group of perimeter patrol planes was dispatched, including 15 fighters, 10 dive bombers, and 8 torpedo attack planes. It was taken off by this ship. The second fleet of Alert aircraft is taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. After the report, please instruct the chief! ”

Although Kauft has an unusual relationship with Liu Xirui, including Benz Jr., Guy, Mike and others, these officers are friends of the sworn friend, which is well known in the navy. Usually hip-hop and laugh like brothers. However, when it comes to military affairs, the strict relationship between superiors and subordinates is very standardized, which makes many officers and soldiers envious but have nothing to say. In front of the staff officer on duty, Lieutenant Colonel Kauft reported to his immediate superior:

"Excellent! Keep up the work! ”

Liu Xirui walked to the porthole of the command room and looked at the small black dots that kept flying from the bow of the "Hancock" aircraft carrier in the distance, and in the right front, not far from the "Enterprise," a large group of planes was landing on the "Vaspu 2." The roar of the engine resounded in the early morning sea and air. Some cruisers and destroyers are still exchanging signals with lights. Task Force 32 is on high alert.

Kauft walked up to Liu Xirui, he squinted at the lieutenant officer who was concentrating on filling out the duty record, and said to Liu Xirui mysteriously:

"Liu, the future major general, when will you change your general's uniform! You've been promoted to general, and I should have a star on my shoulder! Little Benz, I'm afraid they think so too. Although this rank can't be exchanged for a lot of dollars, but it is better to move up one level than to stand still, you must not refuse this time, but you are too tender to be a general, only 30 years old, and your luck is ridiculously good. But in order for me to become a colonel, I still want to congratulate you! Ha! Ha! Don't get angry! General! It's a big man, you have to have a belly, right! Koft took a step back vigilantly, he was all too familiar with the look on someone's face that was not smiling, a strange look full of conspiracy, and tried and tested, it was better to be careful.

Because the stupid planes of the "B-29" that successfully covered the 509 Brigade bombed Yumoto, it is said that two powerful atomic bombs were dropped, erasing the two cities of Yuben from the map. He said that he could not withstand such a blow, that he was about to end, and that the war would soon be over

On the same day, in Tokyo. The anti-capitulation faction in the army began another "down and down" operation. In the War Ministry, more than 20 hard-line opposition officers have secretly gathered to plan a coup d'état. Major General Takeshita, as the leader, sternly warned them, if they don't do it well, they will lose their heads, everyone should think about it carefully, it is still too late to withdraw, but none of these fanatical imperial rebels have shown timidity, and Takeshita is deeply satisfied with this. The plan of the putschists was to first separate the emperor from those who had encouraged him to surrender, and then to seek the support of the Minister of the Army, Anami, and the chief of the general staff of the base camp, Umezu, so that they would meet the emperor and persuade the emperor to agree to abandon the surrender and sue for peace, and to approve the concentration of forces on the mainland to fight a hard battle against the invaders, inflicting unbearable losses on the landers, and then negotiate for a more decent peace.

At worst, they went up to the mountains to fight guerrillas, and anyway, they did not easily accept the "Potsdam Proclamation". Before that, they will use the alert troops stationed in Tokyo to surround the Imperial Palace, cut off all external communications, occupy radio stations and important newspaper offices, the main political axe building, and arrest Prime Minister Suzuki. Foreign Minister Togo and Minister of the Interior Kido and other surrender factions, and the sea minister Minai and others were placed under house arrest. The plan was finalized, and the action began immediately.

The rebels believed that if Anami and Umezu were involved, Lieutenant General Takeshi Mori of the Tokyo Guard Division and Senior General Shizuichi Tanaka, commander of the Southeast Military Region, would cooperate with them, and they would have a better chance of success. Didn't a small group of young radical officers occupy Tokyo in 1936? That's the famous "II. 26 Incident". In fact, this was also a solo operation of the Army. They believe that with the support of the land minister and the chief of the General Staff. They will be a legitimate operation in the interests of the country under the command of the Supreme Commander. Although this so-called 'legitimacy' raises a lot of doubts. They themselves explained to themselves:

"To accept the unorganized surrender of the 'Potsdam Proclamation' is to destroy the national body of Yamato's soul. Therefore, the temporary disobedience to the emperor's decision to achieve peace is fully justified and correct. What's more, this decision was very wrong, and the emperor was deceived by a small group of surrenderers such as Prime Minister Suzuki and Foreign Minister Togo, which does not count, and they made the emperor make a miscalculation. In fact, it is precisely because we are truly loyal to the emperor that we must not obey the emperor for a short time. ”

At 9 a.m. on 12 August, the Cabinet resumed its meeting. The content of the meeting was to discuss the wording of the note to the Allies on the acceptance of the 'Potsdam Proclamation'. Although the principle had been decided, Prime Minister Anan and Chief of General Staff Umezu and Senior General Toyoda insisted on adding "whether war criminals can be tried on their own." "And" in view of the current economic situation, the affordability is limited, and the number of garrisons should not be excessive. The interrogation of the surname clause. Civilian officials firmly disagreed, and those that would provoke Americans and Chinese also had the potential to ruin the chance of ending the war. The two sides were at a stalemate, and the meeting could not continue. At around 11 a.m., a phone call came from the Imperial Library, saying that the emperor wanted to meet with Anami Rikusho and Umezu, two generals of Toyota. Prime Minister Suzuki took the opportunity to adjourn the meeting, which resumed in the afternoon.

Emperor Hirohito looked like he had suddenly aged considerably, much to the uneasiness of the three military heavyweights. The Emperor told them that negotiations were underway to end the war, and until then he wanted to avoid bloodshed until there was a result. I hope that the three powerful figures understand his painstaking efforts. The three of them made promises and said that they would do their best to obey the emperor's will.

The meeting resumed in the afternoon, but at 3:45 a.m., the meeting was interrupted, and an emperor was about to deliver a statement that the Army was preparing to make, and claimed that the Army would publish this statement on the radio and in the newspapers in 15 minutes:

"The Imperial Army has received a new edict and has resumed its offensive against the United States, China, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Soviet Union"

Kwantoku stared at the Minister of General Staff and the Chief of the General Staff with very annoyed and reproachful eyes, needless to say, this represented the Emperor's meaning.

"I'm sorry! I don't know anything about that! ”

Anan shouted loudly in a few angry days:

And the chief of the General Staff, Umezu Mijiro, was so angry that his face turned so blue that he couldn't say a word. The issuance of orders from the base camp must be approved by the land minister, the sea minister and the chief of the general staff. But now the three bigwigs are all in a meeting on the spot, and no one has approved any orders. This must have been the work of the militants in the General Staff and the Army Province, and although Anan had instructed Lieutenant General Yoshiki, Vice Minister of the Army, by telephone at noon, to keep a close eye on the movements of the restless officers led by Major General Takeshita, he did not expect the rebels to move so quickly. Umezu Mijiro immediately ordered the statement to be repealed, finally holding it a few minutes before it was broadcast on the radio.

But once the fire has been sown, the fire will ignite immediately. Tokyo has always been a victim of fires, and there will be no shortage of materials to support the flames. No one can stop the turmoil caused by the soldiers of this army!

In Tokyo, the rebellion of some hardliners in the army who opposed the surrender was recorded in this way.

On August 12, the Suzuki cabinet, with the personal intervention of the emperor, passed the 'Potsdam Proclamation' of acceptance of the allies and decided to surrender without order. and a note to the allies. That night, 821 "B-29" Super Fortresses of the US military took off from various airfields on the Mariana Islands and headed for the Tokyo area. In this large bomber fleet are 15 Navy F6F "Vixen" fighters. These small planes were not there to escort the "B-29" group, which was a patrol fighter from Task Force 32. As the commander of the fleet's air power, which enjoys complete freedom of lift-off, Liu Xirui personally led this patrol group on combat patrols, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it.

This small group of planes fishing in troubled waters was not at all conspicuous in the bomber fleet. The fleet flew over Tokyo, and the bombers began to drop bombs, bursting red light and clouds of smoke rising from the ground. He said that he did not resist, and he did not even turn on the searchlight. Although incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs fell one after another, the pilots of the "B-29" carefully avoided the Imperial Palace and the Yasukuni Shrine, and they received orders not to bomb these two places under any circumstances. This is the sensitive point of the spirit of the person, he is already preparing to surrender, there is no need to stimulate these dwarves, if these two places are bombed, the big person will be delirious, maybe he will regret it, refuse to surrender, then the situation will be out of control, which will outweigh the loss.

That's what the top brass of the U.S. military thinks, and that's right. But Liu Xirui, who came to the sky over Tokyo again, ignored this set, this was the last attack on Tokyo, and there was absolutely no chance in the future. When the bombers dropped bombs, Liu Xirui led 15 fighters to launch an attack on the Yasukuni Shrine with ease. This attack has been three years since Liu Xirui's last attack on this 'toilet'. The 'toilet' is still the same, but the place that was damaged by Liu Xirui last time has been repaired, and there must be a lot of tablets added inside, such as: Yamakawa Junichi, Yamamoto Fifty-six, Nagumo Nakaichi, Abe Toshio and so on. Liu Xirui didn't have the time to think about these things, isn't it just a tablet for a group of dead ghosts?

The nose of the F6F "Vixen" was lowered, and the long tongue of fire on the wing erupted. Tiles are jumping on the buildings, and wood chips are flying. The naval fighter pilots behind Liu Xirui are all guys who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they have been holding their breath for a long time before the battle, since the commander is strafing these buildings, then these houses must have a reason to be strafed, and it is absolutely impossible to follow the commander to do it. The 15 fighter planes scrambled to dive and strafe, and after a few rounds, all the houses of the 'Yasukuni Toilet' were basically completely devoid of tiles, and the broken walls of the eaves were full of bullet holes. Liu Xirui thought inexplicably:

"Mommy! Patrol fighters can't hang rockets, otherwise this little devil will have to cry! Don't talk about this 'public toilet', even the palace Lao Tzu is not wrong! He deserved to kill Hirohito, and the account was on the Yankees anyway. It was Tang Seng who took the scriptures, and it was Sun Monkey's who caused trouble! ”

On August 13, he received a note from the allies from the "Bernas", and the allies accepted the unorganized surrender of the allies. On the same day, Takeshita, the leader of the army who had plotted the rebellion, and his assistant Kenji Hosinaka, led a large group of officers of the Young Zhuang faction to wait in the official residence of Lu Xiang Anan, and asked Anan for the last time to express his support for the "revolutionary action" they were about to take. Prime Minister Suzuki, however, seemed to have sensed the conspiracy, and he persuaded the Emperor to summon Anami, Umezu, and Admiral Toyoda to the palace and leave them in the Fukamiya compound under the pretext of discussing the disarmament of the army. The insurgents waited to no avail.

On 14 August, a US "B-29" Super Fortress flew over Tokyo early in the morning, and the plane dropped nearly 1 million leaflets, which read:

"Tell this people's letter:

Today we are not here to drop bombs at you, but only leaflets. Since your political axe has decided to surrender, each of you has the right to know what the United States, China, Great Britain and the Soviet Union have responded to you. Citizens and soldiers, you now have the opportunity to end the war and restore peace, and you should firmly grasp it. Don't miss the time! ”

The rebels finally intercepted General Anan in the Land Minister's Office at the War Department, just a few hours before their planned insurgency. They forced the prime minister to express his support for their actions. However, Anan only disagreed with the rebellion but refused to express his opposition clearly, and he slipped away under the pretext that he wanted to consult with the deputy minister. But the chief of the General Staff on the other side, Umezu Mijiro, did not hesitate in this way, and he made it clear that he did not support the rebellion.

When the Suzuki cabinet decided to announce the surrender to the whole country, the head of the General Intelligence Bureau, Kaimi Shimomura, thought that the emperor himself should read an edict, because the word "surrender" could only be believed when it came out of the emperor's mouth. However, the prime minister and cabinet ministers mostly disagreed, believing that it was disrespectful to the emperor and that it was inappropriate for the emperor to broadcast directly to his subjects, and finally decided to broadcast a recording of the emperor.

In the afternoon of the same day, news of the surrender spread in Tokyo, and the army officers at all levels, instigated by the rebels, became disciplined, and the gendarmes in the various garrisons began to desert and loot clothes and food. The junior officers disobeyed orders and insulted their superiors, and a large number of the senior officers drank whiskey and rice wine, and drew their sabers and swung wildly at the time. Groups of soldiers scurried around the alleys with their bare hands or with batons in tow. Robbery and forcible killings have increased violently, and the police have no intention of taking care of it, and they dare not take care of it. Scattered gunshots and explosions, as well as occasional flames, plunged Tokyo into chaos.

The ranks of the insurgents expanded, and at 3 p.m. they began to move. More than 20 people, including Takeshita and Hosanaka and Tojo Hideki's son-in-law, Koga Hidemasa Nakasa, broke into the office of Lieutenant General Takeshi Mori of the Tokyo garrison, and they demanded that Lieutenant General Mori mobilize troops to blockade the Imperial Palace and declare martial law in Tokyo. They claimed that they had the support of Minister Anan and Chief of General Staff Umezu. Feeling betrayed, Lieutenant General Mori angrily stated that he was against the rebellion and that he would never send a single soldier. Hosanaka Shaoza took out a pistol and fired a shot, and Lieutenant General Mori fell down in response. Another rebel officer drew his saber and cut off Lieutenant General Mori's head. Takeshita, on the other hand, began to write orders on the blood-spattered table, which were issued in the name of Lieutenant General Mori. Also killed were three guards of Lieutenant General Mori. As soon as the order was given, the Guards Divisions went out, one unit surrounded the palace, and another wing of about 400 men occupied the building of the Broadcasting Association and took control of the broadcasting center.

The troops besieging the palace amounted to more than 2,000 people, but like "two. The vast majority of officers and men did not know that this was a rebellion, and on the surface, it was nothing more than an urgent reinforcement of the regular garrison. Within minutes, the gates of the Imperial Palace were tightly closed, and the Emperor was completely cut off from the outside world.

At the same time, in the Imperial Palace, the Emperor announced that the Edict of Surrender had been drawn up, and that two Imperial officials were responsible for writing the edict in two copies, one for the official document and one for the Emperor to use for recording. The edict has a total of 815 words, which can be regarded as a coincidence, and the official surrender to the Allies is scheduled to be the next day, which is August 15.

At 3 p.m., Prime Minister Suzuki presented the resignation of the Cabinet to the Emperor. The emperor accepted the resignation of the cabinet. Minister Kido proposed to the Emperor that Prince Higashikurenomiya form a cabinet, and the Emperor agreed to the proposal. But Prince Dongjiu didn't want to take this "dead blood" at all. Later, after repeated persuasion by the emperor, he reluctantly agreed.

At 11:30 p.m., the emperor arrived in the recording room where he was giving a radio speech, and the four staff members of the Broadcasting Association had been waiting for him for a long time. Emperor Hirohito began to speak in a peculiar imperial language, frustrated and trying to calm down, but his lower-than-usual and somewhat trembling voice showed the pain in his heart:

"Observing the general situation of the world and the current situation of the empire, I have decided to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation.

The political axe has been instructed to inform the four countries of the United States, China, Britain, and the Soviet Union, that our empire has accepted the articles of their joint declaration.

Kangning, a subject of the empire, and the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, this is the legacy of the royal ancestors, and I always remember it

The empire has a long way to go, and its subjects should work together to build the future. Broaden the path of justice, cultivate a noble spirit, work hard, advance with the world, and carry forward the inherent glory of the empire. ”

Due to his emotions, the emperor stuttered in several places and missed some words, and the recording was unsuccessful. I had no choice but to record it a second time. But there are still many mistakes. The final decision is based on the second recording. The recordings were made into two ten-inch diameter records and carefully packed into two cardboard boxes, covered with kapok pockets. As the army's rebellion had begun, the records were sent to the second floor of the palace and locked in a safe to ensure safety.

These precautions are clearly necessary, and the rebels have begun to seal off the palace from the outside world. In addition to Lieutenant General Mori Takeshi, several more generals who were in favor of surrender were killed. Among them was Senior General Tanaka, who commanded the Eastern Military District and the Twelfth Front. The commander of the garrison in Yokohama arrived in Tokyo by train with a crack force of more than 140 men, preparing to arrest and execute the surrendered elements of the cabinet. Late that night, they surrounded the Prime Minister's office building in an attempt to arrest the Prime Minister and the Ministers, but the Cabinet members were alert and everyone hid back to their homes that day. The rebels set fire to the empty building and then drove by car to Prime Minister Suzuki's residence. The Suzuki family got into a car and fled before the rebels arrived. The elite, who said to be the arsonists, set fire to Suzuki's home and barricaded the road with machine guns and rifles, preventing the firefighters from hearing the fire from putting out the fire. On the other side of the city, Baron Pingzhao is in a position somewhat like that of Chairman Chiang in China's "Xi'an Incident", with his dentures left on the table untaken, barefoot, wearing pajamas and escaping through the window, but his home was burned down by the rebels.

At around 12 o'clock that night, Lu Xianganan committed suicide by caesarean section at home. The suicide process is decent. Lu laid a straw mat in the corridor, because according to legend, if the blood flowed on the "treading rice" when he committed suicide, it meant that he was not at fault. Anan stabbed himself deep in the abdomen with a knife, and then held back the pain and pulled two knives, one to the left and one to the right. This was the standard way for the samurai to 'cut their bellies'. But he didn't die right away, he sat on a straw mat, trying not to fall down from pain, blood spilling on the floor. It wasn't until his brother-in-law stuck the dagger down his throat that the suicide process was complete. The whole process takes about 15 minutes.

The rebellious army was determined to prevent the Emperor's recordings from being broadcast on the radio, and after taking possession of the radio station, they began a close search of the guards who entered and exited the Imperial Palace.

But their operation lasted less than 10 hours. At around 10 a.m. on August 15, Umezu's chief of the General Staff took action. As a heavyweight of the military, General Umezu Mijiro was firmly opposed to surrender, but he was also the emperor's "good doll", and he would carry out the emperor's holy will under any circumstances. When he learned that the rebels had occupied the radio station, sealed off the Imperial Palace, searched for recordings of the emperor and the suicide of Rikusho Anami, his duties as a soldier led him to issue counterinsurgency orders. The gendarmes of the Eastern Military District were dispatched. As soon as the gendarmes arrived, the rebels who had occupied the building withdrew silently. At the same time, under the orders of the Chief of General Staff of Umezu, surrounded by 5,000 men of the Capital Guards Division, the rebel army that had blockaded the Imperial Palace returned to its camps, where they were disarmed and kept under close guard.

Patrols of the Guards Division began to search for rebels in the alleys of Tokyo, as well as officers who flouted military discipline. Order began to be restored in Tokyo, and the rebellion failed. Hosochu Shaosa did not return to the Ministry of War, he wanted to use his death to prove his "loyalty and patriotism", since the rebellion had failed, it was better to die as a "traitor" than to be arrested by the military police and die as a "traitor". Together with his staunch companion Jiro Kisaki, he made his final efforts in the palace squares, where they made their final efforts. The two men distributed more than 15,000 leaflets, calling on people to unite to stop the surrender. At 11:30, Hosanaka pulled out the pistol that had shot Lieutenant General Mori and shot him in the temple. Kisaki Nakasa pulled out his saber and poked it into his lower abdomen, then picked up the pistol stained with the blood of Hosanaka Shosa, he shoved the muzzle of the gun into his mouth and pulled the trigger.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 10 young men who called themselves "Emperor Baotu Righteous Army" came to the palace square with white cloth wrapped around their heads. When the palace guards tried to disperse them, they threatened the palace guards with pistols and grenades. They held hands and sang the national anthem aloud, and when the song stopped, they shouted "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" Then 5 grenades exploded at once, and all 10 people were blown to the ground and died instantly. In the hands of the leader also held a piece of paper with a desperate poem written on it, which read:

The poem "Mountains and rivers have fallen, and cicadas rain are in vain".

Twenty minutes later, four wives of officers who had committed suicide after participating in the failed rebellion came to the square, doused themselves with precious gasoline from nowhere, and set it on fire. In this wave of suicides, the largest number of people committed suicide in the Imperial Square because it was large enough to be an ideal place to die, and because it was a sign of loyalty to the emperor. For example, five generals, seven adjutants, and 14 lieutenants bowed to the emperor at about the same time and then disemboweled, 11 logistics generals belonging to the Buddhist sect committed suicide here, and 17 young soldiers committed suicide by swallowing guns here. Wait, the royal square became a sea of corpses and blood for a while, and no one tried to stop this behavior, in fact, it couldn't stop it at all. Because there are countless civilian officials, military generals, soldiers, and civilians rushing here. Suicide tools are readily available.

In the broadcasting room of the broadcasting building of the Tokyo Broadcasting Association, the most famous announcer of the company, the girl whom the American GI called "Tokyo Kugui", was pale, and the announcer Nobuken Wada, who was also famous next to her, sat precariously. The hour and minute hands of the clock overlapped at 12 o'clock, and Nobuken Wada said loudly into the microphone:

"This broadcast is extremely important, and I ask all listeners to stand as His Majesty the Emperor reads the edict to the people of the whole country. We listen to Yuyin with great respect! ”

The national anthem of 'Kimi's generation' sounded on the radio, and after a pause, it was followed by a voice that few people had heard, and somehow the voice was trembling and somewhat distorted:

"Tell me to be loyal to my subjects and good people, and to observe the general situation of the world and the current situation of my empire, I have decided to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation

Open the path of justice, cultivate a noble spirit, work hard, advance with the world, and carry forward the inherent glory of the empire! ”

The streets of Tokyo were silent, with standing or kneeling listeners looking sad, and many of them weeping bitterly because they couldn't control their feelings. This cry spreads far faster than the plague. Millions of people wept more than the most in the world at the same time, and he set a new "world record".

In the Momoto, the emperor's voice is called "Tamain" or "Tsurune". Because the crane is the emperor's crown and the symbol of the royal family, just as the British use the crown to represent the British royal monarch. It is said that few people have ever heard the voice of the emperor with their own ears, and the vast majority of them have never heard half a word of the emperor speak in their lives, and it must be the greatest honor of their lives to be able to hear the emperor speak in person. Although the voice was heard from the loudspeakers, and for various reasons the voice was trembling and distorted, like a broken gong, and announcing an unacceptable fact, the majority of the officers, soldiers, and citizens were moved to tears and willing to follow the "holy will."

However, of course, the cries of the white cranes are far inferior to the "dragon fury" and "eagle roar", and the Chinese dragon and the American eagle are coming, which makes Yue himself feel afraid, although for various reasons, the Chinese have not stationed a single soldier on the native land, but it is an indisputable fact that China is the victorious country in the war against Yue. As a result, most of the officers and men felt uneasy and unwilling. Some military personnel were particularly outraged by this. 'Never surrender, die for the country' is the only thing they can do, even the "crane sound" can't stop them.

In a large but dimly lit hall at the Tokyo base camp, hundreds of army officers from the base camp stood solemnly under the leadership of the chief of the General Staff, General Umezu Mijiro, and listened to the emperor's "imperial decree." These officers were neatly dressed, all wore white gloves, and carried sabers, which can be described as a star-studded gathering, and the adjutants were like ants. After the emperor's radio recording ended, they burst into tears one by one. With the strength of the whole country, they fought with the Chinese for 8 years and the Americans for 4 years, and how many soldiers stained the battlefield with blood, and in the end they got "defeat and surrender." This is a nightmare that most of them cannot digest. One of the big ones pulled out his pistol and shouted:

"Long live the Emperor!"

Then he pulled the trigger against his head. The crisp sound of gunfire shook these high-ranking officers of the navy from their grief, and many began to follow this "brave" move, either drawing their swords or swallowing their guns to commit suicide, and in an instant the auditorium said, "Long live the emperor!" And the sound of gunshots, the painful groans of sabers poking into the belly came and went. General Umezu did not stop the officers from acting, he clutched the command knife in his hand with a blushing face, and walked out of this bloody hell without looking back.

At the Navy's Atsugi base, about 50 kilometers from Tokyo, the 302nd Naval Air Force was also thrown into disarray. The Emperor's broadcast was like dropping a bombshell on the base, or like droplets of water dripping into a boiling oil pot, and everything was thrown into chaos. In order to prepare for the "decisive battle on the mainland," this air force has been holding back its strength and has been training and preparing for war for a long time. Just when all the officers and men were gearing up to show their skills, what they were waiting for was a "surrender" without firing a single shot, which was completely unacceptable. Commander Ozono Osaku gathered all the pilots at the side of the runway, and he said excitedly:

"Lords, surrender means the demise of the nation, and obeying this order is tantamount to treason. Our long-term efforts will not be in vain, and I do not intend to force orders and embarrass everyone, but if you are willing to fight the enemy in a final battle, please come with me, and we will attack the Americans. Long live our emperor! ”

His speech ignited the flames of battle in the hearts of dozens of pilots, but it was not long before most of this passion disappeared. Some people began to suspect that disobeying the emperor's will would be more treason, and others thought that since a cease-fire had already been ordered, it would be a big problem to attack the Americans again. Therefore, after the crowd was outraged, only 7 pilots climbed onto the plane and took off.

At the Oita Naval Base northeast of Kyushu Island, Vice Admiral Ugaki, the former chief of staff of the Combined Fleet of the Honmoto Navy and now the commander of the Navy's kamikaze attack, was also determined to die in battle, and he always felt in his heart that he was responsible for the death of Commander Yamamoto 56.

He could not forget the scene when General Yamamoto's plane was shot and crashed, and if General Yamamoto was still there, this battle would not have been fought in such a mess as it is now, and he would not have been defeated and surrendered.

He is undoubtedly the biggest sinner, and only by dying can he feel a little at ease!

(To be continued)