On March 31, 1936, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member Kita Kazuki turned 53 years old in three days. After the unification faction arrested Bei Yihui, they were very "polite", neither tortured to extract a confession, nor intimidated and threatened, but only asked Bei Yihui to admit that he led the "petition incident". Bei Yihui estimated that after so many years of hard work, the unification faction was going to close the net.

"If this continues, my time of death will come." Thinking silently about his thoughts, Kita Yihui didn't care about the attitude of the interrogator.

The interrogator questioned for a long time, and seeing that Bei Yihui looked absent-minded, he was also a little tired. Slammed the table, the inquisitor raised the tone, even if the eyes were astigmatism through the lenses of the myopia glasses, the inquisitor's gaze looked very sharp, "Kita Yihui, are you guilty?" ”

Being constantly affected by people like flies in his thoughts, Kita Yihui was also a little annoyed, and he replied in an unhappy tone: "Whether it is guilty or not, everyone's opinion is different. As a member of Parliament, I had to be tried with the approval of the Parliament, which disqualified me from being a member of Parliament. Otherwise, I myself will not be under your control. ”

"Ha, haha." The inquisitor sneered, "You are so disrespectful to the Emperor and inciting people to do something unfavorable to the Emperor. Anyone can try you without the approval of the council. ”

Such a strong attitude made Kita Yihui more sure of his judgment, and he returned to a calm expression again. Tactically, even if you can't fight back, at least you have to mess up the enemy's steps. Bei Yihui now has the slightest confession, which is to give the ruling faction the green light.

As Kita Yihui thought, the news spread after he was arrested and interrogated for two days. As the ideological leader of the grassroots imperial sect, he was arrested on a certain charge, which directly aroused the anger and uneasiness of the imperial sect. After the Imperial Dao faction launched an action to see the emperor, he was also a little uneasy in his heart. Not because they felt they had broken the law, or because they had some disrespectful thoughts about the emperor, which is a sin in the Japanese tradition to upset a person in a high position. A sentence of "Where did your politeness go?!" "That's the reason to be able to kill.

However, the emperor's unhappiness is not equal to the unhappiness of the higher-ups, and the imperial sect also understood the taste at this time. The collusion between the establishment and the bureaucracy and the plutocracy is becoming more and more obvious. The young Imperial officers in the Guards Division were already fully aware. The military dictatorship that the royal faction wants to establish is a real military dictatorship.

Because the unification faction was strictly investigating the soldiers who participated in the petition, and the places where the imperial faction met in the past were all sealed down by the military department, the young imperial faction soldiers could only organize more secret gatherings, and the young people at the meeting were furious, "It is absolutely impossible for us to collude with the chaebol!" Those people in the ruling faction are a shame for soldiers! ”

"They drove out the 1st Division and captured Mr. Kita. What are they going to do next? ”

"Mr. North At that time, it would be nice if we let us directly punish those chaotic parties! After killing those people, where is there today's passive situation. ”

The young people were filled with righteous indignation, but the first division had been transferred to the north, and the Guards Division was lonely, and although Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki, Second Lieutenant Imaizumi Yoshimichi, and his comrades in the Guards Division were full of righteous indignation, they were in a lowly official position after all, and they couldn't do anything at all.

While he was scolding, a man dressed as an ordinary soldier came in outside. Even though they knew that it was a member of the Imperial Road Sect who was guarding outside, the situation in Tokyo was so tense now that the young soldiers in the room were shocked. After taking a closer look at the visitors, everyone was even more surprised. The person who came turned out to be Captain Kono Shou of the 1st Division, who should not be in Tokyo now, but on the way north.

"Kono-kun! You ......" The young people in the room were a little unpleasant. The doubt in my heart has turned into a speculation at this time, and the result of this guess is naturally "The situation is about to change greatly!" "Blatant disobedience to military orders is destined to face harsh court-martials, and the appearance of Captain Kono Shou is unlikely to be a personal decision.

Captain Kono Shou had a resolute expression, and after glancing at the group of young comrades, he said slowly: "In three more days, the situation will change in three days at most." I came back this time to ask if your desire to save the imperial kingdom is still there? ”

Hearing this, all the young officers of the Guards Division who were present felt that their breathing and heartbeat were rapid at the same time. Everyone's eyes fell on Captain Konotobuki's face, and there was no need for superfluous words, and the young soldiers knew what kind of choice they had to face.

On April 1, Okamura sat in his office, feeling a little uneasy. It stands to reason that the pro-establishment faction has taken control of the situation, and all it needs to do now is to get rid of the last few stumbling blocks and use the assassination of the military and right-wing elements to get rid of a few people.

In recent years, the unification faction and the imperial faction have been hypocritical and wronged, not because the unification faction really wants to engage in any alliance, but because they want to use the assassination of those stunned young people to intimidate the guys in the political circles. What the ruling faction really wants to unite and tame is the big chaebol, and there is no plan to overthrow the chaebol like the imperial faction. Therefore, the Imperial Dao faction can act with enthusiasm, but the control faction has no such intentions.

The current situation seems to be good, but the situation has begun to be chaotic, and the act of petitioning the emperor has also been branded as a "conspiracy", and Okawa Shuaki and Mikami Takushi and others have also been instigated. As long as the Imperial Sect makes another radical move, everything can enter the final moment that the Ruling Faction expects. As one of the representatives of the "Showa Warlords", Okamura Ninji was well aware of the emperor's thoughts, and the emperor had long been extremely tired of the emperor's solitary behavior.

Last year, Emperor Showa secretly gave great support to the dismissal of Shinzaburo Mazaki from his post as director of education for the Imperial Army, and he had long been dissatisfied with Masaki's dangerous influence on young officers, saying in private, "I always wanted him to resign, but he didn't do it" and "didn't even have common sense." It's ridiculous that the Imperial Dao faction didn't understand what was going on. They even shouted the slogan "The Emperor of the People," but they didn't know that the Emperor hated the Emperor the most.

But Okamura Ninji felt very uneasy in his heart, and he thought quietly for a while before he found an answer that he couldn't say whether it was correct or not. In his speech to the unification faction, the Communist Manifesto contains a passage that says, "They reproach the bourgeoisie, not so much because it produced the proletariat, but because it produced the revolutionary proletariat." ”

For Okamura Ninji, this passage seems to be a curse. The reason why the control faction did not want to see the chaebol was not only because the chaebols held power, but because the chaebol caused a lot of resentment among the Japanese people. Japan looks down on the lower strata because the lower strata have no power. However, if a large number of lower strata really rise up to resist, that is also something that all upper strata fear. If Kita Ikki only promoted his ideas at the top, Okamura Ninji Nagata Tetsuyama would still be able to tolerate Kita Ikki, but Kita Ikki tried to encourage the people to rise up and fight for his own rights and interests, even if Kita Ikki restrained the Imperial Daoist faction and prevented the Imperial Daoist faction from making radical actions, the unification faction still had to arrest Kita Ikki when the time was not ripe.

Kita Ikki is the biggest enemy of the unification faction.

Just when Okamura Ninji was restless, a herald from outside came to report, "The troops of the 9th Division have arrived near Tokyo. ”

"Let them be on standby there, and I'll go there and arrange their station." Okamura replied. Sending the herald away, Okamura Ninji let out a deep sigh, things kept coming one after another, but this was good, it was easier to have work to do than to think about those troublesome things.

Early in the morning of 2 April, Okamura Ninji led his guards to the vanguard of the Ninth Division, and this major transfer was the biggest task for the control faction to complete its control over the military headquarters. According to the plan, the officers of the Imperial Road faction will be transferred in the future, and those who should be transferred will be transferred, and those who should be transferred to the reserve will be transferred to the reserve. This is Takahashi Yoshikiyo's order, and the ruling faction can put all the blame on Prime Minister Takahashi Kiyoshi.

Thinking about his future plans, Okamura Ninji met with the head of the vanguard of the Ninth Division, Daisa. As soon as he entered the headquarters, Okamura Ningji saw that there was already a person waiting in the headquarters, and it was the commander of the first division in the Hokuriku area at this time, An Tenghui Sanzhongsa, the commander of the first division in the Hokuriku area according to the plan.

Okamura Ninji reacted very sharply, he turned his head and wanted to rush out, but a person was already blocking the door. That's one of the cadres of the Imperial Road faction, Saburo Aizawa Nakasa. Saburo Aizawa, who had served as a kendo instructor and was proficient in swordsmanship, held the handle of the saber in his hand and looked at Okamura Ninji calmly. Okamura Ninji's hand was pressed on the handle of the pistol at his waist, and it stands to reason that if he was faster, he would still have a chance to compete with Saburo Aizawa Nakasabi.

However, Okamura Ninji is a soldier after all, and the soldier's intuition reminds Okamura Ninji to open the holster of the pistol and take out the gun again. During this time, I am afraid that he has been killed by Saburo Aizawa Nakasa. At this flash of thought, Okamura Ninji had already made the most rational choice, and he let go of the hand pressed on the holster.

A smile appeared on the face of Saburo Aizawa, which was a smile peculiar to someone who was absolutely confident in his own strength.

There was a sound of shouting and a brief handshake outside, and after a few moments, all that was left outside was the characteristic whining sound of a human being gagged. Okamura's guards had been subdued.

Kato Terumi Sanchusa took a few steps forward, "Okamura-kun, you better surrender." ”

There was no reaction to the persuasion at all, Okamura Ninji urgently thought about what the Imperial Dao Sect was going to do, and after a moment of silence, he asked calmly: "Kato Nakasa, do you want to become a national thief?" ”

Teizo Kato replied in the same calm voice: "If Okamura-kun thinks that asking His Majesty the Emperor to listen to the voice of the people is treason, then you can only say that you are a national thief." ”

Okamura Ninji was smart enough, he quickly understood what Kato Keizo meant, and now even the voice of Okamura Ninji, who had always been calm, trembled, "You want to kidnap the emperor?" ”

"We're just going to release you from the Emperor's imprisonment!" Kato Terumi Sanchusa corrected Okamura Ninji's words.

Okamura Ninji looked at An Teng Tetsuzo's eyes seriously, and from that calm gaze, Okamura Ninji saw great determination. There is no need to ask, now the first division has been transferred, but the radical faction in the first division and the royal faction in the ninth division have merged. At present, only the Guards Division is left in the defense force of Tokyo. And judging by the recent performance of the Guards Division, there are also a lot of unreliable people in it.

As the person in charge of intelligence work, Okamura Ninji knew that the shooting and suppression of the petitioners on the day of 226 had a great impact on many people in the Guards Division. If it is to suppress the rice riots, these soldiers are afraid that they will not have too much self-blame. But the people who could be shot were unarmed civilians. Regardless of the military department's claim that those men intended to be unfavorable to the emperor, the soldiers knew that in the subsequent search, nothing could be called a "weapon" other than a small flag. The doubts within the Guards Division were not small, and they were extremely wide-ranging.

If the 1st Division, the 9th Division, and the Guards Division should be combined inside and outside, ....... Okamura Ninji didn't think that these outlaws of the Imperial Dao faction would let go of those of the Domination faction.

Okamura Ninji thought of this, he finally had a move, Okamura Ninji reached out and touched the gun, not to shoot these people, but to fire the gun. As long as there is a gunshot sound, it can also cause a certain amount of alarm.

At the moment when he just opened the holster, Okamura Ninji only felt a cold feeling from his back straight into his heart, and lowered his head, Okamura Ninji saw a saber emerge from his chest, and the snowy blade had a faint red layer. Then a black cloud appeared at the edge of Okamura's vision, and the black cloud quickly obscured the entire field of vision from the outside to the inside.

At the last moment before his consciousness disappeared, Okamura Ninji heard a conversation voice that seemed to be extremely far away, "Ready to go!" Rescue the Emperor! ”

The bright red traces were expanding, and Nagata Tetsuyama watched the red ink in the red ink bottle that he had accidentally touched expanding on the paper, and he quickly pulled out the list that had been written. Fifteen years ago, Nagata Tetsuyama, Okamura Ninji, and Toshiro Obata met with the current Emperor Hirohito in Baden-Baden, Germany.

After fifteen years, Baden-Baden Sanhawu itself has been divided, and Toshishiro Obata has been excluded because of his imperial philosophy. Nagata Tetsuyama and Okamura Ninji and others continued to move forward, and they were only one step away from final success. After all the people on the list of the Imperial Sect in front of Nagata Tetsuyama were cleared from the military department, Japan finally entered the era that Nagata Tetsuyama expected the military department to control Japan.

Nagata Tetsuyama was not unaware of the problems that existed in the military department, and since the unification faction had reached an alliance with the big chaebols, there must have been big problems with many of its policies. However, Nagata Tetsuyama is very confident that as long as he takes power, these problems will definitely be solved one by one.

Picked up the poured inkwell and tore a piece of newspaper to suck up the red ink on the table. Just as he was about to continue cleaning up the desktop, the phone rang, and Nagata Tetsuyama picked up the phone, and he heard an anxious voice coming from inside, "Lieutenant General Nagata, I am Tohi of the Military Affairs Office, and the troops of the 9th Division are beginning to enter Tokyo. Said there was an emergency order. ”

"What?" Nagata Tetsuyama was stunned, he was now the head of the Military Affairs Bureau, which was a position of real power second only to the Minister of War and the Deputy Minister, and Nagata Tetsuyama did not know any orders at all regarding the entry of the Ninth Division into Tokyo.

Before Nagata Tetsuyama could continue to ask, there was a shouting from outside the Military Affairs Bureau, and then gunshots rang out. Nagata Tetsuyama put the phone on the table, stood up and strode to the window to look out, only to see a group of soldiers rushing in through the gate with guns. Anyone who stood in their way was shot at point-blank range with a pistol by the officer at the head. Although the guards of the Military Affairs Bureau also had weapons, it was just that this unit was not a combat department in the first place, and in broad daylight, I didn't expect someone to attack it. The guards were fiercely attacked, and their first reaction was not to return fire, but to flee in all directions.

The two young officers at the head were murderous, and the soldiers who attacked the Military Affairs Bureau behind them had a white cloth tied to their caps. Nagata Tetsuyama recognized it, and the two leaders were the hardcore Imperial Road soldiers in the Guards Division, Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki and Second Lieutenant Imaizumi Yoshimichi.

Nagata Tieshan thundered in his head, as if a thunder sounded in his ears. He made all kinds of preparations, planned many conspiracies and schemes, and saw that the Imperial Dao Sect was about to end, but he didn't expect that these people would dare to attack the Military Affairs Bureau in broad daylight.

However, after this stunned effort, Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki, who was killing the Military Affairs Bureau, saw a person standing in front of the window of the Office of the Director of the Military Affairs Bureau, and no matter who that person was, Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki pointed his pistol straight at the window of the Military Affairs Bureau's office, and shouted to the machine gunner who was following him: "Shoot!" ”

First pistols, then machine guns, bullets whizzing towards the windows, shattered window glass flying in the air like snowflakes.

In the Japanese Army, soldiers who are not honors students of Lu University can only stay in the army all the time, sweating profusely in summer, freezing in winter and freezing in winter, and constantly training soldiers. Their path to promotion was difficult, but their military skills were quite remarkable. However, promising soldiers like Nagata Tetsuyama are relatively poor in military technology. Nagata Tetsuyama is responsible for the liaison work between the ruling faction and other factions, and the wine is indispensable, but it has emptied Nagata Tetsuyama's body a little over the years. Despite seeing the enemy's guns pointed at him, Nagata Tetsuyama's reaction was even slower than when those men took aim and then fired. Several bullets hit Nagata Tetsuyama in the chest and abdomen, knocking him directly to the ground.

At this time, the Military Affairs Bureau was in chaos, and most of the soldiers in this powerful department were officers, and a small half of them were at the rank of colonel. These people are more concerned about their own lives in the face of a sudden attack, and the clever guys have escaped from the office and are running towards the back door.

And the few who resisted did not have rifles in their hands, and could only shoot with pistols. Not at all the opponents of these junior officers and soldiers, armed with light machine guns and rifles. Suppressing and eliminating the fire of the resisters, the attacking force made its way to the entrance of the office of the head of the War Bureau.

After kicking the door open, Lieutenant Kiaki Nakahashi did not advance but retreated. Sure enough, as he expected, a bullet came out of it. It was Nagata Tetsuyama's guards making the last resistance. A bullet from a light machine gun went in, and the guard was knocked to the ground on board. Soldiers outside the door rushed all the way to the office of the head of the military affairs bureau.

At this time, Nagata Tetsuyama's attempts to get up failed, and there was a lot of blood flowing on the ground, and Nagata Tetsuyama used all his strength to sit on the sofa with the help of the guards. Watching the rebel soldiers outside rush in, Nagata Tetsuyama smiled bitterly, his hand pressed on his uniform, but blood gushed out from the place where the bullet hit. The front of the uniform had been dyed red with mud.

Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki strode up to Nagata Tetsuyama, first stood up and saluted Nagata Tetsuyama, and then Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki said loudly: "Your Excellency, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Ahem...... Nagata Tetsuyama couldn't help coughing as soon as he spoke, blood flowed down the corners of his mouth, and after a moment of breath, Nagata Tetsuyama said, "Do you think you can save Japan?" ”

"Yes, we can definitely save Japan!" Lieutenant Kiaki Nakahashi replied loudly, "Please make a brave sacrifice for Japan!" ”

With that, Lieutenant Kiaki Nakahashi raised his pistol and fired several shots at Nagata Tetsuyama's chest, and a few seconds later, the leader of the Command faction was killed in his office.

Lieutenant Kiaki Nakahashi saw that Nagata Tetsuyama was bareheaded, and he took off his military cap and put it on Nagata Tetsuyama's face. Then he ordered his subordinates, "Salute Lieutenant General Nagata Tetsuyama!" ”

After his subordinates finished saluting, Lieutenant Nakahashi Kiaki shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, we will go and rescue the imprisoned emperor now." And those Japanese national thieves are there too! Kill them all, and Japan can be saved! Target! Palace! ”