The loud explosion in the harbor woke up not only most of the sleeping citizens of Tokyo, but also the emperor who was still asleep.

When the emperor learned that the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society had been attacked and the port of Tokyo had been bombed, he thought that Japan had been suddenly attacked by some country, otherwise it would not have been possible for such a violent explosion to occur in the direction of the port of Tokyo.

So the emperor immediately urgently summoned more than a dozen important ministers, including the prime minister, "Who? Who attacked us? Can any of you answer clearly and stand up? Emperor Showa questioned the dozen ministers in front of him, and Reijiro, who had just been prime minister for less than a month, immediately fell to his knees and replied with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I haven't received any definite news yet, but the enemy's movement has been analyzed by the intelligence department."

This group of unknown enemies first attacked the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society, and then bribed a dozen beggars to set fire to the city of Tokyo, and most of these beggars have now been captured.

In addition, after attacking the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society, the group of enemies fled the scene with four fire trucks posing as firefighters, because there were fires in many places in Tokyo at this time, so these fire trucks were not under any suspicion.

And our gendarmerie has found these abandoned fire trucks and a dozen abandoned boats on a small beach near the pier in Tokyo, and they must have escaped in large boats.

Just now, our Admiralty has blocked the entire sea off Tokyo, and I believe that this group of strongmen will soon be arrested and brought to justice. ”

"I've known about the attack on the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society for a long time, what I want to know is why there is such a violent explosion in the direction of the port, and the whole Tokyo seems to be undergoing an earthquake, can't you all feel it?" The Emperor's words became harsher.

Reijiro has just taken over as prime minister, and the heads of various departments have not yet figured out who it is. How could he make things clear in such a short period of time?

Seeing Reijiro speechless, the emperor's eyes were full of anger at him. The opposition bigwig on the side, who is also the current deputy prime minister, Inu Yangyi, immediately fell into the ground.

"What Mr. Prime Minister said doesn't seem right, but we have already detected the enemy's attacks. First, the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society was bombed, and then more than a dozen fires were set in various places in Tokyo.

What's more, this gang of strongmen also robbed a team elimination bureau, and also swaggered to cheat the wealth of the Black Dragon Society headquarters before they disappeared in front of the beach.

With such a thorough plan, such a quick action, and such a ruthless style, I'm afraid it's not something that ordinary people can do, right? Not to mention.

If we want to implement such a series of plans in Tokyo, we would not have had the help of the top management within the country. It doesn't seem like it's possible at all, right? ”

"What do you mean? Do you want to be my place? I've only been Prime Minister for less than a month, but you've been Deputy Prime Minister for three terms, and you're a veteran of three dynasties.

If there is anyone here who is more familiar with Tokyo, I don't think there is anyone else but you, and if there is anyone who can cooperate with these bandits in attacking us, it will definitely be me Reijiro. ”

Reijiro was furious and began to anger his lieutenant in front of the emperor.

Inu Yangyi did not flinch: "The prime minister of a country should have a capable person living in it, for some people who are lucky enough to steal a heavy position, instead of sitting on it and doing nothing, it is better to retreat and let the virtuous?" ”

"What? You say I'm doing nothing, do you mean that if you were in this position, there wouldn't be such an attack tonight, or that you could catch this gang of robbers right now?

If you can catch these robbers now, I will resign tomorrow and give you the position of Prime Minister. ”

Reijiro also made Inukai Takeshi angry, and his position as prime minister was elected. As long as he has not made a big mistake and has not been impeached by the party and the collective outside the party, he will not be able to retreat even if he wants to.

Inukai Takeshi was just about to sarcastically say a few more words to Reijiro, when suddenly the emperor, who had been looking bad, shouted, "Okay, what time is it now?" Still fighting for power here.

No matter who you are, as long as you have the ability, you can immediately catch this gang of robbers for me. I immediately support him as the prime minister, Inu Yangyi, can you? Inu Yangyi lowered his head.

"And who among you sitting here can?" The Emperor looked again at the dozen or so ministers kneeling in front of him.

The ministers bowed their heads.

"Even if no one can do this, then obediently shut your mouth and let Reijiro take full authority to deal with this matter, now that you are in a trench, you must work together to handle this matter well, if I know anyone who is disobedient, I will personally reward him for suicide."

The emperor's stern voice frightened the ministers into shock, and no one dared to speak out.

Seeing these uncompetitive ministers in front of him, the emperor couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, poor Tanaka Yoshikazu left early, if he lived for another ten years, we would not have encountered such a thing."

I think that when he was the prime minister, I was the most relaxed, and I didn't have to bother with all the state, family, and military affairs. Whether it was the invasion and occupation of the Northeast, or the rejection of the Soviet Union in the north, whether it was the use of troops abroad or the domestic economy, he was in good order.

In particular, he proposed that "if you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China; If you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchu and Mongolia", and now this has become our basic national policy for the next 20 years, and all the country's development in the next 20 years must revolve around this national policy.

The ministers are all the humerus of our country, don't you want to see the day when this great goal is achieved? ”

"The ministers are guilty, the ministers know their mistakes, please punish His Majesty the Emperor."

Whether it was true or not, the ministers seemed to be really moved by His Majesty's words, and they suddenly became extremely upright.

It seems that from now on, there will never be a struggle for power and profit, and each is like a brother. They all said that for the future of the Japanese Empire, everyone would work hard and work together to achieve the great goal that Tanaka said in the eclectic.

Looking at the important ministers in front of him, it seemed that he had really enlightened, and even Reijiro and Inukai Yi apologized to each other for what had just happened.

The emperor's heart was finally a little more comfortable.

Just as the hall was playing the drama of the monarch's family, a guard rushed from outside the palace. The guard ran into the council chamber with a crawl.

It seems that the loss of the port of Tokyo has already come out, and there has been such a fierce exchange of fire, I believe that they must have repelled the enemy by now.

The guard handed the telegram in his hand directly to the emperor, and the emperor took a brief look, stumbled, almost didn't fall, and even threw the telegram on the ground.

Reijiro took the opportunity to pick up the telegram on the ground, and the ministers around him also gathered around to take a look at it curiously, only to see everyone exclaim together.

"What, the loss of thirteen warships, the casualties of more than 3,000 soldiers, the entire destruction of the harbor, the destruction of the materials stored in the harbor, even the nearby damaged houses amounted to as many as 1,000, and the casualties were nearly 10,000 people.

To make matters worse, the port of Tokyo has been riddled with mines. Can't use it for 3 months? ”

"What the hell is going on? Have we been attacked by another country? Is it Soviet? Or the Americans, can it still be Britain and France? The emperor slowly came to his senses and asked weakly.

The ministers present were also stunned by such a large loss, but they questioned such a large casualty figure: "How can the entire Tokyo harbor, including the native soldiers and the naval officers and men of all the warships, only have more than 2,000 people combined?"

Could it be that someone is deliberately exaggerating the extent of the damage? But at this juncture, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and tomorrow's investigation will naturally come to light, who is so bold and so lying about the military situation? For a while, everyone stared at each other, and no one dared to answer.

Fortunately, this embarrassing situation did not last long, and I saw another guard running outside the conference hall, and as soon as the guard entered the room, he reported that the chairman of the Black Dragon Society, Ryohei Uchida, and Touyama Man, an advisor, jointly sent an urgent report.

The emergency report said that one of their ships, which had just gone to sea to carry out a secret mission to Tohoku, was sunk by an unknown underwater torpedo attack outside the port of Tokyo, and that less than 200 of the 1,000 marines and 100 Koga ninja were rescued.

It turned out that not long after the Black Dragon Society was bombed, the Natsu Yumaru left the port of Tokyo, but they had not gone far before they received a telegram from the Admiralty requesting all warships to blockade the waters off Tokyo.

Originally, the Natsu Yumaru was not a warship, and they did not plan to join the search for the enemy, but who would have thought that within a few minutes, the Tokyo harbor was under heavy artillery fire.

At this time, the Natsuyu Maru had just left the Tokyo Harbor, and it happened to be able to see the raging fire coming out of the Tokyo Harbor, so both the crew of the Harunyu Maru, who had just set off, and the members of the 1,000 Marines who were already preparing to leave, were all strongly in favor of returning to the harbor immediately for rescue.

In this way, under the condition that all forces were aligned, the Xia Yu Maru returned to the sea, and the luck of the Xia Yu Maru was too bad, or Li Tie's luck was too good, and when it had just arrived near the harbor, the Xia Yu Maru had just traveled on the route of the No. 1 submarine in the East China Sea that Li Tie was riding.

In addition, Li Tie had the mentality of hugging the grass to find a rabbit, so he issued an order to attack very casually, but in the dark night, the Xia Yu Maru, who had no ability to resist, followed in the footsteps of the Spring Yu Maru, and was directly sunk by two torpedoes.

And Li Tie is worthy of being the nemesis of the Japanese, just with a random blow, he sent a thousand marines to the bottom of the sea who might cause him a lot of trouble, I have to say that this luck is really a kind of strength.

And although the place where the Natsuyu Maru sank was already very close to the harbor, because two torpedoes hit the middle of the Natsuyu Maru at close range, blowing the Natsuyu Maru in two, the Natsuyu Maru sank to the bottom in just a few minutes.

If it weren't for the presence of more than a thousand Marines in this ship, each of whom was well-versed in water, there would probably not be even two hundred of them left.

Even the remaining 200 people chose to jump into the water the moment the ship was hit, and the remaining marines who tried to release the life raft were carried into the sea by the whirlpool that occurred when the sinking Natsuyu Maru sank. That's why so many casualties have been taken.

At the same time, it was the more than 1,000 casualties that made up the data of more than 3,000 casualties in the seaport, so that the credibility of the previous damage report was greatly enhanced.

After reading this telegram, the emperor finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, pulled out a long war knife from the confession, and slashed a table in the council hall in two.