On February 26, 1934, heavy snow fell in Tokyo, Japan.

In the heavy snow, part of the troops of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, which was in charge of garrisoning Tokyo, suddenly forcibly opened the station's arsenal and took out weapons and ammunition. At the same time, some of the warriors of the Guards Senhime Wing stationed in Tokyo also rushed into the wing's magic guide armor maintenance field and activated their own magic guide armor.

Some 5,000 heavily armed soldiers rushed into the streets, flocking to various departments, including the Prime Minister's Office, while the rebellious warriors occupied key points around the Imperial Palace.

Soon the sound of gunshots woke up the citizens of Tokyo who were still asleep.

A group of soldiers rushed directly into the official residence of Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Minoru Saito, and the police officer in charge of guarding the official residence tried to dissuade the soldiers, but was killed by a single shot by the officer who led the team, and the soldiers quickly surrounded the courtyard. The remaining police officers occupied the security room in front of the porch of the residence and blocked the front door of the residence with pistols, temporarily blocking the soldiers' footsteps.

At the same time, Minoru Saito's secretary rushed into the confidential room of the official residence and dialed the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, at this time, the Metropolitan Police Department was also engaged in fierce fighting, and army soldiers set up machine guns in front of the Metropolitan Police Department building, blocking the entrance and exit paths of the police, and trying to storm the inside of the Metropolitan Police Department building.

The police department on duty at the Metropolitan Police Department on the other end of the phone reluctantly told the secretary that they could only find a way to protect themselves.

At this time, the secretary heard the screams of the maid from the back of the residence, and it seemed that the army soldiers had found another way to invade the residence. In order to prevent someone from infiltrating and assassinating Tokyo, Minoru Saito's official residence underwent a security enhancement, reinforcing doors and windows and adding steel bars in some places that were easy to infiltrate.

But it is clear that these measures will not stop the soldiers of the Japanese Army.

The secretary, who had already broken through the defenses of Zhilu Road, ran to Minoru Saito's residence on the second floor, and as soon as he opened the sliding door, he saw that Minoru Saito had already gotten up and was putting on his admiral's uniform with the help of his wife and maid.

"Mr. Harada," Minoru Saito said to the secretary in a rare honorific title, "can you help me block them a little?" It's going to take me a little time to put on this uniform. ”

As soon as the secretary tried to answer, he was kicked into the room from behind, and then a murderous army officer appeared in the doorway.

"**** Minoru Saito!" The young officer yelled at the prime minister, "The time has come, do you have any last words?" ”

"Can you give me some time to get my uniform dressed?" Minoru Saito's voice was as steady as ever, and he pushed away his frightened wife, who couldn't move, and continued to get dressed himself.

"Are you trying to stall for help? It's useless! The officer who entered the door, although his tone was still fierce, had already put down his pistol, and it seemed that he still intended to give the admiral a more decent end.

At this time, Minoru Saito finally put on the sleeves of his military uniform, he buttoned the buttons slowly, and said to the army officer who was standing at the door waiting for him to finish his work: "I still have one thing to ask for, old man, can you tell me a little bit about what kind of path you plan to lead Japan on?" ”

"It's none of your business." The young officer replied very simply.

Minoru Saito shook his head, a mocking smile on his face: "Is it none of my business, or do you not know the Tao yourself?" ”

"As long as you kill all the moths that have deceived His Majesty the Emperor, Japan will naturally usher in a bright future!"

"yes, that's what you think." Minoru Saito shook his head again, "It seems that in the end, there is no figure in Japan who can turn things around like that Mr. Hayashi Youde." ”

"You even have an affair with that treacherous Chinese?" The young officer looked shocked.

But Minoru Saito didn't bother to say anything more, he straightened the collar of his military uniform, sat upright, raised his chin, and said to the army officer with his eyes: "I'm ready, you can do it." ”

The young officer pushed his Harry Potter-like round glasses with his left hand, and then raised his gun and fired several shots at Minoru Saito.

**

At the same time, inside the Imperial Palace, the Emperor Daiomamori and Prince Aiko of the Inner Kingdom hurriedly entered the palace in the center of the Imperial Palace with his close attendant Hachiman Shrine Maiden Onuma. Emperor Hirohito had risen and sat in the middle of the palace.

"Imperial brother," although there is no blood relationship, the personal relationship between the prince and the emperor is quite good, and at this moment, he directly addresses Hirohito by the imperial brother instead of His Majesty, "My heart and I are ready to set off at any time to calm the situation in the capital." ”

But the emperor shook his head.

"Before the time comes, as soon as the rebellion begins, we will immediately dispatch Shenji to quell the rebellion, and we will become the laughing stock of the great powers in the world. Let's wait and see how the cabinet and the military ministry respond. ”

As he spoke, the Emperor glanced at the other empty seats in the palace.

Originally, the Imperial Palace was a place for pre-imperial meetings, and in such an emergency, the cabinet officials should rush to the palace as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures with the emperor. But at this time, it had been more than an hour since the gunshots were fired, and none of the cabinet officials had yet appeared in the palace, and the high-ranking officials of the military department had no intention of appearing.

Emperor Hirohito suddenly found himself in a blind cage, and he had no idea what was happening outside the walls of the Imperial Palace. This sense of powerlessness to lose control of the status quo is tormenting Hirohito's heart: he is obviously the supreme ruler of this country, and when **** happened in the capital, he was completely powerless, except for his sister, who grew up together, there was no means to influence everything that was happening outside the high walls!

It doesn't matter whether the Great Powers will laugh at Japan or not, Hirohito's own self-esteem does not allow him to send his sister and his sister's best friend so simply.

So he could only sit here and wait for things outside the Imperial Palace to ferment on their own.

The brother and sister sat opposite each other on the empty palace, and neither of them spoke again, and the atmosphere gradually became awkward. So Onuma Shin, who had been guarding behind the inner prince, stood up and said to the two royal families, "I'll go make tea, what kind of tea do you want?" ”

"Ordinary tea is fine." Emperor Hirohito's tense face relaxed slightly, and he sighed and said to his sister, "Actually, I understand the thoughts of young soldiers, and in the current situation, whenever I think about the future of Japan, I feel inexplicably anxious. ”

Emperor Hirohito stood up and walked slowly around the long table in the palace, while his sister nodded to the heart that was going to make tea, and motioned for her to leave for the time being. When only the emperor and the imperial sister were left in the palace, Hirohito spoke again: "I really don't understand these people, now that the empire has just been established, surrounded by foreign powers, they may be strangled by the great powers at any time, and instead of sharing the same fate with the empire, they are ...... for their own selfish interests."

Hirohito stopped halfway through speaking, shook his head vigorously, and let out a long sigh. He went to the window of the palace, stretched out his hand to open the window, and the cold wind with snowflakes poured into the palace.

The emperor stood in the cold wind, and his back did look a little sad.

At this time, Prince Aikonai said: "Since ancient times, people have cared about everything in front of them, and they just want to pursue a better life, which is human nature. If you and my brother and sister are ordinary people, I guess it will be like this. Brother Huang, I've been thinking that maybe we should really listen to the voices of the people, instead of letting the military maintain a high-pressure posture like this......"

"That is impossible, and even if we heed the voice of the people, the fact that the great powers surrounded us would not change. In order to ensure that the Japanese Empire would not be left to the same level as the Ming Empire, we had to have more warships, cannons, and magic armor, and to make these we had to continue to make the people work hard. At the same time, the Empire's finances were so tight that it had exhausted all its efforts to maintain military spending, and there was no way to come up with money to improve the welfare of the people, as we have said many times in the newspapers, but to no avail. ”

After the emperor had spoken at length to his sister, he turned again to the snowy scene outside the open window, and sighed heavily.

"People often mention to me that Lin Youde who is far away in Germany, but, Aiko, after winning the civil war, that Lin Youde almost does not need to face external threats, he can do whatever he wants, and I can only continue to guard against the guns of the great powers in fear!"

It seems that Emperor Hirohito thinks that as long as he is facing an environment free of external threats, he can do better than Hayashi Youde.

His sister didn't answer, just looked at the royal brother quietly, waiting for him to calm down.

Finally, Emperor Hirohito shook his head, and the sound of machine gun fire could be heard outside the high walls of the Imperial Palace. The Emperor raised his head slightly, listening intently.

"It seems to be the direction of the 'Red Refining Tile'?" The emperor asked his sister that Shinhime's hearing and sense of direction were better than normal people.

"Yes, it is indeed coming from the direction of the Navy Ministry." The building of the Japanese Navy Ministry in this time and space is also modeled after the building of the Royal Navy Military Academy in the United Kingdom, and is built of red bricks, so it is also known as the red refining tile.

"They actually attacked the Navy Province, which had just won a great victory!" Hirohito's face showed anger, "That's too much! Whether it's them using machine guns to strafe the Red Refining Tiles, or the navy is using machine guns to stop them, it's too much! ”

At this time, Prince Nei's face showed a slight look of surprise.

"Brother Huang, I thought this mutiny was your ......"

"There's no way I'm going to instigate such a waste of a young soldier's life, right?" Hirohito glanced back at his sister, as if to blame her for misunderstanding her brother so much, when the sound of machine guns outside the window stopped abruptly.

It is also unknown whether the Navy Ministry drove out the mutinous Army, or the Army rushed into the Navy Ministry.

Emperor Hirohito held the wooden window frame in both hands, pursed his lips tightly, and looked out the window at the growing snow.