Chapter 124: Captive Emperor (Four Watches for "Deepening")
When the exit was finally dug through the underground safe house of Miyagi in Japan, the ruins of the Imperial Palace, where the main hall was located, had been surrounded by the Second Division.
The double bridge leading to the main hall was not destroyed by artillery fire, it was miraculously intact, and the remnants of the Japanese Guards Division who retreated here also used this place as the last fortress, which would be broken for the emperor and all of the empire.
A large amount of wreckage was carried to the Niju Bridge, and groups of Japanese soldiers set up improvised defensive positions on the other side of the small bridge.
As a result, a few shells fell, half of the bridge collapsed, and finally this last point of defense was easily breached.
The Japanese, who stood in the ruins of the Imperial Palace, were also killed one after another in the boring resistance.
At this time, a group of people suddenly appeared from the rear of the main hall, and they were immediately surrounded by the sharp knife troops of the 2nd Division that had just captured this place.
The cold muzzle of the gun was aimed at the group of palace guards who crawled out of the tunnel, and the Meiji Emperor, who was transported out of the safe house, had just seen the light of day, and the first thing he saw was the group of soldiers in strange military uniforms in front of him.
The messy colors on the military uniforms, and the black and green cross paint on the faces, completely different from the combat uniforms of any military style in the world, with a large amount of strange equipment hanging on their bodies, this is the first impression that Emperor Meiji had of these soldiers in front of him.
Emperor Meiji, who didn't hear the gunshots again, stopped the guards around him who wanted to resist, and was helped to the front of the group of soldiers, but before he could speak, Xu Xinyu, who was standing in front of him, stepped forward and said: "Emperor Meiji, and you cabinet members, from now on, you have been captured. ”
As soon as the words fell, Xu Xinyu didn't give Emperor Meiji any chance to speak, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers of the knife platoon swarmed up, and several guards who tried to resist were immediately killed by pistols, until Emperor Meiji and a group of Japanese cabinet officials were still around.
It was not until this time that Emperor Meiji, Guitaro and others, who became prisoners under the stairs, clearly saw that this group of soldiers wearing colorful military uniforms had a flag armband on their shoulders, and they were no strangers to this flag.
Emperor Meiji, who became a prisoner, did not choose to rebel against Chengren, but said: "I want to see Fan Yize." ”
When Xu Xinyu heard this, she nodded very dryly and said, "I believe you will meet our commander soon." ”
When Emperor Meiji heard this, he stood without saying a word, and the cabinet members behind him all hung their heads, which was the worst outcome.
This scene had been expected before they even walked out of the safe house.
And for these soldiers under Fan Yize, few of the prisoners present were surprised.
In the entire Far East, if anyone else would choose to strike at Japan at this time, there was no one except Fan Yize.
When they saw the armbands on the arms of this group of soldiers, they only confirmed their guesses.
Capturing alive this group of high-ranking members of the Japanese Empire can also be called an unexpected gain for the Second Division.
After receiving Xu Xinyu's report, the 2nd Division immediately sent a group of people to the ruins of the palace to ensure that the emperor and others would not be rescued by the remnants of the Japanese army.
The Sharp Knife Battalion also ceased all ongoing combat missions and gathered all to "protect" the prisoners.
Fifteen minutes later, the 1st Corps of the 2nd Division arrived at the Imperial Palace, and by order of the General Command, the 1st Corps was to transport the Japanese prisoners to the Third Fleet, together with the Sharp Knife Battalion.
The 2nd Infantry Regiment, which had taken control of the embassy area, would also be accompanied by men to protect it, and on the docks, a destroyer would dock to send the prisoners away.
With the Emperor and the Japanese cabinet of prisoners, a regiment and a sharp knife battalion, swaggered towards the embassy area, all the way, without any attack.
There were corpses everywhere along the road, not the kind that had died from the shelling that had been charred, but people who had been killed after the shelling.
While the Sharp Knife Battalion was mainly attacking the Imperial Palace, the 1st Infantry Brigade under the 2nd Division also entered Tokyo and cleared all living Japanese in Tokyo.
At the same time, the 2nd Infantry Brigade was moving on the periphery to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese army on the outskirts of Tokyo and the Japanese who could resist.
At this time, there were no more Japanese alive in Tokyo, and even the Japanese in the embassy area were all centrally controlled when the Second Regiment occupied the embassy area.
As the emperor and other prisoners passed through the streets of the embassy district, William and Wilmington, who had just returned to the embassy area, looked at the Japanese cabinet members and the Meiji Emperor who were being held hostage by armed forces with strange eyes.
Even they did not expect that after the shelling like last night, this group of people did not die, and the result was even more tragic and became prisoners of others.
And the ministers of other countries also saw the captured Emperor Meiji and others, and at this moment, almost all the ministers sentenced Japan to death in their hearts.
If it weren't for the fact that the Russian minister had already left Tokyo, I am afraid that he would have cheered by now.
However, the French and Germans immediately informed their ally Russia that the tide of the war had taken a stunning turn.
Japan, which had almost seen the dawn of victory, was attacked by the armed forces under Fan Yize, and Tokyo was not only destroyed, but even the emperor and most of the Japanese cabinet became prisoners.
Once this news spreads, it will inevitably shake the whole world.
Japan, which had already stepped into the club of global powers with one foot, had been in vain for more than half a century.
At this moment, many people couldn't help but sympathize with Japan, and they suddenly came to the curtain call.
As the saying goes, watching the excitement is not afraid of big things, William and Wilmington are not as relaxed as the ministers of other countries, and the two who have just left from Fan Yize, but with full of uneasiness, at this time almost both of them are sinking into the water.
Fan Yize's attitude is really worrying, and no one knows whether Fan Yize, an extremely mysterious Chinese, will turn his gun on Britain or the United States in the future.
When they returned to Tokyo, before they saw these captives, the two of them were even planning to persuade the country to spare no effort to support Japan no matter what, and not to let Fan Yize easily defeat Japan.
But now, when these captives passed through their eyes, a question once again arose in the hearts of the two of them, did Japan still have a chance to be saved?
This is an inexplicable answer, in the entire Far East, once there is no Japan, Fan Yize will lose checks and balances, and a situation in which the Far East is one dominant will appear.
The most worrying thing is that Fan Yize not only has a strong power on one side, but also restless.