Asking for tickets at the beginning of the month......

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February 12, 10 p.m., Tokyo Imperial Palace.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the Tokyo Imperial Palace has been the nominal supreme center of power in Japan, but today the solemnity of the palace is gone. The vicinity of the palace has become a battlefield, filled with gunsmoke, and all kinds of gunfire and shouts of killing have come and gone.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

"Dada...... Dadada......"

"Bah...... Bang...... Woo ......"

Two troops, dressed in the same uniform and armed with the same weapons, fought fiercely near the palace. The two armies were still distinguishable in appearance, and the attacking side had a cross crossed on their chests with a white cloth, and some officers had a strip of white cloth tied around their heads. These people were the 3rd Division of the uprising.

As for the other side, it is the two Guards Divisions that are struggling to support, as the battle continues, the first and second Guards Divisions defending the palace have been reduced by nearly three-thirds, especially the Second Guards Division, which was first attacked by the Third Guards Division, and the 7th Guards Wing was completely wiped out, and the loss was almost half.

In addition, these young master soldiers have never fought at all, and they can't beat those army divisions that have been through a hundred battles, if it weren't for the palace behind them, I'm afraid they would have collapsed long ago. Now most of the two Guards Divisions have been forced into the palace, and they are fighting each other with the walls and fortifications of the palace.

"Crazy, crazy! These bastards are crazy! They actually besieged the Imperial Palace, and they were rebellious! They were rebellious!" Seeing that their troops were defeated and retreated, they were like five scum in battle, and the commander of the 1st Guards Division in the temporary headquarters of the Imperial Palace, Morioka Mamoto, was about to die.

"Where are our reinforcements? Where is the Sixth Division now?" "There is no way, the subordinates are too wasteful, and no matter how capable Morioka Morioka is, there is no way.

The 1st, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 13th, and 14th Divisions have now been confirmed to have participated in the uprising, and only the 6th, 9th, and 10th divisions have clearly stated that they can still be obedient, and the remaining divisions and regiments have an ambiguous attitude. Even more excessively was the 18th Division, which was stationed in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and they were divided into two factions within themselves, and now they are fighting in ping-pong.

The Japanese Army has now been completely refined. Fortunately, there were only two divisions of the insurrectionary forces in Tokyo. If there is even one more division, everyone will wash and sleep.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" the chief staff officer hurriedly ran in with King Hatohiko of the Xiang Palace, his face very ugly. This guy went to the European theater of war during World War I to gild, and this year he was promoted to colonel and served as the chief staff officer of the 1st Guards Division.

"The Sixth Division can't come for the time being, they are fighting with the Fifth Division......" King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace said with a pale face.

"Nani, why did they get into a fight with the Fifth Division?" Morinari Morioka felt that the world was already in chaos.

Another staff officer ran in and reported: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the 9th Division has just called, they have been attacked by the 15th Division in Nagoya, and now they have moved to the ...... of defending on the spot."

"Are these rebels crazy?" Morioka almost fainted.

"Leave those guys alone, now you have to stop the rebels outside the palace!" Tian Zhonghua, the commander of the 2nd Guards Division, walked in with a big stride, he was hanging from his left arm and his head was still wrapped in bandages, which was injured by a 75mm grenade, which was considered his luck.

Tian Zhonghua said in a frustrated manner: "Morioka, where is our Guards Tank Brigade, where are they?"

"I just notified them to come over to support, why haven't they come yet?" Morioka Morunari was also anxious, and hurriedly said to King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace: "Asaka Palace, hurry up and contact the Guards Chariot Brigade and let these guys hurry up!"

It is said that Japan relied on being a mercenary in World War I, relying on the people to sell their bodies and meat and sell their lives, and made a lot of money from the European Entente, and the high-level people made a lot of money one by one, as the nominal head of state and symbol, the imperial family naturally did not pull down. Since the imperial family had money, the Guards Army, which was the emperor's own army, naturally expanded in size, and the Guards Infantry Division was expanded to two, and a Guards Chariot Brigade was formed.

The brigade consisted of a light tank company and a medium tank company, in addition to a self-propelled artillery group and an armored infantry group. There are 240 light tanks and medium tanks (4 in a squadron, 13 in a squadron, 55 in a brigade, 120 in a wing), 165 self-propelled guns of various types, 220 armored vehicles of various types, more than 400 vehicles, and a total number of about 7,200 people.

Their so-called "medium tank" is the "Wolverine" tank imported from China, which has now been classified as a light tank in China. During World War I, the Wolverine was the most used armored fighting vehicle, and both warring sides were importing large quantities, as well as buying a full set of drawings and production authorizations from China. Countries have made a lot of copycat versions of "Wolverine", and Japan is no exception, and they named this knock-off "77-type" medium tank. However, due to the limitations of materials and craftsmanship, the performance of these knockoffs is not as good as the original, and this difference is mainly reflected in the suspension system and communication equipment.

And the so-called "light tank" is a "79-type" light tank developed by the Japanese themselves, with only 7. 5 tons, the armament is a 37-mm short-barreled gun and a 7. 7 mm machine gun. As for those self-propelled guns and various armored vehicles, most of them are knockoffs of Chinese, American, British, and French products.

Although it is mainly a copycat, it is also a serious armored force anyway. For the current Japan, this armored force is still quite powerful, after all, the army at this time has only 2 tank divisions.

By the way, the word "tank", which is sometimes used in China on this plane, is also used to refer to "armored combat vehicles". Of course, it is not just the transliteration of "tank", but the interpretation of "walking in danger is like a tank, destroying the enemy's front".

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While the palace was in heavy fire, another rebel army also stormed Nagata Town.

Riding in dozens of trucks and led by a few armored vehicles, they rushed into the political center of the Japanese state. The group of soldiers standing guard at the junction were clearly their accomplices, and the sentries had opened the barricade before the car had arrived.

After crossing the intersection, the convoy stopped in a square, and a large group of officers and soldiers with crossed white cloth strips tied to their chests jumped out of the car and lined up.

Ishihara, who led the team, said to several officers: "Everyone acted according to the original plan. Again, Akagi, you take people to control the Ministry of the Army. Rukawa, you take someone to the staff headquarters. Sakuragi, you go and take control of the House...... Everyone act according to the plan and go!"

"The rest, follow me to the Prime Minister's Residence......" Ishihara jumped into an armored car and drove towards the Prime Minister's Mansion with a squadron of men.

Soon after, a dense burst of gunfire rang out in Nagata Town.

Tonight's Tokyoites are destined for a sleepless night, and the sound of gunfire is not just heard in the Imperial Palace and Nagata Town, but from every angle of Tokyo. Residences of telegraph offices, radio stations, police stations, government agencies, high-ranking officials...... And so on, the rebel army is methodically controlling every important place and important organ. Today's uprising is a long-planned, organized, and purposeful uprising, with a detailed division of labor preceded by the uprising. In addition, the local snakes of the 1st Division are very familiar with this place, and with them leading the way, the rebel army is naturally familiar with the road.

Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo has not slept well for the past few days, and just after dinner tonight, he received the news that the 2nd Guards Division had been attacked, and he didn't want to sleep. But he can't help with this kind of thing, so he can only wait for news at home.

"Haven't you been in touch yet, what's going on?" he asked anxiously.

"Prime Minister, still no. I couldn't get in touch with the palace half an hour ago. It could be that the telephone line was damaged......" the secretary replied sweatingly.

"Damn it, these damn rebels!" Kiyoura said hatefully. "Contact the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters and ask them what to do?"

At this moment, he suddenly heard a burst of gunfire outside.

"What's going on outside?" said Kiyoura, whose face turned pale.

Outside the Prime Minister's residence, a skirmish was taking place. "Ah......h

"Hurry up, be sure to catch Kiyoura Keigo, remember to catch the ...... alive" The rebels rushed into the courtyard, and Ishihara ran at the front with a submachine gun.

Kiyoura Keigo also found out that something was wrong, and he and a group of secretaries were still struggling with whether to escape.

With a "bang......" the gate was slammed open, and a group of soldiers rushed in. At dozens of guns, they had no choice but to surrender, and several secretaries who picked up pistols also obediently lost their guns.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I'm sorry to disturb ......," Ishihara politely apologized to him.

"What are you doing here?" Kiyoura Kuigo trembled with anger.

"We are saving the country, and this country has reached the point where it has to change...... Ishihara said lightly: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, please come with us......"

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Tokyo Imperial Palace.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, no, the Guards Tank Brigade was attacked by the 1st Tank Division......" A staff officer stumbled into the temporary headquarters.

"Has the 1st Chariot Division also defected?" Morionari Morioka only felt that the world was spinning.

He settled down and asked, "Have the emperor and the crown prince been sent away?"

"It's all gone, and it's estimated that you've arrived at Urawa Imperial Palace now......," said the chief of staff.

Morioka Mori breathed a sigh of relief, and when the Guards Division fell to the downside, Morioka Moruni sent a brigade to escort Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince Hirohito and other members of the imperial family out of the palace for temporary refuge. In his opinion, the emperor and the crown prince must not fall into the hands of the rebels.

He was about to give a new order when he heard a sound in the air like the whistling of a train.

Morioka Morinari's face suddenly changed: "This is a large-caliber naval gun......"

Before he could speak, there was an earth-shattering noise near the palace gate.

......A mushroom cloud rose from the gate of the Imperial Palace, and when the smoke cleared, the entire Sakurada Gate, along with the surrounding fortifications, and the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division who defended it, completely disappeared.

"Baga, did the navy also rebel? They actually shot at the palace with the main guns of the battleship!" Tian Zhonghua cried out in a frustrated manner.

Needless to say, this level of destructive power was available only with 410-mm guns on battleships.

In fact, both sides of this uprising had a tacit understanding and did not use large-caliber artillery, which was because neither side wanted to cause too much damage to the capital. As a result, in previous battles, neither side used more than 100 mm of artillery. But those madmen in the Navy actually used the main guns of battleships, what are they trying to do?

In Tokyo Bay, there was chaos on the Nagato.

"Bastard, who did this? I didn't let the cannon open!" "Kurita Keno's face turned green. True, there was an uprising on their side, but he wasn't crazy enough to bombard the capital with the main guns of battleships.

"It's the stupid guy below who misoperated......" After a while, a staff officer ran in and said with a stinky face.

"Misoperation...... Kurita Keno almost fainted, and then he quickly asked, "Where was the place they were aiming at just now?"

"Uh, like...... It seems to be the main entrance of the palace......" the staff officer said hesitantly.

Keno Kurita and the others: "............"

Uh, how to say it. It is true that the Japanese Navy is undertrained, although they have the so-called "moon, moon, water, fire, wood, gold, gold" hellish training method, but note that this is only limited to light ships. The Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers and above are seriously lacking in training, because the capital ships consume a lot, and the Japanese Navy is reluctant to spend money and resources, basically stopping at the port as mascots, let alone live-fire training. Therefore, during the Pacific War in the original time and space, all the battles in which only light cruisers and destroyers participated were fought beautifully. And all the battles in which the capital ships participated were fought very ugly, and there were even a lot of jokes about the capital ships being beaten into dogs by several American destroyers.

Although the Japanese navy on this plane was much richer than the same period in the original plane, the petty family spirit still did not change, and after World War I, their capital ship was basically the pillar island fleet in the port. Take the Nagato, for example, this battleship has been in service for more than five years, but it has not even changed a single barrel of the main gun. That is, their main guns were basically unused. In this case, it's all too normal for mistakes to occur.

However, the Nagato was also a mistake this time, and their mistaken attack completely destroyed the morale of the palace defenders. The Guards Division, which was still gritting its teeth to support, could no longer bear it, and they raised white flags one after another and surrendered to the rebels.

At this time, on the road not far from Urawa Imperial Palace, a convoy from Tokyo was attacked by unknown armed men. The armed men used mines, rocket launchers, heavy machine guns and other weapons, and it did not take long to annihilate the convoy guards and wipe out the people in the convoy.

Ten minutes later, Urawa Kaigu was also attacked by a rebel army, and several princes who had taken refuge here were hit by stray bullets during the battle......