On March 18, the fifth round of trials began, this time basically all of them were war criminals related to the Japanese naval system, including two imperial families: Hiroko Fushiminomiya and Kita-Shirakawa Miyakihisa, eight admirals: Nagano Shusei, Toyoda Vice Take, Kondo Nobutake, Toyoda Sadajiro, Okada Keisuke, Suzuki Kantaro, Yonechi Mitsumasa, Inoue Narumi, and six vice admirals: Jizaburo Ozawa, Keijun Oka, Ryunosuke Kusaka, Fukuru Shigeru, Mikawa Junichi, and Kurita Keno.

During the trial, Fushimi argued that he had resigned from all military and official positions after April 9, 1941, and was retired to his home country, and that he should no longer be held responsible for his subsequent acts of war...... However, it was refuted by the public prosecutors, and a large number of facts proved that he was clearly retired, but in fact he was still remotely controlling the actions of the Japanese Navy behind the scenes, and he was even more responsible for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941......

When the verdict was announced, Li Junhao made another ruthless move, directly sentencing the Japanese naval marshal, admiral, and former chief of the Military Command Department, Fushimi Miya, the prince of the imperial family, to be sentenced to death, and there was no mercy at all.

Fushimiya Hiroko became the second prince of the imperial family to be sentenced to the highest sentence after Hatohiko of Asakanomiya.

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The second royal family to be interrogated, Kita-Shirakawa Miya, Tehisa, argued that he was only a vice admiral, serving as the head of the naval academy, not a war criminal......

The public prosecutor cited a large number of facts to prove that he was the commander of the Japanese army's Lushun Military Port in 1940, the commander of the First Fleet Dispatched to China in 1941, and the commander of the Sixth Fleet in 1943...... It was only in 1944 that he left the front-line army and became the principal of the Naval Academy......

Ha! The facts are conclusive, what else is there to say about this!

Li Junhao's verdict: Beibaichuan Palace Hui Jiuhuan is the first to be sentenced to death - the third prince of the imperial family to be sentenced to death! ——

The subsequent trials of the eight admirals presented a different picture.

Nagano Shusei, the absolute No. 1 head of the Japanese Navy in the Pacific War, the only person who served as the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of Military Orders, and the Commander of the Combined Fleet, the three major commanders of the Navy, was the only naval soldier who was awarded the honorary title of marshal in the Japanese army during World War II, and he bore great responsibility for the war, of course, it was the death penalty of the ring......

Vice Toyoda, the most aggressive main combatant of the Japanese Navy, planned to fight against Britain and the United States at that time, and advocated the conquest of China by force. After the 77 Incident, he served as the commander of the Second Fleet, participated in the war of aggression against China, and commanded the navy in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to destroy public and private buildings, slaughter civilians with artillery, and rape/commit adultery/plunder......

Nobutake Kondo, Yamamoto's deputy, successively served as deputy chief of the Navy's Military Command Department, commander of the Second Fleet, commander of the Invasion of China Fleet, and commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Combat Fleet......

Sadajiro Toyoda, successively served as Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Navy, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Naval Ship Administration Headquarters, Commander of the Sasebo Town Guard, Director of the Naval Aviation Headquarters, and Vice Admiral of the Navy......

Keisuke Okada, who participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, became Prime Minister and Minister of Extension on July 8, 1934, advocated the integrated rule of Manchuria, abolished the naval disarmament treaty and began the arms race, and stepped down after the "February 26 Incident" in 1936...... He was supposed to be punished for supporting Japan's occupation of Northeast China, but his efforts at the end of the war prevented the war from continuing, so he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and granted medical parole on the basis that he was 78 years old.

Mitsumasa Yonechi, successively Minister of the Navy and the 37th Prime Minister, opposed the military alliance with Germany and Italy, and was reinstated as Minister of the Navy in July 1944, opposing the decisive battle at home, advocating the acceptance of the "Potsdam Proclamation".

Kantaro Suzuki, who served as the commander of the Combined Fleet, the chief of naval command, and the 42nd prime minister, suppressed the hardliners, ended the war, and made a certain contribution to world peace, and remembered his 78 years of age, so he was no longer held criminally responsible and released on the spot.

Inoue Narumi, the last of the Japanese Navy to be awarded the rank of admiral in World War II, strongly opposed the Triple Alliance and the war against Britain and the United States, and later served as the vice minister of the Navy and the principal of the Naval Academy of Mitsumasa Yonechi, staying away from the war...... After investigation, it was found that his anti-war thoughts during the war were obvious, and he was even threatened by the army's life, so the indictment of his war criminals was withdrawn and released on the spot.

Of the eight admirals who were tried, the first four were all sentenced to death, but the last four were all released, especially the final Inoue Narumi, and even withdrew the indictment, which is even higher than being found not guilty!

The people who listened to the trial did not dare to discuss, but the media reporters were working hard to write, which is big news! ——

Next came six vice admirals, and the results were all bizarre:

Jizaburo Ozawa, the last commander of the Combined Fleet, did not win a single battle.

Ryunosuke Kusaka, the last chief of operations of the Naval Command Department, surrendered with the last "kamikaze".

Fu Liufan, successively served as the first section chief of the Military Command Department, the deputy chief of staff of the Chinese fleet, the chief of operations of the military command department, and the chief of staff of the combined fleet, without any personal victories.

As the commander of the Third Fleet of the Combined Fleet, he participated in major naval battles such as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and Midway, and later served as the commander of the Eighth Fleet, and then took over as the commander of the navigation school, the commander of the Second Southern Fleet, the commander of the Southwestern Fleet, the commander of the 13th Air Fleet, and the commander of the 3rd Southern Fleet...... He never fought a hard battle, and in May 1945 he was transferred to the reserve.

Keno Kurita is the longest-serving commander of the Japanese Navy (34 years), having served as the captain of 11 destroyers, the commander of three destroyers, the commander of three mine warfare teams, the chief teacher of the mine school, and has a wealth of experience in torpedo warfare. In August 1943, he was promoted to commander of the Second Fleet, who was almost the only remaining combat strength of the Combined Fleet, and was known as the "admiral of the war-avoidance faction".

The record of the six vice admirals left more than 2,000 people speechless, and the court sentenced them to five years in prison!

In general, this verdict is indeed special enough compared to the previous ones, but after research, everyone found that the court's verdict is really reasonable!

(End of chapter)