Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for senior officials in Tokyo and even Japan.
After the prime minister's official residence and the Army Ministry were purged, Army Chief of Staff Kanin Miyazahito immediately convened an emergency imperial meeting in the name of Emperor Hirohito.
It is said to be the Imperial Palace, but in fact it is just a conference room borrowed from the Imperial Palace.
After all, Hirohito's kid hasn't recovered his consciousness yet, so he can't attend the meeting at all.
However, Xianyuan Palace Zairen still held an imperial meeting because the imperial palace was safe enough.
It has to be said that the old devil Xianyuan Gong Zairen is still cautious enough. He is worried that if this emergency meeting is held anywhere other than the imperial palace, it may be suddenly attacked by Wolf Fang. Once such a situation really occurs, participating in
The senior generals and senior officials in the meeting may be taken advantage of by Wolf Fang, which would be a lot of fun.
So after repeated weighings, Xianyuan Gong Zairen decided to hold this meeting at the Imperial Palace.
At this stage, I am afraid that only the Imperial Palace is an absolutely safe place.
In addition to a few old faces such as Kanin Miya Zaihito, Fushimi Miya Hiromiya, and Terauchi Juichi, those attending this imperial meeting also had a new face. This new face is the Privy Council Speaker, Hiranuma Kiichiro! Japan's
The Privy Council is different from the British. The British Privy Council is a power agency, but the Japanese Privy Council is only an advisory body.
Or to put it more bluntly, the Japanese Privy Council is a royal advisory body.
In addition, it needs to be explained that Hiranuma Jiichiro is also the minister-at-large in Konoe Fumimaro's cabinet.
The so-called minister-at-large, as the name suggests, is a cabinet minister without specific powers. Translated, it means a minister without specific powers. He is a minister, but not a specific minister. However, there is a tradition in Japanese politics that a cabinet minister is a minister for some reason.
When resigning, the Prime Minister, also known as the Prime Minister, is usually replaced by the Minister-at-Large from the previous Cabinet.
According to tradition, Hiranuma Jiichiro will become the Prime Minister of the interim caretaker cabinet without any controversy. However, the resignation of the Chief of the Cabinet of Konoe Fumimaro was too sudden, followed by the major incident in which the Prime Minister's residence and the War Ministry were successively bloodbathed.
That's why I didn't bother to change the cabinet.
But in fact, Hiranuma Kiichiro is already exercising his powers as Prime Minister.
For example, although this imperial meeting was convened by Kanin Gong Zaijin, it was supported by Hiranuma Kiichiro.
"Gentlemen." Hiranuma Jiichiro glanced around with a solemn expression, and then said, "I don't need to say how serious the situation is right now. To use a Chinese idiom, it is really dangerous!"
After a pause, Hiranuma Jiichiro continued: "When facing Tokyo citizens, you can still say that the germs of plague, anthrax, and cholera may not be leaked, but you all know in your heart that those are just words of comfort. In fact, plague,
Anthrax and cholera germs are not likely to be leaked, but have already been leaked!"
It is not a secret among senior officials that Lang Ya took away a large leather suitcase from the Bacteriological Weapons Research Institute.
Kanin Gong Zaijin knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention before continuing: "I completely agree with Hiranuma-kun's judgment that the three bacteria from the Bacteriological Weapons Research Institute are not likely to be leaked, but have already been leaked! At the moment, these three bacteria
This epidemic is still in the incubation stage for the time being, so it is not a big problem, but the epidemic may break out in as many as ten days or as little as three days. By then, we will not only have to block and isolate Shinjuku, but also the entire Tokyo!"
Upon hearing this, the dozens of cabinet ministers and staff present at the meeting suddenly became tense.
After a pause, Kanin Gong Zairen continued: "Originally, if everything was stable, the situation could barely be controlled. Not only was Shinjuku's blockade and isolation no longer a problem, the other dozen districts had also restored order, but here it happened.
At that time, Xu Rui and his Wolf Fang launched a large-scale attack on the government and military institutions of Tokyo."
Hiranuma Jiichiro continued: "As of now, in addition to the four major government and military agencies including the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Industry, and the Ministry of Finance, there are also more than 20 such agencies as the Tokyo Governor's Office and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
The Tokyo local government and police agencies were attacked, and a total of more than 50 officials were assassinated, including two senior minister-level officials, Finance Minister Ishisa-kun and Army Deputy Minister Tojo-kun. Ordinary government workers or police officers were killed.
It’s more than five hundred people!”
Hearing these numbers, the faces of the dozens of officials present at the meeting suddenly changed. Unexpectedly, in just half a day, Wolf Fang had already caused such heavy damage to the empire! If we don't try to stop it, the entire Tokyo
Wouldn’t all the grassroots government agencies and police agencies be destroyed by them?
These damn wolf fangs are really powerful beyond imagination.
Kanin Miya Zaijin continued: "At present, the main government and military institutions of the empire have been protected, but due to insufficient military strength, the grassroots government and police agencies of Tokyo are still in danger and may be attacked at any time, and once
The grassroots government agencies and police agencies in Tokyo have been destroyed, so when the epidemic breaks out in a few days, the implementation of quarantine and martial law in Tokyo will become an empty talk!"
This is also the proper meaning of the question. To implement a quarantine in Tokyo, it is not just to send troops to blockade it, but to stabilize people's hearts, prevent and treat epidemics, distribute food, etc. at the same time. These tasks cannot be done by the army.
Instead, it must rely on grassroots government agencies in Tokyo.
Therefore, if the local government agencies in Tokyo are destroyed, we will be in real trouble.
The only good thing is that it is not easy for a few wolf fangs to destroy Tokyo's local government agencies. After all, there are more than a thousand local government agencies and police agencies in Tokyo. Just a few wolf fangs can destroy them.
It is absolutely impossible to destroy all these grassroots institutions within ten days and a half.
However, one thing is certain, this matter must be raised to a political level!
Hiranuma Jiichiro finally concluded: "So we must find a way to reverse the situation! We must not allow a few wolf fangs to destroy Tokyo's grassroots government agencies and police agencies!"
Hanyuan Gong Zairen nodded slightly and said to Temple Shouichi: "Terauchi-kun, to Langya, the empire must not just be passive and take the beating, but should take the initiative. When you turn around, you can send an urgent telegram to the Central China Condemnation Army.
, ordered Shun Tada to immediately airlift the remaining two squadrons of the Ogahara Special Forces Group back to Tokyo."
The most effective way to deal with special forces is to use special forces.
"Hai," Terauchi said after a while, "I will send a telegram to Tada-kun when I get back to you."
"Yo Xi, then the task of dealing with Xu Rui and Lang Ya will be handed over to these two special operations squadrons." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded happily and continued, "Now, let's discuss how to face the upcoming outbreak.
The epidemic, the outbreak time I just mentioned is just an estimate. In fact, the epidemic may break out at any time."
After a pause, Kanin Gong Zaijin continued: "If the epidemic breaks out now, more than a dozen districts in Tokyo must be immediately quarantined, but now, the 35th Division and the 37th Division are still
The grouping has not yet been completed, and it will be impossible to drive to Tokyo for at least a week. In other words, for at least a week, we can only use the existing troops to implement a blockade and quarantine on more than a dozen districts in Tokyo."
Hiranuma Jiichiro continued: "But the problem is that with our existing military strength, implementing a complete blockade and isolation of Shinjuku City is already the limit. Now nearly half of the troops have been deployed to protect major government and military institutions. Shinjuku
The situation in the district is already facing risks. At this time, if the epidemic breaks out on a large scale in the other dozen districts, then the empire will not be able to cope with it no matter what."
After a pause, Hiranuma Jiichiro continued: "If you have any good suggestions, please tell me directly. Please."
After finishing speaking, Hiranuma Jiichiro stood up and bowed deeply to the dozens of officials sitting around the round table.
Next, the meeting entered the discussion time. However, the dozens of devils present, whether they were senior cabinet ministers or middle- and lower-level staff, could not put forward constructive opinions. They even had fierce quarrels and kept arguing.
Until dawn, they had not been able to come up with an effective countermeasure that could convince the public.
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Just when dozens of senior Japanese cabinet ministers and staff were arguing at the imperial meeting, Leng Tiefeng, Mo Zichen, Wu Han and Mo Hanhun had gathered together, preparing to launch a final attack on the little Japanese.
The most fatal blow!
As Leng Tiefeng said, at this time Xu Rui has completely come out of the pain of "losing his beloved wife". At this moment, hatred is no longer filling his mind, and he has completely recovered his sanity!
Under this situation, if you think that Xu Rui's method is just like this, just attacking a few government agencies and killing hundreds of Japanese officials, then you are wrong, and it is a big mistake.
Xu Rui either doesn't take action, but once he does, it will definitely be a thunderous blow!
The previous attacks by Leng Tiefeng and the four of them on the Prime Minister's Residence, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Industry, and Finance, as well as dozens of grassroots government agencies and police agencies were nothing more than appetizers, just to attract the attention of Tokyo citizens and make them
They were more concerned about the situation in Tokyo and made enough preparations for the next fatal blow.
Now, with the attacks on the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Industry, and the Ministry of Finance, as well as dozens of grassroots government agencies and police agencies in Tokyo, Tokyo citizens' attention has been mobilized and they have begun to use various methods to
Pay close attention to the latest developments in the situation, especially waiting for official announcements from the government.
To put it bluntly, at this moment, although the citizens of Tokyo were persuaded to return to their homes by Kameda Masao's radio speech, they were still uneasy inside and extremely sensitive to any disturbance from the outside world.