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- The leader of the conspirators was not Lieutenant Commander Takeshita, Anan's brother-in-law, but Major Denaka Kenji, who was one level below him in military rank. .On the outside, Tianzhong seems to be the opposite of revolution. He was a quiet, studious and steady man, but his unwavering devotion to the state and his unwillingness to compromise earned him undisputed authority.
Whether it is successful or not, Anan's support is the key, because commanders at all levels trust him. That night, Anan made an appointment with the conspirators to meet at his home. Before that, Tianzhong had made arrangements twice to drag him into the water. For the first time he thought he had convinced Takeshita to intercede with his brother-in-law, but Takeshita was unwilling to take advantage of his special position. The second time, he invited Professor Hiraizumi Cheng as a lobbyist, because his philosophy of protecting national honor had penetrated the base camp.
Professor Hiraizumi Cheng once wrote a letter to Tianzhong, asking him and other rebels to "never act on their own and act rashly" and to follow Anan's leadership. Tianzhong has always been an optimist, hoping that the professor will let Anan participate in the conspiracy, but in fact, Hiraizumi Cheng urges Anan to obey the emperor's will. Tianzhong personally accompanied the professor to Xiang Lu's home, but did not see Anan. He waited for a long time before he was notified that Anan was having a meeting in the palace and would not be able to come back for a while.
At eight o¡¯clock in the evening¡ªthe May night was both quiet and sultry¡ªthe core of the conspirators gathered at Anan¡¯s apartment. His apartment was a modest wooden bungalow that became his official residence after Tokyo was firebombed. Tianzhong wanted to distinguish Anan from the main faction from the beginning, and told him about rumors from outside that some "Bagdolio-like figures" were planning to assassinate him.
Anan thought it was funny and laughed it off. He was also not interested in such a coup plan and imprisoned Kido, Koiso Kuniaki, Togo and Yonai; declared martial law and isolated the imperial palace. To complete these operations, four generals - Anami, Umezu, Tanaka and Mori - must work together. Anan didn't ask anything about the rebellious nature of this plan, and only found fault with the plan. For example, how they will control communications.
Takeshita insisted. "We must carry out this plan!" he shouted. In addition, the plan must be implemented before the Royal Council formally accepts Zhonghua's note. Anan was noncommittal, leaving the conspirators unsure of his intentions. Colonel Arao was discouraged, but Takeshita was unwilling to give up the plan.
In order to avoid confrontation with this group of people, Anan promised that "the first thing to do tomorrow morning" was to exert influence on Umezu - he knew that Umezu had decided to support the emperor. But young officers demanded faster action. At this, Anami agreed to meet with one of their number, Colonel Arao, at midnight, hinting that by then he might think more fully about the coup, and dismissed them. As he walked them to the porch, Anan begged them, "Be careful, you may have been watched. It's best to separate when you come back, don't come together."
After everyone left, Takeshita was still with his brother-in-law. Will Anan join their ranks? Takeshita asked. He thought that relying on their relationship, he would tell the truth. "How can you expose your true thoughts in front of so many people," General Anan said. He didn't say anything else, and Takeshita left, feeling optimistic again.
The Chiefs of Army Staff and Chiefs of Naval Command¡ªUmezu and Toyoda¡ªwere not directly pressured by the conspirators, but could not suppress their doubts about accepting unconditional surrender. They called Foreign Minister Dongxiang from the dinner party to the underground conference room of the Prime Minister's residence for a secret meeting. But Dongxiang still refused to change the terms at the last minute.
"Impossible! Impossible!" He repeatedly said. There was a roar of people outside. Fushui, who arranged the meeting, brought in Vice Admiral Onishi, the founder of the "Kamikaze" special attack team, and apologized repeatedly. Onishi walked up to Admiral Toyoda and admitted in a choked voice that he had just begged Takamatsu Palace to persuade his imperial brother to continue the war. But of course, he was also unsuccessful like Anan's request to Mikasa Palace.
Takamatsu Palace instead said: "You soldiers have lost the trust of the Emperor!" Onishi's eyes were filled with tears. "We must present a plan for victory to the Emperor and ask him to reconsider his decision. We must bravely commit ourselves to this plan and make it come true. If we are prepared to resort to a 'special attack' approach and sacrifice twenty million Japanese lives Life and victory are ours!¡±
Despite being deeply moved, his request received no response. He turned to Dongxiang in despair.
¡°If there was a realistic hope of victory, no one would think of accepting the Hanking Declaration.¡± The Foreign Minister said, ¡°However, a single victory cannot win the war for us.¡±
The air-raid sirens started screaming, and Dongxiang excused himself from the meeting. As Chi drove home through the dark streets, he couldn't help but think of Onishi's suggestion of sacrificing twenty million lives. The final decision to achieve peace must be taken tomorrow. He later wrote, "As long as there is hope that the country can recover, we can endure anything, but the bows, arrows and bamboo spears that the soldiers show off cannot bring any hope."
??On May 14, just as the eastern sky of Tokyo began to turn white, a lone Globemaster aircraft flew over at high altitude. When it flew over the city center, it spit out a long string of projectiles. These projectiles exploded one after another, and the sky was suddenly filled with flyers, forming "colorful clouds." The content of the leaflet was hastily drafted by the Army Intelligence Department in Hanking, translated into Japanese and telexed to Saipan.
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"Today, the Chinese plane did not drop bombs on you. It dropped leaflets because the Japanese government has offered to surrender, and every Japanese has the right to know the content of the conditions and the Chinese government's reply to it. Your government Ax now has the opportunity to end the war immediately."
The leaflet quoted excerpts from the conditions for the Japanese to accept the Hanking Declaration and China¡¯s reply.
Marquis Kido picked up a leaflet in the palace and took it to the imperial library. He told the emperor that if these leaflets fell into the hands of troops who knew nothing about the peace talks, they might cause rebellion. The Emperor should convene a Imperial Council as soon as possible so that those present would know his determination to end the war immediately.
The emperor hastily read the contents of the leaflet and instructed Kido to go to Koiso Kuniaki immediately. Koiso Kunaki happened to be in the front room. Under the current circumstances, Koiso Kuniaki said that it would take too long to obtain the signatures of the two chiefs of staff, and he asked the emperor to take unprecedented action and use his own authority to convene this imperial meeting.
Kido also believes that it is necessary to take this emergency measure. In addition, he believed it was necessary to take another unprecedented step: he would accompany Koiso Kuniaki to pay homage to the emperor. In the past, when the emperor had secret talks with the prime minister, the cabinet minister was never present. Not only did Hirohito agree to convene an imperial meeting at 10:30 a.m., he also promised that if there was a deadlock, he would "order" the cabinet to accept China's note.
That morning, Anan was forced to take a stand on the conspiracy again. During his midnight conversation with Arao, he was always evasive, so much so that his secretary Lin Dazuo, who had suggested that he speak frankly to Arao, said rudely: "From the way you just spoke, I can't figure out whether you are in favor of or against their plan." .¡±
Now, with only hours to go before the coup, the rebels came to the Army Ministry to find Anan, demanding that he support them immediately. Anan still couldn't tell them directly, so he sneaked out and left them in the office on the pretext that he wanted to discuss it with the Army Chief of Staff.
Meijin was not so hesitant. He told Anan that it would be blasphemous to use troops in the palace. Anan was stopped by the conspirators on his way back to the office. He could no longer avoid talking about it. "After consultation with the chief of staff," he said, "I have decided not to support your actions."
He refused to discuss further and strode out of the building. There was a car waiting at the door of the building. He got in the car and went to the Prime Minister's basement conference room to attend the cabinet meeting.
As soon as the meeting started, it was announced that everyone would immediately go to the imperial library to hold an emergency imperial meeting. This was the first time since a historic imperial meeting with all participants was held at the beginning of the war. The time was so tight that everyone had no time to change into formal uniforms; for example, the Minister of Military Affairs had to borrow a tie from an official in the Imperial Household Ministry, and asked the Minister of Health and Welfare to tie it for him. This was the second time in five days that the military fell into a trap and participated in a verbal battle that they were unprepared for. They had no choice but to vent their anger on Koiso Kuniaki.
After they lined up and entered the small conference room, they found that because of the large number of people, all the tables in the room had been removed and replaced with two long rows of chairs. They waited uneasily in a room that was both eerily quiet and sweatyly hot. At about 10:50, the emperor, wearing military uniform and white gloves, entered the conference room with the help of his aide-de-camp, General Hasunuma.
Koiso Kuniaki apologized to the Emperor for his cabinet's failure to unanimously agree to accept China's note. He named three of the main opponents¡ªToyoda, Umezu, and Anami¡ªand asked them to present their arguments directly to the emperor. Umezu demanded that the war continue. If surrender means the end of the national system, then all citizens should sacrifice themselves in the final battle, Toyota repeatedly echoed.
Anan was impulsive and stammered, advocating that the fight should continue unless China explicitly promised to ensure the safety of the emperor. There is still a chance of victory. If not, at least the war can be ended under better conditions.
Hirohito waited for anyone else to speak, but no one stood up again. Finally, Hirohito nodded. "If there are no more opinions," he said, "I will tell you my opinion. I hope you all agree with my conclusion. I have listened carefully to the arguments against Japan accepting China's current reply, but my opinion has not changed "I studied the international and domestic situation and concluded that we could no longer continue the war." He wiped tears from his face with a gloved hand. This situation made several participants extremely uneasy and could not restrain themselves from crying.
¡°I have also studied China¡¯s reply and concluded that it actually recognizes the note we sent a few days ago. IThis is completely acceptable. Regarding the issue of the emperor's supreme power, some people seem to have doubts about China's motives, but I agree with the Foreign Minister's opinion. I don¡¯t believe that the purpose of this note is to damage the national system. I fully understand how uncomfortable it is to ask my loyal and brave soldiers of the navy and army to hand over their weapons to the enemy, to watch the country being occupied, and to possibly be accused of being a war criminal. His voice was choked and he paused, "How many soldiers have been killed in battle, and their families are still suffering How sympathetic I am to this." "
He wiped his face with his gloves again, "All these feelings are unbearable, but I can't let my subjects suffer anymore. I am willing to risk my life to save the people. If the war continues, the country will be reduced to scorched earth, and millions of people will die." I can't stand this. My decision at this time is just like the decision made by Emperor Meiji during the Three Kingdoms Intervention period. At that time, he endured the unbearable and endured the unbearable. Now I must do the same, we are all together, together Rebuild Japan into a peaceful country." He paused again. Two ministers could not control themselves and fell to the floor.
"I hope that all of you, my political ministers, will comply with my wish and accept China's answer immediately. The people are ignorant of the situation and will feel sudden about my decision. I am ready to go all out. If it is beneficial to the people, I am going to make a radio speech. I am willing to go anywhere to persuade the soldiers of the army and navy to lay down their arms. I hope that the cabinet will draft an edict immediately to end the war."
Attendees clung to each other in grief. Koiso Kuniaki stood up with difficulty and apologized again. He walked to the throne and bowed. The Emperor stood up and walked toward the door tiredly.
Just when Umezu was about to leave the base camp for the meeting, two conspirators suddenly broke into his office and scolded him. To placate them, he told them that he was not "absolutely" opposed to the coup. They ran recklessly to Lieutenant Colonel Takeshita's office. "Umezu supports us!" one of them shouted. Anan should be informed of the development of the situation immediately. So Takeshita drove to the Prime Minister's official residence. He was stunned to find that the cabinet meeting had been suspended and everyone was holding an emergency royal meeting. After arriving at the palace, he was forced to wait in the palace ministry. After a long time, he was notified that everyone had returned to the underground conference room of the Prime Minister's residence to continue the meeting. After arriving at the Prime Minister's residence, he had to wait again - all the cabinet ministers had gone to have lunch.
After lunch, General Anan went to the toilet, and his secretary followed him. The terrestrial phase is active, but unnatural. "We have just received information." He shouted to Colonel Lin, "The Chinese fleet has arrived outside Tokyo Bay! We will attack them with all our strength, what do you think?"
Lin was very annoyed with Prime Minister Lu's continued wavering, as if Prime Minister Lu had not attended the imperial meeting. "That won't work!" he said. "First of all, it is just a rumor that the Chinese fleet has arrived in Tokyo Bay. Secondly, the emperor has just demanded an end to the war."
Anan is a person with profound beliefs. His ability to observe the pros and cons of things from all aspects makes him emotionally painful. He decided to go back to the War Ministry for a few minutes to meet with the conspirators before the meeting resumed. As he walked through the drawing room, he met his brother-in-law waiting for him. "General Umezu has changed his mind!" he shouted suddenly.
Anan¡¯s face showed joy. "Really?" he asked, suddenly interested. Then, remembering that everything was settled, he added grimly, "But, everything has been decided."
Lieutenant Colonel Takeshita asked him to exert influence at the cabinet meeting, and Anan shook his head. "Then you can at least resign," Takeshita insisted. If he resigns, Oiso Kuniaki's government will disintegrate and will be unable to end the war.
¡°Bring me the ink,¡± Anan said, feeling enthusiastic again. "I'll write my resignation right now." But he changed his mind again - no matter whether he left the cabinet or not, peace was always inevitable.
¡°If I resign,¡± he added, ¡°I will never see the emperor again.¡±
In the Prime Minister¡¯s office in Ichigaya, which is on a higher ground, Anan found at least fifteen conspirators. There is no need for Prime Minister Lu to pretend. "The Imperial Council has just concluded," he said, "the Emperor's holy decree ends the war." He apologized for not being able to fulfill their expectations, and the room fell into silence and an awkward atmosphere. "The entire Army must fully abide by this decision," he said. "Japan will have a very difficult time in the future, but no matter how difficult life is, I ask you to do your best to safeguard the national system."
A Lieutenant Colonel stood up with excitement and asked: "Why did you change your mind?" There was no etiquette in his words.
General Anan closed his eyes and remembered the distressing experience in Yuwenku in the morning. "Once His Majesty makes a decision, I cannot object." He told them, and the Emperor said to him with tears in his eyes, "Anan, I understand that you feel very uncomfortable, but you have to endure it!" He looked around him intently. There were painful faces, but this time he didn't want to relieve their pain. "This"The law is valid and must be obeyed," he said resolutely and solemnly, "If anyone is dissatisfied, kill me first!" "
It was obvious that there was nothing more to say. Major Tianzhong burst into tears. With tears streaming down his cheeks, Anan was deeply moved, but turned and left the office without saying a word. The others followed out with their heads drooped.
Anan went back to attend the cabinet meeting. This meeting was the most restrained and docile one in his memory. Koiso Kuniaki rebuked the cabinet ministers for forcing the emperor to make peace decisions twice, which was disrespectful to the emperor. No one refuted his harsh words. Fifteen ministers obeyed the emperor's decision and each signed the document unconditionally accepting the Hanking Declaration.
One key question left is: How to inform the whole country about this decision? Information Bureau President Shimomura Kainan suggested that the emperor personally broadcast an edict. This was certainly unpleasant, but the word surrender could only be believed if it came from the mouth of the Emperor. The cabinet agreed unanimously, but on one condition: it would be inappropriate for the emperor to broadcast directly to his subjects. The recording should be played.
Anan heard rumors that the American fleet had arrived in Tokyo Bay and spread throughout the War Ministry. Enemy troops are preparing to land, and paratroopers are about to land at major airports. Terrified officers dragged confidential documents into the courtyard and set them on fire. A colonel who had returned from Australia rushed into the English radio and newspaper translation room with a knife. He accused the translators of spreading capitulationism. As he slashed at them with a knife, he shouted, "You deserved to die for lying to us," but tears softened him, and he suddenly turned around, slammed the door, and left.
Lieutenant General Sen Mengjiu, commander of the Guards Division guarding the palace, vented his frustration on the intelligence chief. He broke into the offices of Lieutenant General Arisu Seizan and General Doihara Kenji and shouted, "Kill yourself! I'll commit seppuku after seeing you dead!" Arisu reminded him that his duty was to protect the emperor. "This is my business. I will protect His Majesty the Emperor. Then I will kill you!" Arisu was shocked and quickly walked to the office of the Chief of Operations, Lieutenant General Miyazaki Monday. Mori also threatened Miyazaki.
"He's crazy." Doihara Kenji said.
The discipline of soldiers at all levels began to fall into disarray. The non-commissioned officers of the military police assigned to guard the building deserted and took away their clothes and food. The junior officers insulted their superior officers; some senior officers drank whiskey and Japanese rice wine behind closed doors. The chaos had a positive effect: It united Army leaders. Anan, Umezu, (Zuohuo Youda) and Sugiyama all stamped their seals on a short declaration that was almost a creed: "The Imperial Army will implement the Holy Judgment to the end." The heads of each department were ordered to report to the first conference room, Spoken by Lu Xiang Anan.
At three-thirty in the afternoon, Anan stepped onto a small podium. "The Emperor has decided to end the war," he told the standing cadres, "so we must all abide by the Emperor's will. His Majesty is confident that the state will be maintained, and he has expressed that belief to the marshals. The difficulty lies in In front of all of us, as officers, you have to face the reality of the situation, and you will never die. You have to survive, even if you eat grass or sleep on rocks and thorns, you have to survive."
Anan¡¯s lecture destroyed the possibility of senior military officers participating in the coup. Only the unshakable Major Tianzhong and a few die-hards were still determined to act. Moreover, they still had a good chance of capturing the palace, and two majors in Mori's division¡ªone of whom was Tojo's son-in-law Koga Hidemasa¡ªstill supported their cause. However, they also had a new and most important target, a recording of the emperor's speech. They must be intercepted before being sent to the Japan Broadcasting Association building.
Throughout the afternoon, Tianzhong rode his bicycle through the streets of Tokyo in the scorching heat, trying to give blood to the conspiracy plan. His unwillingness to give up drove him to the sixth floor of the First Building, where Lieutenant General Tanaka Shizuichi, commander of the Eastern Military District, had a suite. He strode into General Tanaka's private office without even knocking. Tanaka tells him to get lost. The general's anger left Tian Zhong speechless. He bowed respectfully, turned around and left.
However, his determination still did not break, and he rode his bicycle back to Shigu, trying to persuade those who had given up the conspiracy to rejoin the group. He first went to Lieutenant Colonel Ida. After listening to Anan's instructions, Ida believed that there was only one solution, and that was to let the senior officers of the Army Ministry commit collective suicide to thank the emperor and the people of the country - but no one was willing to participate.
Tianzhong asked Ida to go to the roof terrace with him, saying that he had "important things" to tell him and he could speak more freely there. He planned to capture the palace that night. "Most of the group commanders and squadron commanders of the Guards Division have agreed," he advised.
"It won't work," Ida said. "The Emperor has already made his decision. What is the attitude of the Commander of the Guards Division?"
"I'm not sure about Lieutenant General Mori," Tianzhong conceded, "but we have to find a way to involve him." Namida doubted whether General Mori could be won over. "I know, but that doesn't stop me. The Emperor himself may not be sure whether accepting the Hanking Declaration is satisfactory.It means maintaining the national constitution. How can we obey the Emperor's orders when we are not 50% sure of the outcome?"
He reasoned that any Japanese who has such doubts and does not come forward at this critical moment in history may tarnish the national honor. "That's why I'm taking action now. If the coup fails, it proves that the emperor's decision was correct. If it succeeds, it proves that I was right. I have to do something. I can't wait. .¡±
Ida disagrees with his reasoning, but he also admires Tianzhong's spirit of not willing to sacrifice his own life to realize a certain ideal. "If you really want to do it, then go ahead," he said. "I won't stop you."
??????????????????? But what is needed in Tianzhong is not just consent. "I want your help," Ida said. He had to think about it, but he had no intention of changing his mind.
When Denaka went down the stairs, he met Lieutenant Colonel Masao Inaba who had drafted an order to encourage the army to fight. Inaba was outspoken in his disapproval of this new conspiracy. "The cabinet has signed the surrender document," he said. "The emperor will broadcast tomorrow. It's useless. Give up."
The cabinet is still debating what the emperor should say in the broadcast - the edict. What Anan cannot tolerate is the sentence "The war situation is getting worse for me." How can he sign this statement? It will make all communiqu¨¦s issued by the base camp become lies. Besides, they haven't lost this war yet.
Minai retorted with the disastrous losses in Burma and Rabaul. Fortunately, they were prevented from having another lengthy debate by a tactful change made by Shi Shui. Shi Shui proposed to change this sentence to "The development of the war situation may not be beneficial to Japan." .
During the break, Anan returned to his apartment near the Capitol and changed into military uniform in order to participate in the document signing ceremony. Just as he was about to leave home, Marshal Den Shunroku and former Prime Minister Tojo arrived. It was obvious that after the war they would be tried as war criminals, and Tojo asked everyone to testify that they were fighting a war of self-defense. Tian's request was different: he asked to give up his title of marshal.
While the cabinet was working on the final wording of the edict, two officials from the Imperial Household Ministry used calligraphy brushes to write two copies of the edict, one for the official document and one for the emperor's recording. After the final draft was submitted to the emperor for review, Hirohito requested five minor revisions.
Hirohito finally stamped the imperial seal on the patched document at 8:30 pm, with Suzuki present. However, formal surrender documents could only be sent to China if signed unanimously by the cabinet.
¡°It took almost an hour and a half to get all cabinet ministers to sign. At about 11 p.m., the last person, the Minister of Transport, came to Suzuki's conference room to sign, making the surrender official. A secretary called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; a Chinese telegram with the same content was sent to China:
"The Japanese Government has the honor to inform the four countries of China, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and other interim governments of their reply to the May 11th note of the Japanese Government on the acceptance of various provisions of the Hanking Declaration." The ax is as follows:
1. His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict to accept the various terms of the Hanking Declaration.
2. His Majesty the Emperor is prepared to authorize and ensure that the Japanese government and headquarters sign all the provisions necessary for the implementation of the provisions of the Hanking Declaration. His Majesty the Emperor is also prepared to issue orders to Japan¡¯s land, sea and air authorities and all their affiliated troops wherever they are stationed to cease combat operations and lay down their weapons, and to issue other orders that the Supreme Command of the People¡¯s Republic of China deems necessary to implement the above provisions. Order.
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The cabinet ministers sat around the table indifferently. There is no need to make any more decisions. Suzuki stood up and left the conference room. Anan, wearing a military uniform, stood up and walked to his old enemy Dongxiang. He puffed up his chest and said solemnly: "I have read the notice drafted by the Foreign Minister and sent to China on the occupation forces and disarmament issues. I am grateful. If I had known that things would be handled that way, I would not have He made an impassioned speech at the imperial meeting."
Dongxiang felt that this was too polite, so he bluntly said that he himself was always sympathetic to the surrender conditions proposed by the Army.
Anan walked into Lingshui's private office with a saber in one hand and a military cap under his arm. He saluted the Prime Minister. "Since the beginning of the peace talks, I have caused you a lot of trouble, and I would like to apologize. I am just trying to protect the national system - nothing more. I hope you understand, and I express my deep apology."
"I completely understand," Suzuki said as he walked up to Anan. Anan's eyes filled with tears. Suzuki squeezed General Anan's hand. "However, Mr. Anan, please rest assured that the royal family will be absolutely safe and sound. His Majesty the Emperor always prays for peace when he pays homage to his ancestors in spring and autumn." - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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