On January 3, 1947, the third day after the "Yuan Day Dialogue", Okamura Neiji took the "Jimaru" armed merchant ship from Busan, North Korea, and arrived in Matsue, Japan at about nine o'clock that night. Arriving with him
There was also a brigade-sized North China Front in Songjiang. After landing in Songjiang, this force immediately rushed directly to Tokyo. At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, they occupied the Japanese base camp without any blood and captured the Japanese base camp where the military headquarters was holding a meeting.
Tiao Yingji killed him on the spot.
When dozens of armed soldiers rushed into the military headquarters conference room, Tojo Hideki was completely unaware. The past few years of monopolizing power had made him quite confident and dignified. Under the gaze of everyone, he pushed away.
Pushing up his glasses, he shouted sternly: "What's going on? Didn't you see that there was a meeting going on? Which army are you from? Where is your commander? Let him come to see me immediately!"
"Hideki Tojo?!" the leader, a major, looked at Tojo and shouted.
"Presumptuous!" A major general stood up and shouted at the major.
The major glanced at the major general, then raised his gun directly towards Tojo and pulled the trigger.
The major's movements were not very fast, so Tojo Hideki had time to sense the danger and make appropriate psychological changes. Because of this, when he fell to the ground with no vital signs, his eyes were wide open, and there were residues inside.
It's the fear of death.
The armed soldiers who suddenly rushed in shot Tojo Hideki without warning. The generals attending the meeting immediately became furious. Many people immediately cursed: "Ba Ge!" Someone else shouted: "Who ordered you, you
Do you know what you are doing?"
Hearing the gunfire, Okamura Neji straightened his collar and walked in calmly.
When they saw Okamura, the anger of the crowd immediately turned towards him, and someone asked: "General Okamura, you ordered this? Do you want to betray His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire?"
In the modern history of Japan, there are too many examples of people who committed what seemed like rebellions but ended up taking power. Therefore, after the initial period of anger, most of the generals present at the meeting had calmed down and began to think about it.
Reasons and guesses about Okamura's intentions.
Under the public gaze, Okamura's expression was very calm. He first glanced at Tojo Hideki, who was lying in a pool of blood, and found that he would not close his eyes until he died. He shook his head, stepped forward and helped Tojo close his eyelids, and then
He glanced at the people who were inspecting and said: "Gentlemen, don't you think there is anything wrong with the situation like this? The whole people are resisting and fighting decisively overseas. Gentlemen, don't you realize that this is cutting off the vitality of the empire?
?”
Okamura had worked hard for today's meeting, so he never stopped talking and firmly grasped the initiative in speaking.
"Your Excellency Okamura, are you questioning Prime Minister Tojo's strategy? However, even if His Excellency Tojo's strategy is wrong, do you still have to use such methods? Don't you think the country is not in chaos enough now?"
These words were quite insightful, and Okamura couldn't help but glance at the speaker. When he saw that it was Jinzaburo Masaki, the director of the Military Affairs Ministry of the Army Ministry, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. As members of the Imperial Sect, Okamura and Masaki Jinzaburo had a certain personal relationship.
If time had not been tight, Okamura originally wanted to use Masaki as local aid. "General Masaki, if Akito doesn't tell secrets, do you think Tojo can still listen to reasonable suggestions now?"
"However, because of political differences, the empire's generals have shed too much blood!"
"So, I hope this is the last time! It must be said that the current situation in the empire has reached a very critical level, and we are no longer allowed to have internal strife! Gentlemen, please sit down. I think we should be good now
Let’s discuss the next direction of the empire——”
The sudden occurrence of the "13 Incident" and the collapse of the Tojo cabinet were later hailed in Japanese history books as the beginning of Japan's rebirth. However, what is not known is that shortly after this incident, there were some changes in Japan's direction.
Negotiations for China's unconditional surrender and Japan's complete withdrawal from the anti-China alliance have quietly begun. On the one hand, the resistance of the Japanese army on the mainland has begun to become very weak, while China's troops in North Korea and Japan's Kyushu Island are steadily increasing.
Keep returning to the country.
All this happened within two months after the meeting of the four heads of state.
Yes, the meeting of the four heads of state made Ouyang Yun feel the threat firsthand. In order to deal with this threat, it has become an inevitable choice for the coalition government to pick up the soft persimmons first to free up its hands and feet to deal with the hard persimmons.
January 26, Chongqing, Supreme Command.
China's Foreign Minister Song Ziwen is responsible for negotiating with Japan. Song Ziwen said: "Japan still does not agree to full compensation. The biggest difference between the two sides now is the number of our victims. We think it is 13 million, but Japan thinks it is only 300 at most.
Ten thousand, a whole difference of ten million!"
Ouyang Yun immediately became angry, raised his eyebrows and said: "Thirteen million, this is already the most conservative number. If you still refuse to admit thirteen million? Then add three million more! Sixteen million
!”
"Would this be counterproductive?" He Yingqin thought for a moment and answered in a low voice.
Ouyang Yun sneered: "Do the Japanese have such courage?"
Feng Yuxiang held a purple clay pot and played with it while saying: "So what if it backfires? Japan no longer has the strength to launch an attack. At worst, we will leave it alone until the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are resolved."
Deng Xihou: "Japan's attitude has suddenly become tougher during this period. Have you heard some rumors? Maybe they think we can't defeat the multinational coalition."
"It should be like this. Brother Ziwen, I have an idea. When you talk to Shi Yuan again, you can test it out and say, because we still have a big battle to fight, we are willing to lower our standards. But once we wait,
If you win, it won’t be such a good thing!”
"Chief! You are clearly adding fuel to the fire! This -" He Yingqin frowned.
"What are you worried about? Do you think we can't defeat the so-called multinational coalition?" Feng Yuxiang choked.
Feng Yuxiang generally had no favorable impression of the former Central Committee soldiers, so he always liked to quarrel with them. He Yingqin knew Feng Yuxiang's temper and knew that he would only humiliate himself if he answered the question, so he kept his mouth shut and frowned even more tightly.
Ouyang Yun is actually not very concerned about the current negotiations. Because he knows that "Li Dai Tao Jian" has made great progress in Japan - under the auspices of Okamura, Puyi has married one of Hirohito's nieces, and according to this
With the momentum developing, it will not be impossible for Puyi to replace Hirohito and become the new emperor of Japan in a short time. And by that time, no matter what conditions China proposes, I believe Japan will not have the ability to refuse.