Lin Xiaotang, who was in Yangon, did not realize that the danger was approaching. Ever since Kasuga Haruhiko lifted the ban on everyone, he had accompanied Scarlett and members of the Italian business group to inspect the city of Yangon in the past two days. The feasibility of various business plans, of course, Yuan Jianfeng and his few remaining subordinates are all obedient followers, which makes Yuan Jianfeng, who is used to the front and back, somewhat uncomfortable, and looks at Lin Xiaotang's Unsurprisingly, his eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment.

After finishing the inspection in Yangon, Scarlett took advantage of the situation and asked Kasuga Haruhiko to inspect the southern plains of Myanmar, the main grain-producing area in Myanmar. Kasuga Haruhiko was obviously hesitant, but agreed to ask for instructions from Yamashita on his behalf.

In less than a day, Yamashita Fengfumi gave a reply, agreeing to the Italian business group to go to the southern plains of Myanmar for inspection. However, for safety reasons, Kasuga Haruhiko will personally lead troops to accompany him to Tonggu. It can be seen that Yamashita Fengfumi is very interested in getting the goods in a short time. Xia Tonggu Fortress is still full of confidence. In fact, Lin Xiaotang also knows that there are other reasons why Yamashita Fengwen so happily agreed to the Italian business group rushing to the frontline fighting area. This reason is still in bed. Scarlett brought her climax, after the climax The aftertaste told him proudly.

Germany launched a blitzkrieg attack on Russia. It was an unstoppable force. In a short period of time, it occupied a large area of ​​territory in western Russia. The frontline of its troops was directed towards Moscow, the capital of Russia. It was very ambitious to put Russia in the palm of its hand. On the North African front, The German Afrika Korps and the Italian army commanded by Rommel also defeated the British army, quickly occupied Libya, Kenya and other areas, and began to march towards Egypt. At this time, Japan, as an ally, did not have many achievements to show off, and As one of the few bright spots in the Japanese army, Yamashita Tomofumi still maintained his impressive record of defeating 100,000 British troops in the first battle on the Malay Peninsula and conquering the Singapore Fortress, known as the "Unbreakable Fortress". The Japanese base camp also needs Yamashita Tomofumi to establish a foothold again. In order to demonstrate his bravery to his allies, Yamashita Fengfumi was happy to fight in front of the Italians.

However, after using his spare time to have another secret contact with Takashima Suke, Lin Xiaotang had already noticed the turbulent undercurrents among the Japanese military and even the top government officials, which originated from the internal struggle between the Imperial Faction and the Control Faction in Japan.

As early as the 23rd year of the Republic of China, that is, the 9th year of the Showa era in Japan, the 226th Mutiny planned by young officers of the Imperial Sect broke out in Tokyo. The cause of the mutiny was Arakimura, a supporter of the Imperial Sect and the then Minister of War. The husband was dismissed from office, and the Blood Alliance (Note 1), which had previously planned to establish a fascist government through iron-blooded means, as well as a large number of middle and lower-level officers in the Imperial Faction, aroused strong dissatisfaction with the Regulatory Faction.

After Hayashi Juro, a member of the ruling faction, took office as the Minister of War, he aggressively placed key members of the ruling faction into the top ranks of the army and navy. At the same time, they began to spare no effort to attack the supporters of the Kodō faction. To this end, they did not hesitate to remove the flagship figure of the Kodō faction with the secret support of the emperor. Jinzaburo Masaki dismissed the post of Director of Army Education, forcing him to announce his retirement. At the same time, he also transferred a large number of imperial officers from important departments and positions and transferred them all to reserve service.

This aroused the anger of the young officers of the Kodo faction, and they conspired to kill the core figure of the ruling faction, Major General Nagata Tetsuzan, who was the director of the Army Military Affairs at the time. This caused the conflict between the two sides to instantly rise to an irreconcilable stage.

The control faction launched a counterattack, transferring the First Division, a direct unit of the Imperial Faction and stationed in Tokyo for 30 years, to the Northeast to join the Kwantung Army. The commander of the First Division, Yanagawa Heisuke, was transferred to Taiwan as a garrison. Commander, this is like a spark falling on gasoline, instantly triggering a ferocious Imperial Rebellion.

In the early morning of February 26, the 23rd year of the Republic of China, nine imperial officers of the First Division led more than a thousand soldiers to suddenly launch a mutiny. Under the cover of heavy snow, they shouted the slogan "Purge the bad guys around the emperor" and rushed to Kill members of the ruling faction at each target.

The rebels occupied the Prime Minister's Office with lightning speed. Prime Minister Keisuke Okada was desperately trying to escape by his subordinates. Navy Minister Minoru Saito, the new Army Education Director Watanabe Taro, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo and other important officials from the control faction were arrested. The emperor's bodyguard, Kantaro Suzuki, who was also a staunch supporter of the ruling faction, was seriously injured. The Ministry of War, the General Staff Headquarters, the residence of the Minister of War, and the Metropolitan Police Department were sealed off.

The rebels occupied newspapers and radio stations in Tokyo, raised slogans of "honor the emperor and punish traitors," and demanded that the emperor remove the members of the ruling faction.

Later, under the strict orders of Emperor Hirohito, the upper echelons of the army with various ulterior motives, and at the insistence of the naval generals, mobilized divisions stationed in Sendai and other places to enter Tokyo to cooperate with the Emperor's Guards Division in countering the rebellion.

Three days later, most of the rebel soldiers could not bear the plight of having no food and reinforcements inside and outside. In addition, Hirohito issued a "Message to Officers and Soldiers" at this time, declaring that the rebel soldiers returned to their respective posts and let bygones be bygones, the rebel army collapsed. All the officers who planned the mutiny were arrested.

After the rebel officers were shot, the ruling faction came to power. The leading figures of the Huangdao faction were dismissed one after another. All the middle and lower-level officers who were inclined to the Huangdao faction were transferred. Most of the core personnel were transferred to Northeast China and Taiwan. At this point, the ruling faction was completely in control. The army gained real power and established absolute control over the army.

As a supporter of the Kodo faction, Yamashita Fongfumi, who was then the Major General of the Army Ministry, was appointed commander of the 40th Infantry Brigade by North Korea, and thus left the center of the army. It was not until the "July 7th Incident" that occurred a year later that he was appointed again. gave him a chance to make a comeback.

Yamashita Fengfumi turned out to be a general of the Imperial Way Sect, which surprised Lin Xiaotang. Since he was also a supporter of the Imperial Way Sect, why did Takashima Suke arrange a series of plans against him at every turn?

Mentioning various reasons, Takashimasuke couldn't help but sneer. It turned out that although Yamashita Fengfumi was a die-hard supporter of the Imperial Road Sect, after the "226 Incident", he stayed away from the center and began to interact with the Emperor intentionally or unintentionally. The Taoist sect has distanced itself. Although it still exists as a supporter of the Imperial Taoist sect on the surface, many of its actions have alienated the Imperial Taoist sect.

First of all, Yamashita Tombumi made Emperor Hirohito angry because of the "226 Incident". He felt guilty and constantly reflected on his actions back then. He often told his confidants, "I have done something wrong to His Majesty, so I can't do anything if I don't work hard to atone for my sins." , to show his piety, he always faces his desk in the direction of Tokyo, regardless of the actual situation of the office, as a sign of respect.

Such an act made a group of members of the Imperial Faction suspicious of him, so they ordered the Kwantung Army's Jiandao Special Task Force to conduct a secret investigation on Yamashita Fengfumi to confirm whether he could serve the Imperial Faction, and Takashima Suke was among them. One of the executors.

But during the investigation, Takashimasuke immediately discovered some of Yamashita Fongfumi's secret actions. The most important point was that Yamashita Fongfumi had been linked to the special military police unit loyal to the imperial family and began to secretly serve a certain plan of the special military police unit. , During his one year in North Korea, Yamashita Fengfumi, as a brigade commander, frequently passed the division commander and the North Korean Governor-General to dictate local affairs, intervened in important affairs of the army stationed in North Korea, and under the command of the Special Gendarmerie, annihilated a group of people. Among the large number of wealthy families in North Korea, the most influential one was the one who personally led people to kill the whole family of the famous North Korean family Jinzehe. In addition to killing his entire family, he also pocketed all their astonishing wealth. Officers at all levels stationed in North Korea knew that Yamashita Fengwen was once a central figure with great power, but he dared not speak out against his actions.

Therefore, in order to complete the task of controlling the main force of the Southern Army, Takashima Suke began to prepare to attack Yamashita Fengfumi, because the Emperor's faction could not allow a person with disloyal intentions to rule the army on his behalf. This was also a sign of the Emperor's current loss of power. It is a kind of shock to many uneasy speculators under the current situation.

There is no doubt that Kasuga Haruhiko is a "ticking time bomb" buried by the Imperial Sect around Yamashita Fengfumi.

After listening to Takashimasuke's story, Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but feel a little funny, "Takashima-kun, is this your plan?"

Takashima nodded solemnly, "Jun Lin, you are our very trusted friend. My superiors are very satisfied with our previous cooperation. We hope to continue our cooperation for a long time, but you are laughing. For what reason?"

Obviously, Takashimasuke was a little dissatisfied with Lin Xiaotang's somewhat mocking move, but he was more suspicious.

Lin Xiaotang thought about it carefully and then returned: "Mr. Gao Dao has misunderstood. I don't have any prejudice against your plan. On the contrary, I am just glad. I am very grateful to Mr. Gao Dao for trusting me. I will Only by telling all our thoughts clearly did we avoid a catastrophe."

Hearing this, Takashima Jie couldn't help being a little shocked, "Why did Mr. Lin say this?"

Lin Xiaotang showed an unpredictable expression, "I have no concrete evidence to prove my judgment, but I think Takashima-kun must have a way to prove it. A few days ago, we were placed under house arrest by Kasuga Haruhiko in the headquarters, but by chance In this situation, I met a person, and this person is an old acquaintance of you and me. We fought against him when we were in Shanghai."

"Who is it?"

"Shinichi Yazawa."

Takashima was horrified, "How could it be him? How could he come to Myanmar?"

Immediately, Takashimasuke's face relaxed, "Could it be that I'm here to contact Yamashita Fengwen?" He looked at Lin Xiaotang, his expression clearly showing some unconfidence.

Lin Xiaotang looked back at him calmly, "Takashima-kun, you still didn't understand what I meant by annihilation, or maybe you don't want to think about the worst."

Takashimasuke's face changed, and it took him a while to sit down in exhaustion, "Yamashita Fengfumi was not in Yangon at all. When Yazawa Shinichi showed up in Yangon, he came to find another person, right?"

Lin Xiaotang nodded slightly, "Mr. Gao Dao, although I don't want to admit this conclusion, the facts are before our eyes. I'll leave the rest to you to verify."
Chapter completed!