Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

"Terauchi-kun, this colonel must be so anxious because of something urgent. Why don't we listen to what he says?" Honjo Shigeru smiled and helped the colonel named Suzuki out of the predicament.

"Suzuki Sosaku, just tell me what's going on. You'd better have something urgent, otherwise! Humph." Terauchi Juichi felt that the head of the Second Section of the General Management Department, who was under him, had embarrassed him in front of Honjo Shigeru, so his attitude was not very good.

"I'm sorry, Generals. I was indeed rude, but something urgent has happened." Suzuki Sosaku bowed and apologized, then said, "I just received news from the Imperial Household Ministry that Major Takuto Takazaki, the captain of the Harbin Military Police of Manchukuo, was assassinated and his life or death is unknown!"

Upon hearing this, Honjo Shigeru asked excitedly, "What did you say? Who was assassinated?"

Terauchi Shouichi opened his eyes wide and asked, "Say it again!"

Suzuki Sosaku also knew what the name Takuto Takazaki represented. The Takazaki family was a well-known family in Japan. Even if something small happened to someone in this family, it would be big news.

But now, someone was assassinated, and he was a direct descendant!

But what he didn't know was that the reason why Honjo Shigeru and Suzuki Sosaku were so excited was not as simple as it seemed.

"Major Takuto Takazaki, the captain of the Harbin Gendarmerie of Manchukuo, was assassinated! His life or death is unknown!" Suzuki Sosaku repeated loudly.

"Baga! Who did this!" Terauchi Hisaichi roared, his eyes instantly became bloodshot, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

The words "Emperor", "military", "nobles", etc. flashed through my mind instantly.

This is a big deal, a big deal!

Honjo Shigeru also stood up, his expression also becoming very ugly.

"It is said that it was done by the Harbin Security Corps of Manchukuo." Suzuki Sosaku replied.

Unfortunately, Suzuki Sosaku misunderstood Terauchi Juichi's question, because he was not the one the person wanted to ask.

"Terauchi-kun, don't be anxious, this matter..." Having said this, Honjo Shigeru couldn't continue. He didn't know what to say. His mind was a mess, and all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, but the most common ones were worry and fear.

"Let's go, we must inform other people of this news as soon as possible! We must find a solution immediately! Otherwise, big trouble will come, even more troublesome than what happened last year!" Terauchi Hisaichi said, and was about to stand up, but as soon as he stood up, his legs went weak and he sat back down.

He immediately looked at Suzuki Sosaku and said in a hurry: "Hurry up and help me, why are you standing there like an idiot!"

At the same time, 55-year-old Lieutenant General Meizu Michiro pushed open an office with a cold sweat on his face.

After entering, he saw the Army Minister Sugiyama Motomu who was looking at him with dissatisfaction. Without time to explain, he said directly: "Takazaki Takuto was assassinated, and the bullet hit his chest!"

"Who!? Who are you talking about! Takazaki... Takazaki Takuto!" Sugiyama Moto stood up in shock and looked at Umezu Mijiro in surprise.

"Yes, the news is from the Imperial Household Ministry, and this is the telegram sent by Chikao Fumihiko. The person is still being rescued!" Umezu Mijiro said anxiously.

"I..." Shan Shanyuan's face changed. He opened his mouth, uttered only one word, and then fell back into the chair.

At the same time, the Emperor also saw the telegram sent to him by the Imperial Household Ministry.

Without any extreme reaction, he just gently put the telegram back on the table.

But the people serving around clearly felt that the air had become somewhat tense, and then they heard the emperor's soft voice ordering: "Let Prince Kan'in-no-miya Zaihito and Prince Fushimi-nomiya Shokyō come to see me immediately." Just when the people around him breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor's voice suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Right away! Right now!"

In the following period, the Army Ministry, the General Staff, the Cabinet and the Navy Ministry all became busy. Whether they were in the office or on vacation at home, they were all called to various conference rooms for emergency meetings.

Other government officials like the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice were completely confused and had no idea what was going on. They could only keep sending people to find out what was going on.

In the north of Kyoto, the mansion and estate of the Takazaki family was also bustling with activity. All the great nobles in Kyoto had received notices from the Takazaki family and had come to visit.

When they received the notification and learned that the direct young master of the Takazaki family had been assassinated, basically the heads of the family came, and their faces did not look very good. Some were even cursing.

It didn't take long, just over half an hour. In Harbin, while Zhou Zhengqing was still listening to Jingren's long speech, one car after another left the Takazaki family estate and headed towards the Imperial Palace where the Emperor lived.

The meeting hall of the Imperial Palace was already filled with military leaders who had just finished a meeting. Not only were all those from the army who could come there, but many from the navy as well.

Although they were all in the conference room, the army and navy personnel were kneeling clearly on both sides of the conference room.

But what’s strange is that the two parties, who would always quarrel for no apparent reason whenever they met in the past, were surprisingly quiet today.

The reason was that the army was particularly honest today. They sat there without saying a word, and even their heads, which they used to hold high, were lowered today.

This meant that the Navy couldn't find any opportunity to argue with the Army.

On the army side, Prince Kan'in Yasuhito sat in the seat closest to the Emperor, and below him was Army Minister General Sugiyama Motobu.

Next came General Hitaro Kurai, the Chief of Staff.

General Terauchi Hisaichi, Director of Education.

Army General Kazunari Ugaki, who had always wanted to become prime minister, also came. Although he was put into the reserve force, he served as Army Minister three times and was the theoretical founder of the total mobilization system of Japan's militarist state.

The Ugaki faction he founded was derived from the Choshu faction but did not have the same strict restrictions on origin as the Choshu faction. Therefore, it is also called the "quasi-Choshu faction". It can also be regarded as the predecessor of the current Control faction, and it includes a large number of powerful people.

Even several people in the current meeting room are from this faction, including Army Minister Sugiyama Moto.

Prince Kan'in Yasuhito, who has very long experience and is one of the few who have always opposed the imperial family, and Prince Fushimi Shoyoshi of the navy, hold real power in the General Staff Headquarters and the Naval General Staff.

His opinion was that if members of the royal family held these important positions, no one would dare to criticize them. This would arouse the jealousy of the emperor who was determined to control military power, but he could do nothing about it.

Sitting below Ugaki Kazunari was the newly promoted baron, military councilor, General Honjo Shigeru.

Next are the deputy commander of the General Staff, who returned to active service in February, and the chief judge of the Tokyo Army Court of Military Justice, Army General Toshi Isomura.

Military counselor, Army General Nishi Yoshiichi. Army General Suzuki Takao. Army General Kawashima Yoshiyuki. Army General Araki Sadao. Army General Tanaka Shige.

The Governor-General of Korea, Army General Minamijiro, who had returned to his country to discuss Korean affairs because of the upcoming war, was also called to attend the meeting.