Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

Next is the Korean army commander, Lieutenant General Koiso Kuniaki, who returned to the country with Minamijiro. Like Minamijiro, the two of them could be said to have been dragged together to be scolded.

Lieutenant General Nakamura Kotaro, who had just stepped down from the position of Army Minister due to illness, also came. Even sick people were brought here, which shows that the matter is really serious. The Army will bring as many people as possible.

Vice Minister of the Army, Lieutenant General Umezu Michijiro. The Vice Minister of the Army is one of the administrative offices in Japan, in charge of the military and political affairs of the Army. The head is the Army Minister, and the next in line is the "Vice Minister", which is equivalent to a deputy minister.

Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishirō, commander of the Hiroshima 5th Division, who was at odds with Umezu Mijiro, returned to Kyoto for some unknown reason and also attended the meeting.

Commander of the Imperial Guards Division, Lieutenant General Hisazo Nishio.

Director of the Personnel Bureau of the Army Ministry, Lieutenant General Anami Kore.

President of the Army University, Lieutenant General Tada Shun.

Like Army General Minamijiro, Lieutenant General Hata Shunroku, commander of the Taiwan Army, who also returned to Japan to discuss affairs, was also among them.

The commander of the Kyoto Military Police Headquarters, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imao, was also the chief of the Kyoto Military Police where Shunsuke Nakamura previously served.

The rest were major generals who were not even qualified to sit in the front row. They could only sit behind the generals and lieutenant generals with their heads down, like students who had made mistakes.

Because the major generals who can come here are all smart people. They know that if things don’t go well, a few scapegoats will inevitably be dragged out, and they don’t want to bring bad luck.

For example, the Chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff, Major General Ishiwara Kanji.

Major General Sada Shimomura, Chief of the First Department of the Joint Staff.

Major General Tsukada Osamu, Chief of the Third Department of the General Staff

The fourth chief of the General Staff, Major General Maeda Toshinori.

Major General Heitaro Kimura, Director of the Weapons Bureau of the Army Ministry.

Director of the Army Ministry's Maintenance Bureau, Major General Masataka Yamawaki.

Major General Jun Hougong, who was newly promoted as the Director of the Military Affairs Bureau by Army Minister Motoshi Sugiyama.

There was also an unlucky child who returned to Kyoto with Lieutenant General Seishirō Itagaki, commander of the 21th Division, and also brought along Major General Sadaichi Yoshimoto, commander of the st Infantry Brigade of the th Division.

These are all major generals with some fame. There are many less famous ones who are not listed one by one.

Anyway, the minimum threshold to enter this meeting room at this time is major general, and it must be a major general in an important position! For example, Yoshimoto Sadaichi was not qualified to come in, but who made his division commander also here...

Those at the colonel level can't even get in the door.

And these were only the generals who could arrive in a short time. It can be seen that at this time, there were a lot of generals in the Japanese army.

Although there were not many people coming from the navy, they were basically admirals and lieutenant generals.

There is not a single major general rank.

Sitting on the other side opposite Prince Kan'in Yasuhito was the Chief of the Naval General Staff, Prince Fushimiyama Shoyoshi. Prince Kan'in Yasuhito was also Prince Fushimiyama Shoyoshi's uncle.

However, perhaps due to the influence of the army and navy, the relationship between the two cannot be said to be very good.

Originally, both of them represented the Emperor and were in charge of the army and navy respectively.

However, in order to suppress the leaders of the Imperial Way Faction, Shinzaburo Mazaki and Sadao Araki, Prince Kan'in Yasuhito introduced the honest Hayashi Senjuro and Watanabe Joutaro to control the central government, which resulted in the Imperial Way Faction riot last year.

Because he failed to control the situation, the 70-year-old marshal was scolded by the 35-year-old emperor.

After that, he became more and more serious. He gave up the position of Chief of Staff to General Hitaro Kurai and retired to the position of Vice Chief of Staff.

However, General Kurai Hitaro was originally Prince Kan'in Yasuhito's right-hand man, so the actual power was still firmly in his hands.

Sitting below Prince Shoyoshi Fushimi was the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, who had been promoted to the rank of general a few days ago.

Military councillor, concurrently chairman of the High Technical Council, Admiral Osumi Motoo, 61 years old, ranks second among the active admirals of the Navy, after Prince Shoyoshi Fushimi, the chief of staff. Although he has a somewhat indecisive personality, he seems to be at a loss in handling crises.

But his position in the navy is definitely one of great importance.

The next people sitting down were the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Nagano Osami.

Military counselor, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, who had one eye blinded by a North Korean bomb.

Military councilor, Admiral Momotake Gengo, who was promoted to admiral at the same time as Yonai Mitsumasa

Military counselor, former commander-in-chief of the Kure Naval Base, Admiral Naonori Fujita.

Military counselor, former commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Mikichi Takahashi.

Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Zengo Yoshida.

Vice Admiral of the Navy Minister, Lieutenant General Yamamoto Isoroku.

Vice Admiral Soetake Toyoda, Commander-in-Chief of the Second Fleet

Chief of the Naval General Staff, Vice Admiral Shigetaro Shimada

Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff, Vice Admiral Mineichi Koga.

Chief of the Air Headquarters, Lieutenant General Koshiro Ikawa.

Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, Chief of Staff of Combined Fleet and Chief of Staff of First Fleet.

In addition to such a large group of generals, there was another person whose sitting position was a bit strange.

He was neither on the army side nor on the navy side, but sat alone on the side close to the emperor's position. This person was Hayashi Senjuro, who was temporarily promoted to the position of prime minister. As an army general, he served as prime minister at the time and concurrently as foreign minister.

Originally, he didn't need to come, but he is the prime minister after all, and he is from the army. Now that something has happened, how could the army bosses miss the opportunity to call him over to get criticized together?

The emperor was not in the conference room at this time, but this kind of waiting made many people sweat on their foreheads.

The unknown is what makes people most uneasy.

At this time, seeing that the atmosphere was too depressing, Prime Minister Hayashi Shinjuro could not help but look at the two princes and whispered, "Your Highnesses, when will the Emperor come?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked over.

They are all very anxious. There is already news that the nobles have united, which means they are going to cause trouble.

Don't underestimate the high positions and power of these generals and lieutenant generals. The nobles have complex and intertwined forces. Once they turn against each other, they might create a bloody incident that is even more horrific than last year.

Last year, it was only some young officers from the Imperial faction who caused trouble, but if the nobles go crazy, the power they possess is not comparable to that of those young officers.

What's more, many people in the meeting hall are of noble birth or have close ties with the nobility.

The two nominal leaders of the army and navy now, Prince Kan'in Yasuhito and Prince Fushimi Shokyō, are both relatives of the Takazaki family.

Prince Sanggong's grandmother, Prince Jae-in's mother, was from the Takazaki family.

Now that something has happened to the Yingqi family, what do you want these two to do? What do you want them to say?

What worries everyone present is that the nobles have won over quite a few middle and low-level officers over the years, and many of the nobles were already in the army. If they were to revolt, it would be something they could not bear.

Last year, several generals and the prime minister died. Are we going to have another batch of deaths now? Will it be my turn?

Not to mention the economy, social stability, and public opinion. Once the nobles fell out, they all wanted to teach the generals present to start a new life.