Chapter 1805: Free and Easy in the World
The Japanese ambassador to the UK picked up the Times during breakfast. When he saw the headline on the front page, he was shocked and froze on the spot. After reading the content of the newspaper, his face turned pale.
"How is this possible? Did this really happen?!"
The ambassador did not even eat breakfast and immediately ran to the telegraph room to have the contents of the newspaper sent to the country.
In fact, at this moment, the Prime Minister also saw the Japanese edition of the Times, because the branch newspapers are published simultaneously around the world. Although there are not many people in Japan who subscribe to the Times, most government officials and elites have subscribed to this newspaper.
After all, the Times is the largest newspaper today.
After reading the content in the newspaper, the Prime Minister sat down in a chair with an extremely ugly face, muttering: "The most worried thing has happened. Such a big commotion, after all, the truth cannot be hidden."
"Now that the Times has reported it, I am afraid that there will be riots and unrest in the country. And is this thing done by the military?"
In fact, the Prime Minister also has doubts about the military. After all, only the military is involved, can this matter be concealed to this extent. He doesn't believe that 800 people killed 12,000, unless someone sacrifices those 12,000 people for the money.
The military has always been crazy. They keep making moves just to be able to send troops and gamble on the country's destiny to start a war.
For this year's budget, the military is very dissatisfied with the government, saying that the money given to them is too little, and they quarreled fiercely in front of His Majesty several times for this.
Is it possible that someone is crazy enough to hit the bank in order to start a war?
But if they do this, don't they know that it will cause the entire country's economy to collapse!
In the past two days, he has thought of many solutions. If the money cannot be found, how to get through the difficulties at hand.
While others are unaware of the robbery, secretly printing more banknotes to fill the hole is probably the only way, but now that it has been exposed by the Times, this plan can no longer be realized.
He is confused about which direction Japanese society will go next, inflation, trade cessation, currency depreciation, and people's livelihood is declining.
He seems to have seen the end of Japan's future turmoil in people's livelihood.
On this morning, riots finally broke out in Japan.
Countless people ran to the bank and filled the hall. They wanted to withdraw their money, but the bank had no money to exchange for them now. The staff only replied that they could not withdraw cash now.
The people did not dare to shout loudly.
"We deposited our money in the bank for insurance, but now it has been robbed by the army. You need to be responsible."
"Yes, we only talk to the bank, hurry up and give us money."
"Hurry up and get the money!"
"Hurry up and get the money!"
The hall was in chaos and noisy.
And it's not just this one bank. The whole of Tokyo and even the whole of Japan is in this situation now. People are rushing to the bank to withdraw money. You know, this is the little money that the family has worked hard for many years to save. Now they are told that it is gone. How can they accept it?
There are more than 100 banks in Japan, and only 32 of them are headquartered in Bank Street. In fact, most banks have not been robbed by Jiang Hao, but the people don't know, and they all ran to the bank to withdraw money.
Those banks that have not been robbed keep persuading the people that they have not been robbed, but the people don't care about your tricks. It is safest to hold it in your hands now, so other banks have also suffered serious bank runs.
Bank runs are a terrible thing for banks. Normal banks can't bear bank runs, because the bank's money will not be kept in the bank vault for nothing. They will lend the money out and earn loan interest, so as to earn interest difference from it.
The cash flow stored in the bank is actually not as much as people imagine. Under normal circumstances, it will not affect the operation. But if there is a bank run, people will withdraw money all at once, and take away all the money. The consequences are disastrous for the bank.
So when the Japanese bank run occurred, in addition to the 32 banks that were robbed, other banks were also seriously affected.
Some banks were afraid of something unpredictable, so they ordered to close the doors and drive away the crowd. People were not happy with this, and the two sides broke out into a fight in a physical conflict, causing greater riots.
When the emperor finished reading the newspaper, he had another heart attack and fainted, which made the Imperial Palace lively for a while, and finally he was rescued with great difficulty.
After waking up, the emperor said weakly: "Immediately call all cabinet members and the three chiefs of the military to a meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter."
Someone immediately responded to the order and went out.
Hirohito closed his eyes and kept replaying a sentence in the newspaper in his mind. The emperor also had doubts about whether this matter was really done by the military.
The cabinet members came over, one by one, bowed their heads as if they had lost their parents, and no one spoke.
"Military Minister, how is the investigation going? Five days have passed, is there no clue at all?" The emperor asked in a deep voice.
The Minister of the Army knew that the Emperor had doubted them. In fact, when he read the newspaper, he even felt that what the newspaper said was right. If there was no support from the military, how could 800 people dare to rob a bank.
How could 800 people kill 12,000 people? This was incredible.
"Your Majesty, we didn't find any clues." The Minister of the Army had to bite the bullet and said.
The Emperor took two deep breaths, looked at the Prime Minister and asked, "Prime Minister, how do you think the current situation should be resolved?"
The Prime Minister didn't know how to answer, and the room became unusually quiet.
Silence in the conference room is a Japanese tradition, referred to as "silent silence", and this situation has continued in later generations.
"Your Majesty, the redeemer is incompetent. Now I can't think of a better way to solve the problem at hand." The Prime Minister lowered his head and said.
"Just before coming to the Imperial Palace, I received telegrams from several heads of state asking about this matter. The Ministry of Commerce also received many telegrams informing them that some trade would be temporarily suspended."
"Perhaps there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to recover that huge sum of money." The Prime Minister said and looked at the Secretary of War opposite.
The Minister of War immediately understood the meaning of the Prime Minister's look. Damn it, are you saying that this incident was caused by the military?
"Prime Minister, why do you look at me like this?" the Minister of War said solemnly.
"Presumably Prime Minister Lu has also read today's "The Times"," the Prime Minister said.
"Of course I did. So what? Do you believe what the newspaper said and suspect that our military department did this?" the Minister of War said angrily.
"Eight hundred soldiers, no one knows where they came from, no one knows where they are going, and hundreds of tons of gold, silver, banknotes, and antiques are missing. If no one cooperates, how can it be so seamless? Isn't it questionable?"
"You~~"
The Minister of War was speechless.
Seeing the two military and political ministers quarreling, the emperor felt even more irritated. He already felt that his heart could no longer bear it.
In the end, both sides failed to produce any results from the dispute, but the difficulties they should endure were not less.
Japan is in turmoil.
Banks went bankrupt one after another, and people blocked the doors of banks all day long. Government workers had no intention of going to work when they heard that their wages were gone.
The national treasury was empty, and all plans for the second year were shelved. Foreign countries were very unfavorable about Japan's situation, and a large number of trades were stopped, leaving Japan in trouble.
At this time, a fire broke out at the Yokosuka Armory, and the warships parked in the harbor were attacked, causing heavy losses and shocking the whole of Japan!
Yokosuka Naval Port is the largest military port in Japan, close to Tokyo Bay. There is an armory here to facilitate the transportation of supplies.
Jiang Hao was about to leave Japan, so naturally he couldn't go back empty-handed, as that would not give his master face, so he came to Japan's largest armory area and cleaned it up.
Set up a teleportation array to transport the 50,000 to 60,000 Type 38 rifles, tens of millions of rounds of ammunition, and thousands of Taisho machine guns in the armory to the cave in Sichuan.
In addition to guns and bullets, there are also 600 mortars, about 100,000 mortar shells, 200,000 kilograms of explosives, quilts, clothes, military boots, canned food, etc.
Jiang Hao discovered another batch of aerial bombs, several thousand in total.
Anyway, I can get them all away, it's just a matter of traveling a few more times.
finally,
The huge cave in Sichuan was filled to the brim by Jiang Hao, and Jiang Hao stopped carrying it.
Then a strong wind blew in the sky.
The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying.
Then the entire armory area burst into flames. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind assisted the fire. Finally, the entire armory area was reduced to ashes in the fire.
Where did the strong wind come from? Of course it was Jiang Hao who cast the spell.
Where did the fire come from? Naturally, it was also Jiang Haofang.
Japan has four major naval bases, Kure, Yokosuka, Sasebo, and Maizuru. As of 1937, Japan had 285 ships with a total tonnage of more than 1.15 million tons and a navy of more than 120,000 people.
As for China, its navy only has more than 20,000 people, 66 battleships, and a total tonnage of 50,000 tons, which is only a fraction of Japan's.
On the eve of World War II, Stalin once said that China has no military industry. Now whoever is happy can ravage her.
It's heartbreaking, but it's true.
Therefore, without strong industry and strong military power, no matter whether you are a natural treasure or an outstanding person, you will be looked down upon by others.
Yokosuka Military Port.
at dusk,
Strong winds blew in Tokyo Bay and dark clouds rolled in the sky, indicating that a big storm might be coming. The surrounding warships received orders to return to the port to avoid the storm.
The ships returned one after another and docked in their own berths. Many warships without berths were connected in series with cables to ensure stability, and the Yokosuka Military Port was crowded.
Among these ships are the famous aircraft carriers Kaga and Akagi.
Both aircraft carriers participated in the war against China. In 1932, when Japan invaded China at the Songhu Battle on August 13, the carrier-based aircraft of the Kaga bombed Suzhou and Hangzhou. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, the Kaga has been active in China. sea areas.
In addition, there are battleships, cruisers, destroyers, transport ships, etc. in the port, with a total of more than 60 ships.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and the entire military port fell into darkness. The wind howled, and the warships were shaken by the waves.
suddenly,
A lightning dragon descended from the sky and struck towards the sea.
Boom~!
The huge thunder made people's eardrums hurt.
At this moment, a large black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky. It was not rain, but bombs as numerous as rain.
Thousands of aerial bombs fell from the sky, covering the entire naval base and shipyard.
With the art of object control, every cannonball has its place.
"Boom boom boom~~!"
"Boom boom boom~~!"
The real Iron Curtain bombing began. The bombs plowed the entire naval base from inside to outside like plowing land, leaving no place untouched.
On the sea,
sailfish suddenly appeared, flying close to the water surface, occasionally splashing white waves.
Only when you get close can you see clearly that this is not a school of fish, but a dense school of torpedoes. These torpedoes are close to the water surface and pierce the ships parked on the sea.
"Boom boom boom~~!"
"Boom boom boom~~!"
After the ships were attacked by torpedoes, they jumped up, exploded, and then fell into the sea. Some small ships were directly dismembered and exploded into pieces in the explosion. Large battleships and aircraft carriers have strong tolerance, but they can't withstand the bombing of dozens of torpedoes.
The control technique can achieve precise guided strikes without mistakes.
The Yokosuka Naval Base is exploding and burning.
The warships in the naval port are exploding and sinking.
This place has become a sea of fire hell.
Jiang Hao has cleared all the bombs and torpedoes in the space, and the effect is obvious.
A quarter of Japan's naval force was destroyed. He turned around and left with satisfaction, flew through the dark clouds into the sky, and flew towards Sichuan.
In the sky, the sunset can still be seen, and white clouds are floating around him. Jiang Hao gently chanted a poem:
"The white clouds are as idle as me, and I am as idle as the white clouds. Both of us have no mind, and we are free and unrestrained between heaven and earth."
"Hahahaha~~"