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Text Chapter 527: Murderous Case!

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    Riots caused by rice grabbing are still in full swing across Japan.  Countless people and countless slogans were involved in this riot, and its scale continued to expand geometrically.  By January 23, 1920, the total number of people participating in the riots had reached 12 million, accounting for almost a quarter of Japan's population!  There have been thousands of conflicts between the military and police and rioting civilians!  A large number of demonstrators were arrested every day, blood was flowing every day, local government offices in many cities and counties were burned down, and the whole of Japan was paralyzed.

    At this critical moment, claiming to be able to lead the country to become the second Meiji Emperor, no!  Crown Prince Hirohito, a greater monarch than even Emperor Meiji, could not wait to show what he could do.  On behalf of the imperial family, he donated 100,000 yen to purchase food to quell the commotion. At the same time, he issued an edict to the Tanaka caretaker cabinet in the name of Emperor Taisho, asking them to contact Britain and the United States to request mediation, reach an armistice agreement with the Republic of China as soon as possible, and prepare to withdraw their fists and learn from the early Meiji period.  Cultivate your health and recuperate so as not to be used by Yang Qiu again to cause greater losses.

    Although the royal family¡¯s statement calmed some of the anger, it did not even mention the results of lowering rice prices and punishing profiteers. Many people such as Komatsu Koji were unwilling to accept it, so they continued to travel across mountains and rivers to Tokyo in search of so-called justice.  In the early morning of the 24th, the relatively calm Tokyo area finally triggered the first major riot. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens who came from Kinki, Kanto, Nagano and other places to seek justice arrived at Chofu on the outskirts of Tokyo, and blocked the Koma River as early as possible.  The military and police faced off across the river and local conflicts broke out.  Their arrival finally detonated the fire buried deep in Tokyo.  The machines stopped as tens of thousands of citizens participated in strikes and riots that took place on the same day.  The rows of rice were smashed open, and some people rushed onto the transport ship to remove various grains and materials that were supposed to be shipped to North Korea.  Military policemen blew whistles and filled the streets to arrest the mob.  What they fear most now is that mobs coming from all directions will cross the Koma River and rush into downtown Tokyo. In that case, it may be a disaster!

    The people are dissatisfied, and radicals and military officers regard this matter as a lifelong humiliation!  Especially the fact that the rioters held up portraits of Cheng Cheng of the National Socialist Party and chanted the "Cheng Cheng Act" made them vent all their anger on the Korean residents in Japan and the rioting people, maliciously placing all the blame on  These people think that they are the lackeys of Yang Qiu and the National Socialist Party of China.  He is a traitor and has brought disgrace to Japan and the army!  It is this atmosphere that has caused some people in this nation, which has always been very eccentric and full of radical ideas, to sit still.  Just like China's earliest Warring States period, they always hope to use various means to promote and package themselves, attract the attention of the public and the monarch, and then be famous for generations, even at the expense of their compatriots.

    Daisaku Kawamoto is such an officer.

    Groups of heavily armed soldiers arrived at Komae to separate the rioting crowd from the core area of ??Tokyo.  Machine guns and cannons were all aimed at Komatsu Koji and others without mercy.  The soldiers were on guard and whispering. Many of them deliberately held their guns too high for fear of misfiring and injuring the compatriots who supported them.  But there are also some people who are cold-faced and unceremoniously load their bullets. It seems that they will kill these "cancers of the empire" as soon as they are ordered.

    Daisaku Kawamoto came here on horseback with blood-red eyes. He regarded Junnobu Aoki as his lifelong idol. He had already regarded this riot that destroyed and led to failure as a national shame!  Especially when I saw hundreds of thousands of people holding Cheng Cheng's portrait and shouting for Cheng Cheng's bill and lowering the price of rice.  He almost didn't draw his gun and jumped into the crowd.  what is this?  More than 50 years of struggle starting from the Meiji Restoration.  Money calculated in billions was consumed, and more than 300,000 young soldiers lost their lives!  It was ruined by a few grains of rice!  What's even more annoying is that they also hold up portraits of their enemies and use their slogans in an attempt to force the empire to give in.

    Now that the Tanaka cabinet has begun to ask the white people to mediate, the royal family has been forced to agree to compromise under pressure. Where does this put the faces of these officers?  "This is China Yang Qiu's trick! Look at those mobs and traitors, they are already in a daze. They are helping the enemy destroy the foundation of the Imperial Japanese Army." Kawamoto rushed into the officers' rest room and shouted loudly.  There are many radical officers here who have similar views to him.  These young army officers who boasted that they were the saviors of Asia after the Russo-Japanese war and that the emperor was first and father was second could no longer bear it any longer.  They were unwilling to lose the last war.  But the outbreak of the European War and the reality of the country forced them to suppress their anger.  This time, they finally found an opportunity. Although the previous battle was not going well, the National Defense Forces are currently only breaking through along the narrow strip from Sinuiju to Pyongyang, and most of the northern area is still in Japanese hands.  Therefore, they believed that as long as the follow-up troops arrived, they would have a chance to regain their advantage and even retake Manchuria and Mongolia.

    He excitedly waved his fist at the officers and soldiers: "If this continues, the Imperial Army will have no food to eat in Korea. If we fail, will the future of the Empire depend on the Navy? They will only compromise and lick the white devils.  Ass! We should help His Majesty the Emperor teach those mobs a lesson.?It's useless for them to stand here, we should take action and drive them back!  Rush home and lock him up again!  "After he finished speaking excitedly, he rushed to the other side of the bridge alone, trying to drive away the mob in his eyes and stop harming the country.

    ¡° Tens of thousands of ordinary Japanese people who came from Aichi Prefecture to seek justice gathered at the bridge. They came here just to seek justice and demand the enactment of the Japanese Chengcheng Act and the reduction of rice prices.  They shouted slogans and watched Daisaku Kawamoto approach, completely unaware of what was about to happen.

    "Go away! You non-nationals! Traitors, traitors to the empire! Go back now and we will not pursue you. If you don't leave, we will kill you all." Daisaku Kawamoto's impulsive words made several young people very angry.  The young students also retorted unceremoniously: "What kind of officer are you? Are you still a soldier who protects us? Look at these citizens. They work hard every day but can't even afford a liter of rice. Many of them are already well."  I haven¡¯t had anything to eat for days! Is this how you treat your own people?¡±

    "Citizens? Baga, you are not worthy! You are just pawns of the enemy of the empire. Look at the portraits in your hands. They are all enemies of the empire! Enemies! They are the enemies who took away Manchuria, Mongolia, Taiwan and North Korea!" Daisaku Kawamoto  Blushing with anger, he suddenly grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, rushed to a middle-aged man, grabbed the dirt by force and stuffed it into his mouth: "Isn't there nothing to eat? Then taste the taste of the country!"  The Imperial Army soldiers in Korea eat this kind of food every day. For your future and for the glory of our Japanese Empire, we eat grass roots and broken leaves every day. Why can we eat it but you can¡¯t?"

    "Let him go, you lunatic! We are going to charge you and have you go to a military court." Several young students rushed up and snatched away the middle-aged man, and started a struggle with Daisaku Kawamoto.  When the soldiers waiting on the other side of the bridge saw this, they immediately rushed to help. Suddenly, rifle butts flew across the crowd and blood flowed.  The people could no longer stand the scolding, dissatisfaction and poverty, and rushed forward to fight with the soldiers.  A student holding a portrait of Cheng Cheng rushed up and punched the soldier. The soldier was so angry that he pulled the gun and shot him in the chest.

    Snapped!

    The crisp sound of gunfire rang out, and yellow-orange bullet casings jumped out as the bolt was pulled.  Like all demonstrations and protests that turn into armed conflicts, this gunshot kicked off the bloodiest prelude to the rice riots.  Because at the same time as the gunfire started, dozens of Koreans living in Japan were killed out of nowhere.  "Hit the plutocrats, lower the price of rice, and long live the Emperor!" These Koreans, who had been living there for decades, were completely indistinguishable among the Japanese people. In the end, they deliberately shouted the slogan "Long Live the Emperor" to confuse the Japanese army, and then used crudely made short guns.  Fired heavily at the soldiers.

    Just like what happened in Himeji, many unsuspecting soldiers were killed in the crackling gunfire. The blood of Tozawa and the so-called pride of the army made the officers completely red-eyed. They did not expect that these mobs were "at the feet of the emperor"  They dared to shoot and kill people, so they all raised their guns and shot.

    The North Korean who fired the gun had been prepared for all this. After killing the target, he blended into the crowd and ran backwards.  Because there were so many people, many innocent people were killed after the army opened fire.  This scene immediately turned Chofu into the most terrifying chaotic place. Countless people screamed to avoid bullets and trampled on each other. The soldiers were eager to catch people but were beaten to pieces by the crowd. In the end, they had to continue shooting to disperse  .  The result of this vicious cycle is that many frightened people rush into the cordon and run toward downtown Tokyo. This frightens the officers and soldiers on standby at the border. If they rush into Tokyo, Japan will really be doomed.  !

    No one knows who gave the final order to fire. When a Hotchkiss heavy machine gun fired fiercely at the crowd in an attempt to stop the impact, the blood could not stop.  Seven Hotchkiss heavy machine guns that were supposed to be used on the battlefield fired at the same time, opening the curtain of death!  The bullets rushed into the crowd at a speed of white hair per minute. The dense and chaotic formation brought the brutality of the machine guns to the extreme. Many bullets even penetrated four or five times in a row before finally stopping.

    The soldiers also fired, and finally even the cannon fired several times!  Blood flew wildly, limbs were broken, and countless bodies spurted out blood and fell on the brown soil. A layer of corpses floated on the narrow Koma River, and the blood even dyed the river red.

    On January 24, 1920, the most tragic scene occurred in Japan's rice riots. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over Japan rushed to Tokyo to seek justice. They tried to ask the emperor to come forward to crack down on the evil plutocrats. Ordinary Japanese people who formulated the "Japan Chengcheng Act" were attacked.  The army brutally suppressed and massacred. In just half an hour of killing, more than 4,000 people were killed, more than 20,000 were injured, and more than 1,000 people were missing

    On the morning of the third day, the Wall Street Journal in the United States even published the news with the three words "Holocaust" as the title, and the whole world was in an uproar.

      What happened to Japan?

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