The Japanese ambassador to the UK picked up the Times during his meal in the morning. When he saw the headlines on the front page, he was frightened and froze on the spot. After reading the contents of the newspaper, his face turned pale.

"This, how is this possible? Did this really happen?!"

The ambassador didn't even eat breakfast, and immediately ran to the telegraph room and asked someone to send the contents of this newspaper to the country.

In fact, at this moment, the Prime Minister also saw the Japanese version of The Times. Because branch newspapers are published simultaneously around the world, although not many people in Japan subscribe to The Times, most government officials and elites have them.

Subscribe to this newspaper.

After all, The Times is the largest newspaper today.

After the Prime Minister saw the content in the newspaper, he sat slumped in his chair, his face extremely ugly, and he murmured: "The thing that worried me most has happened. After all, such a big movement can't be contained by paper."

"Now that the Times has reported it, I am afraid that riots and unrest will occur in the country. Also, is this incident caused by the military?"

In fact, the Prime Minister also has doubts about the military. After all, only the military's involvement can conceal this matter to such an extent. Eight hundred and twelve thousand were wiped out. He would not believe it unless someone sacrificed his life for the money.

Get rid of those 12,000 people.

People in the military have always been crazy. They keep making moves just to be able to send troops and wage war on the national destiny.

The military department was very dissatisfied with the government regarding this year's budget, saying that the money given to them was too little, and they had several fierce quarrels in front of His Majesty over this issue.

Could it be that in order to start a war, someone is so crazy that they have the idea of ​​​​banking?

But if they do this, don’t they know that it will bring the entire country’s economy to collapse?

In the past two days, he had thought about many solutions, how to overcome the current difficulties if the money could not be found.

It may be the only way to fill the hole by secretly printing banknotes while others don't know about the robbery. But now that The Times has exposed it, this plan can no longer be realized.

He is already confused as to which direction Japanese society will go next. Inflation, trade cessation, currency depreciation, and people's livelihood are in decline.

He seemed to have seen the outcome of Japan's future turmoil in people's livelihood.

On this morning, riots finally broke out in Japan.

Countless people went to the bank and packed the hall. They wanted to withdraw their money, but now the bank has no money to exchange it for them. The staff only replied that they can't withdraw cash now.

The people didn't dare anymore and started shouting loudly.

"Our money was kept in the bank for insurance, but now it has been taken away by the army, and you need to be responsible."

"Yes, we only talk to the bank. Get us the money quickly."

“Withdraw money quickly!”

“Withdraw money quickly!”

The hall was noisy and noisy.

And it's not just this family, 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 a little money that the family has worked hard to save for many years, and now they are told that it is gone.

, how can they accept it.

There are more than 100 banks in Japan, but only 32 are headquartered in Bank Street. In fact, most of the banks were not robbed by Jiang Hao, but the people didn't know that, and they all went to the bank to withdraw money.

Those banks that have not been robbed are constantly trying to persuade the public that they have not been robbed, but the people don't care what you say, it is the safest thing to hold it in their hands now, so other banks have also suffered serious runs.

A run is a terrible thing for a bank, and normal banks cannot withstand a run, because the bank's money will not be left in the bank's vault in vain. They will lend the money out and earn loan interest, so that they can make money from it.

Take the interest difference.

The cash flow stored in banks is actually not as much as people think. Under normal circumstances, it will not affect operations. However, if there is a run, people will withdraw money all at once, and the consequences will be disaster for the bank.

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Therefore, when the Japanese bank run incident occurred, in addition to the 32 banks that were robbed, other banks were also severely affected.

Some banks, fearing that something unexpected might happen, ordered the banks to close their doors and drive away the crowd. Now people stopped working, and physical fights broke out between the two parties, causing even greater riots.

After reading the newspaper, the emperor suffered another heart attack and fainted. The palace was filled with excitement for a while, but he was finally rescued.

After waking up, the emperor said weakly: "Immediately summon all cabinet members and the three military chiefs to a meeting to discuss how to handle this matter."

Someone was ordered to go out immediately.

Hirohito closed his eyes and kept replaying a sentence in the newspaper in his mind. The emperor also had doubts about whether this incident was really done by the military.

When the cabinet members came over, they all lowered their heads as if they were mourning their heirs, grieving as if their parents had died, and no one spoke.

"Prime Minister Lu, how is the investigation going? Five days have passed. Isn't there any clue?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

The Minister of War knew that the Emperor had doubts about them. In fact, when he read the newspaper, he even felt that what the newspaper said was right. If it were not for the support of the military, how could eight hundred people dare to rob the bank.

How could eight hundred people kill twelve thousand people? This is incredible.

"Your Majesty, I haven't found any clues." The Minister of War 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 solved?"

The Prime Minister didn't know how to answer, and the room became extremely 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, I am incapable of redeeming my ministers. 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 War Secretary 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, but 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, I don't know where they came from, and I don't know where they are going. 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 have endured were no less.

Japan is in turmoil.

Banks went bankrupt one after another, people blocked the doors of banks all day long, and government workers had no intention of going to work after hearing 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 Military 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 and 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? Of course it was Jiang Hao who started it.

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 and dock to avoid the storm.

The warships 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.
To be continued...