Nakamura Masao returned to the temporary command center and immediately convened a meeting of the main officers above the regimental level. Nakamura Masao did not waste words and directly issued combat orders.

  "Tan Luo Chao Yi, order you to lead the Third United Team, directly to the Staff Headquarters, capture all personnel inside the headquarters, no mistakes are allowed. If there is resistance, attack directly."

  "Yes, sir." Taro Iwataki immediately stood up to receive orders.

  Nakamura Masao continued: "Kiyotaka Mokuya, you lead the 4th Federation and directly surround the Army Headquarters, capture all personnel inside the headquarters, no mistakes are allowed. If there is any obstruction or resistance, attack directly."

  Kinoshita Katsutoshi quickly stood up and accepted the order.

  At this time, Lieutenant General Sato Ken, who was sitting on the side of the First Division, felt that something was wrong and quickly stood up and said: "Commander-in-Chief, you told us that the Emperor was in danger, we received orders to enter Tokyo to maintain law and order, but why do we need to attack the Army Ministry and General Staff now? Is this also an order from the Army Ministry?"

  Nakamura Masao turned his head and glanced at the commander of the 1st Division, Sato Ken, saying in a low voice: "I have received orders that some personnel from the Army General Staff and the General Staff participated in the plot to harm His Majesty the Emperor, and we are responsible for cooperating with the investigation."

  "But did this action have an order from the Army Ministry? And who gave the order to you, Commander of the Division!" Sato Ken asked loudly.

  "The Emperor has been harmed, and some people from the Army Ministry and General Staff are involved in this matter. How can they possibly give orders to investigate? Sato, don't forget that we are the Imperial Guard Division, the Imperial Guard who serves under the Emperor. Now that the Emperor has been harmed, shouldn't we be investigating this matter?" Nakamura Masao said sternly.

  "Your Excellency, Commander of the Division, we are the Imperial Army. Such a significant matter cannot be carried out without an order from the Ministry of War. Your Excellency, please reconsider."

  Sato Ken stared intently at Nakamura Masao, trying to force him to take back his words. As a member of the army faction, Sato naturally couldn't let the army department be destroyed by this madman Nakamura.

  "Tonight's operation must proceed, Lieutenant General Sato Ken, are you going to disobey orders?" Nakamura Masa stood up and looked at Sato Ken with a serious expression.

  Sato Ken realized that he couldn't persuade Nakamura Masao, and he had to go back to the troops. He must stop Nakamura Masao from doing such a crazy thing.

  Sato Ken did not say a word, turned around and walked towards the command department, and Maeda Osamu, the commander of the 2nd battalion of the 1st brigade, also stood up automatically and followed Sato Ken out.

  Nakamura Masao didn't utter a word to stop him, but his mouth was curled up in a cruel smile.

  The gate of the headquarters opened, but outside stood a row of soldiers with loaded guns, all muzzles pointing at the door. Sato Ken stared blankly for a moment, then turned around and glared at Nakamura Masao, saying: "Does the Regimental Commander still want to arrest us?"

  "No, I won't arrest you, after all, you are a lieutenant general of the Empire." Nakamura Masao shook his head and said.

  At this time, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, ōhashi Hiroshi, who had been sitting still, stood up and walked forward with a pistol in his hand. Satō Ken saw ōhashi Hiroshi approaching with a gun and was taken aback, shouting loudly: "ōhashi Hiroshi, are you going to assassinate the commander?"

  "General Sato Ken, you are suspected of treason and will now be put on trial." Before General Sato could even open his mouth to say anything, Ohashi Yoshitaro directly shot him three times in the chest. General Sato never thought that one day he would die like this, but everything was already too late, and he could only close his eyes in regret.

  The second lieutenant, Osamu Maeda, suddenly came to his senses and shouted loudly: "Don't kill me! I'm not with Lieutenant General Sato Kyohei, I didn't participate in the rebellion. Commander of the Division, please give me a chance to reform, Commander of the Division..."

  Before Maeda Osamu could finish speaking, Ohashi no Suketsune directly fired his gun and shot Maeda Osamu dead on the spot. Maeda Osamu was really unwilling to die young with a bright future ahead of him, but because he wanted to fawn over his superior, he ended up dying tragically on the spot.

  At this time, Nakamura Masao said: "Ohhashi, you've done a great job. For traitors, we will never tolerate them. Now I order, Ohhashi Yoshishiro to temporarily take over as the commander of the First Regiment. Your responsibility is to be in charge of the outer perimeter's security and safety. You must instruct all checkpoints that if they encounter anyone trying to break through or attack, they should attack directly."

  "Yes, sir." Lieutenant Colonel Taisho's face showed a look of delight, but it was quickly suppressed.

  "Kiyomizu-kun, just the two of us will be at headquarters, in charge of overall command." Nakamura Masao said to the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Kiyomizu Yoshitomi.

  Kiyomi Shimizu has always been a loyal subordinate of Masao Nakamura, and Masao Nakamura had more important tasks to entrust him with, so he kept him behind.

  "Now is the time to take action, it's 6 o'clock in the evening now, and I hope you can complete all tasks before 9 o'clock. And let me tell you one more thing, you may encounter lieutenant generals, major generals or even full generals, but remember that you are executing the Empire's orders, anyone who tries to stop you is an enemy, no matter if it's General Toshiro Mayeda himself, you cannot stop attacking, because there is only one outcome of failure, and that is all of us here will be killed by the rebels, there is no other outcome."

  "You must know that our enemies this time are all traitors, we are fighting for the future of the empire, and avenging His Majesty the Emperor. If we succeed in stopping the rebels this time, everyone will at least be promoted one rank, or even higher, because by then, you will be the saviors of the empire, and the empire will not treat you unfairly."

  Everyone was stirred up by Nakamura Masao's passionate promise, with the opportunity to gain official positions and titles. Even if the opponent is not a rebel, they will be made into one and killed. Can't you step on the enemy's corpse to climb higher? This logic is understood by everyone present.

  Everyone stood up and went off on their orders.

  Nakamura Masao was actually nervous in his heart, he promised his soldiers that after defeating the enemy, they would be promoted one rank and treated well by the empire. And he himself, wasn't he also moved by the promise of Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan?

  Minister of the Imperial Army, Nakamura Masa-o knew his situation. Since being selected by His Majesty the Emperor to be the commander of the Imperial Guard Division, he had already left the army faction. Even if he worked hard in the future, at most he could only become a general and serve as the chief of the imperial guards, but he would never become the Minister of War for the Empire. Now there was still a possibility that he could become Prime Minister, which was something he had not dared to believe before.

  When it comes to power, many people will make crazy moves that they wouldn't normally dare to do. Nakamura Masao is moving towards his own dreams, and what about the other officers of the Konoe Division?

  This night will be unforgettable.