Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

But they did eventually set out.

He continued to urge the coastal combat brigade to assemble quickly, saying that now was no longer the time for them to take it easy.

"Where are our T-72 tanks? And armored vehicles, whether they're Pegasus or Steed, bring them out. Heavy machine guns, artillery, mortars—this isn't an exercise…this is a real military coup…I repeat, this is a real military coup…"

In the chat channel, the regimental commanders and battalion leaders were all making a fuss:

"Boss, give the order! We'll take over that damn royal palace, clean it up, and make it your royal palace."

"Raise the flag of the rebellious angels, today we will establish a nation in East Asia!"

Subordinates from Ukraine, China, North Korea, and Russia unanimously produced their own rebellious black flags, clearly indicating that they had been prepared for this for some time. Taking advantage of the Japanese's free food and lodging, they wanted to go further, seize power, and take over the reins.

Li Xinghe was speechless.

Do I, your boss, look that much like a warlord who staged a coup?

Am I a righteous, cute, innocent, and kind little angel in politics?

He berated Sabbie's subordinates in the communications:

"Shabi, we are the righteous side suppressing the coup! Someone is trying to steal our victory! I authorize your tanks to fire, understand? Point the gun barrels at all enemy units marked with the 1st Division insignia, fire! Fire!"

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Chapter 10: We Make a Gentleman's Agreement! Ten Minutes of Fate! (5100 words)

A group of colonels and staff officers, holding a science brigade hostage, dare to launch an attack on the Congress?

This is probably the first time in decades that the Japanese Diet, which has been plagued by disasters this year, has witnessed such a scene.

Members of Congress whispered among themselves:

"The last time something this stupid happened, wasn't it back to Yukio Mishima...?"

"Who would have thought that the 1st Company of the 1st Division, the core force in the defense of the capital region, would be the first to betray us..."

But when the gaunt and short Colonel Naoo Maeda, along with his accomplices, questioned them one by one, the members of parliament immediately changed their tune:

"Of course we also hope for Japan to normalize, Shikashi..."

"Sikashi! The United States is the very culprit that will never allow our country to normalize..."

The members of Congress kept calling him "Sikkasi," which was just a way to stall for time.

In fact, everyone knows very well that the biggest obstacle to Japan's normalization is the United States. While the US outwardly supports Japan, it actually wants to turn Japan into a bulwark against war in East Asia. On the contrary, China's demands are not high; they simply want the right wing purged and historical injustices acknowledged. Unfortunately, it is precisely the Japanese right wing that now supports normalization, which is why the situation is so complicated.

"Two young women? What can you do?"

When questioned about Shikami Mikioka, she hugged Ayako Aso tightly and calmly said:

"I'm sorry, I'm already married. My husband gives me absolute security, family support and tenderness, and also supports the operation of the country."

Naoo Maeda did not understand his meaning:

"Did he do anything to benefit Japan's national interests?"

Hua Yingmei argued:

"Without him, I think Japan would have been forced by the United States to sign even more treasonous treaties."

In her rhetoric, Li Xinghe is a national hero of Japan.

Of course, aside from Li Xinghe's original intentions, his ability to handle things is indeed heroic; at least he can prevent things from getting too bad.

Naoto Maeda shook his head and left.

What he didn't know was that this was his biggest mistake of the night. None of the informed members of parliament told him that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's coastal combat brigade was actually in Li Xinghe's hands.

Hua Yingmei hugged Cai Zi tightly and whispered in her ear:

"Don't be afraid. A mere colonel thinks he can stage a coup in Tokyo? He's seriously underestimating us. He'll be back."

……

At this time, Wang Xiaolou of Liuchi Mountain.

Li Xinghe sat down with the mothers of the Jian family, Shui Jingtianping, Dongchuan Xueshi, and the Public Security Bureau's Ninth Division to discuss their plan.

At that moment, Princess Kako, still dressed in the costume of the Empress, arrived, panting as she entered.

Li Xinghe joked:

"Don't be nervous, don't rush. If your foolish father and foolish brother are in their hands, then we can kill them together. If the Emperor and his wife are in their hands, then we can kill them together as well. If we win quickly, we can also wipe out the Emperor's entire family, and then you can ascend the throne as Empress today."

Either way, we're going to win.

"That's terrible! You can't just say things like that. At least don't let anyone overhear."

Princess Jiazi impatiently punched Li Xinghe.

"How terrifying...a mutiny..."

With her long, thick, black hair and a voluptuous, alluring figure, Mizukage Tenpei was in a terrible mood. As a staunch supporter of Japanese independence, she had witnessed both the Okinawa independence movement and the Tokyo coup, and now she was forced to re-examine her own pro-Japanese stance to see if it truly aligned with reality.

"Don't rush, ah, my soldiers have arrived. Let's go."

In front of his family and subordinates, Li Xinghe finally dropped his pretense and led them downstairs.

"Boss."

Xu Baofeng, leading his absolutely loyal company, opened the car door.

Downstairs, dozens of heavy infantry fighting vehicles occupied the street, and soldiers directed traffic while welcoming Li Xinghe into a command vehicle. The girls realized for the first time that Li Xinghe's operation was much larger than they had expected.

Dark green painted tanks, fully armed soldiers, M4 rifles, grenade launchers, grenades, drones—the signals of war are so close, yet so far.

7 o'clock in the evening.

At the intersection of Toranomon and Kasumigaseki, south of the Capitol, the two forces met.

Self-Defense Force traffic controllers wave red and green traffic lights:

"Please make way, troops ahead! We are clearing out insurgents."

However, the T-72 tank rotated its turret to face all the Self-Defense Force soldiers, and the heavy infantry fighting vehicles behind it opened their doors, allowing a large number of soldiers from the Coastal Combat Brigade to come up from behind and surround the tanks.

The combat brigade opened its loudspeakers:

"Self-Defense Forces, retreat to your base! What are you doing?"

coup!"

Neither side would back down, but the combat brigade's tanks were clearly more intimidating.

Upon seeing the coastal combat brigade blocking their way, the first company of the first division experienced considerable commotion.

"Wasn't our mission to eliminate the Imperial Restoration Society? How come we're suddenly fighting with our own forces?"

"Was Division Commander Seiji Toriumi really assassinated by far-right extremists?"

"Why are we heading towards Toranomon? What exactly are the staff officers planning?"

Just as the soldiers suspected, Colonel Naoto Maeda's plan, as publicly announced, was very simple: the far-right Revival Association suddenly caused an explosion in Nagata-cho and stormed the Diet building. The 1st Division was urgently dispatched south to suppress the far-right forces. After that, the division commander, Tokai, was unexpectedly assassinated, and the chief of staff took over the army.

In order to save the country and the nation, Colonel Naoo Maeda immediately decided to go to TV Tokyo to address the whole of Japan and begin a new era of 'constitutional reform' in Japan.

Just as the two sides were locked in a standoff, Maeda Naoo's accomplices, after destroying the Tokyo signal tower, successfully sabotaged the power supply box, causing a complete power outage in the Chiyoda Ward area. Streetlights, streets, and high-rise buildings were plunged into darkness.

Naoto Maeda immediately gave the order:

"There's a 70-year-old woman directing the army right across from us. Charge! Ginza and Roppongi are all without power right now, it's the perfect time to defeat them."

He genuinely believed that the commander on the other side was General Jacqueline.

A group of soldiers loyal to far-right ideologies led the Self-Defense Forces in an attack.

However, Colonel Naoo Maeda seemed unaware that the Self-Defense Forces of today are not the Japanese army of 80 years ago, which excelled in night combat, and that the opposing coastal combat brigade happens to possess a large number of standard US military night vision devices. This is precisely what the Self-Defense Forces lack and have not practiced.

Near Toranomon Station, gunfire erupted and flames soared into the sky.

The Self-Defense Force officers on the opposite side launched a physical charge, while the coastal combat brigade on this side opened fire with artillery.

With 125mm smoothbore cannons and coaxial machine guns firing at full power, infrared aiming and night vision devices working simultaneously, bullets and explosions swept across the Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers, sending pieces of flesh flying everywhere, giving the soldiers a profound sense of entertainment in killing Japanese devils.

Especially the soldiers from China and Korea, who were eager to fire their guns until the barrels were red-hot, just to kill as many Japanese as possible.

Seeing this, the first company had no choice but to retreat hastily.

"We can't break through, we simply can't break through... They have tanks and infantry fighting vehicles!"

Even with the main combat equipment of the last century, the explosive power of the 125 smoothbore cannon, the 14.5 heavy machine gun, and various mortars and 120 howitzers was enough to crush the Self-Defense Forces.

Separated by Highway 405, the two forces faced off in the dark when the streetlights were off.

The drones gradually flew through the sky, and both sides used the same strategy to observe their opponent.

Now both sides are hesitant to act rashly.

Colonel Naoto Maeda's coup plan involved creating panic over two consecutive days of bombings and terrorist attacks to divert the attention of the Public Security Bureau, while simultaneously using deception and coercion to lead the First Division and the First Section Company to storm Nagata-cho.

Members of parliament are currently being held in the Diet building, under pressure from Naoo Maeda to pass a constitutional amendment as quickly as possible to achieve imperialization, national normalization, and rearmament. The members are offering only soft resistance; after all, the "Trumps" of the populace haven't yet entered politics, and the current political leadership at least possesses some political integrity.

Therefore, Naoto Maeda had to arrive at TV Tokyo before dawn to complete the constitutional amendment and deliver a speech on the success of the coup.

Li Xinghe, on the other hand, was the exact opposite.

He wanted to rush to the Diet to save the day before Maeda Naoo forced the members of parliament to pass the constitutional amendment, and ensure that these spineless cowards would not submit to the coup officers.

"Damn it, bomb Congress to warn him!"

Naoto Maeda knew that Li Xinghe's troops must have gone to the National Assembly to put out the fire, so he was furious and opened fire on the National Assembly.

Boom!

The National Diet Building, which had just been repaired after being set on fire by Li Xinghe, had its spire blown off by artillery shells under the attack of Colonel Maeda Naoo. Bricks and tiles fell in a flurry, and men and women screamed incessantly.

Seeing that Naoto Maeda had actually opened fire on the Diet, Li Xinghe was furious:

"Damn it, they dare to threaten me with the National Assembly. Turn the guns around and bomb the Imperial Palace to show them."

You dare attack the Parliament, but I don't dare attack the Imperial Palace?

Li Xinghe's side had North Korea's 203mm heavy artillery, which directly fired indirect fire at the Imperial Palace. Several salvos turned the front hall of the palace into an inferno. Li Xinghe didn't know where the Emperor and Empress were; if they were dead, then so be it.

His outburst silenced the Self-Defense Forces on the other side. Maeda Naoto was furious but helpless, and dared not attack the Diet again.

Higashikawa Yukami's words were not without sarcasm:

"My wife is in Congress, I'm really worried."

Shui Jingtianping couldn't help but feel jealous upon hearing this, and gritted his teeth in resentment:

"Which wife? Hua Yingmei, or Caizi?"

"Hehe, actually there's a third person."

Higashikawa Yuki whispered in Mizukami Tenpei's ear, explaining the secret of the hidden cotton violet.

Li Xinghe repeatedly mobilized troops and made strategic deployments on the periphery.

From 8 p.m., as the standoff progressed to 11 p.m., when visibility was gradually reduced to near zero, Li Xinghe felt that he could no longer keep firing his cannons at the residential area.

If Naoo Maeda manages to force the Diet to pass his constitutional amendment before dawn tomorrow, the consequences will be truly unpredictable. After all, the far-right is deeply entrenched, and while Maeda's foolish plan is worthless, the amendment he is pushing is far too dangerous.

Once tonight's crisis is over, Li Xinghe will use his head to thoroughly clean up the far-right forces in Japanese politics.

After much deliberation, Li Xinghe decided to take the initiative to break the deadlock.

He had his subordinate throw a cell phone to the Self-Defense Forces, then made a call and said:

"Colonel Naoto Maeda, this is Seikawa Masa, Director of the US-Japan Joint Command Sppc."

“I think we can reach a gentleman’s agreement. You stop controlling the members of Congress and release a group of pacifists to prove your sincerity. My troops will then clear the Tiger Gate Crossroads, allowing your troops to enter from the southeast and expose our own weaknesses. How about it?”

Although he spoke casually, Li Xinghe was actually very nervous, his palms were sweating.

Because Maeda Naoo's actions had the characteristics of an old-school coup. His continued command of troops to advance south was undoubtedly aimed at capturing the Tokyo Television headquarters in Roppongi. That was the closest television station to Chiyoda, and the one most capable of broadcasting the coup's success nationwide.

However, Li Xinghe's troops moved north from the direction of the Tsukiji Bridge in Tokyo Bay, and set up a heavy defensive network along Highway 405 towards Chiyoda. T72 tanks, Junma heavy infantry fighting vehicles, and various heavy machine guns and heavy artillery units formed a long line.

The disparity in firepower between the two sides was truly pathetic. The Self-Defense Force officers were still armed with Type 89 rifles, and the only armored units they could utilize were Type 73 trucks. Their fire support was limited to 120mm mortars. Defensively, they couldn't even withstand the most basic 5.56mm rounds, and offensively, they lacked any direct-fire capability. Against the formidable tank, heavy infantry fighting vehicle, light infantry fighting vehicle, and sandbag machine gun wall that the Coastal Combat Brigade had already practiced with, they were practically fighting tanks with their bare hands.

In this stalemate, will Naoto Maeda fall into Li Xinghe's trap?