It was not until 15 hours after the "February 26 incident" occurred, that is, at 8: 00 pm 15, that the outside world learned about it through the news released by the War Department and the news broadcast temporarily. The midday broadcast only reported the news that the Tokyo and Osaka stock markets were temporarily suspended. However, newspapers are not subject to this restriction. Shortly after the incident, all kinds of sporadic news spread to newspapers, such as the attack on Konoha and the assassination of Gao Qiao. "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun" received a telephone order from the police and insurance bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at around 6: 00 a.m., prohibiting the publication of all relevant news. At about nine o'clock, several officers and about fifty soldiers who attacked the Prime Minister's official residence and Tibetan private houses launched an attack on the "traitor" Asahi Shimbun, rushed into the typesetting workshop on the second floor and destroyed all the letterpress boxes and typesetting tools. After that, they took a prepared statement about this matter and went door to door to publish it in major newspapers. It wasn't long before the martial law headquarters issued an order prohibiting reporting this matter, so it was not published.
Earlier, the news released by the army said that "some young officers launched an attack around 5 am", reported the location, target and result of the attack, and quoted some statements to explain the purpose of these people launching the incident. There are two mistakes in the report. One is that Prime Minister Okada died on the spot. The second is that Gao Qiao was injured in Tibet. The former mistake was due to mistaking others for Prime Minister Okada, and the latter was deliberately reported in consideration of its impact on the economic community. It can be seen that the impact on Japan's economy is an important factor in dealing with this incident in the future, which deserves attention. Moreover, three veterans of the navy have become targets of assassination, and the navy's confrontational psychology against the army must be taken into account. These two factors do not allow the military leadership to be indecisive in dealing with this incident for a long time. Chuan Dao Ryunoyuki took his time at the cabinet meeting on 29th, but after listening to the speech made by Tadashi Machida, Minister of Commerce and Industry who is also Minister of Tibet, he was surprised and his attitude immediately turned to resolute and immediate suppression. The main content of Machida's speech, which frightened Chuan Dao, was: "If the incident is handled for a long time, there will be a run, and the bank will have to pay the withdrawal fee to the depositors, which is bound to suffer a devastating blow. Foreign currency exchange will also be affected, and Japan will completely collapse in the international economic community. " The emperor's understanding of this point is very sensitive and correct, which can be clearly seen from the diary of Shimonoseki on February 29th. He wrote: "According to the performance of the Acting Minister of Tibet in Machida on the 28th, Your Majesty was worried about the economic impact of the incident and even suspended overseas foreign exchange transactions. Today, I know that the Holy One hopes to clean up the situation as soon as possible and minimize the impact. " On the naval side, at about 10 in the morning, officers above the judge in the naval province were summoned to the main entrance of the first floor of the building. Fu Jian, the military minister, and Gong Bogong, the king, revealed the meaning of the Emperor on the steps and said that they would take a tough attitude towards the incident. At noon, Fumimi Palace sent an emergency radio signal to the joint fleet that was conducting exercises off the coast of Tosa. More than 40 warships of the joint fleet, under the leadership of the flagship door number, sailed into the offshore of Taitai in Tokyo Bay at 4 pm the next day, lined up and aimed their guns at downtown Tokyo. Marine Corps of Yokosuga's First Mine Clearance Team landed in Tokyo's Zhipu area. The actual action to suppress the incident began. Just after eight o'clock in the evening, Soeda Sobu's chief of staff put forward a tough protest on the "Notice of the Secretary of the Army".
The first snow this year and this month is the first heavy snow in 49 years. It snowed all day and night, and the snow reached 2 1.8 cm. All the troops involved in the "February 26th Incident" assembled at Ugly Time (65438+ 0-3 midnight) and arrived at their respective targets at 5: 00 in the morning (however, the teams that attacked Director Watanabe's education and Minister Saito didn't take action until about an hour later), with the password of "Mountain, River", "Respect for the king, and eliminate rape". Armed with a large number of weapons (including 25 heavy machine guns, 43 light machine guns, 1044 rifles and 95,000 bullets), they walked out of the camp gate majestically and plunged into the snow. Among them, the empire sent junior officers 2 1 person (and rural officers 1 person, non-soldiers 1 person) to lead about 1 400 corporal and soldiers, including squadrons of the first and third infantry companies of the first division (the main force is the first and third infantry companies of the first division/kloc-0) Except for the troops that attacked Konoha and Watanabe, all the other troops reached the target position on foot. The "results" of the attack are as follows: former Prime Ministers Seiji Saito, Kizo Gao Qiao and Minsi Watanabe, the director of education, were assassinated in their respective apartments and died on the spot; Attendant Kantas Suzuki was seriously injured in the official residence; At that time, Prime Minister Okada was in his official residence, and former Minister of Interior Konoha lived in a hotel in Tangheyuan. None of them were hurt. When rebel soldiers rushed into the courtyard of the Prime Minister's residence, the 68-year-old Prime Minister, who had heard rumors of the coup, collapsed on the bed and said fatally, "They have finally come." But Okada's secretary and brother-in-law Matsuo Kawazo wouldn't let him do anything. Matsuo just pulled Okada out of bed, pushed him into the bathroom with guards, and then ran into the yard, shouting "Long live the emperor". Because Matsuo looks similar to Okada, the rebels mistakenly thought he was the prime minister. Captain Kurihara, who was in charge of the team, immediately ordered Matsuo to be shot and killed. He was not at ease and found a maid to identify him. The maid confirmed that the deceased was Okada. The next afternoon, with the help of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Okada put on a mask and sunglasses, disguised as undertaker, mixed in the funeral procession and escaped from the Prime Minister's residence occupied by the rebels. Makino Nobuaki is because after the hotel where he stayed was set on fire, the commander of the attack team mistook the sonic boom for a shot that killed Konoha. In fact, the real targets of the rebels are the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of Staff. Gao Qiao and Watanabe joined in the final stage of the assassination plan. It seems that "achievement" is very small. In addition to Saito, Okada, Suzuki and Konoha (all members of the palace hall except Okada) saved their lives.