Actions of The Navy
The Navy Ministry resisted the rebels since the morning of February 26. They prepared their building for defence. In the afternoon, they rushed a landing force to Shibaura and Tokyo from Yokosuka Naval District, whose commander in chief was Yonai Mitsumasa and chief of staff was Inoue Shigeyoshi. Also, the IJN 1st Fleet was dispatched to Tokyo bay. On the afternoon of February 27, they were ready to bombard the rebel troops from the sea.
In addition, at 9:40 on February 27, the IJN 2nd Fleet anchored in Osaka Bay for defense. Their duty finished, they returned to their work on February 29th.
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