The guantong army had achieved initial military objectives against the fendian army. The atmosphere was electric with rumors of plots to take on the home government. A few weeks after violence broke out in manchuria, lieutenant colonel hashimoto conceived a bizarre plan to wipe out the entire government by aerial bombardment of a cabinet meeting. Hashi moto received 20 days confinement from superiorswho did their best to deny that anything untoward had taken place.