Chapter 1096 The Mantis Catches the Cicada and the Oriole Behind

In the later World War II, when Germany was at its height, Mussolini and Hitler fought fiercely. At this time, the king watched and said nothing. When the Allied forces counterattacked and saw that the German general situation was over, the king came out to express his position.

He planned a coup to end Mussolini's dictatorship after gaining the support of the monopoly bourgeoisie, senior generals of the armed forces and members of the anti-Mussolini fxs grand committee. While sending Princess José, the Duke of da Aosta and Marshal Bagdoglio to secretly contact the United Kingdom and the United States to obtain their support, he commissioned the Minister of the Court da Cuarone to represent him with the established domestic alliances at that time. Two "ink pour" groups make contact.

One of them is headed by the pro-British and American Grandi and Ciano, and is composed of some members of the fxs grand committee and other leaders of the fascist party. Interior Minister Federzoni, former Defense Minister Marshal Diaz and Chief of General Staff General Ambrosio, among others. They proposed to "return the power of the state to the king".

These two groups are opposed to each other, but both idolize the king and accept his control. After the coordination of Da Quarone, the two sides reached a consensus on ousting Mussolini from power.

At this time, Mussolini was still in the dark, and he was worried about the situation in Italy. As a result, in the palace coup, the king easily ousted Mussolini from power, and Italy was also ruled by the Axis powers. , suddenly became an ally.

The bad things were all done by Mussolini, and the king had nothing to do with him. In this way, after the end of World War II, Italy became a victorious country. The king of Italy played this chess really well.

Betting on both sides, no matter which side wins, Italy will not lose.

And now, Germany is in full swing, of course Italy will not touch this brow. If Germany feels unhappy with Mussolini and wants to replace him, the king will definitely sit on the sidelines and watch the fun, as if it is not his own country. Same.

When the king delegated power, he didn't have to worry about being liquidated afterwards. It can be said that the king was watching Germany manipulate the political situation in Italy.

What can he do? If he dared to object, it would be easy for Germany to subvert the Italian royal family, just look at Britain.

The main reason was that Mussolini was ignorant and refused to be Germany's younger brother, so Cyric had to replace him and find someone more obedient to control Italy.

Who is suitable? Of course it's not Badoglio. Badoglio doesn't understand the truth that the mantis catches the cicada or the oriole behind!

Mussolini is the leader of the Italian party. When he is gone, the Italian party will naturally have to obey Germany. Otherwise, what can they do? The more chaotic Rome is now, the better it is for Germany.

For now, it is enough for Germany to simply watch from the sidelines.

Cyric focused his gaze on the map again. Now, the war against the Soviet Union is about to start, and this fight will be a shock.

Up to now, it has basically been developing along the trajectory of history. What Cyric needs to do next is to make reality deviate from the previous trajectory. The war of invading the Soviet Union cannot be a turning point for Germany, but a new cornerstone.

Half an hour after Mussolini was assassinated, Ciano received this shocking news.

In later generations, although Ciano was Mussolini's son-in-law, at the last moment, he betrayed Mussolini without hesitation, and joined others to imprison Mussolini for no other reason than for It is human instinct to be able to survive on your own.

Such a person has no loyalty, but only interests, including his own interests in marrying Mussolini's daughter as his wife.

Therefore, when he heard that Mussolini was gone, he was surprised at first, and after the surprise was over, Ciano immediately decided to go to Grandi.

Grandi, the head of the Italian party's caucus, has the power to convene the party's grand committee immediately, and now it is crucial who fills the vacancy after Mussolini's departure.

"We must find out the real murderer behind the scenes!" Ciano looked at Grandi and said with grief and indignation: "The party leader was assassinated, and the conspirators behind must want to come to power and seize the interests of our party!"

"Yes, we must find out the real culprit behind the scenes." Grandi was also quite angry: "But, more importantly, we must immediately elect a new leader, gain the king's approval, and continue to lead Italy. "

"Grandi, you are the elder of our party, I think you are very suitable." Ciano said.

Hearing Ciano's words, Grandi's heart was shocked. Who wouldn't want to sit in that position? But how could Ciano choose himself?

"As long as you can go up, our party can get through this crisis safely," Ciano continued.

Of course Ciano wanted to be in that position, but he was too young, he didn't have enough qualifications, and the king wouldn't agree that a young man like him would become the real ruler of Italy.

Grandi still wanted to resign and said something, and saw one of the closest MPs hurried in: "No, no, I heard that the king is considering appointing Bagdoglio as prime minister! "

Bagdoglio? The marshal who has been fired? Hearing the news, the two immediately reacted: "He must be the murderer behind the scenes. If we let him come to power, our entire party will be ruined. We must stop him!"

"Yes, immediately mobilize our black shirts and enter Rome! Let our party members take to the streets, mobilize the masses, and organize parades!"

When Mussolini seized power, he relied on the black-shirted army under his command to demonstrate everywhere in the city of Rome. In the end, the king was forced to agree to let Mussolini be the prime minister.

But now, seeing that their party was in danger, the two of them thought of this solution at once.

Bagdoglio is a member of the army and has no party affiliation. If the king makes him prime minister, he will establish a non-partisan government, which is obviously to crowd out his own side, how can this be!

The current black shirt army has developed into a large-scale organization, just like the SS established by Germany outside the Wehrmacht, the black shirt army also belongs to Mussolini's private army.

Over the years, the Black Shirts and the Italian Army have fought on various battlefields, not in Italy. However, a few days ago, the Tenth Army, which had just returned from the Middle East, had a well-equipped 3rd Division of the Black Shirts.

Give them an order now!

The two were anxiously waiting for an answer. More than an hour later, the news came to discourage them. Without the order signed by the chief of staff, they refused to execute it!

Who is the chief of staff? Isn't that the original commander of the Tenth Army, Garibaldi?

Garibaldi had just been promoted to Chief of the General Staff by Mussolini and did not return to the troops after that? Where did he go? Really anxious to death!

"Now we can only use the leader's guard." Ciano said: "We must kill Bagdoglio, so that the king can change his mind."