The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 408

A well-trained and committed soldier.Sophisticated and advanced weapons with a huge number.Voice of support in international politics...

As the loyal leader of the Gestapo in Italy, it is not a problem for Rossi to get any reasonable assistance from the Third Reich.

The three consecutive questions before have convinced Rossi that Mussolini's days are not long.And the next thing to do is to turn everything that once belonged to Mussolini into his Rossi's!

It is not difficult to successfully accept the fruits of power transfer.

Originally, there were only two major groups in the conspiracy against Mussolini in the Kingdom of Italy.

One of them is the leaders of the fascist party with Grandi and Fu Taiyi as the backbone, including Ciano.These people were previously attached to Mussolini, and their power was huge but limited.

The other centered on the Italian General Staff, which consisted of senior generals with ties to the royal family, including the Chief of Staff, General Ambrosio.These people formed their own forces and were used by Mussolini before, but they had a high degree of autonomy.

If you want to talk about the direct planners of the assassination of Mussolini, Rossi can basically confirm that it was Ciano's faction who did it.

Because the all-knowing and all-powerful head of state of Germany took the time to meet with Rossi alone after a meeting in Italy, and comprehensively analyzed the internal situation in Italy.

At that time, Rossi could hardly believe that, as a German leader, Reinhard would know so much about the various forces in Italy.

If it were another person, Rossi would not believe all that.However, the one who told Rossi everything was precisely the head of the Third Reich, the man who was best at predicting and performing miracles in the world.

Moreover, everything that Reinhardt said was extremely accurate, and it was no different from many things that Rossi knew.

From Reinhardt, Rossi learned that the two major groups in Italy that had just formed at that time wanted to overthrow Mussolini from power.Although the two cabals were independent of each other, they were both under the control of a foreign individual at the same time.

Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy, is far less incompetent than he appears.

Behind the scenes, Vittorio Emanuele III, through the court minister, the Duke of Acquarone, maintained close contact with the personnel of the two conspirators at the same time, guiding and instructing.

Among the two major conspiracy groups, the General Staff Group, which is close to the royal family, is naturally hidden deeper and more trusted by the king.

Maybe, the Ciano Group was completely unaware of the existence of the General Staff Group, but the General Staff Group learned about the formation of the Ciano Group from the king early on.

In the event of such an important and high-risk operation as the assassination of Mussolini, the king will undoubtedly guide the Ciano Group, which is not so close to him, to do it.After things are done, even if the Ciano Group is found out and wiped out, that's exactly what he wants.

As a result, both the Mussolini Group and the Ciano Group derived from Mussolini's command were destroyed, and Vittorio Emanuele III could just appoint a person he could trust in the General Staff Group Inaugurated as the new Prime Minister.

After that, the power of the Kingdom of Italy will return to his hands.Italy will once again become the Italy of the Italian royal family!

Therefore, Rossi can almost believe that Ciano probably presumptuously met the king and volunteered to assassinate Mussolini, thus intending to borrow the name of the king to gain power.But he was actually used by the king in reverse, becoming a pawn that was thrown away when it was used up.

It's just that Vittorio Emanuele III would never have imagined that their wonderful plan today would have been figured out by Rossi, a powerful secret force.

After Mussolini died completely, it was neither the Ciano Group, which thought it was smart, nor the General Staff Group, which was closer to the king and hid deeper.The one who won the supreme power of the Kingdom of Italy can only be led by Rossi, the deepest secret police branch of the Third Reich in Italy!

Body 6 Chapter [-] Give the Germans a division at most

Rome, Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Perhaps because of a guilty conscience, Ciano, who planned the assassination, did not have the courage to go to the hospital to visit the surviving Mussolini.

He just took Oliver to visit him, and came back to inquire about the news.

Even if no one knew that Ciano did it, even if he thought he had hidden deep enough, but at this time, he still didn't want to get close to Mussolini and the unknown danger.

Ciano couldn't figure it out. Why didn't Mussolini be killed on the spot after using a whole bomber squadron? !

On Ciano's forehead, there were clearly visible beads of sweat overflowing.The entire office was eerily quiet.Everyone present is waiting for a result, a result that will determine their fate.

A rush of phone calls interrupted the tranquility of the office.

Everyone stared at the phone suddenly.The tense atmosphere made them swallow involuntarily.

As the central figure among them, Ciano, the chief planner of the entire assassination operation, naturally had to answer the call himself.

A moment later, a burst of relieved and excited laughter broke out on Ciano's face.

"He's finished!" Ciano yelled violently.

Beside him, the air force colonel who participated in the assassination took a small step forward and was about to ask Ciano for details.

But before he could speak, Ciano repeated loudly again: "Mussolini is finished! Whether it is the doctors of San Giovanni Hospital or the medical expert team brought by Rossi himself, it has been concluded that Mussolini Rini has a few days to live."

"You mean..." Air Force Colonel said excitedly.

"We did it!" Ciano laughed wildly.

A burst of long-suppressed cheers immediately resounded through the small office of the foreign minister.

At this moment, all Ciano faction people felt a burst of heartfelt relief.They no longer have to worry about lowering their voices in the office anxiously.

Although this is the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ciano's territory, it is impossible for anyone to hear their conversation.But when everyone was talking before, everyone lowered their volume intentionally or unintentionally.

Now, everything has finally become a thing of the past, there is no longer any need for them to worry about.In a few days, everyone in this group will step up to the sky and take over the power that Mussolini held tightly in their hands before. At that time, they will no longer need to fear anyone, and they will soon become the leader of Italy New owner!

As Ciano's first trusted aide in this assassination plan, Matthew who stayed in the office breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It seems that we Italy can finally get off the sinking wreck of Germany. "

After all, everyone knows that Ciano is the one who least wants to get together with the Germans.As early as during the Polish campaign, he made it clear that he wanted to keep a proper distance from the Germans.

Matthew's words just hit Ciano's heart.After listening, Ciano also smiled with relief: "I have long seen that the reason why the Germans formed an alliance with us is only because we can contain some enemy troops and reduce the pressure on the German front. Apart from this, there is no other other reasons."

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads.Among them, there is the admiration for Ciano's unique vision, and the dedication to the future new prime minister.

Seeing that everyone was nodding in praise of his own analysis, Ciano said with more interest: "The Germans didn't care about our fate at all. Because they know that they are the ones who decide the war, not us. And When the war is over, what they promised to leave us is only some unnutritious leftovers."

In fact, it was precisely because of Ciano's exposure that Reinhardt had already guessed that he could no longer count on Usolini to act in sync with him.However, he still wanted to tie Yusolini.

So he also said some classic quotations to Mussolini.

Before the Polish campaign, Reinhardt vowed sincerely to Mussolini that he was personally honored "to have been born in a time when, besides himself, another statesman has gone down in history as a great and unique figure. It was his great personal fortune to be associated with such a man.

Reinhardt also assured Mussolini that "when the time comes for the common war, whatever happens, he will keep the water at the leader's side."

This hit Mussolini's heart very much.

Although Reinhardt wanted to go to war, he did not say that Mussolini was going to go to war, and then he just stood beside Mussolini and participated in the war together.

Such a kind of brazen act of pretending to do what one wants to do is actually very clumsy.But coincidentally, Mussolini really wanted war just as Reinhardt said.In this way, regardless of Reinhardt's intentions, he fulfilled what Mussolini intended.

In this way, Reinhardt really pulled Mussolini, and by the way, the whole of Italy, and entered World War II.

"Some time ago, Ribbentrop actually contacted me in secret, hoping that Italy could send three expeditionary troops of the Army Group to the Eastern Front to join the German army in the Soviet invasion force." Ciano said more and more excitedly: " Why should we go to war with the Soviet Union for the benefit of the Germans!"

"That's right, Mussolini, for the sake of Italy's prestige in the Allies, agreed to the demands of the Germans. Prime Minister Ciano would definitely not agree to such a silly reason!"

Knowing that Mussolini was in danger, Ciano's subordinates naturally changed their names.

Although they didn't call Mussolini a leader before, at least they had to use a relatively neutral word like prime minister.But now, the Foreign Ministry official, who is Ciano's confidant, spoke again and directly called Mussolini by his name.