Ziano's authority in Italy has long been no secret. Even Mussolini knew very well that his son-in-law, relying on his father-in-law, the prime minister, had been threatening for a long time.

It is true that Ziano is a good foreign minister, but he is not a good subordinate.

Although Ziano gave Mussolini advice, solved a lot of troubles, and avoided a lot of risks. However, his utilitarianism is too heavy, and a foreign minister cannot satisfy his ambitions.

But this time, Ziano was preparing to go further, and even his two most trusted cronies felt too impatient.

Mussolini, because he was hospitalized many times ago, has indeed declined in his control over most of the country's government affairs. However, the slipped part did not fall into Ziano's pocket, but was collected by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Rossi.

At present, the political situation in Italy is actually very complicated.

On the one hand, although Mussolini was divided between Ziano and Rossi twice, he was still the leader of Italy after all, with a strong voice and many cronies.

On the other hand, Rossi took advantage of Mussolini's many hospital admissions and took over some important domestic institutions.

In the "Ballista Operation" of the British army's sneak attack on Port Oran, France, Rossi single-handedly supported Admiral Leffel in the Italian Navy, dispatching 2 capital battleships, 2 Dreadnought-class battleships, 3 "Zara"-class heavy cruisers, 4 "Jusano"-class light cruisers, and 12 destroyers of various types, which severely damaged a part of the British Mediterranean Fleet in one fell swoop, plus all of the British task force, and captured a large number of high-quality warships, including the aircraft carrier Ark Royal.

This battle was the toughest battle Rossi had ever had.

And what Rossi used various means to make up at that time was also the essence of the entire Italian Navy.

In the First World War in the Mediterranean, Italian Admiral Lefere became famous and became a generation of famous generals in the Italian Navy. And Italy's most belligerent admiral also reached a certain degree of friendship with Rossi.

In addition, Mussolini's later punishment of Lefeel, a great hero, and Rossi's special sending to greet him. Today's Lefehr, and the obvious inclination towards Deputy Prime Minister Rossi.

And with the support of Leffel, who is growing in the navy, Rossi undoubtedly has a lot of help in the navy.

As for Mussolini, he relied on the Italian Blackshirts, which were full of his cronies, and then controlled the Italian army power, that is, he had the Italian army as the backing.

Right now, there is only Ziano's manpower, and he is still only in politics.

For Ziano, his popularity and connections in the military are almost equal to zero.

Fortunately, Ziano is also a scheming "shepherd", and he naturally will not allow himself to be left without a little backhand.

Therefore, in last year's Franco-Italian war, Ziano took the initiative to win the position of commander of the bomber squadron of the Italian Air Force in Pisa, part-time as half of the "Soldier Minister".

On the surface, this is Ziano showing his loyalty to Mussolini and expressing his determination to support Mussolini's war against France.

In fact, however, Ziano, who had always opposed the war with France, was the second course he took after he was convinced that Mussolini would not agree to avoid going to war.

The navy has always been the target of the deputy prime minister, Rossi, and the army is controlled by the leader Mussolini through the Black Shirts, and he Ziano can only attack the air force if he wants to get the help of the military class.

Fortunately, although in the Italian-French war, Army General Gambal was humiliated. However, the air force under the command of Ziano was carrying out all the set goals smoothly.

Although it was also because the French Air Force was almost pinned down in the north by the Luftwaffe and had no time to go south. However, it also contributed to Ziano's reputation.

At least, Ziano was in the Air Force, and the Air Force did not lose.

Afterwards, Ziano also boasted in private: "Isn't the main force of the French army also pinned down by the Germans in the north, and our army used 32 divisions to attack 5 French divisions, and it also failed." At the end of the day, I still contributed a lot to the victory of the Air Force. ”

And the reason why Ziano said this is precisely to prepare for his good relationship in the Air Force in the future.

Ziano saw very clearly that in today's Italian military circles, Rossi and Mussolini are actually cronyism. Of course, this is something that any senior leader would do. Ziano himself did the same in the Foreign Office.

After all, what is most needed to lead a group is results. The most basic thing is to be able to command everyone under your hands.

No one can command, and it is impossible for the results to come out.

As for the supremacy of ability and the theory of meritocracy, that is all nonsense.

Isn't it true that competence always comes below loyalty, not only in Italy, but also in Germany?

In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is connected with the international community, Ziano also knows a little about the personnel arrangements within Germany.

He could see that although the German Führer Reinhardt had also promoted Guderian and Manstein to other capable generals.

But at the very core, such as the commander-in-chief of the SS, Steve, although his ability is there, but it does fall short of most of the senior German generals.

Then there is the German minister Ross, who had a lot of contact with Ziano, and this person is known as Reinhardt's first confidant. But in Ziano's eyes, it is not difficult to find that after contact, it is just a fanatic who worships Reinhardt madly, and his ability is really limited.

It can be seen that only fools are meritocracy, and they do not vigorously promote their henchmen at all.

Ziano, who has been ambitious since childhood, believes that he can be a leader to be more or less capable. In order for him to be a good leader, what he needs is not to promote a group of people to be his own brains and think for himself. What he wants is some good hands and feet, and he can faithfully carry out his instructions.

But for now, whether it is Ziano or the deputy prime minister Rossi, they are still staring at the titles of Mussolini's cronies, and in the final analysis, the confidence is still slightly inferior.

In the Royal Italian Air Force, Ziano has thrown a lot of money into it and won over a group of generals.

But that's not enough!

Now that time has left him to continue to buy people's hearts slowly, the best option is to obtain the support of the King of Italy first, and use this relationship to further win over the Italian Royal Air Force and his own contact.

Finally, if you can mobilize a bomber squad from the air force, see the right time to take out Mussolini.

When the king appoints a new prime minister, it will be time for him Ziano to ascend to the sky!