"Matthew, you go and contact Count Grandi and tell him about our plan. At this time, it doesn't matter if you confess everything, the plan is about to be successfully implemented. Ziano instructed Matthew with some conceit.

In his opinion, Mussolini's motorcade had already set off from the Palazzo Venezia, on its way to inspect a Blackshirt base on the outskirts of Rome.

On the Air Force side, Ziano also managed to secretly win the participation of an entire bomber squadron in the name of the king.

Use a squadron of bombers to deal with an unsuspecting convoy. The success rate is almost 100%!

Therefore, Ziano's conceit is actually very secure.

And the Count of Grandi, who is also a big figure in Italian politics, informed the Count of Grande before the assassination of Mussolini was about to succeed, which was obviously the right thing to do.

Originally, in the square outside the Venetian Palace, a large number of gendarmes and fascist soldiers were always arranged, constantly patrolling back and forth.

Just yesterday, Mussolini, who had just been discharged from the hospital, wore the pale green uniform of the Supreme Commander of the Fascist National Army and put on an unhappy face to re-issue what he thought would boost his morale outside the Venetian Palace.

Unlike Churchill and Reinhardt's speeches, Mussolini refused to allow anyone to polish his speeches after he was discharged from the hospital, and only released a two-hour messy speech based on his own perceptions.

He mentioned the military's ineffective operations, criticized the mistakes in command, and put all the blame on his subordinates. He also referred to the issue of personnel and government positions, saying that public opinion is openly or covertly accusing him of a dire internal and external situation.

In short, as soon as Mussolini was discharged from the hospital, in front of the Italian people, he offended a group of subordinates by relying on various accusations.

In addition, in order to avoid being blamed, Mussolini also concealed from the public that the previous failed decisions were actually made by him in the final analysis, and many of the people he blamed were just a faithful executor.

However, Mussolini's shirking of responsibility naturally quickly offended many people. Among them, the performance of the Count of Grande was particularly excited.

"Oliver, after the Count of Grandi has expressed his support for the overthrow of Mussolini's henchmen, you will go to the Savoy Palace to meet the king and invite His Majesty to come forward with the greatest movement." Ziano, who was sure that the Count of Grandi must be on his side, had even set his sights further afield.

Yes, the King of Italy may seem to be tempted to create a vase, but in reality, the King still nominally has the power to lead and depose Mussolini as Prime Minister.

Because of Ziano's previous methods and efforts, Mussolini did not depose the king of Italy, but only became a powerful prime minister with real power.

And this foreshadowing planted by Ziano is extremely critical and important today.

Although 10 years ago, the vast majority of power in the Kingdom of Italy was already in the hands of the Prime Minister, Mussolini wielded enormous power.

At that time, it seemed that Mussolini's attempt to depose the king was completely futile, and it might even attract opposition from all walks of life, and the gains outweighed the losses.

But at this time, when someone wants to overthrow Mussolini's rule, the role of the Italian royal family is very huge.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Rossi has also been helping Mussolini weaken the Italian royal family's voice, and has found evidence and location of the royal family's private war oil reserves.

However, as long as the king was still alive, the nominal supreme leader of Italy was King Emmanuel III.

As soon as Mussolini died, his henchmen were immediately leaderless.

In addition, Ziano can also divide some of Mussolini's former henchmen. After that, there was a command from the king to control the situation in the country, which was simply logical.

"Count Ziano, rest assured. Mussolini could never have escaped the bombardment of our squadron. An Italian Air Force colonel who participated in the operation also flattered while the iron was hot: "Wait for our Italian ...... As soon as the prime minister dies, it's up to you to lead Italian politics. ”

Ziano was very satisfied with the colonel's flattery, and said with a smile: "This assassination is for Italy to have a bright future, I just accepted the mission entrusted to me by history." ”

"Yes, yes, of course." The colonel happily continued to flatter.

This situation is very similar to when Ziano flattered Mussolini in the first place. It's just that the person who slapped the sycophant at the beginning has now become the object of the sycophancy.

The Colonel had guessed right, and once Ziano's plan went smoothly, the king would undoubtedly give the foreign minister a further reward when the merit was finally rewarded.

The power of the previous prime minister is obvious to all in Italy. Ziano, the future next prime minister, will at least still exist even if his power is reduced.

Curry favor with Ciano in advance, and the colonel's future life will naturally be much better. I don't expect more, and I didn't run away from the appointment of the rank of the officer.

"Let's wait for the results."

Although Ziano said this, he was actually full of confidence, and he was not worried that the result would go wrong.

If a bomber squadron is not successful in attacking a convoy without any anti-aircraft firepower, the odds are simply smaller than a golden pie falling from the sky.

Sure enough, Ziano immediately went on to say to the Air Force colonel: "You have performed well, you are a buried talent." When this is over, I'll give you a good promotion. ”

The promises made after the completion of the matter were released in advance, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ziano's heart was really not as calm and low-key as he said.

And so on? Are you kidding!

Although Ziano said anything and other results, he was pretending to be modest.

While he was talking with the colonel, Mussolini's motorcade was already on its way back to the Palazzo Venezia. And it won't be long before the bomber squadron, which has just taken off, will appear above the head of the dear leader.

Ziano really wanted to see what his father-in-law, who was always conceited to the point of stupidity, and put on a terrible and coaxing face all day long, would show when he saw a bomb raining down from the sky.

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PS: Questions were raised about the formation of the SS, and here a little force is explained. Because the German SS originally used the Old Oriental establishment to pretend to be a militia system, their establishment was also slightly different from that of the Wehrmacht.

For example, an infantry squad of the Wehrmacht likes to be arranged according to 12 people, and a platoon has four squads of more than 50 people.

However, due to the 10-man formation that the SS had been using as a basis, they had only 10 men in a squad.