Chapter 35: Goebbels (3)

After hearing this, Contini smiled, he knew that Goebbels would not let himself down, and sure enough, he quickly came up with an effective plan - very much to his own appetite.

Antonio's lips moved, but at last he did not say anything to persuade him: one he knew that persuasion would not work; Second, Mussolini has an explanation, and if he doesn't do this, I'm afraid he really won't be able to hold the Socialist Party.

"Doctor, you still keep some, this is Italy, I have a unique advantageous position, it is much more convenient than Germany, and other means can also be used."

"Other means?" Goebbels was stunned, he knew that Contini had hundreds of elite guards in his hands, and he thought that force was going to be used, so he persuaded, "The use of force may complicate the situation." ”

"You can't use force internally, this is the bottom line, we are all intellectuals, we must be civilized." Contini smiled and summoned his administrative secretary, Zakaria.

Seeing this posture, Goebbels finally realized why Contini didn't want to be his own secretary, the other party already had a huge team of secretaries: administrative secretary Zakaria was in charge of daily affairs and itinerary; Enzo, the safety secretary and driver, is responsible for daily traffic and security; Monica, the life secretary, is responsible for the food, clothing, housing and external image display of His Excellency the President; Piero, the secretary of writing, is responsible for writing general texts and daily speeches; Alessandro, Media Secretary and Spokesperson of the United Group, is responsible for media affairs and external communications...... In addition, there are financial secretaries and information secretaries who are responsible for collecting various types of information.

There are more than 20 people in total, constituting a huge secretariat, providing a full set of services such as party affairs, economy, media, life, security, and image.

"Zakaria, you're in charge of two things:

First, inform all the staff and machines of the joint printing service to return to their positions, and in an hour they will be ready to go all out to print the leaflets, and other cooperative printing houses will print together, and the initial printing volume will be 500,000 copies, and I need to be able to ship them all before 9 o'clock tomorrow! You can pick up the sample in half an hour.

Second, inform United Airlines to do all aircraft maintenance, pilots cancel all vacations, all on standby, tomorrow I will send planes to drop leaflets! ”

"I'll do it right away." Zakaria turned and sped away.

"Scattering leaflets?" Antonio was stunned for a moment, "Useful in internal struggles?" ”

"What worked for the Italian soldiers in Corfu, what worked for the Italian people, and what worked for me."

As soon as he heard that he was about to throw the leaflets on Corfu, Goebbels finally understood: Your Excellency the President thinks that I have not made a big deal of it......

Contini wrote the leaflet in less than 5 minutes, and Antonio laughed after reading it: "Young master, you are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!" ”

"The Socialist ass is itching again, it's time to beat!" Contini smiled, "Print 500,000 copies first, and all the big cities will deliver them tomorrow with the newspaper!" The rest was airdropped by airplanes to the citizens and the Corfu defenders, and I don't believe that the old thieves of the Socialist Party could not be controlled! ”

"Tomorrow the council will meet, and the leader will ask me to speak by name......"

"But you're not a member of parliament yet, didn't you say that there will be a by-election next month?"

"So he asked me to speak in the House as a citizen representative, and I wanted to collect 1,000 signatures."

Antonio also laughed: 1,000 signatures is not a matter of hand?

When the House of Representatives met the next day, Contini sat in the gallery – most of the time the parliament was closed to the public, requiring complex applications that could hardly be approved. But Contini's application was different, with a green light all the way, and the more than 100-seat auditorium was filled with the backbone of the youth league – all young men with strong blood and patriotic enthusiasm.

During the morning discussion, Socialist MPs took turns firing on Mussolini's government, accusing Mussolini's government of being overjoyed and causing trouble at every turn, while others pointed out from a neutral point of view that the state's finances could not support a war. From a political point of view, some people believe that Italy is not an opponent of Britain, France and Greece and should be resolved through negotiations......

After arguing all morning, the students in the auditorium were filled with righteous indignation: the British and French were not doing much, and only sent an ambassador to say a few words lightly, and the Socialist Party and some independent non-party personages were in chaos, and they were really in a mess.

"I now give the floor to Mr. Galeazzo Ziano, a candidate for next month's by-election for parliamentarians, a citizen representative and president of the United Group."

Watching him stand up, his old rival Matteotti had an ominous premonition: something was coming.

"I've been listening to it for a long time, and you guys were arguing about whether you should send troops because of defense funding just now?"

The faces of the people were embarrassed, as if they were talking about this verse.

"It's very good, for a small profit, even disregarding the dignity and interests of the country." Contini slapped the table and sarcastically said, "It's not just tens of millions of miles, I'll pay for it!" I will electrify the soldiers on Corfu, and for every day they insist, the United Group will donate 200,000 lire to them, and for a year, I will donate 73 million lire, and if it is not enough, you can add more! ”

There was a buzz in the council, and the temper of the domineering president seemed to be committed again!

Matteotti stood up and responded: "Can this kind of national event be measured by donations, money? ”

Contini ignored him and asked the Minister of War Diaz: "Your Excellency, now that your men have been killed in Greece, some people say that you must not fight, and once you fight, it will be over. What do you want to do with national defense? ”

Diaz was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Yes, we don't dare to fight, what do you want us to do?" Let's just resign and forget it, and the army will be disbanded! ”

The Minister of the Navy hurriedly jumped out: "Isn't it to save money, anyway, I don't dare to use the Navy to fight, I can order the dismantling of all the warships tomorrow, and maybe I can get a few more money by demolishing the hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap steel." ”

Mussolini was also the Minister of the Air Force, and the Vice-Minister was Balbo, who stood up very dissatisfiedly and said: "In this case, it is better for the Air Force to be transferred to civil aviation!" The country doesn't care about us, and United Airlines won't care, right? ”

"They don't dare to ask for it, I want it! They don't dare to fight, I dare to fight! "The dissolution of the army is not the end of the world, I will organize death squads, rebel armies, and fight to the death to defend the highest interests of Italy!" Didn't Garibaldi rise up in the revolution without official support? The Red Shirts got it done! What the predecessors can do, we can't do? Italy's children and grandchildren have come to this point? Even shivering at the sight of Greece? What about the status of a great power? What about the demeanor of the great powers? What about national self-confidence? In the mouth of your Socialist Party, it's all bullshit! ”

In fact, Contini knew that Italy really didn't fight Greece in World War II, but that didn't stop him from bragging about it - 99% of Italians didn't believe they couldn't beat Greece, and that's enough!

"Well said!" Mussolini was the first to stand up and applaud enthusiastically.

Pro-military legislators, regardless of political party, stood up and applauded - this is a hawk who speaks his mind!

Representatives of the Catholic Party and the Nationalist Party also stood up and applauded - this kind of citizen representative who is willing to donate money and is not afraid of war is good!

"Let's go together!" The more than 100 students in the auditorium all stood up, waved their fists and said, "Serve the country, although you have no regrets!" ”

The Socialists, whose faces were pale, were thinking about how to return fire when they suddenly heard a roar, and the planes of the United Airlines flew over the House at an ultra-low altitude, and scattered leaflets in a boiling manner, and it was white outside......