Chapter 67: Passion Italy
In contrast to Mussolini's self-confidence, opposition to him is constantly emerging in real Italy. In order to appease his anger, Mussolini secretly decided to use his henchman Rossi as a scapegoat to appease the anger of the people.
"Governor Rosso, you have been betrayed by Mussolini, run away!" A close friend of Rossi's quietly reported to Rossi, who was dining at the Holiday Inn Roma, at dinner time.
Rosie, who received the briefing, almost subconsciously thought it was a joke. But when I think about it, my best friend can't joke about the leader's name, and I'd rather believe it than believe it!
The thought that he had been working for Mussolini for 4 years and had done countless dirty jobs for Mussolini, only to be kicked away in the end, Rossi's heart was extremely sad.
That night, the Blackshirts surrounded Rossi's home. This organization that Rossi has grown single-handedly ends up arresting their nurses in turn.
Rossi, who had escaped the police with the help of his close friend, wrote a long letter to Mussolini, denouncing his treachery and announcing the complete severance of relations with him. The day before he was about to send the long letter, he was approached by two men in black suits.
"Mr. Rossi, you can't send a letter denouncing Mussolini." A man in black at the head said in a steady tone.
Hearing this, Rosie was shocked, and before he could send the letter, the other party guessed his next move. It can be seen that the instigator of the other party is a person who has a deep understanding of himself.
Taking a long breath, Rosie tried to calm himself and said, "Now that you have investigated everything about me, you have to kill or scrape." ”
The two men in suits looked at each other and smiled, "Mr. Rossi, why should we kill you." We're here to congratulate you!"
"Congratulations?" Rossi was dumbfounded and said, "Are you here to congratulate me on being pushed to the gallows by this bastard Mussolini?!" ”
"Of course not. We're here to help you get back to the top of your power. A man in black smiled, "You will receive help from Germany and be the hero of this chaos." ”
"What am I going to give?" Although Rossi still had doubts, he had already made up his mind at the moment to seize this opportunity no matter what, and seize the olive branch that God threw at him.
"Join the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany, and we will seal your file and keep it absolutely safe. In addition, as a senior cadre, he joined the German Gestapo branch in Italy. The man in black calmly made this request, which almost made Rossi betray the party and the country.
Unexpectedly, Rossi agreed without hesitation.
Italy is finished, this is the common conclusion reached by the two Gestapos.
Next, the Gestapo Einsatzgruppen was liberated after the Night of the Long Knives, and 300 members were sent to infiltrate Italy to become Rossi's direct Blackshirts. Under the leadership of this unit, more and more blackshirts joined in and launched the White Terror in Italy.
Many members of the Blackshirts even saluted the Roxi Governor, who remained on the wanted list. By the time Mussolini reacted, the wanted Rossi had swept away all opponents for him.
In the name of Mussolini, Rossi ordered the Black Shirts to close down all clubs and meeting halls in the country, disbanded all "troublemaker" organizations, and even banned many secret anti-government organizations (Zhang Chengtian provided a list of Italian "revolutionary groups" summarized by later generations)
The Communists in Italy were brutally imprisoned and entered the Soviet Union with the help of Germany at the friendly suggestion of Germany. Of course, many of these high-ranking cadres were eliminated by the Rossi faction in Italy, and it was some inconsequential grassroots personnel who returned to the Soviet Union. Italy is the bad guy, and Germany is the good guy.
The ignorant Mussolini, on the contrary, thought that Rossi was doing bad things under his banner, clearing the way for himself, and showing loyalty to him. The guilty leader immediately ordered the withdrawal of the wanted "unjust sentence" against Rossi and shot the two responsible persons. At the same time, Rossi, who made great contributions to the fascist regime, was promoted to the post of deputy prime minister of Italy, and regarded him as the second person after himself.
At the request of the Gestapo, even though he resented Mussolini's shameless face, Rossi wrote a letter to Mussolini, praising him as "the heir of the Roman Empire" and "a prophet representing the will of God."
Rossi did for Mussolini what Mussolini would have done in history, and said the praise that Mussolini wanted to boast about in history, which made Mussolini regard Rossi as a confidant for a while. In his opinion, this subordinate, who has been working with him for nearly 5 years, has finally opened his mind.
Subsequently, the whole of Italy took on a false passion under the fascist propaganda machine. The number of fascists more than tripled from 320,000 at the time of the march to 1,020,000. More than 2 million of Italy's more than 4 million young people have joined the Young Vanguard of the Blackshirts. The National Guard, as a fascist force, was blindly expanded to 1 million men, far more than the Wehrmacht and SS next door combined, and of course more than the government army in the hands of the King of Italy.
During the same period, Rossi exported large quantities of wheat to Germany at polar prices, which even affected Italy's grain reserves. But Mussolini, as the leader, stubbornly believed that his deputy was earning foreign exchange for the fascist regime. At a conference, Mussolini praised Rossi for his loyalty and trustworthiness, prompting the Italian food minister, who was about to give advice, to shut up.
In the midst of this passion, the great leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini, had the idea of dominating the Mediterranean and redividing East Africa. A passionate plan was born - to occupy Ethiopia and recreate the majesty of the Roman Empire!
However, Rossi, Italy's loyal and excellent No. 2 man, respectfully suggested to Mussolini that it was better to make long-term preparations for the occupation. In today's Italy, we should first make sufficient preparations in the dark. The Italian people will rally around the voice of the wise leader, and the silent will gather strength and wait for the future to erupt. To this end, Rossi also quoted an old saying from the East: "If you don't make a sound, you will be a blockbuster." ”
The arrogant Mussolini was very fond of Rossi's arguments, which gave him a sense of strategy. As a wise leader, Mussolini adopted this strategy of developing himself "in secret".
In a passion from above, the Supreme Leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini, announced that the future of Italy should have the ability to mobilize 8 million troops under one order, and that it would produce 8 million bayonets, 2 million rifles, and 5,000 cannons within three years.
Mussolini passionately believed that in the future, Italy would become the number one military power in Europe.