In the later World War II, when Germany was in full swing, Mussolini and Hitler fought hotly, at this time, the king watched from the sidelines, did not say anything, and waited until the Allied counteroffensive and saw that the general trend of Germany had gone, and the king came out to express his position.

After gaining the support of the monopoly bourgeoisie, senior generals of the armed forces, and members of the anti-Mussolini FXS Grand Council, he plotted a coup d'état to end Mussolini's dictatorship. While he sent Princess Josai, the Duke of Aosta, and Marshal Badogglio to secretly contact Britain and the United States in order to gain their support, he entrusted the court minister Daquarone to make contact on his behalf with the two "inverted" groups that had formed in the country at that time.

One of them is headed by the pro-British and American Grandi and Ziano, and is composed of some members of the Great Council of FXS and other leaders of the Fascist Party, and the other is composed of royalists and senior generals of the three armed forces who are close to the royal family, including former Interior Minister Federzoni, former Defense Minister Marshal Diaz, and General Ambrosio, General of the General Staff. They offered to "return the power of the state to the king".

The two groups were opposed to each other, but both idolized the king and accepted his control. After Daquarone mediated, the two sides reached a consensus on ousting Mussolini from power.

At this time, Mussolini was still in the dark, and he was worried about the situation in Italy, and as a result, the palace coup d'état, the king easily ousted Mussolini from power, and Italy, from the Axis powers, suddenly became an Allied power.

Mussolini did all the bad things, and the king had nothing to do with him, just like that, at the end of World War II, Italy became the victorious country, and the Italian king's chess game was really wonderful.

Bet on both sides, and no matter which side wins, Italy will not lose.

And now, Germany is in full swing, Italy will certainly not touch this brow, if Germany thinks Mussolini is unhappy and wants to replace him, the king will definitely watch from the sidelines, as if it is not his own country.

By delegating power, the king did not have to worry about being liquidated afterwards, so to speak, the king was watching Germany manipulate the political situation in Italy.

What else could he do? If he dares to oppose it, it will be easy for Germany to subvert the Italian royal family, just look at Britain.

The main reason is that Mussolini is not interested and refuses to be the younger brother of Germany, so Ciric had to replace him and find a more obedient one to control Italy.

Who is suitable? Of course, it's not Badoglio, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and Badogglio doesn't understand it!

Mussolini is the leader of the Italian party, and when he is gone, the Italian party will naturally have to obey Germany, otherwise, what else can they do? The more chaotic Rome is now, the better it will be for Germany.

Now, it is enough for Germany to sit on the sidelines.

Ciric refocused his gaze on the map, and now, the war against the Soviet Union is about to start, and this blow will be shattering.

Up to now, it has basically been developing along the trajectory of history, and what Shirek needs to do next is to deviate from the previous track of reality, and the war of invasion of the Soviet Union will not be a turning point for Germany, but a new cornerstone.

Half an hour after Mussolini's assassination, Ziano received the news that surprised him immensely.

In later generations, although Ciano was Mussolini's son-in-law, he betrayed Mussolini at the last moment without hesitation, and united with others to imprison Mussolini for no other reason than to be able to live for himself.

Such a person has no loyalty, only interests, including his own interests in marrying Mussolini's daughter.

So, when he heard that Mussolini was gone, he was first surprised, and after the surprise was over, Ziano immediately decided to go to Grandi.

Grandi, who is president of the Italian party's professional caucus, has the power to convene a meeting of the party's general committee at once, and it is now crucial who will fill the vacancy after Mussolini's departure.

"We have to find out who is behind it!" Ziano looked at Grandi and said with grief and indignation: "The conspirators behind the assassination of the party leader must want to come to power and seize the interests of our party!" ”

"Yes, we have to find out who is behind it." Grandi was also quite angry: "However, it is more important for us to immediately elect a new leader, gain the approval of the king, and continue to lead Italy." ”

"Grandi, you're the patriarch of our party, and I think you're a good fit." Ziano said.

Hearing Ziano's words, Grandi was suddenly shocked, who doesn't want to sit in that position? But how could Ziano put himself up?

"As long as you can go up, our party can safely get through this crisis." Ziano continued.

Ciano certainly wanted to be in that position, but he was too young for him to be qualified enough, and the king would not have agreed to a man as young as him as the real ruler of Italy.

Grandi was about to excuse himself and say something, when he saw one of his closest councillors hurrying in: "Oh no, no, I heard that the king is considering appointing Badoglio as prime minister!" ”

Badoglio? The marshal who has already been resigned? Hearing the news, the two immediately reacted: "He must be the murderer behind the scenes, if he is allowed to come to power, our entire party will be finished, and we must stop him!" ”

"Yes, mobilize our Blackshirts and enter Rome at once! Let's get our party members out into the streets, mobilize the masses, organize marches! ”

When Mussolini seized power, he relied on his black shirts to demonstrate everywhere in the city of Rome, and finally the king was forced to agree to let Mussolini be the prime minister.

And now, seeing that their party was in danger, the two of them suddenly thought of this solution.

Badoglio, a man of the army, is non-partisan, if the king makes him prime minister, it is to establish a non-partisan government, which is obviously to crowd out his own side, how can this be!

Today, the Blackshirts have developed into a large organization, just like the SS established by Germany outside the Wehrmacht, and the Blackshirts are Mussolini's private army.

Over the years, the Blackshirts, together with the Italian Army, have fought on various battlefields and are not in Italy, but a few days ago, the Tenth Army, which had just returned from the Middle East, had the well-equipped 3rd Division of the Blackshirts.

Give them orders now!

The two were anxiously waiting for a response, and after more than an hour, the news came that discouraged the two, and without an order signed by the Chief of the General Staff, they refused to carry it out!

Who is the Chief of the General Staff? Isn't that the original commander of the Tenth Army, Garibaldi?

Garibaldi had just been promoted to chief of the General Staff by Mussolini and did not return to the troops after that? Where did he go? It's a real rush!

"Now we can only use the party leader's guard." Ziano said: "We must kill Badoglio so that the king can change his mind." ”