Lefeel's capture of the island of Malta not only became another great pain in Wavell's heart, but also a great blessing for the new Italian Prime Minister Rossi.

Taking advantage of Mussolini's serious injuries, Rossi took down the other major powers in Italy in one go. The King of Italy sent out the forces of Foreign Minister Ziano, but the power of Deputy Prime Minister Rossi grew by leaps and bounds.

When King Emanuele III of Italy finished cleaning up the remnants of Ziano, he was surprised to find that Rossi had already taken advantage of this gap to integrate the major officials and generals under Mussolini before, and almost inherited most of Mussolini's political legacy.

Since it was Ziano who plotted Mussolini, he had nothing to do with Rossi. Therefore, this man who endured humiliation and hated Mussolini the most in all Italy has now taken over a large number of Mussolini's henchmen and forces.

These forces, which were originally attached to Mussolini, were some loyal Blackshirt generals, but also bureaucrats and Italian capitalists whose interests were tied to Mussolini. They were either for Rossi's title of "Mussolini's first confidant" or for another big man to rely on.

For a variety of reasons, they came to Rossi's side together.

But that's not all.

On the naval side, because Rossi had established a deep friendship with the new famous Admiral of the Italian Navy before and after the previous naval war in the Mediterranean, he was supported by almost the vast majority of admirals.

It's not all because of the celebrity around Rossi, Angelo Taune di Lefeer, the Italian admiral who won the British Mediterranean Fleet and became a hero, famous enough to rally the entire Italian Navy.

The reason why Rossi was able to get the support of the vast majority of the admirals through Little Leffel was actually largely due to the face of Old Leffel.

Yes, Angelo Tauné di Lefeel, Italy's new admiral, is not a little person without a background. It can even be said that the reason why he was able to make it all the way to the Italian admiral was because his father's name was Paulo Taune di Lefeer.

Speaking of which, the elder Lefeel also served as the Minister of the Italian Navy and the chief military adviser to King Vittorio Emanuele III, so he had some connections with the royal faction.

And that's not all, the most important thing is that the old Lefehr was the first naval marshal in the history of the Kingdom of Italy and was awarded the title of duke.

In the Italian Navy, so far, they have only one marshal as the elder Lefeel. Its influence is naturally extraordinary.

In short, with the help of Lefeel Jr. and Lefeel Sr., Rossi can be said to have established a rather superior connection with the Italian Navy.

In addition, Rossi took control of the Blackshirts after inheriting Mussolini's mantle, and then controlled the army through the Blackshirts units scattered throughout the army. And the fall of Ziano made the Italian Air Force, which had previously hesitated to try to cooperate with it, turn to Rossi's side.

It is no exaggeration to say that the actions of Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law and the king of Italy, in the end, contributed to the development of Rossi's power, and the dowry for others allowed Rossi to further firmly control the Italian navy, land and air forces.

Rossi's power swelled, making him quickly become the "second Mussolini" of the Kingdom of Italy, causing the royal family to continue to recognize his leadership and give up the position of prime minister that originally belonged to Mussolini to the previous deputy prime minister Rossi.

Shockingly, after Leffel took the island of Malta, Rossi may have wanted to provide a good example and target for the Italian army, navy and air force, or perhaps to show his authority to the king.

This fat deputy prime minister, who has always had a personal influence before, now has great courage, and not long after he sat in the position of prime minister, when everyone thought that he would consolidate power in a stable and low-key manner, he suddenly announced that he would personally promote Admiral Lefel, who took the island of Malta, to the second marshal of the Kingdom of Italy!

This news made a group of people feel very excited.

When people lamented the coincidental contract between the two Italian admirals before and after, who actually had the same surname Lefehr, they also had a trace of admiration for the new prime minister.

There is no doubt that this marshal promotion has rekindled a trace of vitality in the Italian army, which has not been promoted to marshal for a long time.

Once upon a time, they could only see German generals conquering cities and then being promoted to field marshal. However, the Italian army was defeated in many battles and repeatedly lost to the European powers.

This has always been a tragic fact that Italian generals did not want to admit, but had to face.

However, Admiral Leifel defeated the British twice, and the Italian Navy defeated the invincible Royal Navy.

What could be more exciting than that.

Previously, Lefell defeated the fleet of the British general Forbes, severely damaged the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Royal Navy, and captured the first Italian aircraft carrier "Ark Royal". At that time, many people were already very optimistic about Leifehr.

It's just that Mussolini was in power at that time, the fool who always took all the credit for himself and blamed his subordinates for all the faults, and on the one hand snatched the credit from Leifer, and on the other hand criticized and blamed Leifer.

This is clearly the work of an unqualified leader.

Now, Italy has a new prime minister with clear rewards and punishments, and the generals have found that as long as they have military achievements, they can rely on their military achievements to get promotions like Leifeel, although the actual effect on the combat effectiveness of the Italian army may not be large, but it has also had an incentive effect on the Italian generals.

More importantly, it gave the Italian generals the idea of continuing to fight in the war and strive for success.

This is the most important purpose of Rossi.

Because, Reinhardt, the German Führer to whom Rossi was truly loyal, needed the Italians to continue to contribute to the chariot of the Allies.

Not to mention, in the African battlefield, the Italian army has become Rommel's inseparable help.

On the Soviet-German battlefield, Reinhardt even needed Rossi to take out three Italian expeditionary armies as soon as possible to coordinate the operation.

All these things had to be done to encourage the Italian generals to participate.

For Reinhardt, on the one hand, Rossi is grateful for his help in his most difficult time, saving his life. So he swore allegiance to Reinhardt for the rest of his life.

On the other hand, he really did not dare to disobey the German Führer, who controlled the entire Gestapo branch in Italy. Otherwise, Reinhardt would have too many options to choose from if he wanted to take away everything Rossi had now.

Filled with gratitude and awe for the Führer, Rossi continued to play a greater role for the Third Reich in Italy with increasing loyalty.