"Your Majesty, it's a pleasure to meet you." In the royal palace of Italy, the thin Badoglio met the king of Italy in front of him, Vittorio Emanuele III.

When it comes to the triumvirate of the Axis powers of World War II, almost everyone is familiar with it, the leader of the Italian party is Mussolini, but few people have noticed that at Mussolini's head, there is also the King of Italy.

Italy is a country ruled by royal power, the prime minister of Italy, appointed by the king, and the current king, who has been in power for forty years, has experienced the war with Turkey, and has also experienced the First World War, time has carved its mark on his face, he is already a seventy-year-old man.

At this age, people seem to be a little old and confused, such as the current Emanuele III, who has almost become a puppet of Mussolini.

When the Ethiopian War was launched, Emanuele III did not agree, and the British and French were still watching, but he could not control Mussolini's actions, and if Mussolini wanted to do it, the Italian army would do it.

For the past few years, there has been rumors outside, but Badoglio knows that His Majesty the King, his mind is still sharp, and he is now pretending to be confused, just waiting for an opportunity.

And now, he thinks that opportunity has come.

"Badoglio, I heard that Mussolini has expelled you from the army?" The old king, like Badoglio, had a thin face and the same upturned beard, except that the old king's beard had begun to turn white.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we in Italy have not changed for the better in all these years of Mussolini's rule, Mussolini does not have the ability to lead our country, so, I beg you to withdraw your appointment to Mussolini and find a new man to be our prime minister." Badoglio said.

Hearing this, the old king shook his head: "Mussolini has not achieved any results in the past few years, after all, he still has merit for the kingdom, if he resigns, there will be many people who are unwilling." ”

As a king, the ruler of this country, from this point of view, the old king is really too aggrieved to take into account the opinion of the public.

I think that at the beginning, it was the blackshirts who were clamoring and rioting in Rome, and finally the old king had to appoint Mussolini as prime minister and let him form a cabinet.

"But now it's different, in the past few years, Mussolini has no credit, and in the army, everyone is still loyal to His Majesty, not Mussolini." "Mussolini is not capable of leading our country, he should not continue to be in that position!" said Badoglio. Don't worry, Your Majesty, the army will protect the stability of Rome. ”

Badogglio said this, of course, it makes sense, he wants to tell the king that everyone is still loyal to the king, that Mussolini, it is long time to get out!

"Well, what about foreign countries? Now, we are not in charge of our European affairs. ”

Emanuele is definitely not stupid, he certainly knows that the most important thing is the attitude of the German Führer Chirek!

Hitler back then was a student of Mussolini, and if he wanted to move Mussolini, what would Germany think? If Germany does not agree, then its own plot will be bankrupt in a minute, and if it is not good, it will drive him out as a king.

The Italian army, in front of Germany, was also scum.

"When I went to Germany this time, I met Führer Ciric." Badoglio said: "The Führer Cirek was quite dissatisfied with the stubborn Mussolini, and they preferred someone who could do it to be the prime minister of Italy. ”

Badogglio will not forget the conversation between Ciric and himself at that time, Ciric patted him on the shoulder: "Your Excellency, Italy needs a prime minister who can lead Italy to glory, not a party leader who can't do anything, I am optimistic about you!" ”

Badogglio doesn't really have much ambition, and it doesn't matter to him if he doesn't want to be prime minister, or even if he doesn't want to be this marshal, but Italy can't let Mussolini's indiscriminate command and lose its vitality!

Moreover, what made him even more confident was the arrival of the Tenth Army, nominally, the Tenth Army was the most effective unit in Italy, but in fact, these combat effectiveness were created under the leadership of German instructors.

In other words, this army, ostensibly obeying the orders of Rome, served as if something really happened, the German instructors inside gave orders, and the Italian soldiers did not dare not listen, and this almost became the German army.

The Tenth Army is just outside Rome, as long as you raise your arms and shout, the Tenth Army will definitely respond at the behest of Germany, Mussolini, it's time to get out.

Why did Ciric support him? The reason is easy to understand when you think about it, because Mussolini's qualifications are too old, older than that of Hitler, Germany's first head of state.

Young Ciric would not have watched Mussolini put his old credentials there, and Italy still didn't listen to Germany, so they needed a new agent, and the Germans chose themselves.

Badoglio had no choice.

In particular, after his return, Mussolini put all the blame for the defeat on Badoglio, which, as an old marshal, had become unbearable.

"So, what are we going to do with Mussolini?" The old king went on to say to Badoglio: "A demagogue like him, even if he leaves Rome, will continue to fan the flames in Italy and destabilize our country. ”

Then imprison him! Badoglio was just about to say this, when he suddenly understood what the old king meant.

In any case, Mussolini was the leader of the Italian party, and such a person could not be directly deposed by the king, otherwise, the German side would come to Mussolini to find a place to return.

Banishment? Inappropriate, imprisoned? It's not suitable, the only suitable way, there is only one!

I was so stupid, I should have thought about it when I was in Germany!

"At three o'clock this afternoon, Mussolini will come to the palace to report on the latest situation." The old king said, and began to walk back: "I am already old, and everything is beginning to be confused, and the future of Italy depends on a person with qualifications and prestige like you." ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Mussolini came to the palace to report? In that case, Mussolini's route from his official residence to this place was completely certain, and it seems that the old king had long wanted to get rid of Mussolini!

In this case, I can only go out for the sake of Italy's future!