At this time, the other 3 gliders also landed safely, but when they glided over the rocks, the crew of the aircraft was assembled and none of them were injured. However, one glider crashed into the jungle and rocks because it did not find a landing site, causing heavy casualties. The remaining five gliders glided towards the valley and the cable car platform.

Wang Ding led the team into the hospital. In the transept by the door, an Italian soldier was sitting in front of the radio ready to make a report. Wang Ding kicked over his seat and smashed the radio station with the butt of his gun. At this time, Wang Ding saw a balcony outside, and he jumped out on the shoulders of one of the team members.

Suddenly, he found that in the opposite window, Mussolini was watching the attack in a daze, like a soldier guarding him. During the period since his arrest, he has been detained in many places, and he has become numb to everything, and Wang Ding hurriedly shouted in German:

"Jump out of the window!"

Mussolini was stunned, and his haggard face showed a look of doubt. The arriving commandos poured into the hotel in droves, exchanged fire with the guards, and dispersed the reinforcements rushing from down the hill. The resistance of the Italian army ended in a few moments.

Wang Ding ran up the nearby steps, rescued Mussolini from two young Italian officers, and ordered the commando, Lieutenant Schbel, to protect Mussolini and go to a room to rest first.

By this time, all 10 gliders had landed, and all the Italian soldiers, led by a colonel, surrendered. So far, the whole rescue process has only taken 4 minutes.

Wang Ding came to Mussolini's room, ran to the bearded former head of the Italian government, and gave a military salute: "Honorable leader, my president Wang Hengyue and the German Führer Hitler ordered me to rescue you, you are free!" ”

Mussolini was overjoyed, hugged Wang Ding tightly and said, "I know that my friends Wang and Adolf will not abandon me!" ”

He choked up and couldn't speak again.

Interestingly, General Cujeri, who was in charge of guarding Mussolini, also came to the Great Sasso by chance on this day, and unfortunately also obediently became a prisoner of the German army.

Now the question that remains is how to get Mussolini from the top of the hill to Hitler.

Wang Ding was unable to make contact with Aquila Airport by radio, so he did not know if the rescue plane was actually waiting there, so he had to call a light "Lufthansa" plane to land near the cable car platform in the valley below, according to the backup plan. The plane came, but the landing gear was damaged during the landing and could not take off again. Now there is only one chance left: Captain Glock, a German pilot with a license, is flying a "Fusseler Bird" plane circling the hill for reconnaissance. Wang Ding signaled to him to prepare for a test landing.

Everyone, including Mussolini, took matters into their hands to remove the wreckage of the crashed glider and some small pebbles from the tiny field, and then Glock made a trial landing. In the thin air, the Fusseler Bird quickly slid sideways at an almost stall speed, and then came to an uphill halt on the sloping landing field without damage. Luckily, Wang Ding let out a long breath.

In case the plane is damaged and cannot take off, then this small landing field will really become a garbage heap, and they will really not be able to leave.

The next step was for Mussolini to escape on this plane. Glock believed that this small plane could only carry one person, and it was impossible to carry two "heavyweights" at the same time, Mussolini and Wang Ding.

However, Wang Ding did not want to share the honor that had already been received by others, and he insisted that he must fly away with the plane. After negotiation, the pilot, Glock, realized that the daring eccentric must have a tough man behind the scenes, so the three climbed into the plane parked on the edge of the inclined landing field.

The site was too small for the plane to reach the speed required for take-off, and something else had to be found. Glock had the 12 soldiers gather around the small fuselage, gripped the wings hard, spread their legs, and pulled the plane backwards. Glock stepped on the brakes and maxed out the engine throttle. When he let go of the brakes and signaled the 12 soldiers to let go, the plane slammed forward and then slid downhill with a roar.

The landing gear hit a large pebble, but Glock finally kept the plane steady. Before it could fully accelerate, the plane had already slid off the edge of the cliff and fell headlong into the valley!

Mussolini covered his eyes in horror

This is the only way Glock thinks it works. The plane is not accelerated enough and forcibly pulls up, which can only cause the plane to stall and crash, and the aircraft can only be effectively controlled by letting the plane dive to the bottom of the hill to gain flight speed. Glock deserved to be an ace pilot, and slowly, the nose of the plane finally pulled up.

The "Fusseler Strange Bird" aircraft is small and slow, and it arrives at Pratek. At Mare Airport, it was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mussolini and Wang Ding hurriedly transferred to a German "Heinkel" bomber and flew towards Vienna.

That night, they stayed at the Imperial Hotel. Jiang Baili, Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Keitel, and others called one after another to congratulate them.

The next day, Mussolini flew to Munich to meet his wife and two children, who had fled Italy. On 8 October, he was reunited with Hitler in Rastenburg.

The raid was successful. Wang Ding was awarded the Knight's Cross by Hitler for this. Congratulatory telegrams poured into him, and in Berlin and Vienna, celebrations were held one after another. The Berlin newspapers called Wang Ding's surprise attack "the devil's masterpiece."

"You're doing a great job." Jiang Baili also had a smile on his face: "This is a successful rescue. Chunxuan, I congratulate you! ”

"Thank you!" Wang Ding's body stood straight. Then he asked his own question: "Marshal, what I don't understand is why it is necessary to rescue Mussolini? Me and Fritz. Klingenberg agreed that Italy might be better off if it had been led by a different person. ”

"Maybe worse?" Jiang Baili asked him rhetorically: "We need to maintain the status quo in Italy, what we need is not how the Italian army is brave and good on the battlefield, but a dictator who continues to rule the country." ”

"Yes, I see." Wang Ding replied loudly.

Mussolini was rescued, but the Bardolio government had surrendered to the Allies, and the time had come for a definitive solution to the Italian problem.

Although Bardolio secretly surrendered to the Allies, he also promised China and Germany that Italy would never betray the Axis powers.

But Italy has lost the trust of both China and Germany

These stupid Italians, Germany was at a disadvantage before, but with the strong intervention of the squadron, the European battlefield has undergone extremely significant changes, and Italy chose to betray its allies at this time, and their approach is simply unreasonable.

However, this kind of unreasonable stupidity is what China and Germany want to see the most.

On October 9, the day after Mussolini's escape, Italy's former dictator, with the support of the Chinese and German governments, established a new government on the shores of Lake Saro, 500 kilometers north of Rome.

"March to Rome!"

Under the call of such slogans, a large number of Chinese and German troops began to set up an offensive posture against Rome.

The Bardolio government, which had completely mispredicted the form, was so frightened that they hurriedly pledged their allegiance to the Chinese and German sides, but it was no longer useful.

The Bardolio government, having lost the trust of China and Germany, hurriedly sought the support of the Allies. But what support can the Allies give him in the current situation?

The government of Bardoglio, which was flattering to both sides, in desperation, organized an army to try to defend Rome. But what can you expect from generals who only brag on the battlefield, soldiers who are defeated by artillery fire?

The Sino-German coalition did not intend to turn the Roman attack into a stalemate, they needed to quickly solve the Italian problem and retake Rome.

Wang Ding's successful rescue of Mussolini inspired the Chinese and German generals, and the airborne troops would become the key to solving the Italian problem.

The airborne operation against Rome began!

The air defense of the city of Rome was very weak, and it was completely unable to stop the appearance of the Sino-German air force.

The German and Chinese air forces showed no courtesy to the capital of their former allies, and they bombarded Rome with fear to the Italians, raining down on the city.

Rome was bombed on a scale never seen before.

This is the most terrifying scene.

But this is only the beginning, and the greater catastrophe in Rome is far from coming.

The bombing lasted for two days, and on the third day, the "assault" operation finally showed its hideous fangs

In charge of the airborne landing was the 1st Division of Chinese paratroopers that had just arrived in the European theater.

The boys of the paratroopers appeared in the sky over Rome in a large number of gliders and transport planes under the cover of fighter jets, and then a scene that shocked Italy appeared:

White umbrella flowers appeared in the sky!

You can imagine the shock this had on the Italians, who had never seen anything like it before, and even their soldiers

The soldiers forgot to shoot at the paratroopers, and they scattered in panic, allowing the Chinese paratroopers to land in Rome calmly, and then calmly complete the assembly and calmly control the city.

It was a successful airborne landing, but thanks to the incompetence of the Italian army.

Wang Ding appeared in Rome. The son of the President of the Republic of China has always been tireless and unafraid of danger to appear on any occasion that requires him to appear.

He was in charge of commanding the forces of a regiment to carry out an attack on the seat of the Badogio government.

Resistance was also minimal, but when they attacked their targets, they found that the officials of the new Italian government had fled.

They've only been sitting in this position for a few days

Poor and miserable Italy, whose fate is never in their own hands, and who will be overthrown at any time and at any time, it is only up to their enemies to see if they are willing to do so.

On 13 October, the squadron had taken full control of Rome with just one paratrooper division, and they had become masters of the city without even waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

The process went so smoothly that even the central ** officials felt a little incredible. It seemed to them that the Italians would put up a fierce resistance, and they had even prepared contingency plans, including in the event of a failed airborne parachuting.

But now it seems that none of this is needed anymore

Italy seemed very calm, and it didn't make any difference to them that the city was occupied by the Allies, by the Germans, or by the Chinese, as long as they could eat bread and live a peaceful life.

As for the rest? Whatever.

The large army calmly drove into Rome, the tanks were advancing like no one on the streets of Rome, and the infantry were walking listlessly, their bolts had been drawn, but they did not come in any use.

Adolph. Hitler sent an enthusiastic congratulatory telegram to the squadron, in which he highly praised the squadron's outstanding performance in Rome and said that the recapture of Rome was one of the greatest victories of the Axis powers.

All the honors are coming to the squadron.

On 16 October, Mussolini, who had been overthrown but had returned to power, returned to Rome, where he had just left, and a frenzied reprisals began.

In Rome Mussolini met his daughter Ida and son-in-law, Count Ciano. At the fateful meeting of the Great Council of the Fascist Party, Ziano voted against his father-in-law, but hoped to reconcile with Mussolini through the influence of his wife.

But even if Mussolini agreed, China and Germany were not willing to agree.

All the leaders of the old fascist regime who had voted against Mussolini in 1943 were arrested and tried in Rome, including Ziano. They were all sentenced to death without exception!

Despite Ida's pleas and threats, Mussolini refused to pardon.

This group included not only Ziano, but also the 78-year-old De. Fernandes, who had marched with Mussolini on Rome. Marshal Bonno, all of whom were executed as traitors.

Mussolini regained his power and put to death all those who had betrayed him, apparently victorious.

But it is not Mussolini himself who now holds the fate of Italy, but the Chinese and Germans, who can do whatever they want in this country and arrest anyone they will.

This was a huge disappointment for the Allies, who had secretly surrendered during the Bardolio government, but now everything was in vain.

China and Germany, who have regained Italy, are about to begin the largest assault battles!