"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! "When Mussolini arrived at the palace, he saw this kind of cannon fire.......

Although the Gun Regiment was Mussolini's personal guard, they did not carry any heavy weapons because they were not field troops. The palace guards and military police carried some artillery for the palace guards.

At first, Otto and the spearmen simply wanted to surround the palace. They were not allowed to launch a counterattack or escape, but they did not expect that the palace guards would resolutely launch a counterattack under such circumstances.

For a moment, Otto and the spear regiment were caught off guard. Fortunately, these people are veterans of battle. It was they who stabilized their positions extremely quickly, relying on street corners, commanding heights, and artillery shells carried by the Germans to counterattack and contain.

The guards guarding the palace were not as good as the battle-hardened Germans and spearmen. Although they began to take the lead, and with the aid of artillery fire.

But he was quickly defeated and retreated back to the palace, and this reckless attack caused the already small royal garrison to lose more than 200 people in one fell swoop.

The remaining more than 1,000 people are struggling to support themselves on the battlefield. They were ordered to fight to the death, and they were the most loyal troops of the royal family, so there was no doubt about them in carrying out their orders.

"Blow up the palace! Don't worry about anything, I'm going to go in now! When Mussolini arrived in front of the palace, he saw a spear regiment with more than 400 men lost in battle.

Suddenly, the Italian prime minister was furious. He roared at the troops who came with him: "Emanuele III, bastard, you must find him!" Live or die! Remember, dead or alive!! ”

Mussolini was now about to go crazy, and when he learned that the spear regiment, which had suffered little loss, had suffered more than 400 casualties at once after being counterattacked by the palace guards, he directly gave the order to attack.

Of course, he also saw it. The palace guards had no intention of surviving, or that Emanuele III was planning to resist to the end.

In this case, Mussolini naturally would not be polite. He will remove any power that stands in his way and tries to harm him. Originally, on the way here, Mussolini was still very conflicted.

Whether he keeps the royal family as a shield, or directly takes this opportunity to purge them completely. But seeing the palace's counterattack, Mussolini knew that this time there was no compromise between the two sides.

Nor is he going to compromise. What he chose was to storm the palace directly. Even Emanuele III, whether they lived or died, he didn't care anymore.

If he wants to control the situation as soon as possible, control all the situations, and not allow any opposition forces or opposition figures to appear. Mussolini's intelligence agencies had begun to work with the Germans and were ordered to purge any opposition that might exist.

The guns in Rome weren't over yet, and a large number of doors were being violently kicked open all over Italy. The secret police, without the slightest excuse, took everyone in the room away.

Their homes were brutally searched, digging even the dirt in the backyard for possible danger and evidence.

Sure enough, this inventory found a lot of things for them. Many of the forces that tried to resist Mussolini had already joined forces with the Allies.

There is even a small contingent in Italy that specializes in transporting arms, ammunition, and intelligence from neutral countries into the country. Among the small resistance were Italian-Americans.

The Sicilian mafia, which was severely beaten by Mussolini, had a large number of members join the resistance. With the weapons sent by the allies, it continued to harass Italy.

"Boom!!" With a loud bang, the walls of the Roman royal palace were still blown down. A large number of palace guards screamed and flew into the sky.

The guards kept retreating, and continued to resist with the help of the terrain of the palace. The army outside the palace frantically poured into the palace and began to sweep away the remnants of resistance.

"Your Majesty has been martyred...... When the commanders of the guards arrived at the palace where Emanuele III usually lived, they only saw a "Emanuele III" dressed in the king's costume holding a pistol in his hand.

Half of his head was knocked off, and he lay on the ground diagonally. He was surrounded by blood and brains, staining the floor of the palace red.

"Your Majesty...... He's dead?! The commander looked at Emanuele III, who had been smashed in the head, and he couldn't believe it was true.

However, the facts are in front of his eyes. "Emanuele III" is indeed dead, and he is dead incomparably thoroughly. And the attendants around him almost all fell in this palace.

"We didn't find the bodies of the queen and the prince, but we didn't see anyone alive either...... another commander who had returned from the search said with a wry smile, "maybe they've already hidden, or maybe they've broken out......"

The commander shook his head, and the king is dead here. There was no reason for the queen and the princes to escape, they might be hiding. But there's nothing wrong with that.

The king was able to die at the time of the collapse of royal power. It's already hard......

"Are we going to continue to fight, good things surrender?!" A commander looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "This battle is meaningless......

"If I continue to fight, I don't see any meaning other than letting us all die......

His words resonated with everyone. Indeed, the kings are dead. So what's the point of their battles?! Do all of us have to die?!

"Do you all think so?!" The commander-in-chief was silent for a moment and asked the crowd. No one spoke, but everyone's expressions could tell that they were all thinking.

No one is not afraid of death, the difference is that some people think that their death is worthwhile. So they will choose to trade their lives for what they think is meaning.

But if that meaning disappears, then they will reveal their real surname. In other words, they reveal people's real surnames. The fear of death is innate in human beings.

No one is not afraid of death, only when they think that faith is greater than death. They will give their lives for it. But when this faith disappears, they return to their original surname......

"Okay...... Then we will send someone to negotiate with them......" The commander-in-chief smiled wryly and said softly, "I only hope that they can guarantee that they will not harm us......"

Soon, soldiers waving white flags were walking towards Mussolini's army outside. The soldier took the surrender document, indicating that he was making the unconditional surrender on behalf of the troops.

"Your Majesty has been martyred, and we now choose to surrender unconditionally to Your Excellency......" came with a commander. And the first thing Mussolini did when he heard the news was to order the troops to immediately accept the surrender and clear the battlefield.

He wanted to see for himself if Emanuele III was really dead. Soon, the spear regiment and Mussolini's troops, who had entered Rome, began to take over the royal palace.

A large number of the guards were escorted out with all their weapons confiscated, and several commanders met Mussolini in the palace where Emanuele III died.

"You idiots! Emanuele III has abandoned you! He's not dead at all!! Mussolini, who saw the corpses, pointed at the noses of the commanders and scolded.

"Don't you all know that Emanuele III has a stand-in?! This is it! He wasn't in the palace at all, he had already run away! ”

Listening to Mussolini's words, these commanders were completely incredulous. Mussolini, on the other hand, ordered his troops to use explosives to blow up a wall in one of the palaces.

Then with these stunned officers, he stepped into the secret passage. After walking along the wide secret passage, I came to an underground railway station.

"You idiots! Emanuele III had long since run away with his family, and only you would believe that he would be martyred! Mussolini said coldly: "If that old bastard had the courage, he wouldn't have let me get on the stage back then!" ”

The officers who said it were extremely ashamed. Mussolini, on the other hand, walked out of the secret passage with a blushing face. Outside the secret passage, the commander of the spear regiment, Fodríguez, whispered to Mussolini.

"Your Excellency, do we need to go after them?! Maybe you can catch up with ......."

Mussolini shook his head with a blushing face, and said, "I can't catch up, look at the traces here, they set off for at least two hours." And I know that the end of this station is a secret airport......"

"Two hours is enough time for them to arrive at the airport and take off from Italy." After a pause, Mussolini gritted his teeth and said: "If I hadn't found out where this airport is, I would have sent you to blow it up a long time ago!" ”

I have to admit that Emanuele III guarded this lifeline of the Italian royal family very well. With the exception of a few people, no one knew where the secret passage leads.

Mussolini also searched for a long time before he learned that the end of this secret train station was an airport. Rather, he didn't know where the airport was.

An ally of Emanuele III, Petro. Badoglio had a large number of connections and connections in the Italian army. They can completely cover up these secrets.

He did cover it up, and Mussolini only found the entrance to the secret passage with great effort. But there is no way to know the details of the secret passage.

If he had known that there was a train in the secret passage, then he would not hesitate to order Otto's commandos and all the spearmen to storm the palace and kill Emanuele III and them at all costs!

It's a pity that he didn't have that opportunity.

"Order the troops, immediately block the whole city! Martial law is enforced, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. All matters must be handled by the martial law troops. In the meantime, investigate how many people have helped the rebels this time! All those who assist are condemned for treason......"

Mussolini quickly returned to his office, and when he returned to the office, he began to give all-round orders without even resting.

With the issuance of one order after another, it means that many people will completely disappear from this world during this period of martial law. Disappeared without a trace......

At this time, Emanuele III and his wife were in a transport plane looking at the blue sky outside the plane in a daze. They took off half an hour ago.

The airport is a secret Italian military airfield about an hour's train ride from Rome. Badoglio's henchman.

After transporting the people and goods brought by Emanuele III to the plane, the three transport planes took off directly with fuel. They needed to fly over the straits and then go straight to the areas controlled by the Soviet coalition forces.

They are safe only if they get there. Their whereabouts had been sent to the remaining Allied agents in Switzerland via a special radio code.

Those people will send their message to the allies.

"Your Majesty, look away. Italy we still have a chance to come back, no matter how Mussolini and Hitler struggled, they could not defeat the Allies after all......"

The Duke of Aguerona, the court minister, reassured the king: "Italy, we are only leaving temporarily. We'll be back after all......"

"I hope so......" said Emanuele III with a miserable laugh, "but I don't know when we will be able to come back, and whether I will be able to sustain it until then......"

Emanuele III was born in 1869 and was 74 years old by 1943. With only a few years to live, it is really unknown how long he can live, as he said.

"We ...... Will wait until that day. Duke Aguerona was silent for a while, and said firmly: "Even if you can't come back alive, we will definitely bring you back!" ”

What could Emanuele III do but nod his head?! He could only nod with a miserable smile, and then continued to look at the white clouds outside the window. Seeing that Emanuele III did not want to speak, Aguilona could only bow down and retreat, while going to settle the others.

Of the three transport planes, one was dedicated to royal personnel. It was dominated by the family of Emanuele III and the Duke of Aguerona, who was a minister of the court.

At the same time, the plane was also loaded with the wealth that the royal family could bring out. A portion of cash bills, a small portion of precious metals and bills of exchange.

At the same time, there are more than a dozen royal servants who are serving these royal family members, taking care of their meals and other things.

On the other two planes, there were some real personal bodyguards of the royal family. They carried weapons and were responsible for keeping the Italian royal family safe when they landed.

"What the hell is this idiot Mussolini doing?! He has ruled Italy for so long, can't he still figure out the escape route of the royal family?! How can you tell them to run away?! ”

Hitler was furious in his own command. Otto and they have withdrawn, and the villains have lost more than a hundred men. But it was the Italian rebel forces of more than 2,000 people who were annihilated.

This, of course, was also with the assistance of the Gun Corps and other forces loyal to Mussolini.

"Now there is news of Emanuele III and them?!" After scolding for a while, Hitler probably felt that this was useless.

It was he who turned around and asked Otto, who was beside him.

"No, we haven't found any valuable clues. Didn't find their shipping lanes, and even their airport location was discovered a day later......"

After a pause, Otto turned to Hitler: "The railway was not short, and Emanuele III had a lot of sections destroyed along the way. By the time we arrived at our destination, it was already a day later......"

Hitler grimaced and did not say a word. This is not good news for him.

"But His Excellency Mussolini has asked me to bring you a handwritten letter, in which he promises to organize a force of 300,000 men to come under our command, and to replenish the strength of the 'Italian Soviet Expeditionary Force'......"

Hearing Otto say this, Hitler's face finally looked better. At least Mussolini did something useful and not just be there stupid all the time.

But at the same time, His Excellency Mussolini said that the Italian army does not have much weaponry at the moment. He wants us to come to their aid, of course! Their troops are under our command......"

When Hitler heard this, his face was cloudy again. The situation in Italy, he knows. The poor are not poor, and they do not participate in many important battlefields.

But he has a lot of advantages, and now he even asks him for weapons?! Hitler was a little upset, but thought that Mussolini had generously organized hundreds of thousands of troops and handed them over to the German army.

Hitler felt that Mussolini was not so annoying.

Moreover, the Italian weapon Hitler was seen. Those are more toys than weapons. A bunch of weapons, especially new ones, are useless things.

If it weren't for that, the Italian army would not have been beaten all over the ground by the Ethiopian grass army.

"Their Italian army can't go to the battlefield immediately, they have to be trained by our army first!" Wehrmacht Supreme Command Minister William. Keitel said to Hitler with a gloomy face.

"Führer! The fighting power of the Italians, you know. I can't guarantee that these people will be as good as our German soldiers if they have not been trained to use them on the battlefield......"

"Their performance may not even meet the requirements of our inferior soldiers, so it is extremely necessary to train them specifically!"

Hitler couldn't agree more, and Italy's spaghetti army was all too famous......

"Send a report now, I'm going to see the Italian army within a week! Then, they need to go through our special training, otherwise they are not allowed to go to the battlefield! (To be continued.) )