Chapter 457: Italy is about to change its skin

In June 1944, Italy was still in the chaos of the collapse of faith, and the Italian government, which had not been able to obtain its own "national hero", was unable to calm the crisis of the collapse of faith in the country and the resulting religious conflict.

In any era, change is bloody.

Despite the struggles of the Catholic Church in Italy, the dioceses and churches that they had mastered were still being lost to the Anglican Church and the German Sephirothianism.

Some conservative and stubborn Catholics are unwilling to lose their dioceses like this, and vainly want to solve the problem by force, but there are two "Protestants" on the opposite side with the support of Britain and Germany, and there are many weapons in their hands.

At first it was just beating the opposing preacher, and then triggering the opponent's retaliation.

Then the conflict began to escalate, from fists to wooden clubs, then from wooden clubs to knives, and finally to pistols, bows, and incendiary grenades.

The whole of Italy is now in turmoil.

The reason for this is that religious factional conflicts are only one of the reasons, but the bigger reason is that Italy's own economy is in trouble. The Italo-Greek War two years ago greatly overdrew Italy's national strength. In the war against Greece, Italy gained nothing, but spent a lot of military spending, and after the war, it owed Germany a lot of arms debt.

The defeat in the war led to an economic crisis, an economic crisis and a crisis of religious beliefs, the result of which was the intensification of internal chaos and unrest.

In the case of a strong government, the leader can use whips, bayonets, and gallows to forcibly extinguish most of the causes of chaos. The problem is that the current Mussolini regime simply does not have this ability, or courage.

Defeat in the war against Greece. Mussolini's power in Italy has been strongly questioned. Unlike another historical plane, Germany before turning to the left was not pleasing to Mussolini, but after turning to the left, it was even more unpleasant to look at him. In the eyes of the Germans, the Italian fascists, who have low eyes and low hands, always "cause trouble" for them. It's really annoying that you can't get into trouble and your opponent wants Germany to wipe your ass.

At present, the attitude of the German side towards Mussolini is neutral and does not support or oppose it for the time being, and while "watching from the sidelines" with the mentality of watching the excitement, it has also prepared two armored divisions and tens of thousands of troops on the German-Italian border to carry out a silent "demonstration."

The most valuable solution to the religious problem in the country is for the authorities to intervene to show who they support and who they oppose. The attitude of the two Germans and the threat of force made Mussolini's regime not have the courage to break the situation by brute force.

The Vatican is located in the center of Italy though. But Italy, unlike Spain, is a multi-religious country, with multiple denominations having their own dioceses, creating a delicate balance.

But now, the balance is broken.

Neither Mussolini nor the King of Italy wanted to see the infiltration of Italy with "imported religions" from Britain and Germany, but they could not find the Italian heroes or divine envoys, so they could not come forward officially. In the face of a violent situation, there is really nothing to do in the face of such a situation.

After the Holy Impact begins. After nearly a year of fermentation, the situation in Italy is becoming more and more unpleasant.

After Mussolini came to power in 1922, from 1926 onwards, the Fascist Party became the only legal political party in Italy, and all the other parties were eliminated. But. The political parties that have been taken down have not stopped there, and have been secretly operating underground, waiting for an opportunity.

After the end of the Italian-Greek War, the dominance of the fascist party in Italy. It has been questioned by all sides, and with the leftward turn of Germany, the reddening of Western Europe, the changes in the external environment, and the internal economic crisis and religious belief crisis, the combination of the three factors is also emerging in Italy.

The Liberal Party, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and the Catholic Democratic Party (note: after the Holy Impact began, the Catholic Democratic Party split itself because of its origins), all sorts of parties, backed by "foreign powers", are emerging in Italy in a semi-open manner, and semi-openly re-entering political activity in Italy.

These parties, some of them take pounds, some of them take gold rubles, and some of them take Deutsche mark, and they are all backed by powerful foreign powers.

The British government openly supported the Liberal Party, claiming that Mussolini's fascist dictatorship violated the principle of party freedom.

The Soviet Union also stood up for the Italian Communist Party and raised the slogan of democracy.

The Germans, for their part, quietly and covertly supported the Socialists, offering Marc and Mauser.

In the process, all three parties used their respective religions as weapons of invasion, and the leaders of the above three parties and many party members also chose their own religions according to their own political needs.

After the onslaught began, old Europe was returning to the old path of combining politics and religion.

In the process, the situation of the Italian Fascist Party, which has no foreign thighs to hold and is bent on preserving its own "traditions", is very bad.

Although Mussolini's regime was incompetent in foreign wars, it still had some ambition, believing that no matter how good Italian pasta was, it would be the fifth largest industrial power in the United States, Germany, Britain, the Soviet Union, and foreign countries. Mussolini did not want his party to be anglicized (i.e., tied to the Anglican religion of the British) or to Germanize (to be combined with Sephirothism).

Mussolini on the stage was very disciplined in this matter, but the group of hidden parties in the audience had long since thrown the discipline into the Mediterranean.

Germany, the "neighboring country" that has the deepest influence on Italy, has taken a neutral attitude towards the chaos in Italy on the surface, and has been making small and medium-sized moves in secret.

The Germans did so by supporting the Socialists on the one hand. He joined forces with Britain and the Soviet Union to demand that Italy open up the "party ban", but on the other hand, he helped the Socialist Party to secretly collude with the big capitalists in Italy.

The person who came forward to collude with the Italian capitalists was the CEO of the "state-owned enterprises" in Germany, the former Junkers capitalist. Today's Germany, accused by China and the Soviet Union of "moral cultivation", does not recognize it as a real socialist country, while the German government under the control of Hannah's mother and daughter is propaganda to the outside world. It is also openly admitted that the current Germany is still in the transition stage from capitalism to socialism, and that the current Germany is a so-called "social capitalist country", or so-called Germany. A "socialist" country with German characteristics - the German government did not specify how long this transitional phase would take.

In the past few years, the changes that have taken place in Germany have been clearly seen by the big capitalists in Italy.

The Italian capitalists originally thought that in the event of a Soviet-Russian revolution, Führer Hitler would use his unparalleled prestige to crush the Junker aristocracy and Junker capitalists in Germany.

What they saw, however, was a "skin-changing" action by the industrial capitalists in Germany.

The property of the Junkers capitalists in Germany was nationalized, but the big Junkers capitalists got the whole of Germany.

To borrow a slogan from the socialist camp, change the face. Commenting on this, it is that "what they have lost is the "superficial" ownership of their own capital, but what they have gained is control of the whole of Germany. ”

To paraphrase the phrase of the Revolution, to evaluate the matter, it is that "they lost the ownership of their own capital, but gained control of the whole of Germany." ”

China saw this kind of cattiness, and the Soviet Union also saw it. Chairman Li Runshi once pointed out to Lin Han that this is not real socialism, but state capitalism in the skin of socialism. It is the final form of capitalist development.

Germany, a developed capitalist country, a country with a very high level of productive forces, put on the red ** of a socialist country, which has never appeared in this history, what will happen. No one knows.

Some shrewd Italian capitalists also saw it.

Through Germany, the sharp-eyed capitalists in Italy saw the bright prospects brought about by replacing the "white skin" with the "red skin".

These Italian capitalists. He was an important supporter of Mussolini, and they were also very envious of their German counterparts, who were living more comfortably after changing color in Germany. Now they want to learn from their German counterparts and take such a "skin-changing" path.

In the process, Mussolini, who was once the object of their support and support, became a little glaring. Mussolini, who wanted to maintain Italy's "national identity", was very unpopular in this matter, and the current revival of the SPD in Italy is a small number of the big financiers behind it, but more are big capitalists in Italy.

Now Mussolini, because his mind has not yet turned a corner, has always rejected the introduction of the German Sephirothism. Although he could not openly oppose the Saphiroth mission, he did a lot behind his back. Mussolini knew very well that if Germany was allowed to infiltrate Italy through the influence of the Sapphiro religion, it would not be long before Italy would eventually become a puppet manipulated by Germany, just like the historical Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"I would prefer Anglican rather than Germany."

Privately, Mussolini said this to his son-in-law, Ziano, who was in fact now considering the introduction of Anglican to Italy. Things are getting worse and worse for Catholicism. Between Germany and Britain, Mussolini wanted to choose the lesser of two evils, and the reason was that Germany was too close and Britain was far away, and even if the Anglican Church infiltrated Italy, its influence would be controllable.

This idea of Mussolini became the last straw for Hannah's mother and daughter to abandon him.

On the German side, Hannah's mother and daughter have abandoned this incompetent and troublesome guy and decided to find a new spokesperson in Italy. And the big capitalists in Italy also have similar ideas.

The new investment object they both fancy is Mussolini's son-in-law Ziano, and it was he who secretly "relayed" what Mussolini said to the German side.

The reason why he chose to be pro-German rather than pro-British was also that "Germany is very close, and Britain is far away". It's just that Ziano's idea is more pessimistic, he thinks that Italy is backed by a behemoth like Germany, and it is most realistic to learn to "hug the thigh" "honestly", and the idea of his father-in-law Mussolini wanting to restore the glory of the Roman Empire is too unrealistic.

Ziano's "reality" pleased the German side, and his special status was conducive both to the "skinning operation" and, after the start of the skinning operation, to the reception of Mussolini's political legacy.

Privately, Ziano had turned his back on Germany and promised that if the coup d'état was successful, the Sephiroslavs would be included as an Italian state. However, Ziano is not simply hugging Germany's thigh, he is also hugging Britain's thigh, and he has made a similar commitment to Britain.

Ziano's idea was to put two boats on his feet, and after the coup came to power, the religions introduced from England and Germany would be listed as the state religion of Italy, and the number of churches in Italy would be set up in a one-to-one proportional proportion.

Hannah was preparing to stage a coup d'état in Italy to oust Mussolini, and in the process, the British also intervened. The two families named the military operation "Roman Holiday".

Hannah originally wanted to eat "solo food" in Italy, but Lin Han rejected her idea.

"It's good to eat alone, but it's also bad."

"The Mediterranean is too sensitive, and if the Germans were to turn Italy into their puppet state, the consequence would be to push Britain against it. Only by bringing Britain to the table and sharing it together can we have the opportunity. ”

"Germany's biggest advantage over the UK is that Germany shares a land border with Italy. For the Italians, Britain was far away, while Germany was close. Here, no matter how hard the British try, they can't win us. It would be more beneficial for Germany to have half of the Anglican in Italy, creating a false sense of security that would give them peace of mind. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Hannah finally agreed with Lin Han's opinion, and now Hannah basically obeys Lin Han's opinion.

Abandoned by the capitalists at home and hacked by the British and German forces abroad, Mussolini's fate in Italy was already doomed.

Now in Italy, Mussolini's biggest ally is actually the Catholic forces in Italy. Looking for this declining ally, it is really because Mussolini now, because of the domestic economic crisis and religious crisis, coupled with foreign pressure, life is getting more and more difficult day by day, and he has to huddle with Mussolini to keep warm.

In the "Roman Holiday" operation formulated by Hannah, Lin Han's task is to go to the Vatican in Rome and give the Vatican Catholicism the final blow to the twilight of the Vatican Catholicism. (To be continued......)

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