Battle of the Third Reich

With no condoms at all, Mussolini read the order on the spot at the station, and a heavily armed military police rushed out of the carriages. The command of the Italian Royal Navy was wiped out.

A truck full of Italian Army soldiers drove into the naval base of Taranto. In the suspicion of the sailors, the led colonel conveyed the order from the Prime Minister. In view of the large number of unfaithful lurking in the navy, the tower The Ranto base is temporarily controlled by the Army. All naval personnel will be sent to the Martina Franca Army Base 20 kilometers away, where they will be screened and determined by the National Intelligence Service. Prime Minister Mussolini guarantees that he will not wrong any An innocent person will also not let go of the enemies of any country.

If the navy officers and soldiers think they have a clear conscience, then they should obey the order of the Prime Minister. This investigation is only a process for the Patriots, and only traitors with ghosts in their hearts will oppose this decision.

Taranto gathered nearly 40,000 naval officers and soldiers at this time, sailors accounted for about three-quarters of the total, and there were many base service and support personnel without regular ranks in addition to 3,000 officers at all levels. .

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the army from the surrounding area rushed to Taranto to reach two regular regiments. It is said that a larger number of black shirt regiments are gathering here. The navy that landed on the shore is like a tiger with its teeth removed. In addition, due to the disintegration of the army and the distrust of officers and soldiers, the last chance has been lost.

Mussolini completely disarmed the main naval fleet of the Kingdom of Italy without spending one shot and one bomb. This once deterrent fleet turned into a pile of giant toys at this time, parked quietly in In the harbor of Taranto.

The Italian navy officers and soldiers were sent to the transport car to the train station. They will stay at the Martina Franca base for a long time. Perhaps because of the deep responsibility of love, they have betrayed their kingdom navy at a critical moment. Having completely lost the trust of the Italian Prime Minister, he was willing to personally destroy this fleet that cost him a lot of effort, and he would not tolerate the continued existence of these traitors in his army.

Mussolini is a smart person who knows the affairs of the time, otherwise he will not be able to achieve historical success. He has deeply understood what it means for him to lose power. In just half a day, let him truly taste Arrived at the bitterness.

The Italian Prime Minister did not want to encounter another coup. In order to maintain his status and power, he readily chose to bow to the powerful German dictator.

At this time, there is no question of face, unless he really does not care about his life. In just four days, he saw too much ugliness. This dictator finally found out that he had so many potential enemies in Italy.

Even if some of the soldiers and people at the bottom were still firmly on his side, but in the upper class society he was already enemies, and the imperial prime minister almost became a lonely man for a while.

Those of his comrades regarded him as an obstacle to climbing up, and once reused his royal family to see him as a threat to the national system, radicals opposed him to provoke Germany, conservatives were dissatisfied with his declaration of war against Britain and France, and the left was hostile to his Political ideas, opposed to his personal dictatorship, but the right wing believes that he compromised with the powerful, did not insist on implementing the fascist concept.

In this case, the Italian dictator simply tore his face, determined to fight against those bastards. Now he has Germans as backers. In the face of absolute force, the only thing conspirators can do is cry and wait for the final liquidation.

In order to comfort Mussolini and at the same time strengthen his determination, the Germans did not hesitate to betray the Socialists and revolutionaries who wanted to use them. The German Army handed over the politicians and guerrillas who were still leading them yesterday. The shirt army, and then watched the poor guys being slaughtered outside the barracks wall.

The Italian Black Shirts cleaned the cities in the occupied area with the cooperation of German soldiers and sent a batch of Italians who had jumped out against Mussolini into a concentration camp transformed from a prisoner of war camp. At the beginning, there were some officers in the German Wehrmacht Worried that such a large-scale search may disturb the stability of Italian social order. It turns out that they are completely worrying about it. The adults not only are not afraid of it, but are full of enthusiasm for telling their neighbors.

Northern Italy has fallen into a black terror. Mussolini supporters in black shirts carried a bayonet rifle, and trucks with open cargo boxes roared through the streets. They smashed the apartment. The door of the house took the head of the family who was suspected of "treason" away from the house in the cry of women and children. Some people will be quietly released in a few days, but more people disappeared. Those who returned refused to disclose to others what happened to them, but everyone knew in their hearts that these people must be betrayed before they would be released safely.

Italian tycoons and riches found that they had become a rat in a cage. The British, French and German coalition forces still strictly blocked the Italian border and the surrounding airspace. Without the pass issued by Rome, no one could leave the country half a step, even if it was I got a visa issued by a foreign government, but I can't get out of the country, and everything can only be empty talk.

Mussolini prepared to slowly settle accounts with these forces that betrayed him. He no longer believed in the vows of any nobleman, especially his son-in-law, when he knew that Ciano and Badogrio had a private transaction, He almost blew the blood vessels in his forehead.

Fortunately, on the day of the coup, Ziano ran fast enough to see the opportunity, otherwise he would not even live the next day. Mussolini was going to hang the traitor ambushing himself at home. Before he lost all his hopes, In the hands of this son-in-law.

But what he did not expect was that the foreign minister did not hesitate to invest in the arms of the German in order to save his life, so a member of the conspiracy group turned into a hero to expose the conspiracy to his friends, watching Qi Yanuo's shameless face really had a bit of his demeanor.

With the German as a guarantee, Mussolini couldn't really manage how this guy did, because he still had to deal with the German, so he could only hold his nose and let the goods continue to be his foreign minister.

It is said that after returning home that day, the grape rack of the Foreign Minister’s house collapsed, but this was a family matter. The German side only expressed a little concern. It was Ribbentrop who had been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a long time.

"All the people get on the car, each person can only carry one shoulder bag, and other personal belongings are left in the base. The Marine Corps will be responsible for guarding the camp, and no one will steal your things." An officer station wearing an army captain uniform On the temporary platform built by the square, he shouted loudly holding an iron horn.

"The screening process is very simple, and you will be able to return to the base soon. Martina Franca has prepared everything for you, so you don’t need to carry too much stuff. This major, please take care of your officers, everyone. The line must be lined up, and those who disturb the order will be punished." A lieutenant, carrying a short staff in his hand, walked arrogantly in front of the naval officer queue, as if showing off his sturdy blue-grey uniform And the shiny riding boots on the feet.

"This is the order of Prime Minister Mussolini. We are also performing our tasks. Don’t make us embarrassed. Anyone who disturbs the order will be regarded as defying the order of the Prime Minister. Defying the order of the Prime Minister is to betray this country. I have the right to use This behavior was corrected by force." An army sergeant commanded two army soldiers to push a strong navy second-class soldier back into the ranks.

"You don't need to tell me that much. When you arrive at Martina Franca, you have time to speak slowly. Maybe you are a loyal naval warrior, but what about you, not just you, everyone here is suspect now If you want to blame, blame your sir, even a shameless conspiracy to launch a coup." A corporal pushed a chattering guy onto the truck on the side.

This is the last batch of naval personnel sent away that day. Next, there are only a group of auxiliary personnel and some low-level sailors on the ship. The total number is about 500. If someone checks the list, they will find their positions. Every department of the fleet and the base, and they are some timid and honest guys in the past, there is no soldiers and thorns.

When the last truck left the gate of the base, in a loud whistle, two huge battleships, surrounded by a group of small ships, slowly entered the port of Taranto.

The Italian navy personnel waiting on the pier stared at the two majestic sternships with stunned eyes and slowly leaned on the battleship berth under the tug of a group of port tugboats.

Immediately, some people recognized the models of these two ships, one was the Richelieu-class battleship of the French Navy, and the other was the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Navy. What made them feel puzzled was the ship of these two battleships. On top of the bridge mast, a German Navy white iron cross black eagle flag fluttered in the wind.

Immediately, a scene that surprised them even more appeared. The Army officers and soldiers who were still chatting with them in fluent Italian just now raised their right arms and shouted slogans in German. For a time, "Hi! Reinhardt! "Echoes constantly over the pier.

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