Just when the Allies were still attacking the Catania defense line, the local Italian politics was shaken. 3. The fastest

The reason for this is that the Allies easily captured Sicily, and now they are only one step away from Italy... The narrowest part of the Strait of Messina is only a few kilometers.

Another reason is the poor performance of the Italian army on the battlefield... If Italian soldiers fought bravely on the front line, it might also arouse the grief and anger of the people who shared the same hatred and fought to the death with the enemy.

Of course, this is just using "maybe", because European countries are completely different from Asian countries. Asian countries such as Japan may carry out "the whole nation's shattering" resistance. When European countries realize that they cannot win or even have little hope of winning, they often surrender very simply. France is an example.

The incredible surrender and retreat of the Italian army on the front line made the Italian people completely lose confidence in "victory".

So it is natural that the vast majority of Italians are unwilling to continue this war meaninglessly, and the calls for severing ties with Germany and joining the Allies have risen unprecedentedly in the country.

In this way, the finger was directed at Mussolini, who launched the war and brought Italy to the fascist camp.

Mussolini disdained this. He thought he had two powerful tools in his hands: one was the army and the other was the leader of the fascist party.

He believed that as long as he had the army and the support of the fascist party, he would not have to worry about the people's voices at all.

But at this point, Mussolini was once again wrong.

From this we can also see that Mussolini really does not have the wisdom of a politician. When everyone is pushed down from the wall, it is impossible for the political party to bet on the future of the entire party for the benefit of Mussolini alone, and the same is true for the army.

Simply put, when Mussolini was still full of confidence in his regime, the army and political parties were secretly negotiating whether to arrest Mussolini.

There are at least two benefits to arresting Mussolini:

First, Mussolini can be a scapegoat to calm public anger and at the same time clear up one's own responsibilities.

Second, it can clear the obstacles to negotiations with the Allies in exchange for peace.

The army and political parties have their own ulterior motives. Some people think of the first benefit, some people think of the second benefit... and then finally the day after the British and American troops attacked the Catania defense line, they put this plan into practice.

What’s ridiculous is that Mussolini still knew nothing about his situation when he was controlled, because the person who arrested him lied that someone wanted to assassinate him, so he had to provide him with special secret protection...

At this time, another politician of the fascist party, Badoglio, delivered a radio speech: "Although people suffer heavy casualties in the captured provinces and destroyed cities, the war will continue, and Italy will keep its promise. Mussolini has resigned and appointed me, Badoglio to take over his position!"

All the Italians cheered, and people danced like a festival.

Although there is a saying in this speech, "The war must continue", even a fool knows... If even Mussolini has stepped down, can this war still continue?

This almost means that it is not far from time to leave Germany and join the Allied camp.

After hearing the news, Zhang Chi shook his head.

Italy is a country that should be said to be one of the advocates of the fascist camp... According to common sense, the crimes he committed in the war should be pursued.

But this obviously does not apply to politics between countries.

Because from the perspective of interests, a surrendered Italy is more beneficial to the Allied forces than an Italy that continues to resist, so the two giants of Britain and the United States can easily represent all mankind on the crimes committed by Italy, and in the end, Italy is even one of the victorious countries.

But these are not something that Zhang Chi can control, because General Giro could not wait to fly from Algiers to Palermo.

"Major General, I really don't know what words to praise you!" General Giro held Zhang Chi's hand and smiled so hard that his eyes bent: "I really didn't expect...we can achieve such a brilliant victory!"

"I am sorry, General!" Zhang Chi took the opportunity to say: "A large part of the reason why this victory was achieved was the reform of the Zoafu Corps!"

"Yes, right!" General Giro answered, walking towards the balcony and leaning against the railing to look at the building below. He smiled proudly under his face and raised his chin high, as if he was a conqueror.

At this moment, General Giro seemed to have forgotten that he had not even given a command in this war, and he had almost nothing to do with this victory, and the person who actually won was standing next to him.

Zhang Chi didn't care about these things, because he understood that it was precisely people like General Giro who were in power... that he could get more benefits.

"General!" Zhang Chi took advantage of this time and said to General Giro: "You have also seen that the effect of the reform of the Zoaf legion was immediate, and it can be predicted that... As the war deepens, the troops of an army are not enough to meet the needs! I think we need to carry out similar reforms to more troops!"

General Giro was silent, and he obviously had some concerns.

"Maybe we don't need to reform other troops!" General Giro said: "Look, you are doing a good job now, aren't you? You even took Palermo with just one division!"

"But this is just an accident!" Zhang Chi said: "You know that our division was almost wiped out under the attack of two elite German divisions... A large part of the reason why we won was that the German army had gained a bargain under the strong pressure of the two Allied armies. Next time, maybe I won't be so lucky!"

Upon hearing this, General Giro couldn't help but remain silent. To achieve greater victory, he had to have more and better troops. It was not that he did not understand this, but that he was unwilling to give up his control over the Zoafu Army.

So in the end, Zhang Chi had to use his trump card.

"You must know that there are more than 100,000 troops on the 'Fighting France', and they are all French people of good quality!" Zhang Chi said: "If we only have 30,000 troops and the rest are troops that are useless on the battlefield and have no combat effectiveness, then..."

"Okay!" General Giro nodded: "I agree to continue reforming and invest two more troops, so there can be no more!"

"Yes, General!" Zhang Chi smiled with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!