"Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom! Boom! Boom..." When Mussolini arrived at the palace, what he saw was this scene of artillery fire.

Although the Lancers were Mussolini's personal guards, they did not carry any heavy weapons as they were not a field force. The guards and military police in the palace carried part of the artillery for the palace's defense.

At first, Otto and the Lancers just wanted to surround the palace and prevent them from launching a counterattack or escaping, but they did not expect that the palace guards would resolutely launch a counterattack under such circumstances.

For a time, Otto and the Lancers were caught off guard. Fortunately, these people were all experienced veterans. Therefore, they quickly stabilized their position and relied on street corners, commanding heights and the artillery shells carried by the Germans to counterattack and contain them.

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After all, the guards guarding the palace were not as capable as the battle-hardened German troops and rifle regiments. Although they had begun to gain the upper hand and were assisted by artillery fire.

However, they were quickly defeated and returned to the palace. This reckless attack resulted in the loss of more than 200 royal garrison troops, who were originally few in number.

The remaining more than a thousand people were struggling to support themselves on the battlefield. The order they received was to fight to the death, and they were also the most loyal troops of the royal family, so there was no doubt in executing the order.

"Blow up the palace! Don't worry about anything, I'm going in now!" When Mussolini arrived in front of the palace, he saw the Lancers who had lost more than 400 people in the battle.

Suddenly, the Italian Prime Minister became furious. He roared at the troops who followed him: "This bastard Emanuele III. You must find him! No matter life or death! Remember, no matter life or death!!"

Mussolini was going crazy now. When he learned that the Lancers, who originally suffered little loss, suffered more than 400 casualties after being counterattacked by the palace guards, he immediately issued an order to attack by force.

Of course, he also saw it. The palace guards had no intention of surviving at all, or in other words, Emanuele III planned to fight to the end.

In this case, Mussolini will naturally not be polite. He will remove all forces that hinder him and try to harm him. On the way here, Mussolini was still very conflicted.

Should he keep the royal family as a shield, or should he simply take advantage of this opportunity to completely purge them? But after seeing the palace's counterattack, Mussolini knew that neither party had to compromise this time.

He didn't intend to compromise. What he chose was to directly storm into the palace. He didn't even care about the life or death of Emanuele III and the others.

What he wants is to control the situation as soon as possible, to control all situations, and not to allow any opposition forces or opponents to appear. The intelligence agency affiliated with Mussolini has begun to cooperate with the Germans and has been ordered to cleanse those who may exist.

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The gunfire in Rome had not ended yet, and a large number of house doors were violently kicked open across Italy. The secret police did not allow any excuse and took everyone in the house away.

Their home was searched brutally. Even the dirt in the backyard was dug up to look for possible dangers and evidence.

Sure enough, this time the inventory found a lot of things for them. Many of the forces trying to resist Mussolini had already contacted the allies.

There is even a small team in Italy that specializes in transporting weapons, ammunition, and intelligence into the country from neutral countries. There are also Italian-Americans in this small resistance team.

The Sicilian Mafia, which was severely punished by Mussolini, has a large number of members joining the resistance organization and continues to harass Italy with the help of weapons sent by the allies.

"Boom!!" There was a loud noise, and the wall of the Roman Palace was still blown down. A large number of palace guards screamed and were blown up all over the sky.

The guards continued to retreat, relying on the terrain of the palace to continue to resist. The army outside the palace rushed into the palace frantically and began to clear away the remaining resistance.

"His Majesty has been martyred..." When the commanders of the guards came to the palace where Emanuele III usually lives, they only saw an "Emanuele III" wearing the king's clothes holding a hand.

A pistol.

Half of his head was knocked off and he lay slanted on the ground. There was blood and brain matter around him, dyeing the palace floor a bloody red.

"Your Majesty... is dead?!" The commander looked blankly at Emanuele III, whose head had been smashed. He couldn't believe it was true.

However, the facts were before his eyes. "Emanuele III" was indeed dead, and his death was extremely thorough. And almost all of the attendants around him fell in this palace.

"We didn't find the bodies of the queen and the prince, but we didn't see any living people either..." Another commander who returned from the search said with a wry smile: "Maybe they have hidden themselves, or they may have broken out..."

The commander shook his head. The king is dead here. There is no reason for the queen and princes to escape. They may be hiding. But there is nothing wrong with it.

It is already difficult for a king to die when his royal power is shattered...

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

"If the fight continues, I don't see any point in existence other than letting us all die..."

His words resonated with everyone. Indeed, the king is dead. So what's the point of their battle?! Does everyone have to die?!

"Are all your opinions like this?!" The commander-in-chief was silent for a while and asked everyone. No one spoke, but it could be seen from everyone's expressions that they all thought the same.

No one is not afraid of death. The difference is that some people think that their death is valuable. So they will choose to exchange their lives for what they think is meaning.

But if this meaning disappears, then they will reveal their true nature. In other words, what they reveal is human nature. The fear of death is innate in humans.

No one is not afraid of death. Only when they believe that faith is greater than death, they will give their lives for it. But after this faith disappears, they will return to their own nature...

"Okay... Then we will send people to negotiate with them..." The commander-in-chief smiled bitterly and said softly: "I just hope that they can promise not to harm us..."

Soon, soldiers were walking towards Mussolini's army outside with white flags. The soldier took the surrender document, indicating that he was surrendering unconditionally on behalf of the army.

"His Majesty has died for his country, and we now choose to surrender to you unconditionally..." There was also a commander who came with him. The first thing Mussolini did after hearing the news was to order the troops to accept the surrender immediately and clear the battlefield.

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He wanted to see for himself whether Emanuele III was really dead. Soon, the Lancers and Mussolini's direct troops who entered Rome began to take over the palace.

A large number of Guard soldiers 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 is not dead at all!" Mussolini, who saw the corpses, pointed at the noses of these commanders and cursed.

"Don't you all know that Emanuele III has a substitute?! This is it! He is not in the palace at all. He ran away long ago!"

These commanders couldn't believe what Mussolini said. But Mussolini, with a livid face, ordered the troops to use explosives to blow up a wall in a certain palace in the palace.

Then he led these stunned officers into the secret passage. Following the wide secret passage, he arrived at an underground train station not long after walking.

"You idiots! Emanuele III ran away with his family a long time ago. Only you will believe that he will die for his country!" Mussolini said coldly: "If that old bastard has this

If he had had the courage, he wouldn’t have let me take the stage back then!”

The officers were extremely ashamed after what they said. But Mussolini walked out of the secret passage with a livid face. Outside the secret passage, the commander of the Lancers, Fordriges, whispered to Mussolini.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, do we need to chase them?! Maybe we can catch them..."

Mussolini shook his head with a livid face and said: "We can no longer catch up. Judging from 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 for them to arrive at the airport and take off to leave 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 there long ago.

Blow it up!"

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

Mussolini also inquired for a long time before he found out that the end of this secret train station was an airport. But which airport, he had no idea at all.

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

He did cover it up. Mussolini tried his best but only found the entrance to the secret passage. But he could not know the specific situation in the secret passage.

If he had known that there was a train in the secret passage, he would have ordered Otto's commandos and all the spearmen to storm the palace without hesitation, and kill Emanuele III and the others at all costs!

It's a pity that he doesn't have this chance.

"Order the troops to seal off the entire city immediately! Martial law is enforced and no one is allowed to enter or leave. All matters must be handed over to the martial law troops. At the same time, investigate how many people assisted the rebels this time! All the assisters,

They are all convicted of treason..."

Mussolini quickly returned to his office. When he returned to the office, he began to issue all-round orders without even taking a break.

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

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

The airport is a secret airport of the Italian military about an hour's train ride from Rome. The person who controls it is a confidant of Petro Badoglio.

After transporting all the people and items brought by Emanuele III onto the plane, the three transport planes were directly filled with fuel and took off. They needed to fly across the strait and then go straight to the area controlled by the Soviet Allied Forces.

Only when they arrive there will they be safe. Their whereabouts have been sent to the remaining Allied agents in Switzerland through a special code on the radio.

Those people will send their messages to the allies.

"Your Majesty, please be patient. We still have a chance to come back in Italy. No matter how hard Mussolini and Hitler struggle, they will not be able to defeat the Allies after all..."

The Duke of Aquilona, ​​the palace minister, consoled the king: "Italy, we are only leaving temporarily. We will come back eventually..."

"I hope..." Emanuele III said with a sad smile: "But I don't know when we will be able to come back. And whether I can support it until then..."

Emanuele III was born in 1869, and was already 74 years old in 1943. He only had a few years to live, and as he said, it was really unknown how long he could live.

"We...will wait until that day." Duke Aquilona was silent for a while and said firmly: "Even if you cannot come back alive, we will definitely bring you back!"

What else could Emanuele III do besides nodding?! He could only nodded with a sad smile, and then continued to look at the white clouds outside the window. Seeing that Emanuele III did not want to speak, Aquilona could only

He bowed his head and resigned. At the same time, he went to settle the others.

Of the three transport planes, one is specially for royal personnel. Here are mainly the family of Emanuele III and the Duke of Aquirona as the palace minister.

At the same time, this plane was also loaded with the wealth that the royal family could bring out. A portion of cash and US dollars, a small portion of precious metals and money orders.

At the same time, there are more than ten royal servants specifically serving these royal personnel and taking care of their catering and other matters.

On the other two planes were some real personal guards of the royal family. They carried weapons and were responsible for ensuring the safety of the Italian royal family after landing.

"What on earth is this idiot Mussolini doing?! He has ruled Italy for so long, and he still can't figure out the escape route of the royal family?! How can he let them run away?!"

Hitler was furious in his headquarters. Otto and the others had already withdrawn, and the villains had lost more than a hundred people. But what they had annihilated was an Italian rebel force of more than 2,000 people.

Of course, this was also with the assistance of the Lancers and other troops loyal to Mussolini.

"Now is there any news about Emanuele III and the others?!" After scolding Hitler for a while, he may have felt that this was of no use.

So he turned around and asked Otto beside him.

"No, we haven't found any valuable clues. We haven't found their flight path, and even their airport location was discovered a day later..."
To be continued...