The smoke screen of the explosion, mixed with a large amount of sand, failed to spread for a long time.
Almost instantly, violent explosions, dazzling fires, and concussive shock waves all appeared at once.
More than fifty soldiers were left with their heads missing and their flesh and blood mutilated by the impact and tearing caused by modern gunpowder.
The central figure that these soldiers were protecting was not spared because he was at the center of the explosion.
"Leader! Go and see how the leader is doing!"
In the panic, those party soldiers who had saved their lives because they were on the outside still did not forget the leader who was still in the explosion area just because they had just passed through hell.
"Go and see the leader's car!" An accompanying black-shirted colonel with a bright idea shouted to the dozen or so surviving black-shirted soldiers around him.
"Yes!" Because the black-shirted troops also realized the seriousness of this unexpected incident, they did not dare to delay and rushed to Mussolini's car in accordance with the order.
Yes, it was Mussolini who was attacked. He had just come out of the hospital, and in the blink of an eye, he was favored by the God of Doom again.
On the way back to the Palazzo Venezia, a squadron of bombers suddenly appeared over Mussolini's motorcade and dropped a large amount of explosives immediately.
The bomber squadron moved very quickly, leaving almost no time for Mussolini's convoy to react. They quickly dropped explosives at the first moment they were discovered.
After a round of concentrated bombing, they turned around and left the scene of the incident, evacuating in a hurry.
The rapid evacuation was to avoid leaving too much evidence. Only one round of bombing was carried out because the bomber squadron was confident that Mussolini would not survive such an intensive bombing.
Because it was a limousine presented by Reinhardt, the head of state of Germany, it has good bulletproof and protective effects, so miraculously, this car has not been exploded by air strikes.
Speaking of which, when Reinhardt offered the car as a gift, Mussolini was so stubborn that he wanted to refuse.
In Mussolini's view at that time, how could the Italian leader not ride in a car produced in Italy?
However, after discovering that Italy could not produce protective cars of the quality that the Germans had ordered for their leaders, Mussolini chose to accept Reinhardt's kindness by default.
After all, no one has to risk his own life. There are safer options, and few people like to choose the more dangerous one.
In fact, Reinhardt would give Mussolini a car that was the same as his own bulletproof car, also considering that Mussolini was often assassinated.
Reinhard had always been quite considerate of his ally who was not very obedient but had to cooperate with the German Third Reich because of his huge ambitions.
In Italy, it is not an easy task to find another war faction who is as powerful as Mussolini and has huge ambitions, and who wants to go as dark as Germany.
As an insider recovered by Germany and the largest Gestapo in Italy, Deputy Prime Minister Rossi's influence is increasing day by day.
But compared to Mussolini, he is still a little behind.
Although Mussolini led Italy into the war, he has been in disgrace. However, this does not mean that he is a completely incompetent leader.
How could Mussolini be a stupid idiot who could sit as the leader of Italian dictator?
In fact, Mussolini used voluntarism to control the thinking of a part of the Italian people.
It is no exaggeration to say that Mussolini fully possessed the talents required as a thinker.
The reason why he seems to be a failure is that there is no problem with his ideological level.
Mussolini was a good idealist and agitator, but not a qualified doer.
His ability to encourage Italians to participate in the war is enough to illustrate his level of ideological incitement and control. This is precisely one of the key abilities needed by a national leader.
Even Mussolini himself admitted that Italians were not suitable for participating in a world war, and said to Reinhardt after the Polish campaign: "You don't understand Italians, they don't like to fight."
It seemed that Mussolini was making excuses for Italy not to participate in the war. But in fact, what he said was all true.
And Reinhard also admitted: "The only leader in the whole of Italy is an ancient Roman."
The leader in Reinhardt's words naturally refers to Italian Prime Minister Mussolini himself.
Similarly, it seemed that Reinhard was just flattering Mussolini at the time, but in fact he was also telling the truth.
The war-weariness of Italian soldiers is actually very high, and only a small number of them are truly eager for war.
It was not easy for Mussolini to integrate this small group of people and most of the other Italians to support the entire Italian war plan. At least, he really inherited the ambition and warlike spirit of the ancient Romans.
As for Reinhard's protection of Mussolini, it was also because he needed someone to encourage the Italians to stay in the war to prevent Germany from being left alone.
From the perspective of Germany's interests, if there is someone who can pull Italy, which is generally war-weary, to continue fighting and fight side by side with Germany to share the pressure, then this person is what Germany needs.
Even though Reinhard already had the allegiance of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Rossi, he still did not want to easily lose Mussolini, the biggest and consistent instigator of Italy's entry into the war.
"The leader is still breathing!"
In the smoke screen of the explosion, several black-shirted soldiers rushed in and worked hard to open the severely deformed car door.
Due to the huge impact of the explosion, the model of the bulletproof car was severely deformed, and the door could not be opened due to the deformation, so it had to be pulled hard.
Fortunately, after opening the car door, several SS soldiers were lucky enough to find that Mussolini, who had fallen into a coma with blood still on his forehead, was breathing weakly.
"Come on, people! Take the leader out and send him to the hospital immediately!" After learning the good news that the leader survived, the black-shirted major on the periphery breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made arrangements to deal with the next matter.
"Contact the nearest troops and ask them to send a car. Our location is not far from San Giovanni Hospital, and we will be able to send the leader to the hospital soon." The colonel naturally believed that Mussolini should be sent to the hospital again.
Former San Giovanni Hospital.
If we send it now, doctors who have been in contact with Mussolini before can still be familiar with the leader's physical condition, and even the prime minister's special ward can be arranged as quickly as before.
