As early as a few years ago, Italy's great leader Mussolini began preparations to attack dissidents.
Different from Germany's Ebert's approach of changing the parliament, Mussolini chose to directly establish a "Fascist Council". This body, composed entirely of fascists, is both an executive agency and has rights higher than the legislative body. Mussolini
Rini himself is the chairman of this committee.
It is different from Zhang Chengtian’s establishment of the illegal SS in order to circumvent the Treaty of Versailles. (Yes, the SS is not yet a legal armed force of Germany. The only legal one is the 100,000-strong Wehrmacht under the Treaty of Versailles.)
Mussolini's approach was much more unscrupulous. He directly used his power as prime minister to incorporate the fascist black shirts into the National Guard, thereby firmly controlling the entire National Guard.
In this regard, Mussolini once proudly mentioned to his confidant Rossi: "This move not only added strength to the fascist power, but also created a more sophisticated reserve force out of thin air."
Unlike the barbarism of the Night of Long Knives, Mussolini elegantly disbanded the Royal Guards in the hands of the Italian royal family with a single order.
When he was about to leave for the Lausanne Foreign Ministers Conference, Mussolini instructed his confidant Rossi: "During my immediate period, you must try your best to expand the number of Blackshirts in the National Guard to 500,000.
More than one person.”
At that time, Rossi asked worriedly: "Isn't that more than the king's army?"
"That's right." Mussolini said with a mysterious smile: "Isn't that bad? My loyal Rossi, you have been with me for so long, you should understand some things without asking me to say them out.
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At the Foreign Ministers' Conference in Lausanne, Mussolini met the elderly French Prime Minister Raymond. After comparing the two, Mussolini felt incredible that he had climbed to the position of prime minister at the age of only 39. This also strengthened Mussolini's
Solini is determined to consolidate his power after returning to the country, and he wants to stay in this position longer!
In this foreign ministers' meeting, Mussolini's tough attitude won concessions from Britain and France, which made Britain and France recognize Italy's jurisdiction over the Zozecanis Island, prompting Italy to further control the Mediterranean.
A lucky diplomatic victory made Mussolini warmly admired by the people after returning home. Look at the Germans next door who failed in diplomacy and are still in the shadow of the Treaty of Versailles!
After returning to China, Mussolini used this opportunity to vigorously promote the fascist party and did enough superficial work.
In order to establish himself as the greatest leader in Italian history, Mussolini would personally participate in any event that marked economic development. A new building was built in a poor area, or a new bridge was built over a certain river.
The presence of Mussolini cutting the ribbon is indispensable.
On the other hand, the Italian Fascist Party was systematically purging domestic dissidents. Many people were assassinated at home, in joints, hospitals, prisons and even churches. Those who subscribed to anti-fascist newspapers were beaten, and those who openly spread opposition speeches were even more
He was directly thrown into prison and tortured. For a time, the whole of Italy was in a state of respect and fear of fascism.
However, Mussolini, the secret instigator of these atrocities, strongly condemned this violent behavior in major newspapers and asked the police to severely punish the relevant personnel as soon as possible. At the same time, Mussolini asked the fascist party members in the newspapers to consciously cooperate with the police and work together to
Maintain domestic stability.
When Zhang Chengtian finally made up his mind to carry out the Night of Long Knives operation, Mussolini, who was far away in Rome, had already asked the king to completely dissolve the parliament. He asked his confidant Rossi to organize the operation of the National Committee.
Then, Mussolini pretended to reorganize the "Grand Council", and he himself served as the chairman of the Grand Council.
The members of the Grand Council are composed of three parts: 1. Meritorious ministers who marched into Rome. 2. Fascist general secretaries, deputy secretaries, ministers and other cadres. 3. Outstanding main members who have served the fascist revolution for more than 3 years, such as Rossi.
Waiting for Mussolini's confidants.
In this way, the "Grand Assembly" that replaced the Parliament was almost controlled by Mussolini alone.
At this moment, Mussolini was not only the leader of the Fascist Party, but also the Prime Minister of Italy and the Chairman of the Grand Council. It could be said that he had great power in one person.
However, in the face of Mussolini's increasingly dictatorial dictatorship, assassinations of Mussolini also appeared by people of insight. Fortunately, Zhang Chengtian did not encounter this.
There were four assassinations against Mussolini!
The first murderer was an Italian army major general. He prepared a small Austrian rifle, soaked every bullet with venom, and rented the balcony of the Barranchi Hotel where Mussolini would pass during his review.
Unfortunately, he spilled the beans last night when he was drunk. An hour before meeting Mussolini, he was arrested by black-shirted soldiers with all the stolen goods.
The second assassin was a British woman. Many people in later generations believed that this British woman was assigned by Churchill to assassinate Mussolini. However, this is no longer certain.
At that time, the woman walked easily to Mussolini's car, and the black shirt party members on the side waved happily to her. Then she took out a pistol and shot Mussolini. The bullet came from Mussolini.
The front of Rini's nose was rubbed and a layer of skin was scraped off.
The woman was stunned. She couldn't hit it at such a close distance! Many people around her were also stunned, standing aside and watching blankly.
Fortunately, this woman had no professional training and her marksmanship was terrible, otherwise Mussolini would not be far from death.
In the end, Mussolini was the first to react and shouted: "Come on, catch her! What are you doing standing there?"
The third murder was even more coincidental. A student who had returned from studying in France, because he was dissatisfied with Mussolini's dictatorship, made a bomb and lurked in Potapia, waiting for Mussolini to pass by.
After waiting for 8 days, Mussolini came. The students excitedly threw the first bomb, but it didn't explode! The second bomb was thrown, but it didn't explode again! The third bomb exploded, but it missed the target!
For the fourth murder, the murderer, who had learned his lesson, chose a non-technical method. The same passionate young man, armed with a small pistol, rushed forward and shot Mussolini during the speech.
After the bullets were fired, none of the shots hit Mussolini, who was dodging. The young man was hit by a shot from the black-shirted soldier on the side.
At this time, Mussolini was swollen, and he felt that his luck was extremely good.
Similar to Hitler in history, Mussolini believed that this was God protecting him who created and spread fascism.
The arrogant Mussolini became more determined to implement his dictatorship!
