I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 95



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EP.95 Italian Disposal (2)

As the Allies were making their decisions about Italy, Germany was also making plans to dispose of Italy in its own way.

“Duce. Why are you so listless? The Duce I know was a very energetic person.”

Hitler could not hide his shock at the sight of his idol’s downfall.

The two men shook Hitler’s hand in a very timid manner.

In the eyes of the two men who had aged in an instant, the ambition that had once burned toward the world was no longer there.

“Führer, the previous Duchess died in Italy. Now I am just an ordinary old man. Please, leave Mussolini alone. I want to rest now.”

Hitler felt disgusted by the sight of Duce’s frail figure.

Is this man really Mussolini, the so-called godfather of fascism?

The Ubermensch, the last Roman, is Mussolini really finished?

If so, he was no longer worth respecting.

Hitler shook off any remaining feelings of respect and admiration for Mussolini and spoke in a cold voice.

“Two bodies.”

“Speak.”

“Go back to Italy and rebuild your country.”

“That’s it. I can’t do that.”

Even though the two bodies were not in a normal state right now, they were not so out of their minds that they didn’t know what it meant.

“Duce, this is not a suggestion or a request. It is an order.”

Duche was shocked by the orders from a man he once considered a follower of his.

But now he was in no position to muster up the courage to confront Hitler.

The two hesitated for a while and then nodded.

“If that is the President’s will, I will follow it.”

Mussolini had no choice.

He took the train back to Italy.

He reestablished Fascist Italy under the name of the Italian Social Republic, with the seat of government in Salò.

With this, Italy was officially divided in two.

To the southern kingdom under the Allied Powers and the northern Republic of Salo.

Mussolini found all this distressing and sad.

The ideal of a great Italy was completely shattered and scattered during his reign.

Now, this country will never rise again.

Mussolini sat at his desk without thinking.

Still, the country ran well.

In the first place, Mussolini was merely the figurehead of the Republic of Salo.

The Germans seized power in the Republic of Salo and ruthlessly exploited the Italians.

Until yesterday, we were allies so we were tolerant, but not anymore.

Italy’s status was that of a German puppet state, not much different from Vichy France.

Well, it’s like a defeated country, so what’s the problem with trampling on it a little?

The German army’s ruthless exploitation provided an opportunity for left-wing forces that were already fighting against the oppressive rule of the fascists.

“If you want to kill the Germans and the traitorous fascists, join the Italian Communist Party!”

“Without the Communist Party there is no new Italy!”

As the Reds grew in power, countless fighting organizations such as the Garibaldi Brigade, the Matteotti Brigade, the Justice and Liberation Group, and the Patriotic Action Group sprang up like mushrooms behind the German army.

Even the German army flinched at the terrifying spread of the disease.

“The communists are running wild like this, and you’re saying we should suppress them with our military alone? That’s absolutely not possible.”

“Then what should we do?”

“We should select useful fascists from the Italian army and use them to maintain public order.”

Germany did not trust the Italians, but when things turned out this way, they were at a loss.

“Prepare carefully and without any noise.”

With this order, German commander Field Marshal Albert Kesselring authorized the creation of the Army of the Italian Social Republic.

The main force was the Black Shirts, Mussolini’s traditional supporters, but various militias also took part.

If there is a problem,

“Oh, you’re not going to punish the communists?”

“Us? How?”

The Italian Socialist Republic Army was in no condition to fight the Reds, either in terms of training, organization, or armament.

In the end, the German army had to take charge of suppressing the communists.

This led to a vicious cycle of squeezing out more troops that were not there.

Meanwhile, the Reds in Moscow were very encouraged by what was happening in Italy.

Stalin looked at the red proliferation phenomenon in Italy and tapped his calculator again.

‘If we do this well, we can eat up all of Italy?’

If the Communist Party takes the lead in forming the Italian government after the war, what good will it do?

If done well, it could have given the Soviet Empire the opportunity to expand from Germany to Austria and Italy.

‘Is that a bit too much?’

But even if the communist transformation of Italy failed, the Soviet Union would have nothing to lose.

Those communists there were not seeds sown by the Soviet Union in the first place, but were natural communists that arose naturally in that region.

Moscow would have nothing to lose by blowing up some of the naturally occurring commies.

In any case, it was not befitting the reputation of a communist power to just sit back and watch the situation in Italy.

“Director Golikov.”

“Yes, Comrade Secretary.”

“Give orders to Switzerland to open contacts with the Italian Communist comrades.”

“I will take action.”

As the Reds took action, Britain did not stay still.

From the beginning, Britain had been moving even before the ink dried on the Ankara Declaration to revise the agreement to its most favorable picture.

“It is imperative that the Southern Kingdom take the initiative in Italy. To do so, we must significantly increase the military power of the Southern Kingdom.”

“Would Prime Minister Lee Sung-joon agree?”

“We have to make them agree.”

As soon as Sung Jun arrived in Pyongyang, Britain sent a telegram and started to harass him.

“The Reds are setting up liberated zones behind the German army and causing chaos. Considering the post-war situation, shouldn’t the Kingdom of Italy have the military power to subdue those Reds?”

Eden thought that Lee Seong-jun would naturally agree.

No it wasn’t.

“How can you trust them? Those fascists should be brought to trial as war criminals and dealt with. They should never be given a chance to wash their clothes.”

Korea came out surprisingly stubborn.

“Your Majesty, think about it again. Aren’t you afraid of the communists growing bigger after the war?”

Seongjun was the kind of person who was ready to answer, ‘Yes, no.’

“We are a country where justice is paramount. There will be no compromise with fascist war criminals.”

Eden was amazed.

Since when did Korea become a country that talks about justice like that?

Would such a just country go around beating up and killing its neighbors just because it’s cool?

“Prime Minister. Please consider the greater good and make a small concession.”

But Lee Seong-jun remained steadfast.

He was unwilling to back down even an inch, let alone make a concession.

The gentlemanly attitude he showed during negotiations seemed to have been thrown away.

If I had known this would happen, I would have handled this issue in Ankara.

Eden regretted it later.

As a result, the Italian army, unlike the original one, was not re-established as a proper army.

Even though the British tried to use them as auxiliary forces,

“No, are you accepting war criminals into the military now? Yes?”

The Korean army came and cut off the blood vessels in his neck.

“Ha. I’m really going crazy.”

Britain was at a loss.

Meanwhile, the most powerful military force on the Italian peninsula, excluding foreign forces, became the Italian Communist Party.

Its overwhelming scale was such that even the German forces dominating the north could not ignore it.

The problem was that this spread of communism was not limited to Italy.

“In France and Yugoslavia, the communists are taking the lead. If things continue this way, the whole of Europe will be unified under communism.”

The British cabinet felt that it was facing a new threat even before the war was over.

If we do not do something about this red plague, we will face the threat of a Red Napoleon following Hitler.

“We have to persuade Lee Seong-jun somehow. And make him recognize Free France.”

“But how do you convince them?”

The British government had no choice but to make this proposal to Sungjun.

“Regarding the Italian fleet issue that the Prime Minister mentioned before, we have changed our thinking a bit.”

“is it so?”

“The new battleships are good, so you may give them to the Soviet Union as much as your Prime Minister wishes.”

It is better for the Navy to bear the burden than for Europe to become a communist country.

It was a proposal made with tears in the eyes of the British people.

“Then let me think about it.”

Lee Seong-jun also had no intention of just standing by and watching the communists expand infinitely.

‘It’s a win-win since the battleship is doing what we want, but the situation is a bit ominous.’

After some pushing and pulling, Sung Jun agreed to the re-establishment of the Italian Royal Army on the condition that four battleships be handed over to the Soviet Union.

Only then could Eden breathe a sigh of relief.

“Still, it’s not too late.”

If it had been any later, the remnants of the Italian army, which should have been the backbone of the re-creation, would have been scattered without a trace.

With the re-establishment of the Italian Army, a north-south confrontation structure was established on the Italian peninsula.

There was no need to point guns at the Nazis right away, but once the common enemy, the fascists, were overthrown, their thinking could not help but change.

‘When that day comes, I will make those stupid imperialists drown in blood.’

‘You red bastards. You’d better breathe easy until then. I’m going to slaughter you like pigs.’

Both sides gnashed their teeth at each other, but when it came to fighting their ostensible enemies, the fascists, they cooperated with smiling faces.

The scene closely resembled the pre-war scene of Stalin and Hitler shaking hands.