Germans disbanded the regiment and most of its companies, while the 112th Landing Company and 121st Paratroopers Company joined the fascist National Republican Army of Benito Mussolini. IX Assault Unit On 8 September 1943 the I Arditi Battalion in Sardinia refused German demands to surrender and the battalion resisted on 12 September a German attempt to disarm it. After the German retreat from Sardinia the battalion remained on the island until February 1944, when it was shipped to Naples, where it landed on the 19 of the month. On 20 March the battalion was renamed IX Assault Unit and assigned to the Italian Co-belligerent Army's I Motorized Grouping, which on 18 April 1944 entered the Italian Liberation Corps. The Italian Liberation Corps fought on the allied side in the Italian campaign. Until 25 July 1944 the IX Assault Unit fought at Colli a Volturno, Guardiagrele, Cingoli, and along the Musone and Esino rivers, and in the Battle of Ancona, where the unit achieved the decisive breakthrough of the German line at Casenuove. For its conduct in these battles the IX Assault Unit was awarded its second Silver Medal of Military Valour. On 24 September the IX Assault Unit entered the 68th Infantry Regiment "Legnano" as III Battalion "Col Moschin". The battalion was equipped with British weapons and materiel and consisted of approximately 400 men divided into a command company, three assault companies, and a support weapons company. The 68th Infantry Regiment "Legnano" was assigned to the Combat Group "Legnano", which entered the front on 23 March 1945 as part of the IV US Corps on the river Idice. The combat group fought in the allied Spring Offensive and took part in the Battle of Bologna. For its conduct in these battles the III Battalion "Col Moschin" was awarded the unit's third Silver Medal of Military Valour. On 1 August 1946 the III Battalion "Col Moschin" was disbanded and its personnel used to form the III Fusiliers Battalion of the 68th Infantry Regiment "Legnano". Cold War On 20 April 1953 a Paratroopers Saboteurs Company was formed by the Italian Army's Infantry School in Cesano. On 1 June 1954 the company was expanded to Paratroopers Saboteurs Unit. On 10 May 1957 the unit moved from Cesano to Pisa and was assigned to the army's Military Parachuting Center there. On 25 September 1961 the unit was renamed Paratroopers Saboteurs Battalion. On 1 January