The news that Austria-Hungary was going to conduct military exercises in Bosnia and Herzegovina was soon announced. For Austria-Hungary, this was just a routine announcement, but for some Serbs, it was undoubtedly a provocation.
They planned to fight back against the provocative Austro-Hungarian Empire in their own way.
"Chabrinovich, how about we assassinate the visiting Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince?"
"This is absolutely fine, let the Austrians know how powerful we are."
In a house in Belgrade, two young men were carrying out a conspiracy.
These two young men are called Chabrinović and Princip, one is 17 years old and the other is 18 years old. They are both peripheral members of the Mafia. Their conspiracy is to kill the Austrian who came to Sarajevo for inspection.
Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Hungary.
They are worthy of being in the second grade of middle school. Even their ideas are so middle grade. Do they know the location of the crown prince? Do they know how to avoid the guards along the way? Do they know how to get close to the crown prince? They don’t know anything. They only rely on a bloody battle.
I just planned to do it, no wonder I was so second-rate.
However, regarding the idea of assassination, they did not think that they could not accomplish it. The two began to plan how to assassinate.
"Oops, it's broken and we don't have weapons."
At this time, Chabrinović slapped his head and wanted to have a very serious problem. They had no weapons in their hands.
Faced with this question posed by Chabrinović, the two people, who were in high spirits at first, felt like eggplants beaten by frost, castrated.
After a while, Princip suddenly thought of a way. "How about finding someone to find a way? I know he has weapons."
"who?"
Facing Princip's words, Chabrinović became more energetic.
"It's Major Tankosvich, my former instructor in the Black Hand. He has weapons. We can definitely find a solution to him."
"I know him and he has trained me before. I can definitely ask him for help."
The Major Tankosvich mentioned by Princip was also known to Chabrinović.
Now that they had an idea, the two went ahead and immediately headed to Major's home in the suburbs of Tankoswich.
"Major, this is our plan. So we would like to ask you to find us two pistols to use in the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince. We want to let them know that Serbia will never accept insults by assassinating the Crown Prince."
In front of their former instructor, Major Tankosvich, the two told him all about their plans.
Faced with the childish ideas of the two passionate young men, Major Tankosvich had no intention of damaging their self-confidence. "Very good, you two are true patriots. I will lend you weapons, but this plan still requires
Let me complete it a little bit for you first, so that it can increase your success rate of assassination. You are the heroes of Serbia, and the kingdom will be proud of you. You wait for me at home for two days, and I will come to you in two days.
"
After patting the two people on the shoulders, Major Tankosvich personally sent them out of the door.
After the two of them walked away, Major Tankosvich took their plan and was ready to set off. He needed to make the two's naive plan more reliable, and he needed help from others.
…
In the following two days, this naive plan was continuously improved, and the plan was also sent to the man behind the Black Hand, Colonel Lagutin, the head of Serbian intelligence.
"This plan is okay. Let our people cooperate with the two hot-blooded heroes."
Following Colonel Lagutin's decision, preparations sped up. First of all, the two passionate young men needed to be trained in shooting so that they could hit people at a sufficient distance. Major Tankosvich was responsible for this matter.
Secondly, it is necessary to determine the itinerary of the crown prince so that these two people have the opportunity to carry out the assassination. In addition, how to send the two people to Sarajevo is also a problem. With so many problems, the assistance of many people is needed, so the Black Hand will be responsible for this time.
The assassination mission took a lot of energy, but of course the two passionate young men didn't know all this.
The shooting training went very quickly. Within a week, the three enthusiastic young men had completed the training. They could definitely hit the target when using guns at close range.
Wait a minute, isn’t it two? Why did it become three?
This is because, during the training, a young man named Grabage strongly requested to join them after hearing about their feats. In the spirit of doing things well when there are many people, the two decided to let him join.
So now there were three people standing in front of Major Tankosvich.
"Three of you, you have the most precious spirit of Serbia, which is the unyielding spirit. After this training, you will embark on a journey to Sarajevo to complete a major event that will shock the world. Here I wish you success in advance.
"
As he spoke, Major Tankosvich took out his wine glass and poured a glass of red wine for the three of them.
"For Serbia."
Then the three of them drank it all in one gulp.
After seeing the three of them finish drinking, Major Tankosvich took out a bag and put everything in it. The contents in the bag made the three people's eyes light up because they saw pistols and grenades.
"Here are 4 Browning pistols and 60 rounds of ammunition. I found them for you. In addition, these 6 grenades are my own private collection and are given to you. In addition, there are 150 dinars here.
Your cash is the cost of your trip."
At this point, he paused, picked up 6 white crystalline powders packed in glass and said. "These are 6 potassium cyanide pills. Use them when you complete or fail to complete the assassination, and when you are caught by the enemy, you can avoid
You have been subjected to inhumane treatment."
At this time, Major Tankosvich looked at the three people in front of him with pity and said, "It's still too late for you to quit now. No one will blame you. Now I give you one last chance. Does anyone choose to quit?"
Facing the major's question, the three made their choice with practical actions. Each of them took two potassium cyanide pills and put them into their pockets.
"Now that you have made your choice, I will arrange for someone to send you to Sarajevo. Everyone, go back and prepare, and say goodbye to your family."
In the following days, the three of them said goodbye to their families respectively, but they did not state their whereabouts. They simply said that they were going on a trip. Then, under the arrangement of the major, they went to the border town of Shakaba, where someone would take them across the border.
On September 26, the three arrived in the small town of Shakba, and then they obtained forged documents from Army Major Popovich. Then the three armed with the help of a Serbian customs officer, came from Lesotho
Crossing the Drina River near Jesnika.
Afterwards, in Tuzla, they arrived in Sarajevo with the help of a local Serb businessman, Ivanovic. Moreover, this businessman named Ivanovic also provided them with a place to rest.
Now the three of them just need to recharge their batteries and wait until Archduke Ferdinand arrives.
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Chapter three, Mantou fulfilled his promise and finished writing three chapters. Where is the monthly ticket?
The additional updates for Steamed Buns are almost finished, so everyone must work hard so that Steamed Buns can’t catch up.
