"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress of Austria was assassinated in Belgrade." Yuan Shikai ran into the imperial study with uncontrollable excitement and shouted.
"What? When?" Emperor Yang, who was already bored enough to practice calligraphy, stood up and asked impatiently.
"An hour ago, on the way to the Serbian palace, he was shot three times by an assassin. He has been sent to the hospital. The details of his life and death are not yet known, but he may have choked. It is said that he was shot in the chest three times."
Yuan Shikai said with a smile, it is obvious that the Lord Attendant knows the meaning of these three shots very well.
"Damn it, after all the hard work it still started like this, this is fate!" Emperor Yang smiled bitterly and said with emotion. He really didn't expect that the war that was ten years in advance would actually start with an assassination.
"What day is it today?" He raised his head and asked after sighing for the fate of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
"December 1st." Yuan Shikai said.
"Remember this day, an era begins, an era that belongs to us!" His Majesty the Emperor said with a sinister smile.
Yuan Shikai also laughed. The two guys looked like a standard pair of foolish kings and treacherous ministers on the stage.
An hour later, Yang Feng finally received the exact news. The Empress of Austria, who had been shot three times in the chest, could not wait until the experts from the Yang Medical Center, who were invited by the Emperor of Austria-Hungary to fly from London, arrived. Because
He was so seriously injured that he died in a Belgrade hospital.
This news was like a bomb that exploded over Europe, which was becoming increasingly calm, making all parties dizzy. Everyone knew what this meant, and they had already sharpened their swords against Serbia. They just lacked an excuse to start a war.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire would not miss this opportunity no matter what. Even though Emperor Joseph had lost interest in expanding territory as he grew older over the years, and even began to suppress the hawkish forces in the country, it was impossible for him to
He didn't take revenge even when his wife was killed.
Even Britain and France, which support Serbia, did not expect that these guys would dare to do this. They warned the Serbs many times that even if they did not welcome the visit of the Queen of Austria, they must still be polite. Don't cause any unpleasantness.
thing, but they never expected that these guys not only caused trouble, they actually killed everyone. After learning the news, both British Prime Minister Balfour and French Prime Minister Combe were so angry that they cursed these guys
stupid teammate.
Of course, after hearing the news, there were still many people who were as happy as Yang Fengjunchen, such as Kaiser Wilhelm, and Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Needless to say, the former, this assassination had a great impact on him
For me, it was like pie in the sky. The good opportunity that I had dreamed of for many years finally arrived. As for the latter, I almost woke up from my dream. Archduke Ferdinand, who had long been coveting Serbia, finally no longer had to worry about Emperor Joseph.
blocked.
Moreover, his aunt's death had a more important meaning to him.
The industrial strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is enough to support any level of war. Although modern people always tend to ignore this country, in fact, its industrial strength ranks fourth in Europe, and the quality level of its arms industry is not even inferior to Germany, Skoda, and Stein.
The two major arsenals in Seoul are also famous, especially Skoda's artillery is not inferior to Krupp's, but the Austro-Hungarian army has never been able to reassure its generals.
The reason is very simple. As an empire made up of a large number of small countries, there are many internal conflicts among nationalities, and it is difficult to work together. This is especially true between Austria and Hungary, the two main kingdoms that make up this dual empire.
But it’s different now. Queen Elizabeth’s status in the hearts of Hungarians far exceeds that of Emperor Joseph. It was she who relied on her charm to promote the reconciliation between Austria and Hungary. The story of her and Count Andrássy is well-known in Hungary, and countless Hungarians sincerely
They love their Majesty the Queen so much that when the bad news reached Budapest, the Hungarians were the first to shout the war slogan.
So with the whole country clamoring for war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire officially issued an ultimatum to Serbia. The content was very long-winded, such as banning all anti-Austrian groups. Of course, the list of anti-Austrian groups must be designated by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Another example is that the King of Serbia personally went to Vienna and Budapest to apologize to the people of Austria and Hungary, another example is to reaffirm the sovereignty of the Austro-Hungarian Empire over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most important thing is to hand over the murderer to the Austro-Hungarian Empire for trial.
Both assassins were caught, but both of them were underage, so according to Serbian law, and of course according to the laws of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Queen Elizabeth could not be compensated for her life. According to the preliminary interrogation results of the Serbians, these two people were from Bosnia.
The Serbs assassinated Queen Elizabeth just to let the world hear the voice of the Bosnian people against tyranny.
Obviously, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not satisfied with this result. They were very doubtful about the fairness of the Serbian trial, so the trial must be conducted by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the Serbian people. The violation of Serbian sovereignty is secondary. The key is that if the person is in the hands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then it must be the result they want, and the final result will be whatever they want. Even if they really have to find out these two
It is not impossible that the assassin was an agent of the Serbian government.
Although there are indeed many doubts about Princip's true identity in history, and it is very likely that he was an employee of the Serbian Military Intelligence Agency, his assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was most likely planned by the French intelligence agency and the Serbian intelligence agency.
, the purpose is to provoke a war so as to involve all countries and facilitate France to regain Alsace and Lorraine. But this time the Serbian government is indeed innocent. They are not prepared to provoke the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the current situation, let alone
Maybe in such a way that is detrimental to yourself.
You must know that Queen Elizabeth has a very good reputation internationally. After the news of her murder came out, even distant China issued a stern condemnation, condemned this despicable act, and accused the Serbian government of failing to protect it. As for Europe,
There are even more such voices, and even public opinion in Britain and France is very unfavorable to Serbia.
The most important thing for the Serbian government now is to clear up the relationship with the Assassin, but if the Assassin is handed over to the Austro-Hungarian Empire for interrogation, then they will definitely not be able to do so. This article in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's ultimatum is actually equivalent to telling them,
The only outcome of this matter is war. In this case, the Serbian government might as well show its backbone in front of the people.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire's ultimatum was given a deadline of forty-eight hours to reply. Refusal would mean a declaration of war. During this period, the European powers jumped out one after another. First, Russia issued a threat to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia, then Russia would attack the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
The Hungarian Empire declared war, but then the German government sent a note to Russia. If Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, then Germany would fulfill its alliance obligations and declare war on Russia. Then France issued a threat to Germany. If Germany invaded Russia, then France would also fulfill its alliance obligations against Russia.
Germany declared war, and Austria-Hungary notified France that if France declared war on Germany, Austria-Hungary would also fulfill its alliance obligations and declare war on France.
But at this time, there was an anti-war wave in the UK, and Italy also remained silent, each adding discordant voices to their own groups.
Italy is expected. In fact, Italy does not like the Austro-Hungarian Empire's annexation of Serbia, and the conflict between them and France over Tunisia is far from the point where it requires all the strength of the country to fight a war. On the contrary, Italy is now
I am thinking about Libya very much. Of course I am just thinking about it. Libya is still in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. They don't even have the guts to invade the Ottoman Empire now, let alone a decisive battle with France. And once the war breaks out, the Allied Powers will definitely beat them from the sea. Italy has just served.
It is a joke that two perfect battleships want to protect the long coastline. In other words, if they really want to fulfill their alliance obligations, they will become the most unlucky among the Three Kingdoms. I am not that stupid, just watch the fun.
But the anti-war sentiment in Britain was a bit baffling to Emperor Yang.
"What are they talking about?" the guy asked Zhang Quan in confusion.
"The British people believe that Serbia brought it upon itself. No matter who killed Queen Elizabeth, they all have an unshirkable responsibility. There is no need for the British to join a war with an unknown outcome for such a country," Zhang Quan said with a smile.
Yang Feng also laughed. This issue is just a trivial matter to Prime Minister Balfour. The voices of the people are only used for reference. They have not expressed their stance until now. I am afraid they are waiting for their own stance.
"Send a statement for me, saying that I hope all countries will remain calm and try their best to maintain the current hard-won peace in Europe. I also announced that from today on, Young Power Systems will stop supplying diesel engines to the six countries of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, and Italy.
Fox Steel Company has stopped supplying military supplies including weapons and ammunition to the six countries." He thought for a moment and said.
"What about steel?" Zhang Quan said with a smile. The importance of steel produced in Bofors is second only to diesel engines. Most of the battleships under construction are imported from Bofors to manufacture gearboxes, drive shafts, and even artillery.
important part.
"Steel? Steel is not considered military supplies." Emperor Yang said very seriously. It didn't matter if he had to cut off the diesel engines for the European powers. Those guys had accumulated enough for so many years and there was no need to continue to buy them. But steel was not good enough.
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