Time was indeed very tight, because at this time, the body of Queen Elizabeth had arrived in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and of course the red panda that died with her. One of the assassin's bullets hit the red panda.
The cute little animal that only represents the friendship of the Chinese people is now sleeping together with Her Majesty the Queen, who is extremely loved by the Hungarian people.
Her Majesty the Queen's coffin will stay in the Hungarian Palace in Budapest for one day, and then go to the Austrian capital Vienna and the Royal Cemetery, which will be her final resting place. This day is reserved for the Hungarian people to say goodbye to her.
I have to say that this trick arranged by the Austro-Hungarian Empire government was indeed very effective. Seeing that the beloved Queen who lived in their beautiful legends turned into a cold corpse, the anger in the hearts of the Hungarian people burned directly. Not only
Ordinary people, even Hungarian Prime Minister Geza, publicly shouted slogans of revenge. The Hungarian Local Defense Forces even began to make combat deployments. A large number of Hungarians surrounded the Serbian Consulate in Budapest, burning the Serbian flag in public, and some people threw stones inside.
Even the torches, luckily they didn't know how to make Molotov cocktails at this time, otherwise the consulate might have been burned to the ground.
But the brave Serbs did not give in, and allowed time to pass in fear. They gritted their teeth and waited silently. In fact, the Serbian government also knew very well. Anyway, if you stretch your neck with a knife, if you shrink your neck, it is also a knife, and the assassin will be handed over to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
, the final result of the interrogation will definitely be that they were the instigators, and the result will definitely be war. If they don't hand it over, it will be the same war. Besides, they believe that their friends will not abandon them.
Serbia is now a chess piece that cannot be abandoned for the Allied Powers. Once it falls into the hands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it means that Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire have become one. It has even become the official state of Germany.
With Persia as an ally, William could easily reach into the Indian Ocean, not only trapping Russia in its entirety, but also directly threatening the most dazzling jewel in the British crown.
The British certainly did not want to see such a terrible scene. After weighing the pros and cons, they finally chose to win over Yang Feng no matter what. Just before the ultimatum given by the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Serbs expired, Sa Daoyi
On behalf of the British government, they formally submitted their new draft of China-Myanmar and China-India border demarcation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. In this new border demarcation, all the northern Myanmar area that was previously disputed by the two sides was assigned to China. In addition,
Return the suzerainty of Zhe Mengxiong to China.
At the same time, the British government also formally notified the German government that if Germany invaded France, Britain would fulfill its alliance obligations and declare war on Germany.
By this time, the two major groups, except for Italy, which still chose to remain silent, the other five countries had already reached a showdown. War or peace, it now depends on the choice of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In fact, the Austro-Hungarian Empire at this time did not have completely unanimous opinions on whether to provoke a big melee across Europe. Especially Emperor Joseph himself. Although it was his wife who died, it was obvious that this year he had been seven years old.
The fourteen-year-old emperor no longer had the vigor of his youth. If he were to simply punish Serbia, he would naturally have no worries. But with the showdown between the two major groups, he also seemed to have more worries. After all, once the devil of war was
Once it is released, it will be very difficult to put a rope on it.
But the problem is that Archduke Ferdinand and a group of generals on the General Staff can no longer listen to other opinions at this time. Their minds are full of ambitions to open up new territories, especially after they have just taken office on the recommendation of Archduke Ferdinand.
Herzendorf, Chief of Army General Staff, even clamored crazily that it was time to redistribute the world, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire must not miss this golden opportunity.
Just to create pressure on him, these guys planned to have the queen's coffin stay in Budapest to arouse the anger of the Hungarians. In Vienna, they also encouraged tens of thousands of people to march and demand a declaration of war on Serbia.
In addition to domestic allies, foreign allies are also forcing him. William has assured him many times that once the war starts, the German people will defend the alliance without hesitation. But if the Austro-Hungarian Empire continues to hesitate, it will be very frustrating for him.
The allies were regretful and disappointed. Under such internal and external pressure, after the forty-eight-hour ultimatum, Emperor Joseph hesitated for another day. Just when the coffin of Queen Elizabeth entered Vienna, he finally made this extremely difficult decision.
On December 6, 1904, Austria-Hungary officially declared war on Serbia because the Serbian government rejected the ultimatum's request to hand over the assassins to Austria-Hungary for trial.
"War has finally been declared." Emperor Yang of Beijing said with satisfaction. He should indeed be satisfied. The demarcation negotiations between China and Britain ended hastily in just two days. Everything he wanted before was obtained. The British Empire was
It can be said that they have gone to great lengths to win over him. Even the tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the UK have been reduced a lot. With the British making a series of concessions, China's domestic public opinion has finally begun to change towards Sino-British friendship. This has made the British
People are very happy.
After all, the British themselves understand very well that because of the two Opium Wars in history, their image in the minds of the Chinese people has always been inferior to that of Germany. Now they can exchange several colonies that are of almost no value to them in exchange for this kind of friendship.
The atmosphere is still very cost-effective.
In fact, after learning the news, there was more than one person who said the same thing to Emperor Yang. For example, Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Nicholas of Russia both used the same tone as Yang Feng to sigh with the same contentment.
However, after the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, Russia did not immediately declare war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire as they said. It is not that Nicholas broke his promise, but that his troops have not been mobilized in place. Currently, Russia has a total of
There are 1.5 million navy and army, which is huge, and a large number of officers have modern combat experience. This can be said to be second only to China and Germany, and even cannot be compared with Britain and France. After all, since the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Japan, Yang Feng
Almost every war started was without them.
And because of oil, drugs, rubber, plus the plunder and war reparations against the United States and Japan, Nikolai has a lot of money. Russia's navy and army are well-equipped, and the perfect battleship is already in service.
Six ships.
However, the huge territory has greatly hindered this huge army, especially since almost no place in their huge territory is safe. First of all, as the Japanese Army gradually regains its strength with the support of Yang Feng, Aomori and Hokkaido must at least have
One hundred thousand Russian troops can guarantee safety.
Although Japan at this time was actually much less valuable to Nicholas than before, it was impossible for him to spit out this place. As a great tsar of the Russian Empire, he would never allow even an inch of it.
The acquired land will be thrown away, so this 100,000-strong army must be maintained no matter what.
On the more than 6,000 kilometers of Sino-Russian border from Central Asia to Vladivostok, an army of no less than 300,000 must be maintained to stop Yang Feng’s ambitions. You must know the strength of the Chinese army stationed in Xinjiang, Mongolia, and the three eastern provinces.
At present, there are fifteen divisions. If each division has 18,000 men, that would be an army of 270,000. Taking into account the equipment level and quality of soldiers on both sides, 300,000 is already the minimum.
Then there is the Philippines. Although the Russians have killed the monkeys on Luzon Island into little sheep over the years, after all, there are still many warriors in the south who insist on guerrilla warfare, and they are next to the German Philippine colony. Nicholas is still thinking about it.
We are trying to grab more rubber plantations, so not only the 60,000-strong army in Luzon cannot be moved, but even the navy's fleet in Manila cannot be moved.
In addition, there are garrisons in Dominica and Colombia. Although they cannot attack German colonies due to the Caribbean Alliance, they must protect the increasingly important drug industry. The Colombians are obsessed with the land they lost.
I have always been worried about it, and the Dominicans are also dishonest. Let’s not say more, 50,000 Russian troops is the minimum.
In addition, there is also the Caucasus region. With the victory of the Balkan War, the voice of the Ottomans in regaining the lost territories is very loud, especially the Young Turks who have just reconciled with Hamid II. During this period, they have been
Advocating the revival of the empire, eyeing the newly crippled Bulgaria, and even creating public opinion in the country, he believed that he should join the Allied Powers group and fight against Russia with Germany and Austria. Although Hamid II was not affected for the time being, he had to
Defend.
In addition, there is Persia. You must know that Persia is an ally of Germany, and since the last alliance treaty was signed, the King of Persia has indeed become more ambitious and even invited a large number of German consultants to help him train the army.
Azerbaijan, which was robbed by Russia back then, had some ideas.
In this way, going a little east and a little west, the Russian Army currently has a total of only 400,000 troops in the direction of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to the plan jointly formulated by the three countries, once the war begins, the British and French armies will be responsible for holding back the Western Front.
The main force of the German army, while the Russian army was responsible for the offensive, a diversionary attack against Germany, focusing on attacking the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but 400,000 troops were not enough in any case, and at least one million was needed.
During this period, Nikolai mobilized troops from all corners of the world while recruiting troops on a large scale, desperately arming his gray animals. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!