"What the hell is going on in the minds of these Serbs?" The same voice sounded in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and Nicholas II roared angrily: "Are they trying to go to war with Croatia?" My cousin in Berlin sent a telegram asking me if I was secretly supporting the Serbs to get nervous there! ”

Jochen could not have used such foul language in a telegram to his cousin of Niki, who knows what he could have done to provoke his fiery cousin, but the telegram did express "disbelief" and "incredible" about the cerebral pumping of the government of the Kingdom of Serbia and asked what Russia's attitude was to the matter.

Despite Jochen's careful wording, Nicholas II still felt insulted by his intelligence, because he himself thought that the stupidity of the government of the Kingdom of Serbia was simply nerve-wracking, and as the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Serbia, Nicholas II was still disgraced when someone else pointed it out. It's as if your own son is indeed a fool, but when others say that he is a fool, he is very annoyed.

And what did the stupid Serbs do?

At first, things went according to normal course, and as the Serb riots in Bosnia and Herzegovina expanded, the army of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slovenia began to move into the city to take control. In the face of the rioters who stormed the army, what awaited them was not the pepper water of democracy, the tear gas of freedom, or the baton of human rights, but the bullets that came in them. After all, this is not the 21st century, even in the second half of the 20th century, the beacon of freedom, the hope of human rights, and the great United States of America still enthusiastically shot its attitude in the face of the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations.

So this kind of thing is really not a big deal as Holwig and they analyzed. In Jochen's memory army was dispatched to quell the social unrest, and as a result, the rioters were fine. The army has died, and many people are estimated to be the only one in a large East Asian country, and there is no other semicolon. I also drove a tank on the street, so I learned from my American predecessors in 1932.

Originally, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has stabilized, and this matter should have ended here, but some people still think that the matter is not big enough, or they really think that the earth revolves around them, and they have to make a big news for you.

Mass demonstrations erupted in Belgrade, the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia. A large number of young Serbs took to the streets in protest against the brutal atrocities of the Croatian-Slovenian kingdom against their own compatriots! Strongly condemn the inaction of the Government of the Kingdom of Serbia in this matter, and demand that the Government of Serbia condemn the Kingdom of Croatia-Slovenia and let the other side severely punish the murderers!

Is there any mistake? Jochen was stupid when he learned the news, most of these Serbs were young students, did they really respond to the words of a great man: "If the line is wrong, then the more knowledgeable you are, the more reactionary you are." "But it can't be helped, who called the hotbed of the development of Greater Serbian Doctrine these young students, didn't you see that Princip was also a college student?

A parade is a parade. Protest is protest, it's a big deal to smash the embassy of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slovenia, and forget it, right? The Government of the Kingdom of Serbia, not knowing that nerve was wrong, acceded to the request of the demonstrators. A sternly worded diplomatic note was sent to the Ambassador of the Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom.

This has made the Kingdom of Croatia-Slovenia very angry, is it not mistaken, I have not sent you a note asking you to thoroughly investigate those ultra-secret organizations of Great Serbism, and you have condemned us?

After the assassination of Ferdinand in history. Austria-Hungary was also very restrained at first, issuing an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia. It was asked to accept a series of conditions of its own, which were not harsh, and the Kingdom of Serbia basically accepted them, with only two being rejected. One was to allow Austro-Hungarian officials to enter Serbia to investigate the incident; The other was to allow Austria-Hungary to send people to assist Serbia in banning all secret organizations against Austria-Hungary.

In fact, this request was not excessive, and Austria-Hungary had previously agreed to allow the Serbs to send people to participate in the investigation into the assassination of Serbian Prince Mihr in Austria-Hungary.

But these two articles were rejected by Serbia. This aroused the wrath of Austria-Hungary, which proved that the matter was inseparable from the Serbian Government, and that the Serbian Government had no intention of ending hostilities against Austria-Hungary. Therefore, Austria-Hungary decided to retaliate against Serbia, of course, there were other interests in it, but nominally. The behavior of Austria-Hungary was completely justified. As for the chain reaction that followed, it was not something that Austria-Hungary could have predicted.

And the truth is, although it is true that this matter has nothing to do with the government of the Kingdom of Serbia, who told you that your ass is not clean? The intelligence agencies of your General Staff are not at all able to withstand the investigation of the relationship between the secret organizations of the Great Serbian doctrine, and have you not seen that the German intelligence services have long been investigating clearly?

Historically, the reason for the rejection of Austria-Hungary by the government of the Kingdom of Serbia is probably this, after all, once this relationship is exposed, the condemnation of European countries will not be mentioned, and the extremist forces in their own country will make trouble, and they will also encounter a political crisis in their own country.

And now this note from the Kingdom of Serbia has had the same effect as a reasonable rejection of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum. The Kingdom of Croatia-Slovenia immediately understood that this matter was related to the government of Serbia, so blatantly interfering in the internal affairs of the country, and also shouting that thieves are catching thieves, does it want to cover up the facts and shelter extremists?

In order to suppress the riots in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the army was already in a state of combat, and Ferdinand ordered the Royal Army to immediately assemble in the border area between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, and in opposition to it, the Kingdom of Serbia began to gather troops and prepare for a confrontation in the border area.

It's a big deal.

And Jochen's position at this time is very embarrassing, Holwig and others think that Germany should show its attitude at this time in order to show support for its little brother, otherwise if Ferdinand's side is cowardly, it will not only lose the face of the Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom, but also the face of the German Empire, who will still believe in the German big brother at that time.

Jochen was very worried about whether this incident would lead to the outbreak of war as it had historically been, but as Holwig and others had said, it was indeed a nerve on the Serbian side, and Ferdinand's response was fine, and he must not show any attitude of not supporting the Croatian-Slovenian kingdom. In the end, the German Foreign Office issued a statement condemning the unreasonable actions of the Government of the Kingdom of Serbia and recognizing the reasonableness of the response of the Croatian-Slovenian Government in calming the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the other hand, secretly warned Ferdinand to exercise restraint and not to start a war lightly.

In addition, he sent a telegram to St. Petersburg to ask his cousin Nick what Russia's attitude was on this matter, and it was this telegram that made Nicholas II angry.

"Now that the Serbs have made a mess of things, how should we deal with it?" Although he was angry, Nicholas II finally did not forget that he was the father of Serbia's Tsarist Russia, and this obligation to protect still had to be fulfilled.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Alexander, Regent of Serbia, conveyed to our country the attitude of Serbian Prime Minister Bašić, in which Germany has shown its support for the Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom, and Hungary will follow in Germany's footsteps, Serbia will be powerless to resist. Therefore, we are willing to accept all the 'advice' of our country in this matter, and if we do not come to Serbia's aid, then Serbia will give in unconditionally to Germany. Russian Prime Minister Kokovtsov said.

This behavior is simply a shameless throwing of the pot, a posture of Tsarist Dad you look at it, but in fact, it is just Serbia holding itself and Russia is impossible to leave itself alone, so there is a fearless hope to pull Tsarist Dad into the chariot. With the strength of the Russian father, there is naturally no pressure to deter the Croatian-Slovenian kingdom. Historically, Serbia also threw the pot to the Russians, but at that time Serbia played bigger, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a behemoth, and the Tsarist father may not be able to handle it alone, so let the Tsarist father pull the entire Entente country together. As for whether it will turn into a full-scale war later, that is not the concern of the Serbs.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Serbia is very fragile now, they are already in a confrontation with the Ottomans, so they can mobilize not many troops, and the Croats are moving very quickly this time, and even now, Serbia has not been able to move enough forces to the border against the Croatian army. If Ottoman and Croatia move together, I don't think it's very likely that Serbia will be able to resist. Archduke Nikolai, Chairman of the National Defense Committee, replied: "And Croatia is an ally of Germany, and His Majesty Ferdinand himself is a member of the House of Habsburg, and the Empress of Germany, the Queen of Austria and Hungary is his sister." Even if Germany had not intervened, secretly warned Bulgaria, and allowed Hungary to contain Bulgaria's energy, Serbia would still have been difficult to win in the face of Croatia and Ottomans. ”

"You mean that if we don't respond, then Serbia will give up resistance, as they say?" Although Grand Duke Nicholas analyzed the situation of the war, he understood what Nicholas II meant.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Grand Duke Nikolai said: "We must give Serbia the strongest support. (To be continued.) )