Chapter 419: The Fuse
1 December 1904 Belgrade, capital of the Kingdom of Serbia.
Although there was a light snowfall, the streets of this small city were still crowded with people, and a large number of police and even soldiers stood on both sides of the road leading from the railway station to the royal palace, and in front of them were a large number of Serbs waving Serbian flags or holding various protest or welcome banners, today is the day when the Austrian Empress is officially visiting the city and preparing to visit the Serbian royal palace, and the Serbs are welcoming her in their own way, or demonstrating to her and the country she represents.
At this time, Serbia had already changed its king, and as soon as the Balkan War ended, Alexander and his old widow queen were hacked to death by angry Belgrade citizens who stormed the palace and hacked them to death, after all, in the eyes of his people, the defeat was very large because of this pair of dog men and women, the current king is Peter I, although compared to his predecessor, this king is still more effective, such as reforming the country and changing it to a constitutional monarchy, but the war was lost, the reparations, and the land that should have belonged to them was robbed, This kind of humiliation is still difficult to calm down this small broken country.
It is precisely because of poverty, so they can't afford to lose, a failed war, not only did not let Serbia's ambition for expansion converge, but made their desire to expand their territory stronger, in fact, Serbia in history in Europe, is basically a similar to Japan in Asia, but it is a pity that they lack the kind of forbearance of the Japanese, belonging to the kind of bare poke wasps, can not be carried.
The education of modern Chinese. It is always propaganda that it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire's aggressive ambitions against Serbia that forced the Serbian patriots to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand, but in fact, before that, the Balkans, the real invasion was Serbia, in the first Balkan War in history, the Four-Power Alliance defeated the Ottomans and divided Macedonia, but unfortunately because of the uneven distribution, Serbia then provoked a war with its ally Bulgaria, and only a few months between them. This shows what kind of virtue this country is. They won the Second Balkan War again, but this victory was the real source of the Sarajevo incident.
The Serbs, who had acquired all of Macedonia, were not satisfied, but became even more ambitious, even thinking about Bosnia and Herzegovina, the territory that Austria-Hungary had bought from the Ottoman Empire. It sounds funny that a wild dog is thinking about the territory of the world's sixth power. But the Serbs are very serious about this. Even the military exercises of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on their own soil can be regarded as an insult to them, and such a country is indeed a strange one. As for the Serbian patriot Princip. It's more like a joke, this righteous man went to Bosnia, the territory of Austria-Hungary, and assassinated the crown prince of Austria-Hungary, and then the reason was that Bosnia could become the territory of his homeland, which seems to have nothing to do with justice.
And when his assassination was carried out, the Bosnians were welcoming the arrival of the crown prince with enthusiasm, and there was no sign of the Serbs propagandizing that they were struggling under the tyranny of Austria-Hungary, and if you think about it, you can know which one the Bosnians and Herzegovinas would choose between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, one is the sixth largest power in the world, and the fourth largest industrial power in Europe at that time, and the other is a small country with a big fart, and the poor bastard who has been on the verge of financial bankruptcy for many years of reckless military force, anyway, as long as the head is not kicked by the donkey, It's time to know who to choose.
Now Serbia is purely a gambler who has lost everything, touching his empty wallet, looking at a gambler in the casino who has just won his money and gritting his teeth, although the other party did not win money from him, but just that kind of envy and jealousy is enough for him to pounce and stab.
As soon as she announced that she was going to visit Belgrade, there were all kinds of cynicism in the newspapers, and some people took to the streets shouting slogans demanding that the government refuse her visit, and some people even thought that she should be directly denied entry, but fortunately, the Serbian government still kept its senses.
In this situation, not only did Emperor Joseph persuade his wife to simply return to China by boat, including the Greek royal family also hoped that she would not take the train, and simply board the ship in Athens and go directly to the port of Trieste, so as to ensure safety, for the Serbs, the Greeks still know better, at present the two countries have actually severed diplomatic relations, in the eyes of the Serbs, the defeat of the Balkan War and their fifteen million pounds of war reparations are completely caused by the despicable Greeks, if the two sides are not close to each other, At this time, maybe the fight has already started.
But neither her husband nor the persuasion of the Greek king shook the determination of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to visit Belgrade and move the Serbs with her sincerity, since Emperor Joseph, who was so familiar with her temper, it was not good to continue to persuade her, and no one would think that the Serbs would behave irrationally towards a foreign queen, at most, she would come out and shout slogans when she visited Wèn, giving her a little embarrassment, which was not a big deal.
In fact, even Yang Feng didn't think much about it, after all, compared with the ambitious Archduke Ferdinand, the empress's image in Europe is much better, and the beauty and demeanor of her youth have already become a fairy-tale legend in Europe, with a large number of fans, even Lin Luoke is her admirer, and he lacks understanding of the madness of the Serbs, just such a small and distant country, the only impression for him is the gunfire of the original historical Sarajevo.
Unfortunately, everyone was wrong, and the Serbs greeted the queen not only with protest banners, but also with bullets and bombs.
As she rode in an open-top car, protected by Serbian royal guards and police, smiling and waving to the crowd on the side of the road, many of them had already begun to prepare their weapons.
It should be said that the Serbs took precautions, after all, they also knew very well that if the Austrian Empress had an accident in her own country, it would be tantamount to giving Austria-Hungary an excuse to go to war, at this time Serbia had just experienced a fiasco in the Balkan War, usually with the support of Britain, France and Russia, it didn't matter if it was tough to Austria-Hungary, it would be tantamount to suicide if it really fought, but the government had this awareness, and it would be difficult for the people of the people to guarantee it, Otherwise, they would not have sent such a large number of police and soldiers to protect them along the way.
Even Britain, France, and Russia, which supported them behind their backs, specially warned them in this matter that they must not let the Austrian Empress's visit to Wèn have an accident.
But such a thing is impossible to prevent, in the eyes of some Serbian activists, the Austrian Empress's visit to Wèn has no taste of peace at all, in their eyes it is more like humiliation, not only a group of people, thinking of using bullets or bombs, to get her to be judged justly, and in order to show their kindness to the Serbs, the Empress Xià, who deliberately ignored the cold and opened the canopy, also gave them the greatest convenience.
Queen Elizabeth in the car, unaware that she was walking the last journey of her life, she really wanted to bring peace to the two countries, although many reporters at the train station asked her some impolite questions, but it did not change her goal in the slightest, she greeted the unfriendly welcomers on the side of the road with the most elegant smile and the most sincere voice, even ignoring the chill caused by the falling snowflakes in the sky.
However, just as she lifted the red panda she had brought from China in her arms and let the Serbian people admire this beautiful animal from the East, suddenly a person squeezed forward in the crowd, and then raised his hand vigorously, and a smoking black shadow flew out of his hand, passing a policeman in front of him and falling directly into the slow-moving car.
Everyone was stunned, even Queen Elizabeth, who was holding the red panda in front of her chest, was stunned, watching the black shadow fall overhead, and then subconsciously blocked it with the red panda.
The black shadow crashed into the soft body of the red panda, and with an angry scream, it was directly bounced under the car, and at the same time, the cool-headed driver stepped on the accelerator, and the Kirin sedan, which was also given to her by Emperor Yang, roared and jumped out instantly, and then hit a car in front of Serbian police, and at the moment when the two cars collided, a huge explosion came from behind.
It was a French grenade used by the Serbian army in the Balkan war, and the fragments of the explosion and the steel balls inside shot out like bullets in all directions, beating the Serbs on both sides into a scream, but because the car was jumping too fast, the real target was unscathed.
The streets were in chaos, with countless people fleeing in all directions, especially those who were injured and trampled under their feet before they could even get up, while the Serbian police and soldiers in charge of protection brandished batons and even rifles, shouting desperately to stop the chaos, but it was clear that their efforts were not effective.
But at this moment, suddenly a crisp gunshot rang out, the chaotic street instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the gunfire at the same time, and next to the unicorn sedan that had just stopped, a young man who looked fourteen or fifteen years old was holding a pistol to the chest of Queen Elizabeth, and pulled the trigger for the second time with a hideous face. (To be continued......)