Therefore, when Serbia proposed to revise Articles 5 and 6, Vienna rejected it even more. And the attitude is extremely tough, saying that it is not negotiable at all, and can only choose to agree or not to agree.

In the face of Austria-Hungary's intransigent attitude, Serbia also negotiated with it, and the time to give a reply within three days was delayed by Serbia until seven days later.

On the one hand, Serbia is so obsessed with delaying tactics, on the one hand, to buy time for itself, after all, Serbia is a weak country, although it has Russia as a guarantee, but it is obvious that now Austria-Hungary is determined to clean itself up, and if it does not hurry up with military mobilization, what are you waiting for.

There is another reason, that is, waiting for Russian assistance, a batch of arms capable of equipping more than 100,000 people is urgently being shipped from Odessa to Serbia, which is one of Russia's most powerful support for Serbia.

On the other hand, Serbia also needed to wait for Russia, which was sparsely populated and had to prepare for war more slowly than the European countries. In addition, since preparations for war are being made, there are some things that need to be shipped back to China in a hurry, such as more than 100 million rubles deposited in German banks, which need to be transferred to a safe place in advance.

This is a deposit settled by trade finance between Germany and Russia, and this large amount of money must be returned to the owner safely, so the Russian government also transferred this money to Paris and St. Petersburg as soon as possible.

And in addition to Serbia's own efforts, Russia also helped.

First of all, in addition to expressing a tough attitude of its own, Russia also pulled Britain and France over. For this reason, British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray even proposed that Germany and Italy be involved in the crisis between Austria-Hungary and Serbia.

In the face of the British proposal, both Germany and Italy rejected it on the grounds that it was a problem between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and that if other countries were involved, it would complicate the issue and would not be conducive to the settlement of the dispute through negotiation between the two countries.

Because Germany and Italy are not stupid, they have already seen the sinister intentions of the British. So he didn't pay any attention to any arguments from the British and rejected them directly.

Don't think that the British Foreign Secretary is well-intentioned, this proposal is just an attempt to expand the matter and involve more countries will only lead to endless strife. And this can also involve the energy and time of Germany and Italy, and when the time comes, it is really impossible to solve it, and they will find that the Entente camp is ready for war.

Therefore, in addition to refusing, Germany and Italy are also suggesting that Vienna should move quickly.

So on the day of September 27, inside the Austro-Hungarian embassy in Belgrade, the staff was making final preparations. The non-Austro-Hungarian personnel of the embassy have been dismissed, and now these staff members are burning confidential documents one by one, and at the same time, the various properties of the embassy are also being sealed, so it is a busy scene.

Ambassador Guisle, who watched the embassy staff busy, was in a good mood at this time, because he was about to leave the city that annoyed him after his last job.

True, Gisle was very dissatisfied with Belgrade, the city was small, not to mention, and hostile to him, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador. Although there are reasons behind the Serbian government, this has also caused Gisr to be dissatisfied with the city.

"Next time I come back, I will be the mayor of Belgrade and I will make a big deal about the city, and all the disgusting old neighborhoods must be demolished, and the city should be transformed with our eyes."

Yes, although he is still a diplomatic ambassador, this Mr. Guisle is already planning for the next step. And he was not only thinking but also doing, he had already used his network to push himself to become the first mayor of Belgrade in Vienna.

Don't feel like it's too early. It was not early at all, but if it were not for the many years of diplomatic experience in the city, coupled with the strength of its head Foreign Minister Bertold, it would have been unimaginable to move from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the local level and become the mayor of a major city.

So this kind of thing, how can it not be early?

After seeing that everyone had said that the matter was almost handled, Gisr gathered the people to give a lecture.

"Now I'm going to the Prime Minister's Office to do the last thing, and then I'll have everyone assemble at the train station. The train at three o'clock in the afternoon, we will be able to go home tonight. ”

After instructing the embassy staff, Gisle got into the embassy car and rushed to the Prime Minister's Office.

After arriving at the Prime Minister's Office, Gisr broke into Prime Minister Pašić's office.

That's right, it's the break-in. Because these self-appointed guards refused to let Ghisl enter on the grounds that he did not have an appointment. And Gisser, who has long been dissatisfied with the Serbian government, ignored these clever people and forced his way in with the help of his status as a diplomat.

"Prime Minister Pašić, I'm here to deliver a document to Your Excellency, I didn't expect you to be so busy."

Prime Minister Pašić, who was secretly taunted by Gisle, was not angry, but asked modestly with a smile on his face. "This may be that the people below are not clear about the situation, by the way, Ambassador Guisle, the conditions given by your country are too harsh, and we must also exclude the fifth and sixth articles after many discussions, I wonder if Ambassador Guisle can reflect it to your government and modify the conditions slightly."

"I'm sorry Prime Minister Pašić, but I have something else to do with you this time."

Looking at Prime Minister Pašić, who was kind-hearted in front of him, complaining in front of him like a resentful woman, Ambassador Guisle had no intention of listening.

As he spoke, he took out a document from his bosom and handed it to the other party.

"This is our declaration of war, and since your country is not satisfied with the diplomatic note we have sent earlier, we declare that our two countries are at war. In addition, our diplomatic envoys will be evacuated within three days, as requested, and now I am in a hurry to return to Vienna by train, so I am sorry that I was missed. ”

After reading out the declaration of war, Gisr placed it in front of Prime Minister Pašić's desk, and then left without looking back, he really wanted to leave by train.

As for Prime Minister Pašić, he sat behind the table in a daze, although he had been prepared for a long time, but at the first time he was declared war by Austria-Hungary, he still did not react, and he did not even know when the Austro-Hungarian ambassador left.

It's too late to say anything, and it's important to inform the military and St. Petersburg of the news of the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war.

Needless to say, all the countries of Europe will be awake at night tonight.