The name of the city, Sarajevo, was the capital and economic center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Although the emergence of the core technology of mecha has delayed the war that should have begun, the contradiction has not disappeared because of this, but has only been delayed.

In the nineteenth century, the world entered the colonial era, when Arthur brought only a republic to Europe, eliminating the aristocracy, but he did not, or could not, eliminate capitalism at that time.

And the highest stage of capitalist development is inevitably imperialism.

The old imperialist powers carved up most of the world's divisible colonies.

But the emerging imperialist countries were clearly unwilling.

The economic development of the capitalist countries is seriously uneven, and the new powers of Europe have begun to challenge the existing hegemony in order to compete for more territory.

The rivalry between the emerging empire and the rest of the established powers became the main contradictions, especially in the German Empire under Wilhelm II.

It has Gallant behind it, and it is also the first country to obtain Tesla's core technology of mecha, so the development speed has been very fast in these years.

At the end of the 80s of the 19th century, in order to dominate the world, Germany pursued the policy of eastward expansion, extended its influence into the Near East, and tried to build a railway to connect it with the European railway, becoming a large railway from Hamburg and Berlin to the Persian Gulf through Constantinople and Baghdad.

Not only did the railroad give German power control over Turkey; And it seriously threatens the Caucasus, Persia and other regions.

The British Empire was not as strong as it had been in the past, and the British Isles were the homeland of the Celts, and the Britannians had always cared deeply about the land.

When Arthur defeated West France, he took control of the island of Britain and has been in control of the island of Britain until now.

For a hundred years, the British Empire was Britannia's bridgehead, an agent, in Europe.

Of course, it retains a certain degree of autonomy on its own.

And they also relied on the support of Britannia, had colonies in North Africa and South Africa, and even took advantage of the disintegration of Beichen to successfully set foot in West Asia and India.

The power of fate is sometimes so wonderful.

Germany's plan to build the Baghdad Railway was a direct violation of British interests in West Asia, North Africa, British India, and Britannia.

Germany's aggressive plans in Africa and its dumping policy in South America were also sharply contradictory. Germany actively strengthened its navy in an attempt to compete with these old maritime powers for maritime supremacy.

The contradictions between Germany and France also prompted France to move closer to Britain and Brazzaville.

France, in an attempt to recover Alsace and Lorraine from Germany, actively prepared a war of "revenge".

In order to prepare for war, the European powers frantically expanded their armaments. Every year from 1883 onwards, Germany passed new military laws to increase its military budget.

By 1910, Germany had 760,000 active troops armed with new equipment. There is even a large number of mecha troops.

The British army, including several subordinate colonies, increased to 410,000.

France passed a new military law in 1911, changing the two-year military service system to three years, and the length of service from 21 to 45 years to 20 to 48 years, increasing the number of troops to 770,000.

Tsarist Russia had an army of 1.3 million on the eve of the war. The Great Powers were also actively expanding their navies, with the naval competition between Britain and Germany being the most intense.

In 1912, Britain and Germany held disarmament talks, Britain insisted that the ratio of the two navies should be 2:1, and Germany demanded a ratio of 16:10.

By the eve of the war, the military budget of Germany and Austria amounted to 14 billion marks, and the military budget of the Entente countries also amounted to 4.766 billion marks.

The two blocs each held their own military meetings to discuss and draw up operational plans in an effort to preempt the attack. The German Chief of Staff once said: "We are ready, and for us the sooner the war is better." ”

The bourgeois propaganda apparatus of various countries also operated vigorously to spread chauvinist sentiments.

The bourgeois royal scholars tried their best to defend war, preaching that it could solve the problem of "overpopulation" and save the crisis of industry and commerce, and even claimed that war could play a "eugenic" role for mankind.

The German cavalry generals even openly shouted: "War is the father of everything...... War is not only a biological law, but also a first law, and therefore an indispensable element of civilization.

In this context, the Balkan Peninsula, where Serbia is located, is at the heart of the focus.

The Balkan Peninsula is located in southern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, and has long been ruled by the Turks. Since the 19th century, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, some countries in the Balkans have become independent.

Since the southern Slavs lived mainly here, the same clan as the Russians, and the Tsarist Russia was the main force that attacked and weakened Turkey, so the countries of the Balkan Peninsula had close ties with the Tsarist Russia.

The Balkan Peninsula is located in the southeast of Europe, separated from Asia by only a Turkish Strait, and is at the junction of Asia and Europe. And it is only separated from Africa by the Mediterranean, so it is also a transportation point in Asia, Europe and Africa, so it is not surprising that it has become a battleground for the world powers.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Austria-Hungary began to intensify its involvement in the Balkans, in particular in an attempt to prevent the union of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Serbia, which at the time was still two provinces under Turkish rule.

In 1908, Austria-Hungary took advantage of the revolution in Turkey to annex Poland and Montenegro, which aroused great anger among the Serbian people.

Serbia and Men's Negro began to deploy armed forces, and Tsarist Russia was ready to support Serbia in the war against Austria-Hungary.

Austria-Hungary also amassed troops on the border, and war was on the verge of breaking out. At this time, Germany came forward to support Austria-Hungary.

At the same time, Tsarist Russia was also negotiating a border agreement with Beichen in the Far East, and Beichen insisted that they were the successors of the Yuan Dynasty and should inherit the ancient lands left by the Yuan Dynasty, and demanded that the Lena River be the boundary.

If it is really successful, with the land of Nanchen and the islands to which it belongs, this civilization will be the largest civilization in human history, bordering the North Pole in the north and the South Pole in the south, running through the entire earth and connecting the three oceans.

The announcement of the core technology of the mecha is the greatest help to countries with a complete industrial system, and in this era, if it is said that the industrial system, no country is more complete than Beichen.

The huge mecha force has become the confidence for them to expand outward.

I really responded to that sentence: I sat up in shock in my dying illness, and the great powers turned out to be myself.

Of course, Tsarist Russia obviously would not agree, and they also insisted that they were the successors of the Great Mongol Empire, and in order to avoid a two-front war, Tsarist Russia chose to negotiate with Austria-Hungary.

That is, to recognize the fait accompli of Austria-Hungary's annexation of Poland and Montenegro, and to form an alliance.

From the early 19th century, when Russia was eager to open a southward route to the Mediterranean, Austria-Hungary attempted to expand southward to the Adriatic Sea.

Britain and France wanted to protect the communication lifeline to the Indian Ocean and the Far East to trade with Beichen, so the Balkan Peninsula became a fiercely contested area between Russia, Austria, Britain and France, and there were many wars, so this place is also called a powder keg.

Of course, this time, there is another important reason, or rather, a name - Nikola Tesla.

As the creator of the core technology of mecha and alternating current technology, he can almost be said to be a strategic existence in the hearts of countries around the world.

In recent years, there has been a rumor circulating in countries around the world.

That is, Tesla once landed on the legendary Sky Island, and his mecha technology was obtained from the Sky Island, and there are even photos circulating.

Because mecha technology is so ahead of its time, many people suspect that this technology does not come from humans, so this rumor is undoubtedly very credible.

And some competent heads of state of the world have confirmed this through their own channels.

Everyone wants to get Tesla, and from him, get the secrets of Sky Island

And he, on the other hand, is in Serbia, in the Balkans.

In the 20th century, Serbia, freed from Turkish rule, grew stronger in the Balkans and became the core of the South Slavs' struggle against foreign rule and national unity.

The two Balkan wars gave impetus to the national movement of the Yugoslavs in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austria-Hungary, who demanded merger with Serbia to form a greater Serbian state.

The development of the movement for national unity in Yugoslavia, centered on Serbia, made the Habsburg rulers extremely uneasy.

Therefore, Austria-Hungary stepped up preparations for war with the goal of destroying Serbia, and it was Archduke Ferdinand and the chief of the Austro-Rouletarian General Staff who presided over the development of the war plan for the invasion of Serbia.

At this time, anti-Austrian propaganda and patriotic groups were already emerging in Serbia. In 1908, the "National Defense Association" was established, and in 1911, the "Black Coat Society" (also known as "Reunification or Death") was established.

Both organizations were influenced by European anarchist currents.

The "National Defense Society" advocated guerrilla warfare to prevent the Austro-Hungarian Empire from annexing Serbia and recruiting and training volunteers.

The "Mafia" advocates acts of terror, and its goal is "to realize the idea of the nation and to unify all Serbian nations".

The Black Hand Society's way of activity is one-line contact, secret activities, absolute obedience, and the courage to sacrifice.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were numerous assassinations in the Balkans, and many young patriots committed these terrorist acts with dedication.

On June 12, 1914, Ferdinand went to the castle in Konopistt to hold talks with Kaiser Wilhelm II to determine the course of action in advance for the start of war, and the alliance treaty signed between Tsarist Russia and them became a reassurance for them.

The Kaiser advised Austria-Hungary to take advantage of this favorable situation to attack Serbia.

With the strong support of Germany, Austria-Hungary decided to hold large-scale military exercises in Sarajevo, Bosnia, near the Serbian border.

The date was chosen on June 28, the anniversary of the conquest of Serbia by the Turks (June 28, 1386). The exercise involved Serbia as an imaginary enemy, with two corps, and the Ferdinands decided to go to Sarajevo to inspect it themselves.

This action of Austria-Hungary greatly angered the Serbian nationalists, and the "Mafia" and the local Bosnian secret nationalist group "Young Bosnia" drew up plans to assassinate Ferdinand.

The Serbian government had been aware of the assassination of Ferdinand and opposed it, fearing that it could lead to dire consequences.

The Serbian Government tried to prevent the Mafia from leaving the country, but border guards linked to the Mafia allowed them to cross the border into Bosnia without any problems.

The Government of Serbia, through its Minister to Austria-Hungary, also alerted the Austro-Hungarian Government to the danger of Ferdinand's life if he went to Bosnia. But the Austro-Hungarian government ignored this warning.

The assassination of the only heir of Austria-Hungary is undoubtedly a big deal, and it doesn't matter whether it is a member of the "Mafia" or not.

Germany and Austria are already desperately planning to start a war and reshuffle the world situation, and this incident is undoubtedly the best excuse.

On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia, giving it 48 hours to reply. The content of the ultimatum was extremely harsh, demanding that all anti-Austrian activities be stopped, that officials and civilians who carry out anti-Austrian propaganda be punished, and that Austria-Hungary send personnel to jointly try the "murderers" of the Sarajevo incident.

On 25 July, Serbia replied that it accepted all the other conditions, except for the refusal of the triage, but Austria-Hungary was still dissatisfied. On the same day, Austria-Hungary severed diplomatic relations with Serbia.

On July 28, war was declared on Cyprus.

On 1 August, Germany declared war on France. On 4 August, Britain declared war on Germany under the pretext that the Germans had undermined Belgian neutrality.

On 6 August, Tsarist Russia marched into Central Asia, another passage into the Pacific Ocean, bypassing Ottoman Turkey and Persia.

Central Asia covers an area of about 4 million square kilometers, and the distance between it and Tsarist Russia is very close, and the European part of Tsarist Russia is only bounded by the Caspian Sea and the Ural River.

Tsarist Russia is rich in mineral and energy resources, including oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, etc.

The exploitation and export of these resources was crucial to the economic development of Tsarist Russia. However, due to Tsarist Russia's location in the north, the winter temperature is extremely low, and most of the ports will be frozen up, resulting in blocked exports.

Therefore, opening up the sea and establishing ice-free ports can effectively solve this problem and improve the export capacity and international competitiveness of Tsarist Russia.

They tried to make a breakthrough in the Far East, but were thwarted because of the North Star.

So they turned to the Balkans, trying to connect the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, but in the end they had to compromise for various reasons, so they turned to Central Asia.

Central Asia belongs to the four wars of three continents and five seas, close to Asia, Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea are also very close to it, and can be accessed in the southeast, northwest and northwest, so from ancient times to the present, the strategic position of Central Asia is very prominent.

In a sense, this is more important for Tsarist Russia than the Balkans.

But because of this, the powerful countries in the surrounding regions will set their sights on Central Asia, and if Tsarist Russia wants to occupy Central Asia, it must compete with the rest of the powers.

But at the moment, the major countries of Europe are involved in the war.

Their enemy is currently only Beichen.

On September 13, Beichen also officially declared war on Tsarist Russia, and the next day, Nanchen also declared war on Tsarist Russia.

Italy, acting in its own interest, declared neutrality at the beginning of the war, and later turned to the side of the Entente and declared war on Germany and Austria.

The Ottomans were hostile to Tsarist Russia and their turn to Central Asia had touched their bottom line, and in November they joined the Allied war.

At the end of December, Britannia declared war on Germany.

At this moment, except for the Great Egyptian Empire, which has not yet expressed its position, almost all countries in Asia and Europe are involved in this war.

The world war broke out. (End of chapter)