Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 251 The Sarajevo Incident
A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can cause a storm in Texas a month later.

Guan Xuqing took the telegram draft and pondered for a while. Although history has changed due to his appearance, and the butterfly effect will inevitably happen, he did not expect that this storm sweeping the world would come so early!
On June 1895, 6, Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, was sunny. Crown Prince Franz?Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophia came here for a special visit.The purpose of Ferdinand's visit was to give his wife royal honors which she could not get in Vienna.However, he forgot that this land was just annexed by Austria. The people here are full of hatred for him, and a road of no return to death is unfolding at the feet of him and his wife.

The addition of a series of accidental factors equals inevitability. This axiom could not be more appropriate for the 17-year-old middle school student Prince, who is destined to be a person who will be recorded in history forever.

In the early morning of June 6, the "Young Bosnian" organization arranged seven assassins on the street that the Austrian crown prince would pass by.At around 28:7 in the morning, after reviewing military exercises on the outskirts of the city, the Ferdinands entered Sarajevo proudly in an open car.A long line of imperial cars slowly drove through the crowded streets, with only sparse military police and police stationed on both sides of the road.Ferdinand sat in the second car, with Sofia on his right.Bosnian army commander Oscar?General Potiorek was seated on the left, and next to the chauffeur was Count Halasi, the aide-in-charge.

When the convoy passed the Chumulya Bridge over the Miliacka River in the city center and entered the Apel Pier, the first assassin who was ambushing here failed to do so because a policeman came and stood in front of him.Not far away, another assassin, Zabrinovich, suddenly rushed out of the crowd and threw a bomb at the car in which the Ferdinands were riding, but it was quite unfortunate that the bomb was bounced to the ground by the hood of the car. It exploded in front of the third car, and the fragments wounded General Portiocre's second-in-command and Sophie's maid.

Ferdinand got out of the car pretending to be calm, inspected the scene, glanced at Chabrinovich who was caught by the guards, then boarded the car and waved: "Gentlemen, this man is crazy, we still go as usual." Let's plan."

The convoy drove into the city hall quickly, and the Ferdinands attended the welcome ceremony held at the city hall, then took a short rest, and drove to the hospital to visit the injured entourage.

Ferdinand's convoy was going to the hospital, but the driver turned in the wrong direction and hit Princip who was waiting at the corner of the street.Here comes the chance to kill.Princip drew his pistol and was about to raise the gun to shoot when a policeman not far away noticed him and rushed forward to grab his arm.At this moment, a man named Mikhailo who just arrived here?A member of Pushala's "Young Bosnians" waved his hand like a bolt of lightning and punched the policeman in the neck, causing the policeman to stagger.Princip, who had no shooting training, shot Ferdinand in the neck and his wife's abdomen with two shots, and the two died on the spot.Immediately, there was chaos all around, and Mihailo took the opportunity to quickly escape from the scene, while Princip was arrested on the spot and died in prison later.

The death of Archduke Ferdinand really seemed to be determined by God. The scene in the real history was almost completely moved to this world. The only difference is that the time was earlier than the real history.

In a later investigation, it was found that "Youth Bosnia" and the old enemy Serbia "Mafia" jointly planned the assassination, so the death of Archduke Ferdinand became the most powerful reason for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to declare war on Serbia.

The declaration of war was transmitted from Vienna to Belgrade at the speed of light, where the keys to the entire Balkan peninsula and the powder depot of the world lie.As the two frontier armies of Austria-Hungary began their war operations, the Entente and Allied blocs began a lengthy mutual declaration of war.

Serbia immediately declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the passionate Slavic youths drove to the front in batches.

"Pull out the sword and aim at Serbia!" At the rally on the streets of Vienna, Hertzendorf, the chief of staff in military uniform, stepped towards the microphone, and what he brought was the order of Emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: "It is to solve Serbia Time for a question! For three years. We have been waiting for all serious tensions to erupt and today we have a tragedy where our Crown Prince gave his noble life and died at the hands of vile Serbs .We want war! We want to show our shameless opponents that this is a strong Austria!"

"Strong Austria! Strong Austria!" In the distance, groups of Austrian troops shouted passionate slogans and marched towards the south with surging blood. With the treaty agreement of the Allies, they were fearless.Even Tsarist Russia, the leader of the Slavs.

The military machinery of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is fully activated, and their army units will start their operations in strict accordance with the policy formulated by the General Staff to quickly clear the southern line before returning to the northern line. The first two legions have already entered the battle, and more will follow The reserve team is heading to the battlefield, and their conscription bill will expand the empire's army to 350 million men within three years, and after several years of operation, the empire also has a fleet of 12 ships and a navy of 20 men The size of the regional navy.

And Serbia, which they want to conquer quickly, has only a standing army of 15 and no navy.Although their emergency conscription law has the potential to expand the size of the army to 4 in three years, in any case, on paper, Serbia does not have any capital to fight against such a behemoth.

And Serbia's allies, the Romanians, were not much better. Without the rapid support of the Russians, Serbia would not be able to withstand the explosive attacks of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it was even in danger of falling to Belgrade.

An emergency telegram was sent to St. Petersburg.How to choose depends on the performance of the newly crowned Nicholas II, and there is a country in Europe that is eagerly looking forward to Nicholas' performance.

In the Potsdam Palace in Berlin, after hearing the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Kaiser Wilhelm II was ecstatic. He was holding a letter written by Emperor Franz himself.In the letter, Franz wrote indignantly: "This is the result of the direct instigation of the Great Slavophiles in Russia and Serbia. Their sole purpose is to weaken our friendship and split our empire. If we allow If this situation continues, it means that my rule and my territory will be threatened for a long time." Of course, the purpose of this letter cannot be hidden from the cunning William. Although Germany has declared war on the Allied Powers as a whole, Fran Ci still worried that Germany would not fulfill its original promise to hit Serbia's backing Russia with an iron fist.

With a sad tone, he asked the Kaiser to launch an operation against Russia as soon as possible, only Russia was unable to go south to rescue Serbia.The Austro-Hungarian Empire could successfully complete the conquest of Serbia.Of course, this was also part of the joint combat plan of the general staffs of the two countries. The Austro-Hungarian Empire first went from south to north, Germany first from east to west, and the whole of Europe will be ruled under the glory of the German-Austrian alliance.William, who was eagerly looking forward to the war, immediately stated in his reply that as long as the Russians dare to act rashly, they will be under the iron heel of Germany.

In the evening, William urgently summoned the new Chief of Staff, Moltke Jr., but all the battles reported by Moltke Jr. took place on the Western Front, and the Russians seemed to be silent.And little Mao Qi also disagreed with the Russians too early, he said: "Your Majesty, why do we have to attack the poor Russians first? You must know that on the western border, the French have already started a full-scale mobilization, and the British The army has entered the forward position, and the British are still trying to reach a naval blockade with Russia in St. Petersburg. I think there is only one real enemy of the empire, and that is Britain. As for the eastern front, we have our Chinese friends in the east. With the threat of the Austrians in the south, the Russians will not dare to enter the territory of Germany. This is also Count Schlieffen's established policy. It is also a battle plan approved by Your Majesty yourself."

William II was calmed down a lot by Mo Qi's words, he stroked his mustache and listened carefully to the following analysis.

Seeing the change on William's face, Little Mao Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty, you must know that Britain and France want us to use troops against the East, and then stab us severely in the back. Historical experience tells us that The Russians can only be defeated, not conquered. When Napoleon swept across Europe, he was defeated by the Russians. Besides, if we attack to the east, the bad terrain in Russia and the coming winter will make us The warriors can't move an inch there."

The always arrogant William nodded, obviously moved by the other party's words.

Little Mao Qi paused, and continued: "The powerful Chinese Empire is our ally. I have every reason to believe that Emperor Guangxu must be able to fight against the terminally ill Russians. Your Majesty, your sister who is far away from China must be happy to marry her." Help us with this plan."

William II was slightly taken aback, and laughed: "I hope to hear the gunshots as soon as possible in the war on the western front. As for the eastern front, I will leave it to my sister. Haha"

Guan Xuqing left the telegraph room and returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a heavy heart.The Sarajevo incident broke out, which means that the First World War is about to begin. According to the original idea, China should emulate the United States in real history, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and vigorously strengthen its own strength when the whole world is fighting. Practice hard and take the opportunity to expand China's arms business to the greatest extent.

But can China really stay out of it?The United States is far away from the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, the flames of war will not easily burn there. However, China has a strong geopolitical influence and is located in the center of Asia. Although Central Asia can be a buffer zone for war, it is basically Russia. People's sphere of influence, the British Dominion of Australia and New Zealand to the south, may pose a threat to Southeast Asia at any time.The trickiest part was Russia to the north.China and Russia have a long and narrow border. There have been countless wars in history. Now that the world war has broken out, as the leader of the Slavic world, the Russians will certainly not sit idly by. No one can guarantee that they will not treat the Germans. The ally China launched a large-scale war. After Alexander, Nicholas was more aggressive in national policy. His greedy intentions against China may soon be manifested.

(End of this chapter)