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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 the European continent, he was defeated by the Russians. Besides, if we attack to the east, the poor terrain in Russia and the coming winter will make Our 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 battle 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.

Soaring Front: The First World War 2Chapter 17 China-Russia Fuse

"Your Majesty, Feng Xianghua is seeking an audience outside." Wang Shang's words interrupted Guan Xuqing's train of thought.He rubbed his numb temples and said, "Xuan Jin!"

"The minister Feng Xianghua kowtowed to the emperor."

"Pingshen. I brought you here because I want to know how far the war situation in various countries has developed after the Sarajevo incident?"

"As far as I know, at the request of the Austrians, seven divisions of the German army began a tentative attack on the German-Russian border. Although they faced the Russians far outnumbered themselves, none of the Russian divisions seemed to dare to cross the border. This also made the Germans more daring. However, since our country has not taken any action against the Russians, the Germans are not particularly active in their offensive. However, according to the information provided by the Far East Army Intelligence Department, although Russia has not sent a large number of troops , but their scouts have already arrived at the front, secretly observing the German fortifications."

Guan Xuqing hummed. It seemed that both Russia and Germany had scruples and were unwilling to easily throw their troops into war with each other. "How is the situation in other countries?"

"As soon as the war started, the Serbs seemed to be unable to resist. The Austro-Hungarian army quickly occupied the northwestern part of Serbia. Under the fierce offensive, the Serbs seemed unable to survive the day when the Russian reinforcements arrived. They began to abandon the front line and concentrated a large number of troops to Belgrade. They only kept a considerable number of independent combat units in the occupied areas to keep harassing the Austrian army, slow down the advancing speed of the opponent, and leave enough time for Belgrade to deploy and mobilize. Of course, we have to wait for the rapid support of the Allied forces. In addition, the Turks and the Bulgarian army have also begun to go north. The Bulgarian army has occupied a large portion of Serbian territory and given strong support to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Allied Powers camp has no more powerful With support, Serbia’s subjugation will not be too far away. Of course, the Allied Powers are not doing nothing, the Greek Navy has begun to attack the ports of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Adriatic Sea, and the naval battle between the two countries is still going on fiercely.” By the emperor’s side After working for many years, Feng Xianghua has developed an excellent memory ability, and he has always followed a principle, that is, when reporting to the emperor, he must be clear, accurate and clear, and try not to add personal judgment, unless the emperor asks for it.

Guan Xuqing casually flipped through the notes on the jade case, and asked casually, "Is there anything unusual on the Sino-Russian border recently?"

"I am here to report this matter."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Guan Xuqing raised his eyes and immediately concentrated his mind. In this extraordinary period, even the slightest change on the border may cause an uproar.

"In recent days, there have been frequent incidents of fishing protection in the Sino-Russian border waters. Russian fishing boats forcibly went fishing in our territorial waters. Our fishing boats went to stop them. They actually sent three warships to protect fishing and bombarded our fishing boats for no reason. Looting fishermen’s belongings. Up to now, 200 of our fishing boats have been sunk or looted, and more than [-] Chinese fishermen have been killed by the Russians. And the Russians don’t seem to give up. Instead, they say they are Chinese fishermen First provoked the incident, and sent two additional warships to protect the fishing.”

"Is there such a thing?" Guan Xuqing knew that this fisherman protection incident seemed to be a civil action, but behind it was the strategic motive of the Russians. "Don't escalate the situation. Let's take diplomatic measures first, send a note to the Russian consulate to negotiate, and ask the relevant Russian parties to compensate the Chinese fishermen for their losses, and apologize to the Chinese fishermen. They should reply within three days."

"twitter."

After Feng Xianghua knelt down, Guan Xuqing felt his head was heavy and went back to Yonghe Palace to see Concubine De and the little elder brother.Looking at the beautiful wife and lovely children, all troubles disappeared in an instant, and my whole body felt much happier.

Today, Concubine De seemed to be very considerate. As soon as Guan Xuqing came in, she changed into plain clothes for him, rubbed his shoulders and beat his back, and cooked a bowl of bird's nest for the emperor himself.Guan Xuqing smiled and said to Concubine De while eating the bird's nest: "What's the matter today, it seems that there is some happy event?"

"It's the duty of a concubine to serve the emperor." Concubine De said while rubbing Guan Xuqing's shoulders.

"Hey, since entering the palace, I haven't seen any improvement in that aspect, but I've learned to slip my tongue."

Concubine De gently pushed Guan Xuqing's shoulder, two red clouds appeared on her face, she said coquettishly: "It's all because the emperor is diligent in political affairs and rarely comes here, or else..."

"What else?"

"Otherwise...the concubine must serve the emperor comfortably." Concubine De said with a blushing face.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, Guan Xuqing teased the little elder brother for a while, then suddenly turned to Concubine De and said, "Is there something you want to tell me?"

Concubine De was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her hand: "No...it's okay."

"If it's okay, I have to go to work." After speaking, Guan Xuqing took a conscious step and walked out.

"The emperor... the concubine has something to do."

Guan Xuqing pointed to Concubine De's nose, and said with a smile: "I guess you have something to do, let's talk about it."

"Your Majesty, I heard that the concubine is going to use a big stick, is it true?"

"Not bad. You are quite well informed in the palace."

"Everyone in the palace knows about such a big matter. Does the emperor plan to send troops against the Russians?" Concubine De looked at Guan Xuqing cautiously.

"What do you think?"

"My concubine thinks that China and Germany have been in an alliance for a long time, and there is a good thing about marriage. Now that Germany is in trouble, we can't just sit idly by. What's more, the Russians have always been eyeing China, always looking for excuses to provoke all kinds of troubles, even if we If we don't do anything, sooner or later they will use troops against us." Concubine De spoke eloquently, as if she had practiced beforehand.

"You are my beloved concubine. Of course you said this for my own good, and also for your German brother. But I want to tell you clearly that this matter is related to the fate of the empire, and I want to proceed from the overall situation of the country. Think carefully, whether to fight or not to fight, you don't need to know, you just need to fulfill your duties as a wife and a mother." In the end, the tenderness in Guan Xuqing's eyes disappeared, only The majesty of the emperor.

Concubine De lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything, secretly blaming her imperial brother William II in her heart.

Back at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Guan Xuqing felt much more relaxed in his heart, and his mind was clearer than before. At this time, Feng Xianghua, Li Hongzhang, and Wu Tingfang met for an audience.

"Your Majesty, the Russians are simply too arrogant. They don't pay attention to our Chinese Empire at all. I made representations to the Russian Consulate according to your will. The first time I went to their consulate, Erceni was not there. The second time When I went there, I met Ercini, and his attitude was extremely tough. He repeatedly stated that the fault of the fisherman protection incident lay with the Chinese side, completely refused to accept any conditions proposed by the Chinese side, and even sent us a letter of protest on behalf of the Russian government.” Wu Tingfang was indignant No end, submit the letter of protest to the emperor.

Guan Xuqing opened the protest letter with a livid face. The general content on it was that Chinese fishermen crossed the border to fish in Russian territorial waters without authorization, killed and injured 48 Russian fishermen, and damaged 13 Russian fishing boats.Therefore, the fisherman protection incident was completely deliberately provoked by the Chinese fishermen. The Tsarist Russian government demanded that the Chinese government arrest the perpetrators and hand it over to the Russian side to deal with it with full authority, punish the Chinese officials who did not do their job well, and compensate the Russian fishermen and the government for losses equivalent to 100 million silver dollars, within two days.If it fails to perform its duties within the time limit, the Russian side reserves the right to use any means to protect the rights and interests of the Russian side, and all consequences arising therefrom will be borne by China.The list of Russian so-called fishermen who were killed was attached to the letter of protest.

Soaring Brilliance: World War I Chapter 248 Hailan's Bloody Case

Guan Xuqing rose up against the case, and tore the protest letter to pieces in front of the three ministers: "Bastard! The Russians are too deceitful!"

"The emperor calm down." The three ministers knelt down together.

"Wu Tingfang listened to the order, I ordered you to go to the Russian consulate as soon as possible, lodge the strongest protest against the Russian side, and reiterate our position again."

"The minister accepts the order." Wu Tingfang was about to turn around and go out when Dai Hongci, the deacon of the telegraph office, walked in with a face as dusty as dust, knelt under Dan Xi and shouted: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report ahead."