Chapter 581: Loyalty
The assassin who threw grenades at Archduke Ferdinand and his wife was named Bedelik Chabrinovich. He was only 19 years old.
As an assassin, compared with his Imperial Russian counterparts, Bedelik was too unprofessional. He didn’t know much about the performance of grenades. He didn’t know that the delay of grenades was actually 10 seconds, so Feidi The Nan couple escaped unhurt, but two passengers in the fourth car in the convoy were seriously injured.
After throwing the grenade, Bedlik immediately jumped into the nearby Miriat River in an attempt to escape.
Bedelik did not know enough about the environment around the assassination point and did not visit the location in advance. The river water only covered Bedelik's feet, and his escape attempt failed.
When the police surrounded Bedrik and ordered him to surrender, Bedrik swallowed another bottle of cyanide.
This bottle of cyanide was expired and could only induce vomiting, and all the cyanide swallowed was subsequently vomited out.
So Bedelik was arrested.
Bedrik came from the Bosnian secret organization Youth.
The Youth Association was established with the support of the Black Hand of the Kingdom of Serbia.
The leader of the Black Hand is Ragutin Dimitrijevic, the head of the Kingdom of Serbia’s intelligence department.
In 1903, Lagutin and a group of young Serbian officers launched the "May Coup", killing King Alexander I and his wife, and elected Peter I as King of Serbia.
In 1911, Lagutin established the Black Hand.
The person who provided funds for Lagutin was the second son of Peter I, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia.
In order to ensure the safety of the Grand Duke and his wife, the Sarajevo Municipal Government imposed martial law on the Grand Duke and his wife’s route in advance, which in turn exposed the Grand Duke and his wife’s travel route.
Bedelik and his accomplices, a total of seven people, were distributed on the Archduke and his wife's travel route, preparing to assassinate the Archduke and his wife.
The first assassin did not dare to take action because there were police around him.
After Bedelik took action, the convoy increased its speed. The other assassins did not get a chance. The Grand Duke and his wife arrived at the city hall safely.
After the reception, according to the plan, the Grand Duke and his wife will go directly to the train station and take the train to Sofia.
At this time, the road between the city hall and the train station is still under traffic control.
On the way to the train station, Archduke Ferdinand made an impromptu decision to go to the hospital to visit his adjutant who had been injured in the bombing.
The driver immediately braked and the car stopped in front of Gavrilo Princip.
Princip took out his pistol and fired twice at the Grand Duke and his wife.
The first shot hit Archduke Ferdinand in the chest, and the second shot passed through the car door and hit Sophie in the abdomen, severing the artery.
A few minutes later, the Grand Duke and his wife died.
When George learned the news, he felt extremely complicated. History had finally returned to the right track.
Vasili was amazed at the accuracy of the assassin's marksmanship.
Killing two people with two shots was under the careful protection of countless security personnel. This made Vasily plan, but Vasily might not be able to do it.
"Is war about to break out?"
Polis was fearful and excited.
"We must act immediately and be prepared!"
Brushinov is an action man.
"No, no, no, we can't overly stimulate the Austrians."
Georgi's face was shocked, the Serbs were really cruel.
Coups are common in the Balkan countries. In recent years, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece have taken turns, focusing on a city with a changing king's flag.
Other countries are okay. They just overthrow the king and will not kill them. During the Serbian coup, the king and queen were so frightened that they hid in a closet, but were found and executed immediately.
Although it is still uncertain who assassinated the Archduke and his wife, the Serbians are definitely the most suspected.
"Get ready to mobilize, the war is inevitable."
George took the initiative, since the fuse has been lit, let's fight.
History books say that the assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire triggered the First World War.
In George's opinion, if the news of Archduke Ferdinand's death reaches Viana, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will immediately declare war on the Kingdom of Serbia.
It didn't matter who killed Archduke Ferdinand at this time.
Vienna’s reaction was different from what George imagined.
The 83-year-old Emperor Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not seem to be as sad as George imagined.
His reaction to this incident was even less intense than that of William II.
William II and Archduke Ferdinand were good friends. A few weeks before Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, William II was a guest at Archduke Ferdinand's country villa.
During his lifetime, Archduke Ferdinand was working hard to promote Bosnia to become the third pole of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and fight for the right to speak for the Bosnians.
No one expected that Archduke Ferdinand was killed by the Bosnians.
This is not surprising either.
Before Ya Er was assassinated, he was still working hard to promote constitutionalism and try to transform the Russian Empire into a constitutional monarchy.
Ya Er was also killed by members of the Russian Popular Democratic Party.
Nicholas immediately recalled George back to St. Petersburg when Ferdinand was assassinated.
Poincaré has not left yet. After Ferdinand was assassinated, he took the initiative to meet with Count Szabari, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to St. Petersburg, and reminded Count Szabari that under the current situation in Europe, countries All should be more cautious.
“As long as everyone has good intentions, the Serbian problem can be solved, otherwise the contradiction will intensify——”
If these words are understandable, then all the following words are threats.
“——Serbia has many close friends in the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire and France are allies. These relationships are very complicated and worthy of concern.”
What Count Szabari said throughout the process Without saying anything, after Puengale finished speaking, he politely left.
After Count Szabari left, Poincaré said worriedly to Maurice Palaeologe, the French ambassador to Russia: "I have a bad impression of this meeting. Austria is working hard for us." Prepare for a good show.”
George really wanted to see how the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was facing domestic rebellion, launched a full-scale war against the Kingdom of Serbia.
Not only the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Britain was also facing rebellion in Ireland.
Although there is no domestic rebellion in the Russian Empire and Germany, the Poles are ready to take action.
The French are still waiting for Madame Caillaux to be tried.
When Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, William II was on vacation. After learning of the incident, William II immediately ended his vacation and returned to Berlin.
After George returned to St. Petersburg, he was surprised to find that everything was as usual in St. Petersburg. The French flags hoisted on both sides of the Neva River to welcome Poincaré to Russia had not yet been lowered. People did not realize at all that the world was changing. On the brink of war.
"George, what should we do?"
Nicholas frowned. He had just received a report from Berlin. William II was very dissatisfied with the indifference of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and asked Vienna to retaliate with the strongest attitude. Serbia.
So, it was not the old emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who wanted to avenge Archduke Ferdinand, but William II.
This is so loyal!
(End of this chapter)