Therefore, when faced with Serbia's proposal to amend the fifth and sixth articles, the Vienna side even rejected it. And the attitude is extremely tough, saying that it is not negotiable at all, and can only choose to agree or not.

Faced with Austria-Hungary's tough attitude, Serbia also dealt with it. The time to give a reply within three days was also delayed by Serbia until seven days later.

Serbia is so persistent in adopting delaying tactics. On the one hand, it is to buy time for itself. After all, Serbia is a weak country. Although Russia is the guarantee, it is obvious that Austria-Hungary is now determined to clean up itself. What are you waiting for.

There is another reason, and that is to wait for Russia's assistance. A batch of munitions capable of equipping more than 100,000 people is being urgently shipped from Odessa to Serbia. This is one of Russia's strongest supports for Serbia.

On the other hand, Serbia also needs to buy time for Russia, because Russia has a vast territory and sparse population, so its preparations for war mobilization are slower than those of European countries. In addition, since we are preparing for war, some things need to be shipped back to the country as soon as possible. For example, more than 100 million ruble deposits in German banks need to be transferred to a safe place in advance.

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

In addition to Serbia's own efforts, Russia also gave help.

First of all, in addition to expressing its own tough attitude, Russia also brought 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.

Faced with the British proposal, both Germany and Italy vetoed it on the grounds that it was an issue between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. If other countries participated in it, it would complicate the issue and would not be conducive to the two countries' negotiation to resolve the dispute.

Because Germany and Italy are not stupid, they have seen the sinister intentions of the British. So ignore any rhetoric of the British at all, and directly reject it.

Don't think that the British Foreign Secretary is kind. This proposal is just to expand the matter, and getting more countries involved will only lead to endless wrangling. And this will also involve the energy and time of Germany and Italy. When it is really impossible to solve it, they will find that the alliance camp is ready for war.

Therefore, in addition to refusing, Germany and Italy are also hinting that Vienna will move faster.

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

Watching the busy embassy staff, Ambassador Jisr was in a good mood at this moment, because he was about to leave this city that bored him after finishing his last job.

True, Gisir was very dissatisfied with Belgrade, not to mention the small size of the city, and its hostility towards him, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador. Although there was a reason behind the instigation of the Serbian government, this also caused Jisr's dissatisfaction with the city.

"The next time I come back, I will, as the mayor of Belgrade, wage war on the city. Those disgusting old residential areas must be demolished. The city should be transformed in our eyes."

That's right, although he is still a diplomatic ambassador, this Mr. Gisle is already planning for the next step. And he is not only thinking but also doing, he has already used his network of contacts to promote himself in Vienna to become the first mayor of Belgrade in the empire.

Don't feel like it's too early. It's not too early at all, if it wasn't for Jisr's years of diplomatic experience in the city, coupled with the strength of its leader, Foreign Minister Bertold, he wanted to transfer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the local government and become the city of an important city. The length is simply unimaginable.

So how can this kind of thing not be done early?

After seeing that everyone said that the matter was almost handled, Jisr called everyone to give a lecture.

"Now I go to the Prime Minister's Office to finish the last thing, and then let everyone gather at the train station. The train at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we can go home tonight."

After giving instructions to the embassy staff, Jisr got into the embassy vehicle and rushed to the Prime Minister's Office.

After arriving at the Prime Minister's Office, Jisr broke into Prime Minister Pasic's office all the way.

That's right, it was a break-in. Because these smart guards refused Jisr's entry on the grounds that he didn't have an appointment. Jisr, who had long been dissatisfied with the Serbian government, ignored these clever people and used his status as a diplomat to force his way in.

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

Prime Minister Pasic, who was secretly mocked by Gisr, was not angry, and asked modestly with a smile on his face. "It may be that the people below are not aware of the situation. By the way, Ambassador Jisr, the conditions given by your country are too harsh. After many discussions, we must also exclude the fifth and sixth items. I wonder if Ambassador Jisr can report it to your government and modify the conditions a little bit."

"I'm sorry, Prime Minister Pasic, this time I have other matters to ask your Excellency."

Seeing the kind-hearted Prime Minister Pasic ~lightnovelpub.net~ complaining in front of him like a bitter woman, Ambassador Gisle had no intention of listening.

After speaking, he took out a document from his arms and handed it to the other party.

"This is our country's declaration of war. Since your country is not satisfied with the diplomatic note issued by our country before, our country announces that your two countries have entered a state of war. In addition, our diplomatic envoys will also withdraw within three days as required. Now I'm in a rush to catch the train back to Vienna, so I'm sorry for the absence."

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

As for Prime Minister Pasic, he sat blankly behind the table. Although he had been prepared for a long time, he still didn't react when the Austria-Hungary declared war. He didn't even know when the Austro-Hungarian ambassador would leave. Know.

It is too late to say anything now, and it is the most important thing to quickly inform the military and St. Petersburg of the news of the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war.

Needless to say, all European countries will be sleepless tonight.

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