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The genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (Top Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! Germany got the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on the afternoon of the 18th.

At that time, Kaiser Wilhelm II was sailing his luxury yacht in Kiel for a sailing race. Admiral Müller drove a motorboat and threw the telegram containing the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on the yacht of Wilhelm II with a cigarette box. Wilhelm II opened the cigarette case to look at the telegram inside, turned pale after reading it, and then the Kaiser ordered the yacht to turn back to shore.

The reason why the Kaiser was emotionally depressed was because Ferdinand was one of his few friends (at a royal party with the Archduke Ferdinand, the Kaiser, in order to circumvent the Austrian decree, made the table seat only 4 people , so that the Kaiser couple and the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife can only sit together, and the changed Sophie can only sit in the last embarrassment.), and is now the heir of Germany's most important ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Wilhelm II did not have a harmonious relationship with the current Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, and even if Austria-Hungary now asks Germany, it cannot change this phenomenon. Archduke Ferdinand was different. He and William II had a common understanding of European politics and diplomacy.

If Archduke Ferdinand succeeds, the ties between Austria-Hungary and Germany will be stronger. Now that Europe is divided into two camps, Wilhelm II is very willing to see such a situation, but a gunshot in Sarajevo ruined the Kaiser's dream.

When Wilhelm II rushed back to Berlin the next day, he found that none of his trusted ministers were there. Prime Minister Holwig is on holiday at his country house in Hohenfino. General Moltke Jr., the chief of staff, was in Carlsbad for medical treatment. Admiral Tirpitz, the Admiral of the Navy, spends his summer vacation in the Black Forest. Foreign Minister Jia Gao is on his honeymoon. This means that the Kaiser has no advisers, so he can only deal with this Balkan change.

At this time, the German ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Cherschki, sent a telegram hoping that Germany would agree to his cautious action, which made Wilhelm II furious. "Who authorized him to do this." The Kaiser was still uneasy because of the death of his friend, and saw such a report again. He scribbled a line of remarks in the margins of the report. "This is absolutely stupid! He has no right to say anything about Austria. If something happens in the future, they will say: It's all Germany's fault! Please stop doing stupid things."

Such a reaction from the Kaiser was also what Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Bertold hoped to see. Because of this assassination, the Kaiser turned his indifference to Serbia into hatred.

On July 4, Berthold sent his deputy, Count Oyos, to explain to the Kaiser how Austria-Hungary should deal with the assassination. In this diplomatic note to the Kaiser, Berthold made some changes without the knowledge of Hungarian Prime Minister Tisza. The biggest change was to eliminate Serbia's political influence in the Balkans, which meant war.

Wait until Tissa finds out and asks to see the original diplomatic note. After seeing the largely redacted diplomatic note, he called to remove the redacted content. Unfortunately, it was too late, Oyos had already arrived in Berlin with Berthold's revised diplomatic note, and he had already arrived at the Kaiser's palace with this diplomatic note.

During lunch with Kaiser Wilhelm II on July 5, Oyos and Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Germany Szoggini took this diplomatic note to the Kaiser and informed him that this was the Austro-Hungarian Empire Attitude. To their disappointment, Wilhelm II disagreed with the aggressiveness of the diplomatic note. Apparently the Kaiser has recovered from the grief of losing a friend.

He calmly told the two that he hoped Austria-Hungary would take some important steps towards Serbia. But in this diplomatic note, the Kaiser felt that it might lead to a war in Europe. Wilhelm II's remarks did not discourage the two. They knew the emperor's character, so they continued to talk about the advice the Kaiser should give to Austria. At this time, the reckless side of William II appeared.

“Our actions against Serbia cannot be delayed. The Russian attitude is definitely hostile, but we have been prepared to deal with this situation for several years.

If war between Austria-Hungary and Russia is inevitable, we will be on the side of our loyal allies. Russia is not yet ready for war and will definitely think twice before using force. "

This was all advice given by Wilhelm II, and Szoggini recorded the Kaiser's remarks and sent it back to Vienna. The Kaiser's talk gave the Austro-Hungarian Empire hope.

At this time, Wilhelm II summoned the military advisers who remained in Berlin in the palace and asked their opinions.

According to the diplomatic note sent by Austria-Hungary, the military advisers all believed that this was a sign that Austria-Hungary was about to go to war with Serbia, and they all agreed that the sooner Austria-Hungary went to war with Serbia, the better. And basically agree that although Russia is an ally of Serbia, it will not participate in the war, so Germany does not have to conduct military mobilization, and the Kaiser can continue to take leave (this is very important).

The next day, the Kaiser and Chancellor Holwig summoned both Hoyos and Szoggini. At that time, Prime Minister Holwig was very sad because of the death of his wife, and he was very tired from traveling all the way. He had no idea how serious the situation was.

During the meeting with the Austro-Hungarian envoy, Holwig believed that the time is better now, and there may be no good time to play. So far, the Kaiser and the Prime Minister have successively provided a blank cheque to Austria-Hungary. When they gave the blank cheque, they did not know that the Hungarian Prime Minister Tisza was firmly opposed to this plan.

Wilhelm II left Berlin that day to board a trip to the Baltic Sea. Before that, he summoned the senior officers of the army and navy to inform them that Austria-Hungary was going to go to war with Serbia, while Russia and France were not ready for war. Prime Minister Holwig also returned to Hohenfino in the evening.

In their opinion, it should be a task that Austria-Hungary could teach Serbia while other major powers hadn't paid attention, and they didn't need to worry much. Essentially because of Tiza's objections, the war will drag on very late.

The first evidence of the Assassin's interrogation came before German support. Verified Serbian officer Major Tankosvic in Belgrade. Three Assassins (Prinship, Chabrinovic, Graberg) were trained. With this evidence, it would be difficult for Tissa to stop a war on Serbia.

On the afternoon of July 7, an emergency cabinet meeting was called at Tissa's request. At the meeting, Oyos, who returned overnight, recounted the content of his conversation with the German prime minister. Tiza was horrified after hearing about the raid on Belgrade and the partition of Serbian territory.

He warned that if the Austro-Hungarian government directly used force without sufficient diplomatic efforts, the entire Balkans, except Bulgaria, would be hostile to Austria-Hungary. In time Bulgaria is interested, but Bulgaria, which suffered heavy losses in the Second Balkan War, will not give much help on the battlefield. In this case, Austria-Hungary is likely to be attacked on three sides in the war.

To avoid this, Tisza proposed careful diplomatic steps before going to war with Serbia. First of all, it is necessary to make an unacceptable request to Serbia. If it refuses, it will be an ultimatum to make a threat of force. If Serbia accepts, then a diplomatic victory in the Balkans can be achieved. If refused, then the means of war could be used. However, Tisza mentioned that the goal of Austria-Hungary can only be to weaken Serbia and gain some territory, and absolutely cannot carve up Serbia.

In the face of Tiza's request, Foreign Minister Berthold gave a different opinion, but still could not let Tiza succumb. Tisza then declared in his capacity as Prime Minister of Hungary that he himself was adamantly opposed to Austro-Hungarian occupation of any territory in Serbia, preferably to the benefit of the smaller Balkan states.

In the face of Tisza's opposition, Conrad's hopes of preparing for the raid were dashed, and he could only start with diplomacy.