Chapter 586 Tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

While Italy was buying supplies from all over the world, Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina was in a state of restlessness.

Speaking of which, Bosnia and Herzegovina is actually not a good place. There are many mountains in this area, only the northern area has some small plains because of the Sava River.

However, due to its geographical location and Austria-Hungary’s ambition to expand south, this new territory, which was included in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, received its attention.

Education, health care and other public facilities were established with the help of the Austro-Hungarian government. However, although the Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed its goodwill, the Serbs, who accounted for nearly half of the population in the region, did not appreciate it. For them, instead of staying in Austria-Hungary to become second-class citizens, it is better to stay with their own family. Merger of the Kingdom of Serbia.

Therefore, although it has been more than 20 years since the merger of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still not so optimistic under the resistance of the Serbs, especially after the Kingdom of Serbia has acquired nearly half of Macedonia from the Balkan War and its power has increased, the Serbs have become more became restless.

Of course, Vienna is quite clear about why the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina are restless. Before, because of the fear of Russia’s attitude and their own needs, the main focus on appeasing the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

However, when the appeasement is ineffective, and with the support of the Kingdom of Serbia, it becomes more and more severe, then some other means must be arranged.

Yes, for the war in Serbia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been silently preparing.

However, they are afraid of Russia behind the Serbs, so Austria-Hungary has been holding back.

Perhaps with the support of the Russians behind them, Serbia became more and more restless. Anti-Austrian propaganda has emerged in Serbia, as well as patriotic groups established through it. For example, the “Black Hand Society” founded in 1910. (I didn’t pay attention and thought it was a triad)

The founder of the organization is very famous, that is, the head of Serbian intelligence, Colonel Ragutin. Before the establishment of the Black Hand Society, the colonel (who was still a captain at the time) led a general, the king of his country, Alexander I and his wife to be shot.

Yes, it was the colonel who led the way in the shooting of the king at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Because the Serbian king was unpopular at that time, many people in the kingdom were very disappointed. However, many officers hoped to force King Alexander I of Serbia to abdicate, but Lagutin believed that if the king abdicated, it would likely lead to a civil war, so he killed him. Not only the king and his wife died, the prime minister and military minister were all killed in the coup.

After the king was shot, Lagutin was packaged by his henchmen as the savior of the Kingdom of Serbia. And this coup also made Lagutin believe that through violence, assassination and covert sabotage, the enemy can be easily defeated, which has become his creed.

When he became the head of the intelligence service, he began to study how to conduct the war against Austria-Hungary in this way.

At this time, in the minds of most Serbs, it became their ideal to unify the Serb settlements into the Kingdom of Serbia. Yes, this is Serbia’s Greater Serbia plan. In the Balkans, in addition to Serbia, Romania has its own Greater Romanian program, the Bulgarians have their own Greater Bulgarian program, and Greece has it.

Anyway, in countries like the Balkans, there are various plans to bring the same people down together, fueled by nationalism.

However, many parts of the Balkans are mixed with different ethnic groups, so the plans promoted by these nationalists also overlap. This also led to the previous war that broke out in the Balkans.

As for Serbia, the plan for the Greater Serbia is definitely supported. It is precisely because of the promotion of this plan that the Kingdom of Serbia has captured nearly half of Macedonia.

Of course, nationalism is also a double-edged sword. After capturing a large number of Serb gathering places in the south, before them is the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina occupied by Austria-Hungary.

Although the Kingdom of Serbia is more fanatical now, it does not think that it can seize the Bosnia and Herzegovina region from the Austrians by means of war.

In this case, some unconventional means should be considered. Of course, if the government does these things, it will leave a bad impression on European countries. At this time, it is much more convenient to promote organizations established by individuals themselves.

It is also under the acquiescence of the government that the black hand established by Colonel Lagutin will grow stronger and stronger. In less than three years, the organization has five hundred core members and thousands of peripheral members.

In addition, the Society is filled with a large number of lower-ranking officers of the Serbian army, officers who have undergone rigorous military training and can help the Society train members skilled in guerrilla warfare and sabotage. Of course, because of these officers, the Black Hand will be able to easily obtain various weapons and ammunition.

And these trained members will go to Bosnia and Herzegovina to carry out sabotage activities and disrupt the rule of Austria-Hungary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From this whole line we can see that the black hand will be composed of a lot of fanatical nationalism, and with fanatical nationalist sentiment, will lead to an irreversible situation in the region.

The emergence of the radical mafia has also led to a large number of assassination and sabotage activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the first half of this year alone, Austria-Hungary suffered a dozen sabotage activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most serious of these was that Tuzla Mayor Gustavo was shot by conspirators in front of the city hall. The mayor, who was dedicated to his work and loved his industry, died on the spot after being hit by three bullets, and the murderer was caught by guards at the scene.

According to the interrogation behind the police, the murderer was a radical from Serbia who was sent by the Mafia.

In this regard, Austria-Hungary issued a serious warning to Serbia, UU read www. uukanshu.com asked it to stop its reactionary rhetoric against Austria-Hungary, otherwise Austria-Hungary will make Serbia suffer a heavy price.

Serbia naturally did not dare to take Austria-Hungary’s warning seriously, and immediately warned that the black hand would wait and temporarily stop the sabotage against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

However, how could these fanatics take the government’s warnings seriously and continue to destroy the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina on their own.

Seeing that the warning didn’t work, Austria-Hungary decided to conduct a military exercise in Bosnia and Herzegovina to give the warning.

And Austria-Hungary chose a very delicate location for the exercise, which is close to the Serbian border. This time, Austria-Hungary will mobilize more than 40,000 troops to conduct a large-scale exercise and let the Kingdom of Serbia know the consequences.

In order to show the importance he attaches to this exercise, the Crown Prince Ferdinand will also come to watch the exercise in person.

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