Chapter 62： Mafia

Edel sat in a chair, watched Serbia’s message acknowledging Austria-Hungary’s sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and said sincerely to his head of bodyguard. "Carust has worked hard for you." This sentence made the chief guard feel that all the hard work was worthwhile.

Edel has seen Carust's recent actions in his eyes, knowing that his head guard has arranged for a guard to wait in the telegraph room during this time, so that he can get news as soon as possible. Now that the crisis facing Romania is over, he is not a ruthless person, and he deserves to thank the Chief Guard.

"His Royal Highness, you are too polite, I just do my duty and I can't talk about hard work." Carust, who has always been calm and indifferent, spoke a bit uncleanly. As a person close to the crown prince, he knows Edel too well, and there are no more than five people in Romania who can hear the crown prince speaking in this tone. Why didn't this move him? Carust, who was born as the second son of a little nobleman, can now be said to have done perfection.

Edel, who was implicated in the Bosnia-Herzegovina crisis because of a move by the Kaiser, can finally relax. Now we need to continue to build Romania and strengthen our own strength. If this kind of scene is repeated several times, the crown prince himself feels that he will be overwhelmed. This is also the helplessness of a small country.

"These **** Audleys always want to invade our territory. We can't go on like this. We must let them taste the anger of the Serbs." Dimitrijevi, who is in charge of intelligence work at the Serbian Army General Staff Colonel Qi, in his office, told his friend and companion Lieutenant Colonel Mikowski about his determination.

After Serbia was forced to issue a statement to abandon the Bosnia and Herzegovina region, the most dissatisfied with this situation was Colonel Dimitrijevic, then the head of Serbian intelligence. He is a fanatical grand Serbist who believes that all Serbs should live in one country. He was recognized by many Serbs in the era of the outbreak of nationalism in the early twentieth century.

"This is one way, but where should I start?"

Lieutenant Colonel Ksevich can be a good friend of Colonel Dimitrijevic, and he is not a timid person. He had participated in the coup d'etat by his friend in 1903 to overthrow the pro-Austrian king, and he personally killed the former king Abrenovic and his queen.

(In 1903, Colonel Dimitrijevic led a group of nationalist military officers and raided the Belgrade Palace and killed King Alexander-Abrenovic and his newlywed queen. The reason was that the King fell to Austria and Hungarian for damage. The interests of Serbia. At that time, the Serbian government opened the market to Austria-Hungary in exchange for the protection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.)

Facing questions from his friends, Colonel Dimitrijevic preached during the walk back and forth. "We recruit people in Bosnia to train our people, and create turmoil when we return to the local area to cause people's dissatisfaction?"

When talking about this, he found a big loophole. If the people who returned after the training were caught by Austria-Hungary, it is very likely to confess them. It's not that Dimitrijevic is afraid of death, but that he doesn't want to cause trouble for Serbia. Now Austria-Hungary's ambitions for Serbia prevent him from taking such a risk.

Seeing the proposal of Ksvitch, his friend circled in front of him. "We can use civil organizations as a cover."

"Austro-Hungarian Empire is not a fool, they can find out." As a senior intelligence chief, Dimitrijevic still knows the level of Austro-Hungarian intelligence.

"We need to do something, otherwise the local people will not get our support and will be pulled away by Austria-Hungary." The same fanatic Ksvich said his concerns.

"The more critical the time, the more you can't be impatient, Ksvich, you are impatient." Colonel Dimitrijevic warned his friend.

"Then we will pray to God, and wait for the Austro-Hungarians in Bosnia to have an accident, but God he can't hear." Ksvitch knew that he was impatient, or just justified himself casually.

The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Facing the unintentional words of Ksvich, Colonel Dimitrijevic suddenly stopped and calculated secretly in his heart.

Seeing his friend's sudden behavior, Ksvitch didn't dare to disturb his thoughts, even breathing as smoothly as possible, looking at Dimitriye with expectation in his eyes.

Dimitrijevic, who was expected by his friends, is calculating in his mind. If you want people in Bosnia to remember, you need a big event. Riots are too easy to be caught and cannot be used. To be concealed requires fewer people, and the killing of a governor or high-ranking official is a major event. Then assassination, a means of small investment and big reward, entered Dimitrijevic's eyes.

This is indeed the method that best suits his ideas. Fewer people means concealment, the assassination of senior officials has a great impact, and it is easy to shirk the accusation. If you want to keep it secret, you can strictly review the personnel. (It was indeed the best method in that era. Both Russia and the Qing Dynasty had a deep understanding of this method.)

"Ksevich, I have thought of a way." Dimitrijevic smiled and said to his friend.

"is it."

"We can form an organization whose main goal is assassination." Dimitrijevic whispered his thoughts to his friends This is indeed the most suitable method for our current situation. It can let the Bosnian people see the resistance in the country, can arouse the national complex of the people, and can also slow down the Austria-Hungarian control of the local area. The most important thing is that it is safe and hidden. "Ksvich is not stupid either, and immediately talked about the benefits of doing this after thinking about it.

Dimitrijevic also said that he was helpless in doing so. "Yes. Now that Austro-Hungary has annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, as long as you have eyes you can see their threat to Serbia. Only by arousing the people's indignation against Austria-Hungary can you withstand their threat. For my motherland, even sacrifice I don't hesitate to do it myself."

In this office, Dimitrijevic and his friend Ksevich discussed the newly established organizational structure and personnel recruitment. It was finally decided that this newly established organization would be named "Black Hand Society", with the goal of "unification of the Serbian region", adopting a voluntary principle in recruitment, and requiring new entrants to take a vow of death.

Seeing the negotiated terms and clauses, both of them felt full of enthusiasm.

"This organization is best not to come forward in person, let me do it." Keswick preached to his friend after meditation.

After hearing this, Dimitrijevic knew that his friend was trying to protect himself, so he paused and spoke slowly. "Alright, but you have to be more careful."

Facing the concern of his friends, Keswich sat on the sofa, playing with the apple in his hand, and said sharply in his eyes. "Relax, no one can threaten me."

In a small independent building on the outskirts of the capital Belgrade, the Black Hand Society was officially established. The black hand will develop vigorously along with the prosperity of Serbian nationalism. As for the final result, the founders Dimitrijevic and Ksevich did not expect it.