Shi Yang nodded, obviously agreeing with Wang Tao's statement.
There is actually not much difference between guessing that the Tsarist Russians did it and confirming that it was done by them.
No obvious direct evidence will be left at the scene of such an assassination.
There are two solutions now. One is to report the matter to the Austrians and see how Austria will deal with it.
But this may cause Austria to be dissatisfied with Tsarist Russia.
But there is a high probability that it will go to nothing in the end.
Because Austria's diplomatic attitude is obviously prepared to play both sides, they will not offend Tsarist Russia because of this "little thing".
Moreover, given the capabilities and efficiency of the Austrian government, there is a high probability that no evidence will be found.
Another solution is to threaten retaliation, find the ambassador of Tsarist Russia, and retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.
Teach the Russians a lesson and let them know that not only can you assassinate, but I can too.
Assassination is a double-edged sword. Once used, it will hurt others and yourself.
Once the rules are broken, the harm between people will gradually escalate.
Wang Tao stayed at Shiyang's stronghold for one night.
The people in the Intelligence Department stayed up all night, and the matter was reported to Ji Mingshan overnight for the final decision.
The European side finally decided that Wang Tao would report the matter to Austrian Foreign Minister Bauer early the next morning.
Now Austria really doesn't want to offend Tsarist Russia, but they don't want to offend China even more.
After all, they are still at war with Tsarist Russia, and China is the ally and potential trading partner they are trying to win over.
In addition, the Austrians would not have known about such a huge scene last night.
At the same time, the action team will launch a retaliatory strike against the embassy of Tsarist Russia. Ji Mingshan emphasized that this retaliation must be limited.
Because this is Europe after all, and Tsarist Russia has the home field advantage. If they go all out, they will definitely not be their opponents here in Europe.
Even if the other party cannot find an organization in Europe, they can launch indiscriminate attacks on the Chinese here.
While it was still dark, Wang Tao secretly left the clinic in a carriage. The escort was replaced by three people.
And there is always a carriage accompanying you for protection, which obviously raises the level of protection.
It wasn't until the morning, when the sun had already risen high, that Wang Tao arrived at Ball's mansion.
Wang Tao briefly informed the butler about last night's situation. After the butler entered the manor, he quickly invited Wang Tao in.
"Mr. Wang, I want to apologize to you for something like this happening in Vienna."
"Mr. Power, I know this is not your fault. We in China have always been kind to others. I don't know who would kill a harmless diplomat like me for what purpose."
Wang Tao wanted to tell Bauer that this matter was done by our enemies. In Europe, only Tsarist Russia currently has enmity with China.
"Last night, two of my guards were brutally killed by them. To this day, I am still in panic." Wang Tao said with some sadness.
"Mr. Wang, I will arrange a safe place for you and send people to protect your safety. You can rest assured that we in Austria are capable of protecting diplomats from a friendly country."
"As for the assassination last night, I will report it to His Majesty the Emperor and have the Minister of the Interior inspect it personally."
If this kind of thing is publicized, it will have a great impact on Austria's image.
For Joseph I, who cherished his own face, this was a shameful thing.
So when Bauer reported this matter to Joseph I, the self-disciplined young emperor suddenly became furious and cursed the mayor of Vienna and the Minister of the Interior.
At the same time, a deadline is set to allow them to solve the case as soon as possible.
Wang Tao didn't expect Austria to be so powerful.
No matter how the case is solved in the end, at least for now, Austria has provided compensation. The two dead bodyguards each received 10,000 kronor, which is already very high.
Wang Tao also moved into the Austrian State Guesthouse, where he no longer had to worry about safety.
Police from the Austrian Interior Ministry quickly arrived at the scene of the incident.
However, there were only the bodies of the two bodyguards at the scene, and all the bodies of the attackers were missing.
Wang Tao sent his assistant Tian Ke to assist in the investigation, and Tian Ke handed over the guns and crosses collected that day to the police of the Ministry of Interior.
As for how to solve the case through these things, that is their own business.
Nikolai Karamzin, as the head of the three branches in Austria, led the entire assassination activity.
He felt that His Majesty the Tsar's decision was a bit excessive. If the attack on diplomats was exposed, Tsarist Russia would be put into a huge passive position.
But as an intelligence officer, he must carry out the Tsar's orders without hesitation.
In order to be absolutely foolproof, he dispatched two elite assassination teams. Most of them were veterans from the army, possessing skilled combat skills and rich battlefield response capabilities.
According to his investigation, there were only three people around the minister, an assistant who was a non-combatant, and two bodyguards.
A team of six people could easily kill them. But just to be safe, he also arranged for another team.
At that time, all we have to do is throw them into the car and burn them on fire. They will be dead without any evidence. It will take a few months for China to know about this matter.
After the operation was arranged, Nikolai Karamzin had been waiting for news at the embassy of Tsarist Russia.
But after waiting for a long time, it had already exceeded the time required for the task. None of the twelve people he sent out came back.
Out of caution, Nikolai Karamzin sent another team to check.
But what he waited for was twelve corpses of his own.
It was so terrible. All twelve elite killers were shot in the front, and one of them was riddled with bullet holes and was beaten into a sieve.
The operation failed shamefully, and Nikolay Karamzin regretted that he had underestimated these Chinese.
They actually have such a powerful fighting force! How is this possible?
There will only be one chance for such an assassination. If you want to do it again, the difficulty will increase exponentially because the opponent is already prepared.
Wang Tao wisely did not spread this matter everywhere, thus saving Austria's face.
Bauer was very grateful to Wang Tao for what he did. It had been several days, and the pig heads of the Ministry of Interior had not yet solved the case. The scene had been destroyed, and all the assassins' bodies were missing.
Ball was a little angry about this and felt sorry for Wang Tao at the same time.
In order to express his apology, he took the initiative and gave the Chinese mission a house in the embassy district of Vienna as a consulate. From now on, Wang Tao can send a consul to work here permanently.
Vienna is still so peaceful.
Shi Yang visited noble houses in Vienna every day for consultation. While relieving the patient's pain, he chatted with the old men.
Apart from performing every day, Gao Ru also visited the Queen as a guest.
With the support of Bauer, Wang Tao successfully became an observer of the peace talks.
Although not yet a formal negotiating party, a breakthrough has been achieved.
There have been a lot of reports about China in European newspapers recently.
The British "Times" published a report titled "The Great Victory on the Eastern Front".
The report pointed out that this Eastern War (another name for the Crimean War) was not limited to the Near East. In the distant Far East, the Chinese navy successfully destroyed the Russian fleet in the Pacific.
At the same time, the eastern lands occupied by Tsarist Russia in the past century were recovered from Tsarist Russia.
The article highlights that all China's naval warships were purchased from the United Kingdom, and the Royal Navy even dispatched a corps of officers to guide this naval fleet.
This report obviously scratched the itch of the new British government. It found some face in the embarrassment of the Royal Navy's failure to make any achievements in the Gulf of Finland.
France’s Le Figaro pointed out that Tsarist Russia’s double-headed eagle symbol was missing one head, and even included a picture of it. In the picture, the double-headed eagle has one head and only its neck is left.
At the same time, it was revealed that it was the diplomatic activities of the French minister that prompted the eastern powers to establish an alliance with Britain and France, send troops to Tsarist Russia's Far East, and eliminate 50,000 Russian soldiers. Hundreds of years of Tsarist Russia's investment in the Far East were reduced to ashes.
China even sent an 8,000-strong army to fight in Crimea.
At the same time, a Chinese medical team arrived there.
Their field hospitals have saved thousands of brave young Frenchmen from dying of disease.
Thanks to the efforts of the Chinese medical team, the plague that plagued the coalition forces has basically disappeared.
Even the famous British nurse "Lamp Lady" Nightingale praised the Chinese medical team.
This is all thanks to France's diplomatic victory in the Far East.
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There was a time before when epidemic issues on the front lines were exposed by newspapers, which made the British and French governments very passive. Now with such good news, both governments are very supportive of such reports.
Austria's Neue Vienna Zeitung serialized many reports on Chinese culture and pointed out that the queen was very fond of Eastern culture.
The royal family in Vienna has always been leading the trend of Europe's upper class society. Such reports will help improve the image of the royal family, which is what Joseph I hopes to see.
A tea art performance was specially arranged at the theater in Vienna, accompanied by Chinese classical music played by guzheng.
Gao Ruluo showed the audience the Chinese way of drinking tea on the stage, which made the European aristocrats dumbfounded. Some people thought that his previous way of drinking tea was just a country bumpkin. The original way of drinking tea in Europe was only suitable for the common people.
Nobles should be like Gao Ru performed.
For a time, the aristocracy in Vienna followed suit. Many aristocratic families sent their girls to Gao Ru to learn tea art.
This once again expanded Gao Ru's interpersonal contacts.
Half a month later, the carriage of the Tsarist Russian ambassador had an accident during a trip, and a pack horse suddenly fell to the ground.
The guards only heard slight gunshots.
Nikolai Karamzin found the enemy's ambush point on a roof seven hundred yards away, and found a note there.
It says in Russian: "Don't say it's unforeseen."
Tsarist Russia did not make any publicity about this incident, only saying that it was an accident. Fortunately, the ambassador, Mr. Gorchakov, was only slightly injured.
For the Tsarist Russians, this accident was more shocking.
Shooting a horse at a distance of seven hundred yards was beyond the limits of Nikolai Karamzin's rifle.
Although the theoretical killing distance of a rifled gun can reach nearly a thousand yards, no one can hit a single target beyond 500 yards.
Apparently, the Chinese have a way to do this.
This time the Chinese are obviously warning Tsarist Russia not to do such little tricks again.
Nikolai Karamzin quickly stopped the second assassination plan he had prepared and reported the situation here to his boss, Minister Tymochenko.
On the battlefield in Crimea, with the arrival of reinforcements from all walks of life, the Sevastopol Fortress has been completely surrounded.
Although the coalition forces have considerable strength, the offensive is still very difficult, and the Russian army's defense system is very complete.
The stone walls of the Sevastopol Fortress are not continuous, and the Malakoff Fortress is the only stone fortress.
The Russian army's method was to use sharpened branches to make a fence, then a deep trench, and behind it was a rifle firing position made of branches and soil.
Behind the position is an obstacle formed by a layer of tree trunks, and there are traps on the ground with sharpened branches inside.
There were also a large number of mines. The Russian army often sent out raiding parties at night to kill unsuspecting soldiers in the Allied trenches.
The casualties of the coalition forces continued, and the Russian army was like a perpetual motion machine, never stopping its military operations of resistance.
The field hospital of the Renaissance Army has been expanded repeatedly. There are too many wounded people and the medical team has insufficient nursing staff. Some soldiers who work patiently and meticulously have to be transferred back to temporarily care for the wounded.
The Renaissance Army also had its own combat missions, and a defensive position on the flank of the French army was assigned to the expeditionary force.
Perhaps because of the contribution of the field hospital, Liu Qingnan was allowed to participate in the combat meeting of the coalition command headquarters.
On April 9, 1855, the coalition forces began a large-scale artillery bombardment.
A total of 520 cannons participated in the bombardment by the coalition forces, firing 165,000 rounds.
In response, the Russian army's 998 cannons fired 90,000 rounds.
The bombardment lasted for 10 days, and the French army suffered 1,587 casualties and the British army 263 casualties. The Russian army suffered even greater casualties, because the British and French used exploding bullets, but the Russian army used solid bullets.
The Russian army abandoned the badly damaged flagpole position, but repaired other fortifications during the night.
The French army advanced only 100 yards, but further actions were vetoed by the emperor. The relationship between the British and French forces was troubled by many aborted battle plans.
During the combat meeting, Liu Qingnan could clearly feel this atmosphere.
The French operations have always been under the remote control of their Emperor.
On May 2, 1855, the British army planned an expedition to Kerch on the Sea of Azov.
Kerch is the logistics center of the Russian army, and supplies shipped from the Russian interior are piled here.
Liu Qingnan strongly agreed with this plan, which was similar to Cao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao. There were many such successful battles in Chinese history.
Two hours after the fleet set off, a telegram from Emperor Napoleon came. He ordered the fleet to return and any attempt to weaken the siege forces of Sevasportor was not allowed.
The French ships in the fleet were ready to return home, but the British army lost the support of France and was weak, so they had to follow the French ships back home.
A few days later, Carlobot proposed to the emperor the establishment of a joint military commission. He had had enough of Napoleon II's remote control.
But this suggestion was not accepted by the emperor. Carobot immediately resigned to the emperor and asked to be his division commander again.
On May 16, 1855, Aimable Jean-Jacques Pélissier became the commander of the French army, and Carlobot took command of the 4th Division.
On May 22, 1855, Belisier launched a brutal night attack between the central fort and the bay. Despite heavy casualties, the French successfully achieved their goal.
He also approved the Kerch expedition to continue their plan. On May 25, 1855, Kerch was occupied by the coalition forces. The next day, the coalition fleet sailed into the Sea of Azov.
The coalition forces captured more than 100 cannons, and thousands of tons of grain and flour were destroyed. Russian transport ships, arsenals, and warehouses suffered huge damage. Belisier refused the emperor's orders many times, and once he even cut off telegraph connections
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Napoleon II's actions disgusted the generals on the front line.
Even when talking to Liu Qingnan, they would not hesitate to accuse Napoleon II of his stupid actions, and many fighter planes were wasted in this way.
Under such circumstances, Liu Qingnan made a suggestion to the coalition headquarters, which was to use trenches to deal with the Tsarist Russian trenches.
The Renaissance Army dispatched five thousand troops. All of them were equipped with shovels and pickaxes.
An anti-trench war began in the Crimean War.
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