Chapter 860: Assassination
Chapter 843: Assassination
After the signing of the Russian-Afghan secret treaty, King Emir was only temporarily relieved, in fact, he couldn’t trust all the western countries, and chose to ally with the Russians because he was forced to do so.
With the British and Russian Central Asia tug-of-war began, as a small country of Afghanistan simply does not have the strength of neutrality, must make a choice.
Frankly speaking, the British and Russians are not good choices, and each is spying on Afghan territory.
The Russians are friendly, that is now their tentacles can not reach so far, pulling together Afghanistan can not only give the British to add to the blockade, the most important thing is to be able to increase the success rate of the strategy of the south.
It is because of the reach, the Emir can rest assured boldly and the Russians alliance. Really want to become a neighbor of the Russians, the Emir would not dare to sign the treaty.
This is not an unprovoked, look at the Russian Empire so many neighbors, in addition to the strength of Austria, which has not been invaded by the Russians?
With this one, it is already enough to explain the problem. So in and the Russians close at the same time, King Emir also did not give up and the British to ease relations.
Even though the Amir knew that the British were playing Afghanistan’s attention all the time, there was no way, if a small country wanted to survive, the politicians could not hold grudges.
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King Amir righteously refused, “Mr. Walters, your country’s request is too much, we are able to defend our own security and do not need your country’s garrison.
There is no sovereign country in the world that can tolerate another country’s military presence on its own soil.”
After days of trial and error, Walters was already very clear that this was the bottom line of the Afghan government, and there was no room for negotiation.
“Your Majesty, if your country doesn’t agree to station our troops, then let go of the road and let our troops go north to help the Braha Khanate, which is being invaded by the Russians.”
A loan road was more acceptable than a garrison, but the Emir was skeptical of the British’s intentions; after all, their credibility was about as good as toilet paper.
After a few moments of hesitant effort, King Amir once again refused, “If your country wants to help the Blaha Khanate, there are two other routes available, so why bother going through the Afghan region?
You should know that the transportation on our side is very bad, and the people in the country are very hostile to your country, so it would be very easy for the army to have an accident by passing through.”
Regardless of whether the British were scheming or not, since they had chosen to take sides, allowing the British army to borrow the road again would certainly not be accountable on the Russian side.
Snakes and rats die the fastest at both ends, such a simple reasoning, the Emir still understands, directly chose to move the disaster Jiangdong.
As long as the British plague can be sent away, as for the British last from which country to borrow, Emil does not care.
Walters heart sank, he knew that this excuse is not perfect, to send troops to rescue the Braha Khanate, there are a total of three roads can be reached.
Given the choice, there was no need for the British government to insist on borrowing a route from Afghanistan, where anti-British sentiment was strongest, which was asking for trouble.
Knowing that, but the mouth is never admit it. Psychological quality of the strong Walters, the face did not change the color of the answer: “Of course it is out of the British-Afghan friendship.
Although in the past our two countries had some unpleasantness, but that is already the past tense, now the London government wants to repair the relationship between the two countries.
Borrowing a road from your country is an opportunity to break the ice in the relationship between the two countries. As long as this is accomplished, there is a possibility for our two countries to become true allies in the future.”
Having concocted a reason that sounded good in the shortest amount of time, Walters was a little impressed with his own resourcefulness.
Only the final pie was a bit scary, Britain didn’t have many nominal allies, and real allies probably couldn’t be found by opening the history books.
Whoever believes it, then it is really head in the water. Emil is not stupid, heard this explanation, then completely despaired of the British.
At that moment, he did not answer, just stared at Walters looking up and down, the contemptuous meaning is revealed.
Did not fool Emil, Walters did not feel any surprise. A king who killed his way out of a political struggle, it would be funny if he was so easily fooled by a few words.
After staring at each other for two minutes, Walters slowly opened his mouth and questioned, “Has your country signed a secret treaty with the Russians?”
Being called out of his mind, the Emir’s face changed drastically, and then reacted.
The number of people who knew about the Russian-Australian secret treaty was less than one index, and the possibility of leakage was almost zero, so Walters’ question was a test.
Hurriedly denied, “Of course not, how could we possibly evil Russians come and go?”
Emil was not a qualified actor, and the panic that showed between his eyebrows had already revealed a lot.
Having gained insight into the truth, Walters knew that this mission of pulling the strings had failed. Without further pestering, he coped with a few sentences and excused himself.
The carriage slowly drove out of the palace, the moody Walters had already closed his eyes, pondering how to destroy the Russian-Arabic secret treaty.
Suddenly the carriage stopped, with the experience of going in and out of the royal palace many times, Walters knew that it was impossible to return to his residence so quickly, and immediately asked, “What happened?”
Without waiting for the guards to answer, a series of loud booms erupted, the carriages were overturned, and Walters lost the last of his consciousness.
The survivors of the guards who managed to escape with their lives only reacted at this time – another assassination.
Unlike the previous assassinations, this assassination was obviously carefully prepared, from the very beginning of the roadblock, and the suicide attack at the back in one fell swoop.
The murderer?
If rushing up to the guy with a bomb on his back counts, then now there’s just bits and pieces of rotten meat left.
Without high-tech identification, who knows who the real killer is?
Even if the identity of the murderer is deduced by chance, it will be of no use, the dead won’t talk.
After receiving the news, King Emir directly fainted, he really could not bear the blow.
At this moment, Redmond has embarked on the return journey, facilitated the Russian-Austrian alliance, his apparent mission is accomplished, the rest has nothing to do with Austria.
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Calcutta Government House, just stepped into the office of Governor Litton, received this do not know whether good or bad news.
Considering it from the point of view of the Viceroy of India, the assassination came at a very timely moment, providing Britain with an excuse to invade Afghanistan.
Unfortunately, Britain is in the midst of an arms race with France and Austria, and now is not a good time to start a war.
“There was a loud bang, and hot coffee splashed out. Even though Walters was sent by him to cause trouble, as an envoy, he also represented the face of Britain.
Now actually killed, Litton want to restrain their emotions are difficult, immediately angrily reprimanded: “This is a provocation to Britain, ordered the Afghan government within a week to hand over the murderer, or the consequences will be borne by themselves.”
As the Viceroy of India, Litton’s power was immense, including the initiation of foreign wars.
In fact, most of British India’s territory today was expanded by the colonial governors themselves. If we waited for a resolution from the government in London for everything, nothing would get done.
The big picture?
You can’t think about the big picture unless you’re in the position to do so. It is the job of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to think of the big picture of the country, and the Viceroy of India only has to think of the “big picture of the Indian region”.
After a pause, Governor Litton again ordered: “Order all troops to be ready for battle, the humiliation inflicted on Britain by the enemy can only be washed away with blood!”
What is the truth, now no longer important, anyway, Governor Litton is recognized by the Afghan government.
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In London, it was late in the evening when news of the assassination came.
Prime Minister Gladstone could no longer afford to rest when he received the bad news. In all conscience, he really didn’t want to mess up in Central Asia at this time.
Including the matter of sending a mission to Afghanistan, Gladstone did not know anything.
It’s not that Gladstone is lazy, it’s that this kind of trivial matter doesn’t need to be asked by the Prime Minister at all.
Sending a mission is just, if it is not Waters assassination death, hit Britain’s face, now there will be no one to report the news to him.
Prime Minister Gladstone asked, “Has the murderer been found?”
Prime Minister Gladstone was not interested in knowing who the murderer was. As a qualified politician, his first concern was still what Britain could gain from this incident.
Asking about the murderer was more of a routine matter. Generally speaking, how to maximize Britain’s benefits, the final true culprit would be pointed over as needed.
Foreign Minister George shook his head, “It is suspected to be related to a local religious extremist organization, who exactly did it, the clues left at the scene are so few that it is difficult to find out in a moment.”
Not the answer to the answer, able to send dead soldiers carrying bombs on their backs, not an extremist organization, but also an extremist organization.
The average person wouldn’t have the courage to launch a suicide attack with a bomb on his back even if he wanted to play assassination.
Whether or not to take the opportunity to invade Afghanistan has become Prime Minister Gladstone’s biggest problem at the moment.
The arms race has only just begun, and taking action against Afghanistan now will undoubtedly increase the government’s financial pressure.
But to give up this opportunity is also upsetting. After all, this kind of persuasive excuse for war is not easy to find, and if you miss it, you miss it forever.
The case of the assassination of the mission involves the bottom line jointly maintained by the great powers, and using this as a pretext to make use of the issue, everyone in the international community can not say anything.
Even if the Russians want to intervene, that can only be carried out from the dark side, it is impossible to openly head.
(End of chapter)