章 471: Chapter 373: The Gunshots of Sarajevo_3

The Old Emperor, seated on the high platform, wore a cold expression as he declared to the ministers below, "I want you to present a plan to deal with the impact of this crisis both domestically and internationally. The Habsburg may be weakening, but it never fears death."

Chief of Staff Conrad of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had always advocated for firmly suppressing the Serbs.

It is worth mentioning that Archduke Ferdinand's strong recommendation played a key role in Conrad's successful appointment as the Chief of Staff.

Conrad said loudly, "Your Majesty, for a long time, Serbia has been trying to annex our two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and establish a unified South Slavia Nation. The unification of the Yugoslavic ethnic group may be unstoppable, but the question is whether to sacrifice Serbia's independence and trade it for unification under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or to make the empire suffer significant losses and fall under Serbia's control."