Accompanied by a series of telegrams, the news of the Suez Canal attack spread quickly around the world. The already tense situation in Europe became even more uncontrollable at this moment.
That very evening, the Vienna Government held a press conference and announced a vow to fight to the death with the mastermind behind the attack.
Despite not stating it explicitly, everyone understood that there was no second suspect capable of being labelled "mastermind" other than the British.
The investigation team had just set out, and even before the Vienna Government could reach a conclusion on the canal attack, tension had already escalated between the citizens of the two countries.
Armed conflicts were no longer confined to South Africa; large battles of varying scales had erupted in East Africa and the Malay Peninsula, with the total forces involved from both sides having already exceeded one hundred thousand.
