At 0:00:00 on July 1, 1997, China's national anthem was played on time in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
As early as 1961, the British Parliament introduced a bill to carry out a nuclear strike on China in an attempt to prevent China from recovering Hong Kong, and they stored 48 nuclear bombs in Singapore, and even feared that the number would not be enough, so they purchased more than 10 nuclear bombs from the United States, intending to carry out nuclear blackmail against our country.
But in fact, in 1961, we were not attacked by nuclear **, and Hong Kong was finally returned to China as scheduled, so why did Britain ** abandon this plan?
Britain is called"The sun never sets on the empire".As early as the 16th century, Britain began its maritime colonial hegemony, with multiple colonial strongholds, and around 1840, with the completion of the British Industrial Revolution, it also became the world's first industrial country.
Such a glorious history, but after the end of World War II, the world pattern underwent important changes.
As the leader of the socialist camp, the Soviet Union's domestic industrial strength should not be underestimated, and the United States, as an emigrant, came from behind, and its industrial output eventually surpassed Britain.
The two world wars completely dragged down Britain, and in terms of comprehensive domestic strength, Britain after World War II was far inferior to the United States and the Soviet Union, and even the United States intended to dominate the world.
Britain and the United States, both as capitalist countries, have common interests, and Britain, with the support of the United States, maintains the dignity of a great power, and also forms a situation in which the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union check and balance each other.
In the 50s of the 20th century, our volunteers defeated the US army in the Korean War, which also gave Britain a sense of crisis
In 1956, Britain had lost its sovereignty over the Suez Canal, and then lost the Chinese market, which would inevitably cause huge economic losses to the UK.
Therefore, in 1961, the British Parliament introduced the bill to carry out a nuclear attack on China to prevent it from recovering Hong Kong, and purchased more than a dozen nuclear bombs from the United States, making a total of 48 nuclear bombs, which were stored in Singapore, ready to attack our country at any time.
At this time, although China and the Soviet Union had bad relations, our country still belonged to the socialist camp, and if Britain insisted on bombing our country with nuclear bombs, the Soviet Union would certainly not sit idly by, and in this way, the third world war was about to break out.
The destructive power of nuclear missiles is extremely great, and the tragic situation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan is vividly vivid, not only is the land full of holes, countless people have been killed and injured, and those who survived have also been tortured by radiation, and even this land will not be able to meet the living conditions of human beings for decades to come.
During the Cold War, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, contained each other, and if there was a slight spark, it would ignite the fuse, which was a great threat to all countries in the world, and Britain and the United States naturally could not avoid it.
Therefore, even with the support of the United States, Britain will never dare to act rashly, and after delivering the nuclear bomb to Singapore, it can only conduct continuous drills, and there is no chance of actual combat.
After the British Parliament introduced this bill, many ** also opposed it, and when all countries learned that Britain wanted to drop 48 nuclear bombs on China, except for the United States, all countries did not approve of this behavior.
After careful planning, Britain set the launch site in Singapore, but Singapore is very small and there is no suitable launch point, so it rebuilt a bombing airfield and a nuclear storage base in Singapore, which was strongly resisted by Southeast Asian countries.
The power of nuclear ** is too strong, if Britain launches a nuclear bomb on our country, not only will our land be razed to the ground, but neighboring countries will not be spared, and Southeast Asian countries as the launch site will also be affected by nuclear radiation, resulting in the inability to live normally.
After Britain publicly announced that it would release Singapore and Malaysia into nuclear storage, the actions of Southeast Asian countries reached a climax.
Originally, Britain thought that if this news was made public, countries would be deterred, but they did not dare to resist, but they did not expect that the sound of the first would increase instead of subsidence, and Britain could only carry out this operation in a low-key and secret manner, giving the outside world the illusion of giving up the launch.
Maybe you will wonder when you see this, aren't most of the Southeast Asian countries colonies British?How could Britain be afraid of their revolt?
It is true that many Southeast Asian countries were British colonies, such as Singapore, but in 1947 the British had lost their Indian colonies, and the Indian independence movement made many British colonies eager to fight Britain and break away from British control.
Although Britain was the victor in the two world wars, in both world wars, Britain poured all its money into the war and invested huge financial resources in the war, and the British national strength at this time could not resist the joint resistance of the Southeast Asian colonies.
If a nuclear bomb were dropped directly on the Southeast Asian colonies, it might have a deterrent effect, but Britain would not only lose some of its colonies, but would also be condemned internationally, and even met with the joint resistance of all Southeast Asian countries, making it powerless.
The result of the British secret operation was that only six bombers carrying nuclear ** were left, and it was difficult to drop nuclear bombs into our country and even enter the field of our air defense.
Another reason why Britain is so afraid of international opposition is that it is unknown.
Britain has no reason to drop a nuclear bomb on China, and Hong Kong has already decided when it signed the agreement that it will lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years, and it will inevitably return Hong Kong after it expires.
In the sixties, we did not do anything to take Hong Kong back by force in violation of the terms of the treaty, so there was no reason for Britain to attack us.
If Britain insists on using nuclear weapons to attack our country, it will inevitably arouse public indignation, and Britain itself will inevitably be implicated, and it is not cost-effective to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 of its own.
It is one thing for countries to oppose it, but the rise of our country, the continuous improvement of comprehensive national strength, and the independent research and development of nuclear **, which makes Britain have concerns is the most fundamental reason.
In 1961, with the help of the United States, Britain deployed 48 missiles in Singapore, intending to flatten China, but it was afraid of the opposition of various countries, so it did not have a chance to start, so it has been in a state of confrontation, which has also bought a certain amount of time for China's development.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China was well aware of the fact that "if we are backward, we will be beaten," learned the lessons of the past, and spared no effort to develop the domestic economy.
The first generation of national leaders also actively formulated a new foreign policy to completely eliminate the remnants of imperialism in our country and lay the foundation for better diplomacy in our country.
During the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 60s, the United States was at a disadvantage, and although China and the Soviet Union belonged to the socialist camp at this time, the relations between the two countries were also in a state of tension.
In 1971, China officially restored its legitimate seat in the United Nations, in 1972 Nixon secretly visited China, and in 1979, in the Sino-US Joint Communique, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations.
Britain in economic recession is only a fox with the help of the United States, and in the face of the defection of the United States, Britain can only rein in its edge. Of course, this is not the main reason why Britain has abandoned its nuclear blackmail against our country.
On October 16, 1964, China's first atomic bomb was successfully tested at Lop Nur in Xinjiang, and China became the fifth country in the world to successfully develop nuclear missiles.
On June 17, 1967, China's first hydrogen bomb test was successful, which means that China has entered the world's first-class level in terms of basic nuclear forces.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we were poor and white, and our industrial base was extremely weak, but in less than 20 years, we developed a top-notch war **, and this speed of development is unimaginable.
Although at this time we only successfully tested the explosion, and we were not equipped with transport, so it was difficult to launch it into the British mainland.
But if Britain does want to do anything against us, then our nuclear missiles will be a threat to Britain's important islands and affiliated bases in East Asia.
In the face of this situation, Britain can only give up, and its attitude towards China has also undergone a big change, and the British side has said that it will return Hong Kong to China at the right time and completely abandon its nuclear strike plan against China.
After many mediations between Deng Gong and the British side, in 1984 China and Britain signed a Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Hong Kong issue, under which Britain would return Hong Kong to China on time and without conditions.
Hong Kong is part of our territory, and because of the incompetence of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong was leased to Britain, saying that it was a lease, but Britain never gave us respect.
Originally, it was supposed to be returned to us when it was due, but Britain wanted to directly use nuclear weapons to prevent us from recovering Hong Kong.
Perhaps, on the surface, the international condemnation has played a great role in resisting the UK's use of nuclear ** to attack us, but this can only prevent the UK from using nuclear **, and the threat to our country will always exist.
If China is always a weak country, economically backward, and has no ability to protect itself, then Britain will naturally have a way to put pressure on us even if it does not apply nuclear weapons, and we will not be able to recover Hong Kong.
It is precisely because of the continuous strengthening of China's comprehensive national strength, the continuous improvement of its economic capacity, and the enhancement of its research and development capabilities that China has the right to speak in the international community, and Britain does not dare to attack China at will, and it is difficult to exert pressure on us.
It can be said that the successful research and development of nuclear weapons has completely shattered Britain's illusion of a nuclear strike on China, and the improvement of China's comprehensive national strength is also the main reason for Britain's change of attitude towards China and its voluntary return to Hong Kong