Foreword
In 1952, the Portuguese army, which occupied our country's Macao, suddenly launched a provocation against our garrison for no reason, and caused a conflict. After our side gave many warnings to no avail, in the face of the provocation of the Portuguese army, the Chinese People's Liberation Army chose to attack decisively and fight to protect the people in the rear.
Subsequently, after learning the news, he only said one sentenceThis made the Portuguese high-level realize the seriousness of the problem, and finally chose to negotiate.
Portugal then paid us 4400 million yuan in compensation and guarantees that such incidents will not happen again. So why is the Portuguese army provoking our country?What exactly was said that would make the Portuguese top brass so scared and choose to negotiate?
Portuguese soldiers provoked China
In 1894, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing Dynasty, Macao was occupied by Portuguese troops for a long time on the grounds of Lend-LeaseMoreover, Portugal and Qing ** signed an indefinite loan.
On October 1, 1949, under the leadership of ***, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed. Subsequently, the Chinese People's Liberation Army was stationed in Guangdong Province.
However, considering that New China had just been established at that time, it had not yet gained a firm foothold in the international communityThe leaders of our country unanimously agreed that the time is not yet ripe for the recovery of Macao, and it is necessary to find a suitable time point for the peaceful liberation of Macao.
On the basis of this idea, an agreement was reached between our country and Portugal on the border issue. It was agreed that the two sides would set up sentry posts in the border gate area, and place a diamond-shaped Trojan horse as a sign in **, stipulating that neither side could cross the diamond-shaped Trojan horse at will.
Soon after, the Korean War broke out, and our country had to concentrate on confronting the US military. Therefore, the Portuguese colonists who occupied Macau wanted to take advantage of the situation and further expand their interests.
July 1952,A black mercenary in the Portuguese army, who suddenly began to provoke our soldiers, constantly spat on the guards and soldiers of our army.
At this time, the soldiers of our garrison warned each other with gestures, but they were ignored by the Portuguese soldiers, and the matter did not end there.
The conflict escalated
Our soldiers have always adhered to the principle of not taking the initiative to cause trouble, not showing weakness, and being reasonable, beneficial, and responsiblerepeatedly tolerated it, but unexpectedly, it made the Portuguese soldiers unrepentant.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the Portuguese soldiers pushed the diamond-shaped wooden horse used as a border marker towards our army station, and then sent a number of Portuguese soldiers to cover itThrough such small actions, they are trying to further expand Portugal's territory.
Faced with such a situation, our soldiers immediately used gestures to warn the Portuguese side to retreat quickly. However, the Portuguese army once again ignored our warnings. This made Song Youzeng, the leader of the team that day, unbearable, and went to warn the Portuguese side to stop his current behavior.
Unexpectedly, the Portuguese soldiers directly stabbed Song Youzeng with a bayonet, and blood flowed immediately. When the rest of our soldiers saw that their comrades were wounded, they immediately rushed over to check on the situation. Unexpectedly, the Portuguese soldiers directly attacked our army, and our army was forced to return fire, and the conflict intensified.
Our soldiers were also unceremoniously throwing grenades into the enemy's open space as a warning, continuing to use hand signals to warn the Portuguese soldiers to stopBut the Portuguese side did not pay any attention to it.
On the same night, Portuguese soldiers fired dozens of shells at the Gongbei area of our armyIt once caused the residents of the Gongbei area to fall into panic.
In the following period, the Portuguese army became even more unscrupulous, resulting in the unfortunate death of one of our soldiers who was shot and killed on the spot.
As the conflict intensified, so did the tension between China and Portugal. Over the next five days, the Portuguese army fired more than 500 shells and more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition at our army. On the other hand, in order not to involve the residents of Macao in the artillery fire, our soldiers only fired about 8,000 rounds of ammunition to the Portuguese garrison, and sacrificed 2 soldiers and more than 30 wounded in the battle.
Although the Portuguese artillery fire was fierce, they did not take advantage of it at all, and Portugal** gradually felt uneasy and began to try to persuade other countries.
At Portugal's repeated requests, Britain and the United States and other Western countries reached an agreement with Portugal and decided to help Portugal deal with China. In particular, the United States, after learning of the conflict with China, also wanted to gain some benefits from it, so it sailed a ship deployed near China's coastal area to the vicinity of Hong Kong, hoping to take the opportunity to threaten China.
In response to this crisis, two very clear directives were given. First, China has always adopted the principle of being strict with large countries and lenient with small countries.
In the face of a small country like Portugal, our country has always been tolerant. Think again,It was decided to temporarily block the gates and cut off supplies to Macao**.
I have to say, this strategy is very wise. Because the Gate is an important land route between Macao and Guangdong, Macau is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there is very little land for cultivation. Therefore,Most of the necessities of life depend on the mainland**. After the lockdown of the gates, prices in Macau skyrocketed, and local residents panicked, which made Portugal** feel pressure.
Soon after, the above-mentioned US ** ship had sailed to the vicinity of China's waters and wanted to further expand the matter. ** After knowing the situation, he was furious and immediately gave instructionsOrdered to destroy all enemies who dare to invade the territory of our country.
This sentence greatly enhanced the confidence of our soldiers, and the Portuguese Governor in Macao at that time was very aware of the seriousness of *** sentence.
Peaceful negotiations
The situation has come to such a point that the Governor of Macau is very anxiousSubsequently, the Portuguese top management was contacted, and he did not want Portugal's relations with China to continue to deteriorate.
After further reflection, the Portuguese top brass agreed to the Governor's proposal and offered to reconcile with our country. However, China and Portugal did not establish diplomatic relations at that time, so Portugal needed to find a reputable person in Macao to coordinate with our country as an intermediaryFinally, he found Ma Mankei, vice president of the Macau Chamber of Commerce.
After several days of consultations, our country put forward three conditions.
First, the Macao authorities must ensure that such incidents do not happen again.
Second, the Portuguese side must make a formal written apology for the incident.
The third is the issue of compensation.
In subsequent rounds of negotiations,The Portuguese side finally chose to apologize and retreated 50 meters from the original cordon, paying the Chinese side 4400 million yuan as compensation. At this point, the conflict officially came to an end.
On December 20, 1999, after years of Portuguese colonial rule, Macao finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.
The current new China is not something that anyone can bully, but we must not forget history because of thisIt is precisely because of those soldiers who bravely sacrificed for China that we have today's happiness.