Since the founding of New China, the UK has been worried about a problem. What if one day, New China wants to take back Hong Kong? At first, Britain thought it was a piece of cake. Even if the sun did not set, the empire was no longer glorious, in their eyes, China was a poor country and a weak country, and I was afraid it would not be able to compete with Britain.
However, more than ten years have passed, China's strength has developed rapidly, and Britain has begun to panic.
As nervous, the UK actually came up with a bad idea. They decided to deter China from nuclear deterrence, and also brought the United States into this plan.
colonial ambitions
The UK plan is quite huge. They plan to build an military base specifically for China in the waters of Southeast Asia.
If one day China and Britain go to war over Hong Kong, Britain will spare no effort to launch an nuclear strike against China .
In this plan, the UK intends to use a total of 48 atomic bombs against China, which is an amazing number.
However, why did this plan go bankrupt? The UK has been thinking about this plan for a long time. When the founding of New China in 1949, the United Kingdom was worried about the ownership of Hong Kong.
There is no doubt that Hong Kong belongs to China's territory and was forcibly taken away by the British back then, and there is no reason for them to continue to occupy Hong Kong. The New China government is also very firm. No matter how long it takes or how much price it will cost, we cannot hand over our territory to others.
At that time, the East and the West ideology was in opposition. As a veteran country of capitalism , the United Kingdom was naturally hostile to China, a country in the red camp, and was even closer to Hong Kong.
They have dug a lot of interests from this land since the British occupied Hong Kong. As a prosperous trading port, the British can earn tens of billions of income here every year.
Among the many colonies that Britain once occupied, Hong Kong's real money and silver exchange for Britain is definitely ranked among the top few.
After World War II , the world situation underwent tremendous changes. The former empire of the sun never set, national strength gradually declined, colonies were lost one after another, and the British mentality naturally changed.
For Hong Kong, they must guard against it. This is one of the few colonies in their hands, and there are such huge interests in them, and they will never be willing to let go easily.
So, the UK tries all kinds of ways to continue to control Hong Kong.
They first set their minds on the New China government. The British hope that New China will continue to allow the great powers to plunder China's land, just like before.
But soon, the New China government slapped the British in the face. The past unequal treaties no longer counted in New China. Whether it is Britain or the United States, no one can interfere in China's internal affairs anymore.
New China's attitude has stimulated the fragile nerves of the British. They realized that they had to use extraordinary means.
If the New China government is unwilling to compromise, the British can think of a way to strike by force.
They were very confident at first because at that time, the People's Liberation Army's weapons were still very backward and there were no high-tech weapons, but the United Kingdom was the third country in the world to have nuclear weapons .
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if it is not as good as a first-class powerhouse like the United States and the Soviet Union, it seems that Britain is indeed far ahead of China in terms of hardware. But when the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea began, the British were in a worse mood.
provoked war
At that time, the world's first-class military power was undoubtedly the United States. The United States ran to North Korea and China in such a huge momentum that the whole world thought the United States would win. But the final result was that the United States was beaten back to its hometown in shame, with countless casualties.
As an ally of the United States, the UK clearly knows what is happening on the battlefield.
They realized that although China's military hardware is weak, the combat level of the People's Liberation Army cannot be underestimated. If it is really a head-on battle, even the United States cannot defeat it. Then why should Britain have such confidence?
For the UK, the situation has become too bad. They have not had many years left in their right to rent for Hong Kong. If they don’t think of a way to make China bow their heads, their wallets will be gone.
Due to the decline of national strength, the British government has been questioned by the people. If Hong Kong is lost, then government officials may be able to resign.
Not only the UK is anxious about this, but the entire Western world is also unwilling to see Hong Kong being returned to China. They all hope that the UK can come up with a proper way. But after thinking about it, Britain thought of nuclear weapons.
After the United States and the Soviet Union successively developed atomic bombs, the British government also invested heavily and developed its own atomic bomb. This is the consensus of all major powers. If you don’t have nuclear weapons in your hands, you will be bullied forever.
Although Britain is on a downward trend, at least the afterglow of the old capitalist empire is still there, so it still has the ability to develop atomic bombs. But in essence, the atomic bomb will not be used as an attack in most cases, but is just a means of self-protection.
Because everyone knows that the atomic bomb is too lethal. During the actual combat process, the atomic bomb was used only once, which was the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States at Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tragedy caused by the two atomic bombs shocked the whole world.
Although Japan was the sinner in World War II , everyone still took a breath when they saw the huge casualties caused by two atomic bombs.
Japan was bombed by the atomic bomb today, but tomorrow it may be any country. The atomic bomb is different from any other weapon. It can destroy a city in an instant and make everyone fall into a state of no return.
At the beginning, after the United States built the atomic bomb, many scientists believed that this was opening a Pandora's box. From then on, the clouds about nuclear weapons will always be over people's heads.
This is a correct prediction. After the United States, almost all major powers began to develop nuclear weapons. People had to start to believe that if there was a World War III in the world, it would definitely be the nuclear war .
But to a certain extent, all major powers have nuclear weapons, which means that the deterrence of nuclear weapons is weakening. No one dares to use nuclear weapons first, and everyone has formed a subtle tacit understanding.
However, when facing the issue of Hong Kong, the UK decided to break this convention.
Amazing Plan
After all, the UK is already very anxious. They can't think of any other way to prevent Hong Kong from returning to , and can only use extraordinary means.
Since the target of the attack is China, the Western world led by the United States will support Britain, and the Soviet Union may not interfere with this matter out of a self-protection mentality.
According to the environment preset in the UK, this nuclear strike can be successful.
The British government almost unanimously approved such a ridiculous plan, so the British military began to implement the plan.
However, when they first implemented it, they encountered a problem that was not easy to solve. The distance between Britain and China was too far, and the atomic bomb was too large to transport it, so they could only find a base in Asia.
However, at that time, Britain was still holding some Asian colonies in its hands. So, they plan to borrow the airports of Maldives and Singapore to complete the plan.
They expanded the airport on a large scale in Singapore, and they also secretly built a place to store atomic bombs in Southeast Asia. Although the atomic bomb has not arrived yet, the British ambitions have been revealed.
When planning this place, they believed that it would accommodate at least 50 atomic bombs. Because in their plan, a total of 48 atomic bombs were used against China.
In fact, there were not so many atomic bombs in the UK at that time, but since it was a plan, it would always be a little bigger.
Moreover, the UK seems very confident that they can complete this plan when China takes action against the UK.
So, all kinds of buildings were built, and even by 1961, the first atomic bomb was transported over. It seemed that as long as the UK wanted to do it, it would be possible to do it immediately.
But in fact, Britain began to waver at this moment. After all, the two countries have not yet really fought, and the world is still in . If it really starts a war with China at this time, the consequences will not be expected by Britain.
Moreover, at that time, Britain's international status was gradually declining, and even began to become a vassal of the United States.
Therefore, the UK has to consider the more realistic situation. A country cannot complete such a huge plan. The UK decided to bring the United States in. With the support of the United States, the largest power, the UK believes that their nuclear strike plan can be completed smoothly.
Soon, the UK and the United States held talks on the incident.
According to this, the United States should consider such a ridiculous plan, but the United States made an agreement without hesitation.
Anyway, the UK mainly contributes money and efforts this time, and the United States is just acting as a supporter. If the UK can really make China's slump, it will be of many benefits to the United States.
For decades, the United States has spared no effort to mess up the waters around the world. Now Britain has come to the door to launch a nuclear strike against China, an Asian power. The United States is not happy yet. So the United States acted as accomplice of Britain without hesitation.
With the support of the United States, Britain has more confidence to build military bases in Southeast Asia, but troubles soon come.
Troubles are constantly
Entering the 1960s, the national consciousness of Southeast Asian countries also began to awaken, and Singapore and other places were determined to get rid of control from the UK.
At the time when the national independence movement in these countries was vigorously launched, Britain's major plan was exposed. It was not until this time that the people of Singapore discovered that the UK had actually deployed nuclear weapons around Singapore. What was this to do?
No matter who the UK uses nuclear weapons to attack, it will not be of any benefit to Singapore and it will also be a threat to the entire Southeast Asia.
So, Singapore, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries began to protest. Although these countries cannot defeat Britain alone, unity is also a force that cannot be underestimated, and the British government has to consider international public opinion.
Their behavior of arbitrarily deploying nuclear weapons has annoyed not only Southeast Asia, but also the whole world.
No one wants nuclear weapons to appear at their doorstep, so the UK must give an explanation, and the UK suddenly became in a panic. Just as the UK was busy putting out fires in Southeast Asia, something happened to Cuba on the other side of the world.
Cuba's troubles, speaking of it, the United States, the United Kingdom's ally, cannot be blamed.
The reason is that in the late 1950s, the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union deepened, and the two countries started an arms race, laying heavy weapons under each other's noses.
The United States has deployed a large number of missiles in Italy and Türkiye , which may hit the Soviet Union's mainland at any time.
But the Soviet Union was not easy to mess with. The United States deployed missiles at the door of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union also ran to the United States' doorstep, which is Cuba, and also deployed missiles.
The distance between Cuba and the United States is only more than 200 kilometers. Once the missile flew out, the big cities in the United States may not be able to save a few.
At that time, the two superpowers were not giving in to each other, and military conflicts were about to break out. This was the famous Cuban missile crisis .
Of course, the weapons that the two major powers can bring out are not just missiles. As long as the leaders of the two countries make up their minds, nuclear weapons may also fly over the world at any time.
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During that time, the whole world was shrouded in a tragic wind and rain. I didn’t know if I could see the sun tomorrow.
Although this storm passed without any danger, the people of the world were almost scattered by the struggle between these two great powers. They never wanted to see similar incidents happen again, and Britain hit the gun.
The Cuban missile crisis has not yet subsided. The British deployment of nuclear weapons in Singapore, Malaysia and other places has been hot and full of discussion around the world, and everyone's anger has been ignited.
The foreign ministries of many countries have called the UK and asked what the UK wants to do. Do you want the Cuban missile crisis to repeat?
UK does not know how to explain this. If the United States and the Soviet Union were just deterring each other, then Britain would have a real plan to launch the nuclear bomb to China. If you really want to tell the truth, Britain will not have to be a human being in front of the whole world.
So, the UK can only be vague, but the more vague the people, the more everyone's anger will be.
As soon as the UK starts construction in Southeast Asia, it will be condemned by countries around the world.
In this case, the UK could only postpone the project, and all the weapons originally planned to be transported were shelved. In the huge storage base, only one nuclear bomb was transported, which was very different from Britain's original plan.
plan to terminate
At this time, the UK has to carefully consider the feasibility of this plan.
After experiencing the Cuban missile crisis, the United States has become restrained. They are also considering whether it will really provoke the Soviet Union if it continues to support Britain's terrorist plan?
The Soviet Union's military operations in Cuba have made the United States realize that its opponent can do anything.
Out of concerns about the Soviet Union, the United States gradually faded out of the British plan.
The withdrawal of the United States is a fatal blow to the United Kingdom. Relying on Britain's international influence alone, if you want to drop nuclear bombs into another country, you will definitely be drowned by the spits of the world.
And the United States will not only not help the UK, but may also have a back bite. Do you really want to take the big blame in the world and do this?
Just as the UK was hesitating, something that happened in China finally made the UK make it determined to give up this huge plan.
In 1964, China's first atomic bomb successfully tested, and a loud bang shocked the whole world.
The UK naturally received the news, and they were stunned. At this time, less than 20 years after the founding of New China, it actually had nuclear weapons, and its speed exceeded that of any Western country. Such news strongly hit Britain's self-confidence! Before
, the UK dared to launch a nuclear strike against China with such confident plans, and one very important premise was that China did not have nuclear weapons. A nuclear-free country has no confidence in negotiations when facing a nuclear country.
But now the situation is completely different. The UK cannot figure out how many atomic bombs China has now, but even if China only has one in its hands, if it is dropped into the UK, the British will not be able to bear it.
Besides, the UK's construction of military bases and storing nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia has aroused anger from the world.
Now, the UK has to find a way to stop in time.
For this plan, Britain lost a lot of assets, but in the end it made no money back. Instead, it lost its face and lost the support of many allies. In Southeast Asia, the problem of colonial independence has not been resolved. Many European countries have questioned Britain again. The Soviet Union is still staring at it. China is holding an atomic bomb...
Under the constraints of various factors, Britain finally bowed its head and admitted defeat. This huge nuclear strike plan was shattered.
But the UK did not give up and still wanted to use various methods to prevent China from taking back Hong Kong. However, all their conspiracies failed.
In 1997, Hong Kong returned to the embrace of the motherland, and the balance of history stood on the side of justice.
Colonialism will surely perish. This is a historical trend. Even the atomic bomb cannot stop the wheel of history. Britain has won a century of glory through colonial rule, but the debts owed in the past have always been paid back.
The UK is obstructing itself on the issue of Hong Kong's return and will only dig its own grave.
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