One day in early September 1969, Chairman Mao came to Premier Zhou to discuss with him the arrangements for this year's National Day activities. Chairman Mao's expression was serious, saying that at the beginning of the year, China and the Soviet Union had a serious conflict on Zhenbao Island, and now that the 20th anniversary of the National Day is approaching, the Soviet Union is likely to retaliate at this time. Premier Zhou nodded in approval, proposing that this year's National Day activities were likely to be attacked by the Soviet Union, and he discussed with Ye Jianying, Nie Rongzhen and others that the National Day activities should be canceled or reduced in scale. Chairman Mao pondered for a long time and said something that shocked Premier Zhou: "Before the National Day, let's blow up two atomic bombs first, and don't announce them in the newspapers." "What was the international situation on the mainland at that time, and why did Premier Zhou consider canceling the National Day activities? And why did Chairman Mao propose to blow up two atomic bombs before the National Day? Why did he decide not to announce it to the public? Let's learn about Chairman Mao's strategizing and using atomic bombs to deter his opponents.
In March 1969, a military conflict between the mainland and the Soviet Union on Zhenbao Island intensified tensions. By June, the Soviet side revealed that 1 million Soviet soldiers were ready at the border and could carry out the mission at any time. At the same time, the Soviet Union made a big fuss about nuclear blackmail, proclaiming that it would carry out a round of cleansing of the mainland's industrial powerhouses and vigorously attack the mainland's industrial base.
The continent, naturally, received the news, but how to face the Soviet army is a difficult question. After the outbreak of the Zhenbao Island incident, Ye Jianying held many meetings with other marshals to discuss related issues. However, no matter how planned, the problems of the Soviet troops were not easy to solve. Although the combat effectiveness of the continental army is well-known in the world, the degree of mechanization of the Soviet troops is too high, and the exaggerated proportion of equipment is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest mechanized force in history, and no country dares to block the attack of the Soviet troops, not even the United States.
The mainland has many plains in the north, which is obviously the favorite battlefield of mechanized troops, and it is obviously difficult to be tough on the front, so the central government is worried. In September, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou discussed the National Day activities, and they must also take into account the problems of the Soviet Union. Premier Zhou conveyed the results of his discussions with other marshals to reduce the scale of the National Day event and prepare for a surprise attack by the Soviet Union. This is not because Premier Zhou is afraid of the Soviet Union, but because he must give full consideration to it.
At the founding ceremony of the mainland, Chiang Kai-shek sent planes over to bomb the country, but due to supply problems, the planes could not fly so far, and the United States was unwilling to cooperate, so Chiang Kai-shek dispelled this idea. And the Soviet Union is different, they want to send planes over to bomb, just take off directly from the border airfield, there is enough time and fuel to reach Beijing, with the level of the mainland's air force at this time, it is obvious that the enemy cannot be completely blocked.
It is precisely because Premier Zhou pays attention to this aspect of security considerations that he will propose to reduce the scale of the National Day celebrations or cancel them altogether. This makes Chairman Mao have to think more, after all, this National Day is the anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the cancellation of the National Day activities is the safest choice, but it is very likely to hit the enthusiasm of the people and the morale of the troops, not to mention that Chairman Mao also has a worry, that is, the cancellation of the National Day activities will be the Soviet side, feel that we are afraid, then we will face more frequent harassment and threats. At this time, Chairman Mao had an idea and thought of a perfect solution, that is, to blow up two atomic bombs.
Before the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao decided to blow up two atomic bombs.
At this time, the international situation is very complicated, especially the Soviet side, it is very likely that there will be a sudden attack on the occasion of our National Day activities, and it is impossible for the Soviet side to be unaware of such a big event. And if the Soviet Union wants to attack, the millions of soldiers they have hoarded on the border will not be easy to resist, and what is even more terrifying is that they can directly send planes to bomb Tiananmen Square. That's why Chairman Mao decided to bomb two atomic bombs ahead of schedule.
Chairman Mao said this: "The 20 th anniversary of the National Day celebration still has to be carried out, otherwise there will be problems with the morale of the people of the whole country, as for a possible attack by the Soviet Union, we can bomb two atomic bombs one step in advance, and let them guess what we are doing?" Premier Zhou was a little puzzled at first, but he knew that Chairman Mao's judgment would not be a problem, especially in terms of strategy, Premier Zhou believed in Chairman Mao 100%, so he quickly arranged this matter.
Chairman Mao also put forward two main points, which are the key to the successful implementation of the plan. The first point is that after the atomic bombing, do not publish the matter in the newspapers, and keep it a secret throughout the whole process. The second important point is that the time of the explosion must be before the National Day, but not too much in advance, so as to ensure that after the Soviet Union receives the news, it will not have so much time to think and discuss, and we can calmly complete the National Day activities.
These two points put forward by Chairman Mao are very quintessential, and after we detonated the first atomic bomb in 1964, we announced the news in the People's Daily very quickly. And after the explosion of the first hydrogen bomb in 1967, the news was also announced very quickly. Now that two atomic bombs have been detonated in a short period of time, but no news has come out, this can obviously make the enemy wonder whether the mainland is making a move behind the scenes? As for whether the Soviet side can get the news, there is no need to worry at all, because the movement of detonating the atomic bombs is very large, and these big powers naturally have the means to detect and detect them.
Under Premier Zhou's instructions, a 20,000-ton atomic bomb was detonated on September 23, and a 3-million-ton hydrogen bomb was detonated on September 29. Not to mention the Soviet Union, even the United States, far away on the other side of the ocean, can detect it. Sure enough, when these two atomic bombs exploded, both the Soviet Union and the United States reacted. The yield of the first atomic bomb was relatively small, and they all thought that if it was an ordinary experiment, but when the hydrogen bomb exploded, the United States and the Soviet Union could not sit still, and the yield of 3 million tons was really exaggerated. After the incident, the mainland newspapers did not make any moves, making them constantly speculate about what kind of actions the mainland was doing behind the scenes.
The time of these two explosions was very close to the time of the mainland's National Day, and the Soviet side had to think about whether the mainland would make any big moves, so during the mainland's National Day activities, the Soviet Union did not dare to stir up trouble, but instead restrained its troops and reduced friction on the border. It can be said that Chairman Mao's decision was very successful, completely deterring the Soviet Union and making them dare not act rashly on the National Day. It was only after the National Day that the Soviets, after a great deal of discussion and calculation, believed that the mainland's nuclear weapons were incomparable with those of the Soviet Union, and after they had complete certainty, the Soviets once again became arrogant and clamored for a nuclear war with the mainland.
Before the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao ordered the detonation of two atomic bombs to deter the Soviet Union, which had millions of soldiers on the border, and did not dare to make any changes on the National Day.
But when they reacted, they began to make a nuclear threat to the mainland. They believe that the mainland's stockpile of nuclear weapons is inferior to theirs, so they have an advantage in starting a nuclear war. And this time they didn't just talk about it, they really made a series of plans.
When the relevant information reached the Central Committee, the Central Military Commission attached great importance to it and immediately convened an emergency meeting. Nie Rongzhen said: "Although the Soviet Union has more atomic bomb reserves than the mainland, our production is not a problem at all, and the preparation of raw materials is sufficient, so that we can fight a protracted war and manufacture while fighting." "The other marshals said that they were not afraid of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and that if they wanted to fight, they would fight to the end.
Chairman Mao pondered for a moment and suddenly put forward a suggestion that shocked everyone: "I think that if the Soviet Union takes the initiative to provoke a nuclear war, we cannot drop the atomic bomb on the Soviet Union." Chairman Mao quickly explained: "If it is not that a large number of atomic bombs have polluted our country, then where should the people live? If we move to the Soviet Union en masse, and the Soviet Union is damaged by us, what will we do?"
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Chairman Mao had already thought about what would happen after the nuclear war. According to Chairman Mao's assumption, before the Soviet Union launched a nuclear war, we concentrated our troops on the border, and once the war began, the field army immediately broke through to the territory of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the second-line troops of the mainland led the militia and the people into the Soviet Union and lived with the Soviets, and then it was up to them to see whose people's power was stronger, and China's 800 million population compared to the 200 million population of the Soviet Union had the absolute upper hand.
Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect Chairman Mao to think so long-term. Of course, Chairman Mao knew that there were many loopholes in this idea, but the real focus was on the mainland's use of nuclear weapons. Chairman Mao said that the US military bases should be bombed directly, and the Soviet Union and US military bases near the mainland should be bombed all over again, so as to prevent the people on the mainland from suddenly attacking the United States after they go to the Soviet Union.
In this way, the Soviet Union and the United States would have to carefully consider the possibility of a nuclear war. As far as the Soviet Union is concerned, it is obviously impossible for them to completely stop the Chinese military and civilians who are in ruins, and once they pour into the territory of the Soviet Union, it will be a fish into the sea, causing huge hidden dangers. And for the United States, if it does so, they will also suffer huge losses. After determining this idea, Chairman Mao smiled and said to Premier Zhou that it was time for the Soviet Union and the United States to sleep.
Under Chairman Mao's instructions, Premier Zhou sent this idea to the Soviet Union and the United States respectively, and sure enough, it caused a shock in the two countries, and emergency meetings were held in large numbers. Chairman Mao's idea shocked the Soviet Union and made them dare not act rashly, and the United States was even more worried about its huge losses, so it immediately warned the Soviet side that if this situation really happened, the United States would help China to carry out a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev did not want to face such consequences and immediately ordered the withdrawal of a million troops on the border, leaving behind some regular border guards. The United States also saw China's boldness, and Nixon had the intention of engaging with China. It can be seen how clever Chairman Mao's plan was, throwing back the nuclear threat imposed by the enemy, so that the enemy no longer dared to act rashly. It is worth mentioning that after 1969, the United States and the Soviet Union have never made a nuclear threat to China, and Chairman Mao is worthy of a great generation. What are your views on Chairman Mao's actions against the Soviet Union? Feel free to leave a message in the comment area.