1949年4月20日和21日,正当人民解放军百万大军发起渡江作战进军江南之际,英国皇家海军远东舰队四艘军舰先后闯入我国内河长江,并开炮轰击北岸解放军渡江出发阵地,北岸我军奋起还击,由此引发了震动世界的英舰长江事件.....4月20日上午,一艘名曰“紫石英”号的英国军舰,突然闯进北岸解放军渡江部队控制的江面1949年4月20日早晨,英国皇家海军远东舰队的“紫石英”号军舰悄 On April 20 and April 21, 1949, just as the PLA People’s Liberation Army’s 1 million-strong army launched its cross-river operation into the south of the Yangtze River, the four warships of the British Royal Navy’s Far East Fleet broke into the Yangtze River in our inland water and opened fire on the departure front of the People’s Liberation Army crossing the river on the north bank. On the morning of April 20, a British warship named “Amethyst” suddenly broke into the control of the detachment of the People’s Liberation Army crossing the river and crossed the northern coast. On the morning of April 20, 1949, the “Amethyst” warship of the British Royal Navy’s Far East Fleet