Gu Fan cleared his throat and began his tirade......

"Let's start with why the U.S. nuclear submarine exploded in the first place......

"Wait...... Cousin, I have a question. Gu Xiaoming raised his hand at this time and asked: "As far as I know, there are different opinions about the cause of the explosion of the US nuclear submarine in 2031, and it has always been an unsolved mystery in history.www.biquge.info ”

"Yes, it looks like you're pretty good at getting to the point." Gu Fan nodded affirmatively, and then continued: "Why did the US nuclear submarine explode, the people who witnessed it back then couldn't figure out the reason, how could I possibly know?" ”

"Then you're still making a fool of yourself!"

Gu Fan looked at Gu Xiaoming, who was unhappy, and said softly: "Xiaoming, sometimes, the unknown reason is much more terrible than the truth being revealed, it is precisely because the truth of the nuclear submarine explosion case has been hidden in the fog that it finally led to the tragedy......"

"Tragedy?" Gu Xiaoming said suspiciously.

"After the explosion of the U.S. nuclear submarine that year, several small islands in the vicinity were all affected by radiation, and the final result was that a total of 58 people were killed, including the crew of the nuclear submarine, and nearly 200 people suffered from lifelong illness due to the effects of radiation." Gu Fan didn't pay attention to Gu Xiaoming's question, but instead told the story of that period of history: "This incident was big news that shook the whole world back then, not only the American people, but people all over the world were talking about speculating about the cause of the nuclear submarine explosion, but even the American authorities were confused, so under various speculations, countless conspiracy theories gradually surfaced, and at this time, the people began to lose control." ”

"The loss of control you mean is ......"

"Demonstrations, riots, and even unwarranted hatred." Gu Fan's voice was still as steady as ever, "The people are no longer satisfied with the truth at this time, there were worldwide demonstrations at that time, almost every country has marched, especially the United States, if you were born in that era, you can find anti-nuclear slogans everywhere, as well as anti-nuclear speeches by various journalists, sociologists, rock pioneers and even ordinary people." At that time, almost 90 percent of the world's population demanded that the countries that possessed nuclear weapons destroy this thing....... Can you imagine what that would look like? Countless people have held high the banner of 'peace', but because of this, they have buried the hard-won peace ...... the world."

"Uh, cousin, I don't understand." Hearing this, Gu Xiaoming spread out his hands and said with some confusion: "I also learned about nuclear weapons in the previous general education class, didn't it mean that this is an extremely terrifying weapon?" Even if it is not used properly, the world will enter a 'nuclear winter'....... Wouldn't the destruction of such weapons guarantee world peace? ”

"Well, this kind of thinking of yours was also a common idea in the minds of people all over the world at that time, and everyone was always accustomed to using their existing common sense to 'take it for granted', rather than calming down to really analyze how complicated a thing can be." When Gu Fan said this, he paused, he got up and came to Gu Xiaoming's side, took back the history book from his hand, and then turned to a certain page in front of him, pointed to the title of "US-Soviet Cold War" on it, and smiled at Gu Xiaoming: "Before I answer your question, I will popularize a key word for you - nuclear deterrence." ”

"I studied the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and I understand what nuclear deterrence means."

"Oh? So what is nuclear deterrence? ”

Gu Xiaoming suddenly lowered his head at this time, as if he wanted to think about how to organize the language, and after a while, he raised his head and began his own narration:

"In the 20th century, the United States and the Soviet Union, as the only two superpowers in the world, have been competing for world hegemony at that time, and the reason why such two superpowers did not use the strong military strength of both sides to wage war, in addition to the fact that the world economy has begun to globalize at that time, there is also a crucial reason, that is, the two superpowers have nuclear weapons enough to destroy each other, and then the invention of intercontinental missiles has made the crucial depth of the territory in the previous war a joke. Perhaps your country has been razed to the ground by my atomic bomb when your soldiers have just landed on my territory from the port...... It is precisely because both countries possess such world-destroying weapons that they have thrown their own weapons, and although the two sides have been in constant skirmishes, they have to refrain because of the existence of nuclear weapons, which is why the two countries have a 'cold war'. ”

"You're right, it's like two people twenty meters apart, each with a bundle of explosives strapped to their bodies, and the start switch of the bundle of explosives on their bodies is exactly in the other's hands, and neither of them is sure whether the other will press the switch after they launch the bomb, but the two of them are safe. This is nuclear deterrence. ”

"It is precisely this kind of nuclear deterrence that no country in the world dares to launch a large-scale war of aggression, because each of them has a bundle of explosives called 'nuclear weapons' strapped to their bodies. Until one day, the bundle of explosives disappeared......"

"You mean?" Gu Xiaoming looked nervous at this time, although he was only in the fifth grade of primary school this year, he was also extremely smart, and soon glimpsed a terrible follow-up story from Gu Fan's narration.

"It didn't take long for the anti-nuclear speeches and anti-nuclear demonstrations to begin to bear fruit, and the governments of countries that possess nuclear weapons, including the United States, were pressured by public opinion to commit to the destruction of manufactured nuclear weapons in batches, and to use nuclear technology only in the field of production. At that time, there were even many self-proclaimed pacifist experts and scholars who calculated the approximate number of nuclear weapons produced by each country after developing nuclear weapons technology, which made it impossible for governments to falsify the number of nuclear weapons that were destroyed. ”

"The destruction of nuclear weapons in batches was rapid, in less than two years, and then the people of the world were completely happy, and they at the time described the operation as a 'victory for a democratic society'. However, this victory did not last long, as I said before, the 'explosives' that had been tied to governments disappeared, and wars and conflicts around the world began to increase exponentially. ”

"That's not the worst, you know, it was no worse than during World War II, when most of the countries in the world were still working behind closed doors, when economic globalization had been basically realized, so what were the consequences of armed conflicts on a global scale? The economic systems of countries began to crumble. The social security system has also collapsed, and people can't afford to eat, wear good clothes, or even keep cars. ”

"As you know, Britain has always been known as one of the pioneer producers of democratic thought, and many countries in Northern Europe have begun to change their ideologies, and the whole world has begun to mess up, please note that Britain declared dictatorship in 2037, only four years after the 'victory of democratic society' in 2033. It's ironic. ”

"Now, let's go back to the question you were wondering about before......" Gu Fan made a summary at this time, he still did not answer Gu Xiaoming's meaning, but asked rhetorically: "Do you think that the destruction of nuclear weapons really guarantees world peace?" ”

"Of course .......not," Gu Xiaoming stammered at this time, not knowing what to say, "I really didn't expect it to be like this." ”

"Nickname, before this series of events happened, no one could have imagined that it would become like this."

Perhaps, that's why we study history...... We don't study history just to remember what happened in this land, but to be able to learn from it and not let the same tragedy happen again. ”

"This ...... It is the true meaning of historical existence. ”