1949年4月,人民解放军百万雄师即将横渡长江之际,发生了一件轰动国际的事件:在长江中游弋的英国军舰“紫石英”号与长江北岸的人民解放军炮兵展开炮战,“紫石英”号遭受重创,3艘英舰先后赶来救援,也被击伤。 In April 1949, just as the Million Marching Army of the People’s Liberation Army was about to cross the Yangtze River, an international sensation broke out: “Amethyst”, the British warship cruising in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, started artillery battles with artillery of the People’s Liberation Army on the north bank of the Yangtze River. “Purple Quartz ”suffered heavy losses, three British ships have come to rescue, was also wounded.