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At eleven o'clock, the military bands of both sides had already entered, and the guard of honor was on standby.

In order to meet the arrival of 0:00 on 1 July on time, the military bands and honor guards of China and Britain conducted many rehearsals, the time was accurate to the second, the British side was unwilling to end its ceremony before 0:00, and the Chinese side was unwilling to raise its national flag and regional flag when the time was up, if that situation occurred, it would make the Chinese people lose face and national body, because the joint statement clearly stated that Hong Kong's sovereignty changed hands from 0:00 on July 1, and the raising of the national flag at that moment was a symbol.

In order to reflect that this handover ceremony is co-hosted by both sides, all things and procedures are half of each party, and even the invitation to the guests is shared, one side in English and one in Chinese, so that there is no need to distinguish which guests are invited from which side, forming the fact that each guest is jointly invited by China and the United Kingdom.

The master of ceremonies who served as the host was also one from China and India, and English and Chinese were used interchangeably, and before 0:00, the British master of ceremonies spoke first, and the Chinese dialect came last, and after 0:00, it was reversed.

Seeing the appearance of the marching band, the crowd began to fall silent, and everyone knew that the solemn ceremony had begun to enter the normal procedure, and the Chinese and British staff were also waving their functions and functioning at the same time.

The mood of the British personnel began to decline, while the mood of the Chinese personnel present began to rise, which can be seen from the red and white faces of the personnel on both sides.

At this time, Chen Kangjie was also sitting in a precarious position, with a correct attitude to welcome the arrival of that solemn moment, and no longer gossip with Wei Liang.

Today's Chinese military bands are full of high spirits, although they have seen a lot of big scenes, but at this special point in time, Chen Kangjie guessed that they estimated that some people would be nervous, after all, more than 4,000 world guests sat in the empty hall, and for the time being, this is still the land of the British.

Behind the broad rostrum, a huge five-star red flag and a huge rice-shaped flag were hung high, and on the right flagpole there was also a British flag fluttering and a rice-shaped flag pattern in the upper left corner, and the old Hong Kong flag with the British national emblem in the lower right corner.

The two flagpoles on the left were still vacant, and when the British flag was lowered, the Chinese flag and regional flag were raised, which in turn announced the beginning of a new era.

At 11:38 a.m., the master of ceremonies on both sides of the rostrum began to introduce the leaders of the two countries who participated in the handover ceremony today.

On the British side, Prince Charles, who has not been on the throne for decades, Blair Minister, the foreign secretary, the last governor of Hong Kong, and the secretary of state for defense less than two months after taking office, and on the Chinese side is Wei Zhonghua, the prime minister, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, the newly elected Ren Te, and the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.

The ten leaders are all corresponding to each other one by one, in fact, it should not be Prince Charles who came to participate in this ceremony, it should be the Queen of England, she is the real head of the country, maybe she is afraid of face, and she is unwilling to come here in person to lose the face of the empire on which the sun never sets, so she actually found an excuse to push her son forward.

However, no one will be angry with this old lady Bai, this kind of disgraceful thing, in exchange for no one is willing to rush ahead, and it is barely reasonable to say that the mother is a child, and the Chinese side does not hold on to this.

At 11:42 a.m., amid thunderous applause and festive music, the leaders of China and Britain entered the hall from the left and right sides at the same time, perhaps a consensus, or a tacit understanding, the steps and frequencies of the two sides were almost the same, and they met at the same time in the middle of the rostrum, and then walked to the rostrum at the same time, the Chinese side was on the left, and the British side was on the right, tending to be parallel and in no particular order.

Before the leaders entered, the mighty guard of honor had already attracted everyone's attention.

Under normal circumstances, the height of the British is higher than that of the Orientals, but today it is not, the average height of more than 100 members of the honor guard on the Chinese side reached 1.85 meters, the average age was only 19 years old, and the dress was simple and clear, that is, the honor guard uniform of the navy, 6 and air forces, and the British side due to tradition, the clothing is solemn, but it seems to be muddy and watery, there is an extra piece of cloth here, and there is a protruding skirt corner, this kind of mixed dress, but it sets off the young man on the opposite side is tall and sassy.

In order to ensure that there was not a slight difference, the Chinese honor guard conducted thousands of drills for this handover ceremony, and when they entered the venue, everyone present could feel the compelling momentum exuded by their uniformity and high-spirited uprightness.

The honor guards of both sides stepped onto the small square of the flagpole on the rostrum, and after some drills and neatly stood in line, under the command of the master of ceremonies, Prince Charles made a brief speech on behalf of the British side.

I don't know if it's the reason why today's atmosphere makes him not interested, this middle-aged man with a slender face feels that his face is always gloomy, as if there will be rain from his face at any time, when he speaks to the microphone according to the speech, there is a taste of loneliness in his voice, faint resentment, and sighs.

On such an occasion, the British side represents a kind of failure, and in the atmosphere of failure, there is no way to speak eloquently, and it is normal to have a little more bitterness.

Although there was no word of loss of dignity in his words, Chen Kangjie, who was sitting in the audience and listening to this slow voice, still noticed that they were very unwilling in their hearts, and they were not very willing to give up this international metropolis, nor were they willing to come out with this disgraceful head by themselves.

Thinking of the history of more than 100 years ago, when the British with foreign guns and foreign cannons set foot on the land of China, what a kind of empty eyes, what a high spirit, what a show of martial arts, that era, the land of the Chinese nation foreigners could walk sideways like crabs, what national character, what dignity, all lost, that was the prelude to a hundred years of humiliation, every Chinese will remember this.

Today, we can have a happy ending to this history, as the elder said, from now on, we will not sign any more unequal treaties, and no one will be able to force us to sign such humiliating treaties.

As a pure British aristocrat, Prince Charles's gesture has drawn a lonely end to the relationship between the two countries for more than 100 years, and then the relationship between the two countries will open a new era.

After Prince Charles finished speaking, the procedure was the flag-lowering ceremony of the British side, and the time was already approaching 0:00 minute by minute, and the remaining time was only enough for the British to carry out their last autonomous procedure in Hong Kong.

Three British flag bearers in military uniforms and skirts and three Chinese flag raisers of the six navy and air force marched together under their flagpoles, followed by six Hong Kong police flag bearers in white uniforms, three of them went to the Chinese flagpole to prepare to raise the Bauhinia flag, and three went to the British flagpole to prepare to lower the colonial Hong Kong flag.

The original normal situation appeared in the last end of the procedure with a small wave that others could not detect, but it could not escape Chen Kangjie's keenness.

Chen Kangjie, the British national anthem, had heard it, and at this time he raised his left hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist, at this time it was less than a minute and a half minutes before the handover of Hong Kong.

The key to this handover ceremony is in the last minute, after a set of slogans, the melodious music of "God Save My King" finally sounded.

According to the convention, the flag-lowering music of the United Kingdom is 36 seconds, and the flag-raising national anthem of the Chinese side is 46 seconds, which is just right in terms of time.

Just when other people's attention fell on the two flags with rice characters that slowly descended, perhaps for professional reasons, Chen Kangjie was attracted by the unfamiliar music of the Chinese people.

It's not that the music is charming, at this moment, for Chen Kangjie, no matter how charming the music is, it can't beat the "March of the Volunteers", he is keenly aware that the beat of the British music has slowed down, and at the end of the first short section, the music has slowed down by two seconds.

If it is an ordinary occasion, then it doesn't matter if it is faster or slower, but on this occasion, it is absolutely not allowed, their rhythm is slowed down, which means that the time for raising the flag of China will be reduced, and the flag bearer is directed by music, if the Chinese military band still plays the national anthem according to the pre-tempo, it means that by 0:00:00 our national flag and regional flag will not be raised on time, but will be delayed by a few seconds.

No one could have imagined that the British would be able to make such a mistake in such a small detail, and if that kind of mistake was tolerated, the handover would be imperfect and detrimental to our dignity.

In fact, what Chen Kangjie didn't know was that Prince Charles's speech was delayed for three seconds, and if the two were superimposed, then the time gap would be more than six seconds.

Chen Kangjie stared at his watch, his ears were closely focused on the music of the British side, just when the last beat of the British side was about to be completed, Chen Kangjie calculated the time, the British delayed the time by a total of seven seconds, leaving the Chinese side with less than 46 seconds, and at most 4o seconds.

In a hurry, Chen Kangjie couldn't take care of a lot, fortunately the military band was in front of him, just at the end of the British music, Chen Kangjie had quickly flashed to the side of the military band conductor, and gently dropped a sentence on his ear: "Pull the time 7 seconds faster" and then quickly returned to his position.

In fact, the conductor of the Chinese military band as a professional also noticed that something was wrong, but he couldn't move casually, and he didn't wear a watch, so he didn't know how many seconds there was, and after getting Chen Kangjie's reminder, he didn't think too much, according to Chen Kangjie, as soon as the British music ended, the Chinese national anthem immediately sounded, and the rhythm accelerated.