"The Lingtai has no plan to escape the gods, and the wind and rain are like a rock and a dark homeland." Wishing that the cold star was not noticed, I recommended Xuanyuan with my blood. This is a poem written by Lu Xun after cutting off the braids that symbolize the Qing Dynasty in 1903, but now it seems that he does not know that this poem, word by word, is incomparably in line with the ancestor who went back 54 years - Deng Shichang.
Speaking of Deng Shichang, many people will think of "Jia Wu Fengyun" and think of The League written by Guangxu" "On this day, the world is full of tears, and there is a strong navy", but there must be many people who take the lead in remembering that at the last moment of his life, he steered the ship and crashed into the Japanese warship, because these people have a question in their hearts: Why? Why do you know that you are crumbling but still shaking the tree?
The answer to this question should start from a long time ago, a long time ago Deng Shichang was born in Guangdong in 1849, he was originally a young master of the tea house, but also his father had high hopes to let him learn the "barbarian language" English little genius, he could have caught up with the tail of the Qing Dynasty's imperial examination, honestly became an official, and completed the transformation of the Deng family from a merchant to an official.
But he was not wanted, he was a person with his own ideas, compared to being an official, he accepted more new ideas, in 1867 when he learned that the Fuzhou Houxuetang driving management shift was going to enroll in Guangdong, he was excited to immediately say that he wanted to apply for the examination, his father had always been an unusual father, and immediately agreed with him, so Deng Shichang began to face a great and difficult road.
Such as Rinya, such as Gao Song, such as Qingzhu, such as Bitao, Deng Shichang in Fuzhou Houxuetang driving pipe shifts for 5 years, he actively learned any classroom knowledge, all bad habits are abandoned, it seems very unsociable, but some trips should only be completed by lonely people, in 1873 he withstood 2 years of sea voyage internship, truly became a navy.
Because "all the winds and waves, sand lines, astronomy, geography, surveying, computer calculation, and the law of marching, as well as the examples of Chinese diplomacy, are not well studied and proficient", and because of their steady and sophisticated, they were loved by Shen Baozhen, the main manager of the Fuzhou School of Shipping Administration, and as soon as he graduated, Deng Shichang began to command warships as an officer trained by the first batch of the School of Ship Administration.
"Haidongyun", "Yangwu", "Zhenwei", "Feiting", "Zhennan", "Chao yong" and "Yangwei" were all his partners, and he learned the skills that should be possessed in the face of crisis, and also drove them through the North Atlantic - Mediterranean - Suez Canal - Indian Ocean - Western Pacific, saw a variety of scenery, and accumulated a lot of experience.
In 1887, Deng Shichang, who went abroad for the second time to pick up ships and ships, insisted on monitoring the ship on the steering platform, and insisted on taking all the officers and men of the ship to practice, leading by example and not slackening, like the sails on the ship, like the tower at night.
Therefore, when the battle came in 1894, Deng Shichang never thought of retreating, and everyone knew that this battle was a "temptation" after the enemy had been planning for a long time, if the other side won, then the other side would be jealous, if unfortunately failed, then the pace of the other side's aggression would no longer be able to stop. Deng Shichang shouldered an unprecedented responsibility.
However, from the perspective of later generations, they are doomed to win this battle, and perhaps Deng Shichang himself has expected it early, but he said: "Whoever does not die, he hopes to die as he wants." So the command flagship was injured, Deng Shichang raised the flag of the Zhiyuan to attract fire, the Japanese ships surrounded, Deng Shichang was not afraid at all, and hit the other side in succession.
The gap in strength was too great, and soon Deng Shichang's Zhiyuan began to tilt, the shells had already been used up, he had learned so much knowledge, and in the face of Deng Shichang, who had so much experience, it was impossible to find a way to keep himself alive, but he chose to exert full horsepower at the last moment and drive to the opposite Yoshino, but unfortunately, at this time, a cannonball took the lead in sinking the Zhiyuan.
Many people were touched by his choice, but there were also many people who did not understand his behavior, and it was not a little self-sufficient for the Zhiyuan to crash into the Yoshino? Isn't it a little too unsolicited in the Navy? Until recent years, people finally salvaged the wreckage of a Warship, and after restoring it through technical means, it was confirmed that this was the Zhiyuan.
People also went on to find that Deng Shichang did not fail to consider the size of the two fleets, nor did he not only try to sink the Yoshino, but also tried to fire a few torpedoes at the enemy ships to relieve the pressure on the entire Beiyang Fleet in a way that ended up, that is to say, he did think that "we are going to die, and we must also die out of the prestige of the Chinese Navy."
In fact, Deng Shichang, who had entered the water, was still awake, and his entourage even threw the lifebuoy to him, and his dog Sun also swam to his side to pull him to the shore, but he chose to sleep with his dog forever in the sea water that he loved the most and could not love the most, he said: "I am determined to kill the enemy to repay the country, and now I die in the sea, Yiye, He Survive!" "National heroes are always born to die.