With the 120-year-old Zhiyuan ship being salvaged and the case re-seen, a historical public case has once again entered people's field of vision!
In 1894, Japan launched the long-planned Sino-Japanese Naval Battle against China, the Beiyang Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet launched a fierce battle in the Yellow Sea, and the Beiyang Fleet carefully built by the Qing government was completely destroyed, stirring up a huge wave and leaving a long-lasting echo.
Zhiyuan ship pipe belt Deng Shichang, Guangdong Panyu people, the first graduate of Fuzhou Ship Administration School, ren Zhiyuan ship pipe belt. Study marine tactics in peacetime, train strictly, and be martyred in the Battle of the Yellow Sea!
How was the Zhiyuan ship sunk, and how was Deng Shichang sacrificed? How his righteous dog "Sun" sank with his owner, let us bear to open the history of The day of September 17, 1894, on this day there is a special victim, she is Deng Shichang's dog!
Deng Shichang's dog followed him for many years, never abandoning him, living and dying. Such a loyal dog also followed Deng Shichang to participate in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and at the last moment when the Zhiyuan was about to sink, after Deng Shichang fell into the water, Deng Shichang's dog also jumped into the sea, and the dog swam towards him at a high speed, biting the sleeve of the owner to prevent the owner from sinking.
Deng Shichang couldn't bear to see his dog die with him, so he wanted to drive it away, but it still didn't leave and went to bite its owner's hair. Deng Shichang helplessly pressed its neck to force it to leave, this time Deng Shichang's dog finally released his hair, and in the moment when he was about to sink into the water, it quickly bit Deng Shichang's braid floating on the surface of the water, as if making a final plea. In this way, Deng Shichang's dog and his master, after a fierce battle, were deadlocked on the surface of the Yellow Sea.
Deng Shichang has long been determined to sacrifice his life for the country, but he can not get rid of his dog, out of helplessness, he hugged his dog tightly, and sunk into the blue waves with it, sacrificing his precious life at the age of 45. ‘
Later, when people recovered Deng Shichang's body, Deng Shichang's dog still tightly bit his hair braid and never let go.
Deng Shichang's feat spread to Beijing, and the Guangxu Emperor himself shed tears to write a letter for him: On this day, the world's tears were waved, and there was a strong naval might. When people remember the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, they always think of Deng Shichang's dog, and this war that has nothing to do with it is the best witness to its feelings with its owner.
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