His name is Liu Buchan , Beiyang Navy " Dingyuan Ship " pipe belt.
Liu Buchan
1894 On September 17, 1894, in the Yellow Sea, the Beiyang Navy transported soldiers to North Korea, and encountered the Japanese fleet on the way back.
The cunning Japanese people first hung the American flag, and then changed into the Japanese flag after getting closer.
The Japanese army launched a sudden attack, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 immediately broke out.
"Gou Seng Ship will be punished!"
Before the battle, Liu Buchan immediately vowed: "Gou Seng Ship will be punished!"
The battle began, and the Dingyuan ship's watchtower was immediately shocked, and the Chinese commander-in-chief - Admiral of the Beiyang Navy Ding Ruchang fell and injured.
Liu Buchan then became the fleet commander and led the Beiyang Navy to counterattack the Japanese ship.
Dingyuan ship
He commanded the "Dingyuan" ship to cut off the Japanese warship in half, severely hitting the Japanese ship "Hirui". Subsequently, the Dingyuan hit the Japanese ship Akagi, and the shrapnel directly penetrated the captain's head. A total of eleven people were killed and twenty people were injured in the ship.
picture from the network
Japanese fleet flagship "Songdao" was chased by "Dingyuan". After hitting the lower deck on the starboard side of Songdao, it caused an ammunition explosion and the hull was seriously damaged. I had to change "Hakiri" to the proxy flagship. The ship eventually died and injured 57 people.
Japan Yoshino Ship
"Dingyuan" is also scarred, but Liu Buchan is brave in fighting and will never retreat.
After the war, Liu Buchan was promoted to registered admiral and acted as the admiral of the navy. From this point, we can also see that Liu Buchan is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and fears death.
Liu Buchan's Sadness
However, in 1895, the turning point of the war came. This time it was not on the sea, but on land.
The Japanese army captured Weihai Acropolis and the north and south forts in January of the following year. Beiyang Fleet was attacked by Japanese troops on the ground and land.
land turret
"Dingyuan" was injured by a sneak attack torpedo boat and was forced to strand as a fixed turret.
htmlOn 10, the Beiyang Fleet trapped in Liugong Island was out of ammunition and food. Some officers and soldiers forced Liu Buchan to lead his army to surrender, but Liu Buchan refused.
Dingyuan ship charging forward
In order to prevent "Dingyuan" from falling into the opponent, Liu Buchan ordered Dingyuan to sank, and then swallowed opium and committed suicide.
specifically mention Deng Shichang.
In this previous naval battle, Deng Shichang's "Zhiyuan Ship" failed to hit the enemy ship. After being hit by the enemy ship, the torpedo explosion caused the "Zhiyuan" to sink.
Deng Shichang, who fell into the water, refused the swimming ring thrown by his personal soldiers, and also refused the rescue of other crew members.
Finally, his beloved dog also came to save him. He first held his clothes, was pushed away, and then his hair. Finally, Deng Shichang resolutely held his beloved dog and sank into the bottom of the sea.
Zhiyuan Ship Picture from the Internet
Due to the incompetence of the Qing government, this battle was lost to an opponent who was not very powerful at the time, and the Beiyang Navy was wiped out.
Subsequently, the Qing government was forced to sign the " Treaty of Shimonoseki " that was humiliated.
China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Chinese representative Li Hongzhang
Can Liu Buchan get wronged?
Then Liu Buchan is clearly a national hero, why has he been portrayed as the opposite of Deng Shichang forever?
Backtracking, people found the culprit - a British man named Taylor (Dalle).
There are many foreign advisers and soldiers in the Beiyang Navy, some of which were also killed with Chinese soldiers, and many of them looked down upon the Chinese generals. Both sides often faced tit-for-tat in control of the navy or a warship.
Fleet Chinese and foreign soldiers took a photo
This Mr. Taylor is the deputy director of the Dingyuan ship and a participant in the naval battle. Later he wrote this book called "In the Frontline of China".
It is in this book that he slandered Liu Buchan for his ability, saying that he changed his formation because of his greed for life and fear of death, and deliberately issued wrong orders, etc.
Because of Telle's identity, and the release date of the book was 1929, people easily believed in foreign books during the Republic of China, so this book became an authoritative book for studying the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
Liu Buchan was then put on the hat of "being greedy for life and fearing death", and this has been worn for nearly a hundred years.
movie "Jiangwu Storm"
In the 1960s movie "Jiangwu Storm", Deng Shichang became a household name in China, while Liu Buchan was a complete negative character.
Why did Tailai slander Liu Buchan?
Historical researchers found: This is just because the two have personal grudges!
is the conflict between Chinese generals and foreign managers, which is the fundamental reason.
The way to rehabilitate
Then how did Liu Buchan prove to be a national hero in fighting against Japanese aggression?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, some scholars in our country discovered completely different facts through interviews with survivors of the Beiyang Navy.
was not able to be rehabilitated in time due to specific reasons.
After 1977, the historical community began to speak out in a concentrated manner to correct Liu Buchan’s reputation.
In 1982, Liu Buchan was officially rehabilitated.
Liu Buchan
History will surely prove that heroes are heroes.
