1880, Li Hongzhang recruited talents for the construction of Beiyang Navy. Because Deng Shichang was "familiar with management affairs and a hard-won talent in the navy", he was transferred to Beiyang, and served as the management belt of the mosquito gunboat Feiting and Zhennan successively. In the winter of the same year, the two cruisers "Yangwei" and "Chaoyong" ordered by Beiyang in Britain were completed, and more than 200 officers and men of Ding Shui Division went to Britain to pick up the ship, followed by Deng Shichang. 188111arrived at dagukou safely. This is the first time that China Navy has completed the route of North Atlantic-Mediterranean-Suez Canal-Indian Ocean-Western Pacific, which has greatly enhanced China's international influence. Deng Shichang was awarded the brave name of "Boyong Batulu" by the Qing court and was appointed as.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/887, Deng Shichang led a team to Britain to receive four cruisers, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan and Laiyuan, ordered by the Qing government from Yingde, and returned home at the end of the year. On the way home, Deng Shichang arranged a fleet exercise along his disciples. He was promoted to deputy general because of his meritorious service in receiving the ship, and was awarded the title of "Zhiyuan" ship management belt general soldier. 1888, Deng Shichang was appointed company commander and added as prefect. 10, Beiyang navy formally became an army, and Deng Shichang was promoted to be the lieutenant of Zhong Jun Zhongying. 189 1 year, Li Hongzhang inspected Beiyang Navy, and Deng Shichang was awarded the honorary title of "Gersa Batulu" for his outstanding training.
1September, 894 17 In the Dadonggou naval battle, Deng Shichang commanded Zhiyuan Ship to fight bravely. Later, under the siege of Japanese ships, Zhiyuan ship was injured in many places, the whole ship caught fire and the hull tilted. Deng Shichang encouraged the officers and men of the whole ship to say, "Our generation joined the army to defend our country and put life and death at risk. Today, there is only death! " "Japanese warships rely entirely on Yoshino. If it sinks, it will be enough to catch my breath and succeed." It resolutely sailed into the starboard side of the Japanese capital ship "Yoshino" at full speed, determined to end up with the enemy. The officers and men of the Japanese ship were shocked and concentrated their fire on the Zhiyuan ship. Unfortunately, a shell hit the torpedo tube of Zhiyuan ship, and the torpedo in the tube exploded and Zhiyuan ship sank. After Deng Shichang fell into the sea, his entourage rescued him with a lifebuoy. He refused, saying, "I am determined to kill the enemy and serve the country. Now that I am dead in the sea, I am just. Why should I live! " The pet dog Sun swam to him, grabbed his arm and saved him. Deng Shichang vowed to share life and death with warships, and resolutely put the dog's head into the water. He also sank in the waves and died heroically with more than 250 officers and men of the whole ship.
After Deng Shichang's death, the whole country was shocked. Emperor Guangxu wept bitterly and wrote a pair of couplets, "There are tears today, and the navy is mighty." Posthumous title and Deng Shichang were named as "upright and upright people", and posthumous title was named "Prince of Shaobao", who entered the Zhao Zhong Temple in the capital. Yu Bi's relatives wrote a memorial and an inscription. Li Hongzhang expressed his contributions in the book Calling for the Dead Dadonggou Navy. He said, "... Deng Shichang, Liu and others also contributed." The Qing court also gave Deng's mother a large plaque made of 65,438 +0.5 kilograms of gold, and allocated 65,438+2 million yuan to Deng's family to show their support for the elderly. Deng used the money to build a cenotaph for Deng Shichang in Panyu, Guangdong Province, and built the Down's Ancestral Hall. The people of Weihai felt their loyalty and built a shrine for the statue of Deng Shichang on Chengshan in 1899 to show their eternal admiration. 1996 On February 28th,1996, the navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army named the new ocean-going comprehensive training ship "Shichang" to commemorate it.
Deng Shichang has three sons and two daughters, and his eldest son, Deng Honghao, succeeded him and worked in the Guangdong Navy. He died in 1947. The second son Deng Haoyang died young; The third son, Deng Haogan, is a posthumous child. He worked in the Navy Department of the Republic of China and died in Wuxi from 65438 to 0969.
Deng Shichang's patriotic story of devoting himself to the sea.
Since ancient times, sacrifice on the battlefield has always been the proud ambition of patriotic soldiers, especially those who bravely go to disaster knowing that they are going to die. Deng Shichang, who died in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, is such a person.
Deng Shichang, one of the earliest naval officers in China, was the captain of Zhiyuan Ship in beiyang fleet in Qing Dynasty. He has a strong patriotism and often says to the soldiers, "No one will die." ? I hope we die aboveboard, aboveboard! 1894, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 broke out. Deng Shichang said many times that if I met a Japanese ship at sea and was in danger, I would sink with it!
One day in September this year, the Japanese fleet suddenly attacked the Chinese fleet. A naval battle began. China's flagship was injured and the national flag was shot down. Deng Shichang immediately ordered the flag to be hoisted on his ship to attract enemy ships. The Zhiyuan ship he commanded was the most heroic in the battle. The front and rear guns volley and hit the Japanese ship again and again. Japanese ships surrounded him, Zhiyuan was seriously injured, began to tilt, and the shells were used up. Deng Shichang felt that the last moment had come. "He ordered the Japanese ship" Yoshino "to go ahead at full speed and perish together with it. This fearless spirit stunned the Japanese.
Unfortunately, Zhiyuan was hit by a torpedo, and the hull exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea. Most of the more than 200 officers and men died. Deng Shichang was rescued by his subordinates with lifebuoys, but when he saw that none of his subordinates survived, he resolutely quit the lifebuoy, sank into the sea and gave his life.