On July 25, the Japanese navy fought in the waters near Toyoda. /kloc-in September of 0/7, the main force of Beiyang navy joined forces with the Japanese joint fleet in the Yellow Sea and went to war. At that time, "Guangbing" was on guard at the port. After the battle started at noon 12: 50, Cheng Biguang commanded the Guang C ship to rush to the battlefield at noon130. At 2: 40, Guang C fired a gun and injured the Japanese ship Xijing Maru, causing a fire. The torpedo boat Long Fu took the opportunity to launch two torpedoes. At that time, Japanese naval military minister vice admiral was riding a horse in Xijing. Unfortunately, both torpedoes missed and escaped. In the naval battle, Cheng Biguang was hit by shrapnel in the abdomen and his underwear was stained with blood.
1October 30th,1895,65438+The Japanese army began to attack Ahava, and the Beiyang Navy was trapped in Ahava Port. On February 1 1, the prefect Ding and Yang Yonglin, the pipeline manager of Zhenyuan, the nursing left-wing headquarters, both refused to surrender and committed suicide. Some foreigners negotiated with Niu Changbing and others about surrender in the Ahava camp office, and decided that Hao Wei, an American foreigner, would draft a surrender letter and beg the enemy for surrender in the name of Ding. 12, Cheng Biguang took the "Zhenbei" gunboat and submitted the surrender to the Japanese flagship. 17, the Japanese army marched into Liu Gongdao, and the Beiyang Navy was completely annihilated. After the war, Cheng Biguang was dismissed and returned to his hometown. His younger brother Kui Guang was the "Tao Zhen" ship belt of Guangdong Navy at that time. Because of his fellow countryman relationship with Sun Yat-sen, he joined the Zhong Xing Association. After Cheng Biguang returned to China, Sun Yat-sen and his brother persuaded him to join the club. 1895 5438+00 In June, the uprising plan of Xingzhonghui was leaked, and Cheng Biguang fled to Penang, Nanyang. 1896, Li Hongzhang went to Europe and passed by Penang. Cheng Biguang gave him a call. Li Hongzhang advised him to return to China and asked him to avoid the responsibility of being wiped out in the Sino-Japanese War.
Cheng Biguang returned to China and returned to work in the navy. Later, he served as the director of the warship management zone and the ship administration department, and commanded the cruiser team. He once led the cruiser "Haiqi" to England to attend the coronation ceremony of the king of England. Later, there were also large-scale Chinese exclusion incidents in Cuba and Mexico. Cheng Sui's visit to Cuba was warmly welcomed by local Chinese, but the Cuban president was frightened by the military strength of Haitang and had to say to Cheng Biguang, "Cuban soldiers and civilians will never discriminate against overseas Chinese." The "Haiqi" docked in Cuba and planned to visit Mexico after the break. Before Haiqi's visit, the Mexican government apologized to the Qing government for the Chinese exclusion incident and compensated the victims for their lives and property losses. China warships canceled their visit. Cheng Biguang conducted a successful gunboat diplomacy during his voyage. During the Beiyang government, I lived in Shanghai at leisure. But Yuan is very uneasy about his life in the south. In the spring of A.D. 19 13, Yuan Pai's staff invited him to Beijing. He was hired as a senior adviser to the navy and later appointed as a member of the general's command post. Later, Yuan Shikai's perverse desire for restoration gradually emerged, and Cheng Biguang was very depressed. 19 15 autumn, he wrote a letter to a friend and said, "However, the times are not good, which is really disgusting. I hope I can die as soon as possible. "
1965438+After the death of Yuan Shikai in June, 2006, Li succeeded as president and Duan served as prime minister. When Li was a navy officer in his early years, he served as a tube wheel on the ship and was a subordinate of Bi Guang. At this point, Cheng Biguang is highly recommended as the chief of the navy, which must be approved by the National Assembly. Cheng sided with the "government" and became a supporter of Li.
1917 In April, the contradiction between Lebanon and Lebanon heated up on the issue of declaring war on Germany. In order to put pressure on the President and Congress, Duan called provincial governors to Beijing and held a military meeting on 25th. Navy Chief Cheng Biguang and Army Training Director Zhang Shaoceng were also invited to attend. After declaring his claim to declare war on Germany, Duan stuffed a signature sheet prepared in advance for the participants to sign. The provincial governors or their representatives all agreed with Duan's intention and signed "yes", but Cheng Biguang wrote: "If Congress agrees, it should obey the majority public opinion." Duan is very unhappy. Later, when the State Council submitted the war case to the House of Representatives for deliberation, Duan instigated the military police and hooligans to stage a farce in which "citizens' groups" surrounded the parliament and abused members. At that time, the public was angry and public opinion was angry. Zheng Biguang, Foreign Minister Wu, Minister of Justice Zeng Qinghong and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Gu Zhongxiu suggested to Duan that the cabinet should resign, but Duan refused. So in the evening, Cheng Biguang and other four people submitted their resignations to the President, leaving only one "Prime Minister" in the original incomplete cabinet. On May 23rd, after Duan was deposed as prime minister by Li, Beiyang warlords declared their independence at Duan's instigation. Prepare to occupy Lebanon by force. Seeing the danger, Cheng Biguang ordered Lin Baoyu, commander of the First Fleet of the Navy, to lead the ship to Dagu, expressing his support for Lebanon. At the beginning of June, Cheng invited Li to leave Beijing for the south, willing to lead the fleet to escort him, but Li did not agree. Cheng had to leave Beijing first and arrive in Shanghai on the 9th. On the same day, he called a meeting of the captains of the ships to study ways to deal with the rebels. Since it was a country, the Kuomintang headed by Sun Yat-sen has stood on the side of sympathizing with Li. After Cheng arrived in Shanghai, he got in touch with Sun Yat-sen, Tang and Cen Chunxuan who were in Shanghai at that time, and studied ways to support the anti-Lebanon part. Sun Yat-sen raised military expenses for the navy and encouraged Cheng to leave the Beijing government.
In June, when Zhang Xun went north, Congress was forced to dissolve. In July, the restoration, and Li Jin entered the Japanese embassy. When Cheng Biguang heard the news in Shanghai, he sent three warships north to Qinhuangdao, trying to welcome Li southward, but without success. On the 3rd, Cheng issued a joint statement denouncing the restoration and supporting * * * with the military order of Songhu Bao.
19 17, Sun Yat-sen encouraged Cheng Biguang to leave the Beiyang government. On July 2 1 day, Cheng Biguang led some ships to lift Yinan to Guangzhou, and issued a declaration on protecting the navy the next day, which was called protecting the fleet in history. 10 September, the military government was established, Sun Yat-sen was elected as the Grand Marshal, and Cheng Biguang was the Chief Executive of Ren Haijun. 1965438+On February 26th, 2008, Cheng Biguang was assassinated in Guangzhou, and the mastermind of the assassination remains a mystery. 1919 65438+1October 20th, the Guangzhou military government posthumously awarded the position of prefect. 1922 On July 20th, he was posthumously awarded as an admiral.