1867 (the sixth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty), Shen Baozhen became the Minister of Mawei Shipping Administration in Fuzhou, and at the same time offered a manufacturing class for the former school and a driving management class for the latter school. The school began to recruit students, mainly Fujian local students under the age of 16 who are smart and proficient in writing. Later, due to the shortage of students, enrollment has been extended to Guangdong and Hong Kong, and the age requirement has been relaxed to over 20 years old.
Driving majors not only study English and mathematics, but also study navigation astronomy, navigation theory and geography, and graduate after five years of class study. 187 1 year (ten years of Tongzhi in Qing dynasty), Deng Shichang returned to his hometown in Guangzhou for the first time after joining the army.
Classroom education is only the first step of naval education. To be a qualified naval officer, you need to go through the internship of a training ship. The sea and sky are rippling, sometimes the distant mountains are not seen for a few days, and sometimes the islands are lingering and the sand lines are staggered. The training ship has withstood various tests. Measure the positions of the sun and constellations, and practice operating various instruments. When returning, the students took turns driving, and the teacher carefully checked the diary. Graduation after two years of naval course internship.
2. Study hard
Deng Shichang studied in the School of Ship Administration for five years. From beginning to end, he worked hard and made unremitting efforts, and all subjects were rated as excellent. "Fan, Sha Hang, astronomy, geography, surveying and mapping, computer calculation, array method, and examples of Chinese-foreign negotiations are all proficient in research", especially in the internship with the "Jianwei" to practice ships in Nanyang, showing the high quality and skills of actually driving and managing ships.
In addition, I am older among my classmates, more stable and sophisticated. Because of this, Shen Baozhen attached great importance to him and praised him as one of the "smartest young people" in the School of Shipping Administration. 1February, 874 (13th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty), he was awarded the fifth-class military service by Shen Baozhen, Minister of Shipping, and was appointed as the first mate of the "Chen Hang" transport ship.
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/kloc-in the summer of 0/882 (the eighth year of Guangxu), there was chaos in Korea, Li Hongzhang's mother died, and he went to the funeral in turn. Ding You, the governor of Zhili, made the sound of a big tree, played Wu Changqing, the prefect of Zhejiang Province, and ordered Shichang to transport it by warship. Deng Shichang drove the "Yangwei" ship, which accelerated abnormally, and arrived at Haikou, Incheon, North Korea one day earlier than the Japanese warship.
Compared with the Japanese ship-borne soldiers, our army lined up from Incheon and entered the Korean capital to complete the work. After the Japanese soldiers arrived, they were not allowed to enter the door. Deng Shichang led a ship to aid Korea, defeated the Japanese invasion plan, supplemented guerrilla warfare, and rewarded Batulu for his bravery.
4. Heroic martyrdom
1894 (20th year of Guangxu), Deng Shichang often said, "No one will die, I hope to die a fair death". /KLOC-In September of 0/7, Deng Shichang commanded Zhiyuan Ship to fight bravely in the Dadonggou naval battle in the Yellow Sea. After the siege of the Japanese ship, Zhiyuan was injured in many places. The whole ship caught fire and the hull tilted.
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 dog Sun swam to him and took his arm to save him. Deng Shichang vowed to live and die with the warship * * *, resolutely put the dog into the water, sank himself into the waves, and died heroically with more than 250 officers and men of the whole ship.
5. Historical history.
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.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Deng Shichang (outstanding patriotic general and national hero of the navy in the late Qing Dynasty)