Deng Shichang (184910.04—1894 September 17), Han nationality, was originally named Yongchang, a native of Guangfu, Guangdong Province, and his ancestral home was Longdaowei Township, Panyu County, Guangdong Province (now Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province). He was a famous Beiyang Navy and a national hero in the late Qing Dynasty.
1894 (20th year of Guangxu) September 17, Deng Shichang commanded Zhiyuan 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.
Deng Shichang 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, but he refused. His pet dog "Sun" also swam to his side and took his arm to save him. Deng Shichang vowed to live and die with the warship * * * and resolutely put the dog into the water. He also sank in the waves and died heroically with more than 250 officers and men of the whole ship.
2. Guan Tianpei
Guan Tianpei (178165438+1October 8th-184/February 26th), a native of Shanyang County, Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province (now Huai 'an District, Jiangsu Province), was a famous patriotic star and national hero in Qing Dynasty.
Successive general manager, commander-in-chief, garrison, generals, deputy commander-in-chief, prefect and other important positions. During his tenure as the prefect of Guangdong Qing navy, he fully supported national heroes Lin Zexu and Humen to exterminate opium.
1840, the opium war broke out. In the twenty-first year of Daoguang (184 1), on the sixth day of February, the British army launched a general attack on Humen fortress, and Guan Tianpei personally commanded it. Although the number of defenders was several times less than that of the other side, they still held their ground and resisted stubbornly in the face of the British onslaught.
Finally, because the reinforcements did not arrive, they were hit by bullets and died heroically. The imperial court made posthumous title a loyalty festival and named General Wei Zhen.
3. Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang (1June 6, 236-12831October 9), formerly known as Sun Yun, was named Song Rui with a good word. Road number floating Taoist, Wenshan people. Luling, Jizhou, Jiangxi, was a politician, writer, patriotic poet, famous anti-Yuan minister and national hero in the late Southern Song Dynasty.
In December of the first year of Xiangxing (1278), he was captured in Wupoling (now Haifeng North, Guangdong). The following year, Zhang Hongfan, commander-in-chief of the Mongolian and Han armies in the Yuan Dynasty, took him to Jianshan (now Xinhui South) and ordered him to surrender to Zhang Shijie. Wen Tianxiang refused, and The Zero Crossing and Ding Yang was an ambitious book.
After Yuan Shizu was transferred to the Yuan Dynasty (now Beijing), Kublai Khan personally advised him to be the prime minister of Zhongshu. Wen Tianxiang righteously, would rather die than surrender. In the 19th year of Yuan Dynasty (1283 65438+10.9), he died in Dadu. At the age of 47.