184 1 On February 26th, 2008, Guan Tianpei, a national hero, led his troops and died heroically in the fierce battle with the British invaders in Humen.
Guan Tianpei, a native of Shanyang County, Huai 'an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, was transferred to Guangdong Navy as the prefect in 1834. At this time, seeing that the Qing government was decadent and fatuous, foreign invaders tried their best to open the door of China and expand their aggression against China. After Guan Tianpei arrived, he personally inspected the Haiphong Fortress, decided to build and strengthen the Humen Fortress, and stepped up military training. 1839, Lin zexu served as an imperial envoy and went to Guangdong to ban smoking. Guan Tianpei became Lin Zexu's right-hand man. While actively assisting Lin Zexu to collect foreign opium, he carefully arranged coastal defense, supervised the construction of piles and chains to prepare for resisting aggression.
1840 In July, British sailors rampaged near Tsim Sha Tsui and killed an innocent villager. Lin Zexu protested and demanded that the British Commercial Supervision Law in China hand over the murderer. France did not pay the murderer, and took the opportunity to expand its aggression and invaded Guangdong coastal armed forces several times in a row. Guan Tianpei took the lead, led the soldiers to be ready, bravely resisted, and defeated the British army many times, making its aggression fail.
Seeing that Guan Tianpei had a strong military force, Yifa dared not provoke at will, while the British opium dealers continued to smuggle opium. Guan Tianpei actively cooperated with Lin Zexu in searching for opium smugglers. After the Opium War broke out, under the leadership of Lin Zexu, Guan Tianpei led a heroic counterattack against the British army. The British army could not occupy Guangdong, so they had to divide their forces and invade Tianjin. However, the dizzy Daoguang Emperor succumbed to the demands of the invaders, ordered Lin Zexu to be dismissed, and sent Qishan, the governor of Zhili, to replace him.
As soon as Qishan arrived in Guangzhou, he opposed the practices of Lin Zexu and Guan Tianpei, and ordered the removal of the coastal defense that Guan Tianpei had painstakingly worked for many years. Two-thirds of the navy was dismissed, and all the soldiers with the strongest fighting capacity were dismissed, catering to the needs of the British army.
184 1, 1 year, the British took advantage of the situation and captured Shajiao and Dajiao Fortress, so Humen lost its barrier. At this time, Humen Fort was only defended by a few troops, and the situation was extremely critical. Guan Tianpei sat in the front line and asked JiShan for reinforcements. The shameful traitor Qi Shan was afraid of obstructing the "peace talks" and did not dare to send troops. Guan Tianpei was furious and decided to do his duty. He took out his own money to supplement his salary, encouraged the soldiers to bravely kill the enemy, and sent some lost teeth and some old clothes to his family, expressing his determination to live with the battery.
On February 26th, the British army launched a large-scale attack on Humen. After the enemy blew up the chain of blocking the river and captured several fortresses such as crosspieces, they shelled Jingyuan Fort where Guan Tianpei was located. Guan Tianpei led the soldiers, brandished knives and commanded them to persevere. From noon to late at night, the fighting was extremely fierce. Helpless and outnumbered, most soldiers guarding the fort died heroically. Guan Tianpei was also injured in 10, and his whole body was dripping with blood, but he still stood in front and shot himself. At this time, the enemy swarmed from behind the battery. A soldier tried to pull Guan Tianpei back to his position, but he stopped him with a horizontal knife. In order not to make the prefect seal fall into the enemy's hands, Guan Tianpei urged his entourage to take it away. The entourage cried and grabbed his skirt, requesting to withdraw together. Guan Tianpei flatly refused, insisted on commanding and encouraged the soldiers to fight hard. Suddenly, the enemy fired another shell, and the veteran who was over 60 years old was unfortunately shot and killed. Finally, more than 400 soldiers guarding the fort all died heroically.
National hero Chen Huacheng.
Chen Huacheng (1776 ~ 1842), a famous national hero in China, is a famous general who fought against Britain.
At the age of sixteen, Chen Huacheng followed his uncle to Taiwan Province Province. There, he witnessed the sufferings of local people oppressed by foreigners, and heard about Zheng Chenggong's heroic deeds of recovering Taiwan Province Province. These deeds deeply shocked him, and he secretly made up his mind to serve the motherland like Zheng Chenggong.
In the tenth year of Daoguang (1830), Chen Huacheng was promoted to the prefect of Fujian Navy, led the Navy to Xiamen, and became an official in Wuzhi. Although Chen Huacheng was listed as the highest military attache of Fujian Navy, his life was very simple, and he lived in an ordinary house of less than 200 square meters for ten years.
From 1832 to 12, British warships invaded the eastern coastal areas of China. Chen Huacheng "supervises the navy and patrols cautiously", detains opium smuggling ships and warehouses, and expels British ships that have harassed the coast of China for many times. Later, the British ships crouched along the coast of Fujian for many times. Chen Cheng discovered the enemy's situation in time and personally led the troops to stop it, crushing the plot of the British ships invading China from the coast. When Daoguang summoned Chen Huacheng, he praised him as "battle-hardened, brave and worthy of heavy responsibilities".
In the twenty years of Daoguang (1840), the British invaders invaded in an all-round way and the Opium War broke out. This year, Chen Huacheng, who was over sixty years old, was appointed as the prefect of Jiangnan Navy. Although he is old, he is "resentful and resentful, and vows to serve his country to the death." With the support of imperial envoys and Yu Qian, governor of Liangjiang, Chen Huacheng actively prepared for the war. After inspecting the terrain of Jiang Fang in Wusong area, he built 26 strong earthen fort batteries in this area, and personally supervised the well-made iron cannons and gunpowder. Jiangnan navy has always lacked training and experience in actual combat with the enemy. Chen Huacheng appointed Qin Bing, a brave Fujian native, as the coach. He often goes to the tinker to urge and encourage the soldiers. Even in the cold winter, when the ground is a few feet high, Chen Huacheng, an elderly man, will drive a boat to practice with the soldiers.
In the twenty-first year of Daoguang (184 1), in September, Dinghai, Zhejiang Province, unfortunately fell again, and Ge and other three company commanders died heroically in the battle. Soon, Zhenhai area fell, Yu Qian would rather die than surrender, and committed suicide by drowning in order to serve the country. Deeply moved by the sufferings of the country and the sacrifices of his colleagues, Chen Huacheng wrote to Su, a fellow countryman and governor of Sichuan, saying, "The British and foreigners are everywhere, and they have broken Humen, so they are bound to spy on Wusong. A sea attack lasted for more than 40 years, and the wind and waves have become accustomed to it, and Yan Bing is also on the alert. If it comes, it will be broken to boost the military. If the timing is unpredictable, it will be followed by death! "
In June of the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), British troops invaded Wusongkou. Chen Huacheng and all the officers and men unanimously stated that they would fight to the death with the invaders. Wusong took the East-West Fort as the horns, and Chen Huacheng resolutely opposed the proposal of Niu Jian, Governor of Liangjiang River, to make peace with the British army. He took soldier Zhou Shirong to the East Fort. At dawn on June 16, British ships swarmed in and made a fierce attack on the battery. Under the constant bombardment of artillery, the whole battery was filled with smoke, fire and shrapnel, and the situation was very critical. At the height of the war, Chen Huacheng personally opened fire and sank an enemy ship ahead. The artillery battle lasted for more than two hours. Under the leadership of Chen Huacheng, the Qing navy sank and wounded four enemy ships, killing and injuring countless invaders. The morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and the war became more and more fierce, so the British ship had to flee hastily.
At this point, Niu Jian, who had been hiding in Baoshan city and didn't dare to show up, received the news that Chen Huacheng repelled the British ship, so he swaggered the governor's ceremonial ceremony and wanted to go to the West Fort to make a meritorious military service. Unexpectedly, on the way to the west battery, the British army recognized his flag and shelled it violently. When Niu Jian heard the gunshot, his face was white with fear. Without considering the position of the governor, he ran away in confusion among the soldiers. Cui Jirui also ran away from the battle, which led to the fall of Dongbao. After the fall of Dongbao, the British began to concentrate on besieging Xibao. Chen Huacheng was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, and the navy suffered heavy casualties. At this critical juncture, Zhou Shirong also escaped, and the Ministry will request Chen Huacheng to leave the fortress quickly. Lord Chen Huacheng looked up at the sky and said heroically, "I was ordered to guard against thieves and swear to serve the country to the death." Then, he drew his sword and led the soldiers to fight to the death with the enemy who climbed the fort. In the struggle, Chen Huacheng was injured in many places, and his shirt was dyed red with blood. After repelling a group of enemies, Chen Huacheng finally collapsed on the battery because of excessive blood loss.
The battle of Wusong lasted seven days and seven nights. Although the battle was unsuccessful, the navy, under the command of Zhan Chenghua, destroyed eight British ships and killed more than 500 British soldiers. After the British commander occupied Shanghai, he said with a lingering fear, "If there were two Chen Huacheng in the Qing Dynasty, we would be doomed."
Ge Yunfei (1789- 184 1), also known as Lingtai, evolved from Shantou Village in Xiaoshan. At the age of 7, he entered a private school and studied martial arts while studying. In the 19th year of Jiaqing (18 14), I took the exam, made up the undergraduate course, studied martial arts, and practiced martial arts for 24 years. Daoguang three years (1823), Wu Jinshi, given the garrison, was promoted to guerrilla and general, and finally served as the company commander of Dinghai.
In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), Ge died of illness. Before he left, he wrote to the governor of Zhejiang: Guangdong was in a hurry, fearing that Zhejiang would have to plan ahead. In 20 years (1840), the first Opium War broke out, and the British invaders failed to attack Guangdong, invaded eastern Zhejiang in the north, and occupied Dinghai, Zhenhai and Ningbo. The Governor of Hubei accepted Ge's foresight and sent a letter to invite him to discuss business war. Ge resigned from his mother and advocated "keep your words first, then talk about war." After the Qing court humiliated the British, the British withdrew from Dinghai. Ge was ordered to rebuild the Dinghai defense line with Wang Xipeng (company commander Shou Chun) and Zheng (company commander Chuzhou). In the twenty-first year (184 1), in late September, the British army anchored again and went to sea. Ge, Zheng and three men fought against the enemy and defeated the British army several times. At that time, when flying books for help, Ge Yunfei personally organized fire to fight back, injuring and sinking two British ships. After four days of fierce fighting, Wang and Zheng were killed successively. Ge was helpless before and after, and was attacked between Scylla and Charybdis. Lacking food and ammunition, he led more than 200 soldiers to hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In the battle, Ge fought in Erlihu, armed with combat knives, killing countless people, which had a great influence on Changhong. Finally, he was shot in many places, died on a cliff, and died heroically. Strong festival. Buried in the north of Huangwan Temple, Sanquanwang Village, Suoqian Township.
Ge studied martial arts all his life and could write. He is the author of Bao Daoge, Record of Famous Soldiers and Machine Building.