Recently, a sunken ship was found in Dalian Bay. After testing, it was found to be Jingyuan, a warship of the Beiyang Navy in the Qing Dynasty. Later, the discovery of professionals on Jingyuan surprised us, and even the impression of Beiyang Navy changed greatly. They are no longer abandoned children in the traditional narrative, but become tragic heroes.
During the inspection of the distant ship, the diver found 74 rifle bullets on board, which were found at the bow. These two points are very unusual. At that time, naval battles mainly relied on cannons and torpedoes, and even the most powerful iron cannons could not penetrate real armor, let alone rifles. So what do these rifle bullets found at the bow show?
Many people don't understand that Jingyuan fights with guns without guns, but experts say: this is the most heroic place for officers and men of Beiyang Navy! ? At that time, people's impression was that Beiyang Navy was very powerful, but few people knew about Weng Tonghe (H? ) Not allocating funds to the Beiyang Navy, which made it impossible for the Beiyang Navy to acquire equipment in the next decade and missed the golden age of naval development.
At the same time, Japan bought a large number of new warships, which far exceeded the warships of Beiyang Navy in firepower and speed. In the Yellow Sea naval battle, Japanese ships quickly surrounded the Beiyang Navy. In order to break the siege, Lin Yongsheng, the captain of Jingyuan, first led 230 officers and men to attack Japanese warships. However, the strength was too different, and soon the captain, the first mate Chen He and other commanders were killed one after another.
Experts believe that the bullet found on the warship appeared at this moment. Under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, all the officers and men on the Jingyuan were concentrated in the bow, using old tactics, ready to take the opportunity to jump on the enemy ship and duel with the Japanese army with rifles. Although they failed in the end, their courage and loyalty can touch everyone.
In the 100 years after the annihilation of the whole army, Beiyang navy was constantly vilified, for example, they hung clothes on cannons and so on, but is this really the case? Recently, more and more experts have proved that Beiyang Navy is valuable and its shooting ability far exceeds that of Japan. If there is enough equipment, the result may not be like in history. In addition, although there are bad guys like Fang Boqian in Beiyang Navy, we can't just kill them with a stick and ignore the sacrifice of heroes and heroes. We need to respect martyrs and history.