Did Fang Boqian really have no choice but to save the ship, or was he really afraid of the enemy?

Fang Boqian, the true hero of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. Pay tribute to Fang Boqian, a talented general.

The artillery shells salvaged from the shipwrecks of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 were found to have Chinese warheads with sediment warheads and Japanese warheads with high-explosive gunpowder warheads. Therefore, it is suspected that Li Hongzhang colluded with the Japanese spy agency during the Sino-Japanese War. These warheads were arranged by relatives designated by Li Hongzhang. Under such conditions, most of the Beiyang Navy suffered casualties and the Japanese ships could not be sunk at all. Fang Boqian made the right decision to evacuate. Therefore, it can be determined that Fang Boqian was killed and silenced by Li Hongzhang and blamed on him.

Some people actually claimed that the silt warhead was a solid warhead. Some people even say that China cannot make explosive bombs that explode. At that time, China could even build mines and torpedoes that were dozens of times more complex, but it could not make explosive bombs that were loaded with gunpowder and detonated by impact? Most of the Beiyang naval guns are Krupp guns, and the German Krupp guns are all exploding shells. As for solid armor-piercing bullets, it has been found that solid bullets or armor-piercing bullets explode after penetrating armor. They have a small internal structure and are filled with explosives. It is impossible to contain sediment inside, and the price is more expensive than blooming bombs. Filling the shells with sediment is 100% a conspiracy, and any other explanation is sinister.

According to research, it is actually very simple to detonate artillery shells. Any bomb can be detonated with explosives and flint. As long as the warhead hits the flint, it will detonate immediately. A delayed explosion requires a fuze wire. As long as the flint and the fire wire separate the explosive, it will explode one or two seconds later. The fuse was flint, which at that time was just processed flint (alloy flint). Artillery was invented by the Chinese, but China does not know how to make bombs. What a big joke.

The weight of the silt warhead is the same as that of the explosive bomb. This can only be explained by a conspiracy to prevent you from knowing that it is a silt warhead.

In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Fang Boqian's "Jiyuan" was one enemy against three, and was not afraid at all when surrounded by Japanese ships. It kept firing back, causing many scars on the Japanese ships. With the precision of Jiyuan's bombardment, it is possible for Japanese ships to sink three to four ships if they were gunpowder warheads. Jiyuan even caused the cannon disc to melt due to excessive firing.

According to Japanese captain Yoshino Nagagahara Kaname's recollection, the Yoshino ship wanted to pursue the Jiyuan ship. The Jiyuan ship fired 4 shells in a row. The first shot destroyed the bow, and the second shot destroyed the command platform. , the third round was the most powerful. It hit the starboard side of the Yoshino ship, penetrated the steel armor, penetrated the generator, and then penetrated into the engine room. Fortunately, the warhead was not loaded with explosives, so Yoshino was lucky to avoid being scrapped. The Yoshino ship was therefore Don't dare to chase after you.

The "Naval Historical Materials of the Late Qing Dynasty" records that in the Battle of Chahuang Sea, Jiyuan was shot in more than 70 places and suffered numerous scars. It can be seen that Fang Boqian's Jiyuan ship withdrew from the battlefield with serious injuries after fighting hard.

Li Hongzhang is authoritarian and lawless. After Fang Boqian was arrested and imprisoned, he was beheaded on the second day (during a non-combat time). A superior officer did not even have the power to judge. This shows how dark an era Li Hongzhang brought to China when he came to power. After Fang Boqian was beheaded, the officers and soldiers of Jiyuan lay on his body and cried bitterly after hearing the news. The army was indignant. Wen Tingshi wrote "Ode to the Liaodong", criticizing Li Hongzhang for pretending to be a public servant and harming Fang Boqian. He believed that "referring to three words (unnecessary) will lead to injustice, and damaging the Great Wall will lead to loss of access." If Li Hongzhang is innocent, how can the Qing Dynasty avoid defeat?

How bad is Li Hongzhang’s moral character? When Li Hongzhang was 76 years old, he still married two concubines, one was 13 years old and the other was 14 years old. They were both in their prime. In ancient times, it was extremely sinful to marry a girl under the age of 14. A 14-year-old girl is also considered a half-child and half-adult, and a 15-year-old is considered an adult. What’s more, a 76-year-old married a 13-year-old concubine. In ancient times, taking a young girl as a concubine was considered a serious act of moral corruption and treason. Li Hongzhang gained fame in the examination and read the books of sages. Sanctimony corrupts the rules of ethics.

During the Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang served as the Governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang, in charge of the navy and army. He appointed Ding Ruchang, a non-shipman university graduate, as the admiral (commander-in-chief) of the navy. The reason is that the army is more brave than the navy, so it must be controlled by the army. The selfishness of a man who leads a navy can be said to be the heart of a Sima and everyone knows it. Because of Ding Ruchang, the Beiyang Navy became Li Hongzhang's private army. Ding Ruchang not only had no basic knowledge of naval warfare, but also brought the bad habits of the army to the navy. The fleet cheated in daily training and the sailors were lax in discipline. The ship's machinery was extremely poorly maintained, and inferior coal was used. The ship's speed was reduced by one-third, and all the money went into Li Hongzhang's pocket.

"Treaty of Shimonoseki" incident: Li Jingfang, son of Li Hongzhang. During the Sino-Japanese War, Li Jingfang provided food supplies to Japanese troops attacking in China. And the Minister of Rites gave a confession. Li Hongzhang had colluded with Japanese spies during the Sino-Japanese War, and because the matter was so closely related, the Military Aircraft Department did not dare to present it to Emperor Guangxu after seeing the Minister of Rites' confession. over punishment. But there is no smoke without fire, so I think of it. Li Hongzhang was shot by the Japanese. According to the Qing Dynasty investigation, the gunman put his hand on the shoulder of the bearer and shot at close range. The bullet entered the non-fatal point under the bone. He only fired one shot. The gun was too weak. The gunman then Leave as if nothing happened. Li Hongzhang put his hands on his face and walked back to his residence. This plot is very similar to that of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, who used a trick to divert attention, but the scale was just right enough not to be fatal. Then the Japanese media cooperated to reduce silver by 100 million taels, which was seamless. Therefore, Li Hongzhang once again firmly took the position of prime minister. It was absolutely necessary for Li Hongzhang to perform this play at that time. The reason why Japan reduced its reparations was simply the interference of world powers. On April 23, just six days after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Russia, Germany and France joined forces to force Japan to return Liaodong to the Qing government in order to protect their own interests from infringement. . Japan reduced the amount by 100 million taels because it was in a hurry to sign the contract, and the three countries may not get the money if they intervene. During the negotiations, Russia has been interfering diplomatically, even at the risk of a war. Why didn't Li Hongzhang use Russia to fight for China? Therefore, it can also be understood that Li Hongzhang secured a claim for 200 million silver taels for Japan. In order to commemorate Li Hongzhang's achievements, Japan named a street Li Hongzhang Road.

Colleagues praised Fang Boqian for his "magnificent strategy, neat battle equipment, brave captain, holding the knife fish of the moment, riding the waves of the wind and rice, bravely fighting in Tantai, and being more sophisticated than the land war". At that time It is popular and recited by people.

To understand the history of suffering in modern China, one must talk about Li Hongzhang. Li Honghong was the culprit of one of the sufferings in modern China. Li Hongzhang's forty years in power in the late Qing Dynasty was closely related to the defeat of the Qing Dynasty. Before Li Hongzhang came to power, forty years ago in the late Qing Dynasty, China was still the richest country in the world. During the forty years that Li Hongzhang came to power, the country's fortunes deteriorated. It is clear at a glance whether Li Hongzhang is a minister of ZTE or a minister of defeat, and there is no need to say more.

To borrow Mao Zedong's evaluation of Li Hongzhang, "the boat is big and the water is shallow" means "big ambitions and short talents", shallow talents, insufficient success, and more than enough failure. Borrowing Zuo Zongtang's evaluation of Li Hongzhang, "misleading all the people" means "causing harm to the country and the people" by acting in a perverse and reckless manner. If the prime minister is dishonest, the country will not prosper.

If Fang Boqian did not evacuate and stay until the whole ship was killed in the battle, it would only increase the defeat and be of no benefit to the war situation. In addition to unwise people who blindly condemn, China also contains a large number of people with ulterior motives who viciously vilify and insult The sound was outrageous. A wise, brave and talented general was killed by a traitor, and the blame was placed on him. No wonder the resentment persisted for hundreds of years. Fang Boqian saved the warship, reduced casualties, narrowed the defeat, and fought a bloody battle. If he is not a national hero, who is qualified to be! Deng Shichang was specially rewarded by Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang was a big traitor, so what was the point of Deng Shichang's false fame? After Deng Shichang's Zhiyuan ship was salvaged, it was found that there were still shells in Zhiyuan. According to the situation at that time, since the hull of the Zhiyuan had been hit and tilted significantly, how could it possibly hit the Japanese warship?