The only death is eternal suffering! Ding's death is the most tragic and desolate scene in the history of Sino-Japanese War. This gentle and diligent veteran of the water army has been under great pressure that others can't imagine since the beginning of the war. Due to various reasons, the Beiyang Navy, supported and led by one hand, was badly weakened, the rear fortress fell, and the fleet fell into the Jedi. Ding was trapped. Without ammunition and reinforcements, he led his soldiers to repel more than ten Japanese attacks. He would rather die than betray his country, and he couldn't bear to let all the soldiers on the island die with him. With no hope at all, he swallowed opium in the middle of the night and died tragically.

: Ding (1836165438+10/8-65438+February12,0895), a general in the late Qing Dynasty, was the prefect of Beiyang Navy. Hefei, Anhui, formerly known as Xianda, also known as Yuting, numbered Chapter II. Ancestors moved from Fengyang to Lujiang in the early Ming Dynasty, and moved to Nakamura, Wang Lang, Chaoxian in the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865). Ding took part in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in his early years. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell from power, he was forced to join the Xiang Army with the team, and was soon transferred to the Huai Army to participate in the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army. The official was appointed as a local governor. In the fifth year of Guangxu (1879), Li Hongzhang was transferred to the northern coastal defense.

In the seventh year of Guangxu (188 1 year), he led more than 200 officers and men of Beiyang Navy to Britain and returned home with cruisers Chaoyong and Yangwei. In the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), in the battle of Weihaiwei, he commanded beiyang fleet to resist the Japanese siege, but he didn't get the orders from his superiors, so he had to wait for rescue in the harbor, which led to the Beiyang Navy's desperate situation. Finally, after all the ammunition and food were exhausted and the hope that reinforcements would come to rescue was dashed, he rejected Tomohiro Ito's suggestion and took opium to thank the people of China.