Sino-Japanese War

In 1894, the Japanese army, which had been planning to invade China for a long time, caused wanton trouble in China's territorial waters. In order to calm the trouble, the cowardly and cowardly Queen Mother of the West appointed Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang (Wang Qiuying) and his cronies, "Jiyuan" commander Fang Boqian (Zhou Wenbin) and others to make peace with the Japanese army. However, the arrogant and rude Japanese army shot down the Chinese merchant ship. The patriotic officers and soldiers represented by "Zhiyuan" commander Deng Shichang (Li Moran) requested orders to fight the Japanese army twice, but Li Hongzhang refused both times and took advantage of Deng Shichang's exposure of Fang Boqian's dereliction of duty to dismiss him. The Japanese army went to war without declaring it, and public outrage arose. Unable to withstand the pressure, Li Hongzhang re-enabled Deng Shichang. During the naval battle, Liu Buchan (Li Jie), the right-wing commander of the Beiyang Navy who was greedy for life and feared death, sent the wrong flag, causing the Beiyang Fleet to fail in its mission and the flagship was sunk by the Japanese army. Seeing the situation, Deng Shichang immediately hoisted his commanding flag, replaced the flagship to command the battle, and led the officers and soldiers of the "Zhiyuan" to launch a desperate battle with the Japanese army. His behavior was commendable.