There are rumors that because "Chen" and "Shen" are homophonic, the Qing navy had a hidden rule, that is, "Chen is not allowed to board a warship." Surname Lin is a good sign, because wood floats in water. Is that really the case? In fact, since the Qing Dynasty, there have been many naval generals named Chen Helin who have been loyal to the country and made great achievements.

The old navy had the name of "the most surname", which means that there are many people with a certain surname in the navy, such as Lin, Chen, Huang, Fang and so on. As far as Beiyang Navy is concerned, there are Lin Taizeng (Zhenyuan pipeline), Lin You (Jingyuan pipeline), Lin (Yangwei pipeline), Lin Guoxiang (Guangyi pipeline), Lin (Weiyuan pipeline), Huang You (Chaoyong pipeline) and Huang You (Jiyuan pipeline). Until the navy of the Republic of China, these aristocratic families continued.

In the navy of the Republic of China, Chen was the most brilliant, from Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy, to Chen, Commander of the First Fleet, Chen Ce, Commander of the Fourth Fleet, and Chen Hongtai, Captain of the latest Ninghai cruiser. At this time, the problem came out-there was no captain named Chen in Beiyang Navy.

Therefore, there is such a saying: because "Chen" and "Shen" are homophonic, in order to pay attention to auspiciousness, the Qing navy has the unspoken rule that "people surnamed Chen are not allowed to board warships." At the same time, there is also a saying that the reason why there are so many captains surnamed Lin in Beiyang Navy is related to the composition of the word Lin, which is beneficial to the Navy.

Ma Yun-class gunboat is an 80-horsepower wooden shell gunboat built by Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, and it is its second "Fuxing". During the Sino-French War, the captain was Chen Ying, who graduated from Houtang of Fuzhou Ship Administration School. Chen Ying's performance in this battle is very naval. When the flagship Wu Yang was hit by a French torpedo and caught fire, he resolutely commanded Fuxing to cut the anchor chain and turned around and rushed to the French army. The captain, who was only 28 years old at that time, shouted from the lookout: "A gentleman wants to eat your wealth and pay for his death. Today's things have progressed. " Chen Ying also encouraged his subordinates to say: "At this time, the situation is critical. If Fuxing can take the lead in rushing to the enemy ship, other ships will follow, and our army still has the possibility of turning defeat into victory. "

Chen Ying's judgment is quite accurate. Encouraged by the two mosquito cannons docked together, Fu Sheng and Jiansheng really followed Fuxing to the French ship. The counterattack of three ships is a rare active attack of China warships in Majiang naval battle, which poses a considerable threat to French ships. Radu, the captain of French torpedo boat 45, was killed by Fuxing ship.

Due to the disparity in equipment and tonnage, Fuxing ship was finally hit by a torpedo boat released by the French Walter ship, which exploded and sank, and Chen Ying was shot and killed in the lookout.

The Majiang naval battle took place at 1884, which shows that there was no captain surnamed Chen in the Qing navy. Although there is no captain named Chen in Beiyang Navy, there are many other senior officers named Chen.

Jin Chen, the first mate of Zhiyuan Ship, and Deng Shichang collided with the Japanese Yoshino Ship at the same speed. Unfortunately, they failed, and both of them were killed in the battle. Jin Chen is one of the first batch of young children studying in the United States in China organized by Yung Wing. When I was studying in the United States, I returned to China because of the policy changes of the Qing government and transferred to Tianjin Naval Academy. Deng Shichang has worked with him since the Yangwei ship era. In the Dadonggou naval battle, Deng Shichang decided to take collision tactics when the ship was seriously tilted, saying, "If the Japanese ship only relies on Yoshino, if it sinks, then our army can collect things!" This passage is addressed to Chen. Jin Chen fully agreed with Deng's battle plan. Because the boiler exploded when the Zhiyuan ship sank, it is estimated that Chen Jinyi, who was in command in the engine room at that time, was already dead.

Chen Rong, the first mate of the far ship gang, and Lin Yongsheng, the pipeline leader, led a fierce battle between the ship and the Japanese ship, hitting the Japanese ship Bi Rui hard, which was a highlight of Beiyang Navy. At that time, foreign artillery teams (marines) passing through distant ships had lined up and jumped on the deck to help catch prisoners. Since then, the distant ship has been attacked by the enemy and seriously shot. Lin and Chen led distant ships to put out fires and repair near the coast. When it was basically successful, Kingyung Woo, the duct tape of the Guang Jia ship, fled with the ship and passed by, and the distant ship immediately opened fire on the chasing Japanese ship. At this critical moment, the Guang Jia ship escaped regardless of the friendly ships, and was surrounded by four new cruisers of the Japanese First Guerrilla, which arrived one after another, and fell into a bitter battle. After the captain Lin Yongsheng was killed, Chen Rong took over the command, continued the struggle, and died of serious injuries. After that, the long-distance ship was still under the command of the second mate Chen Jingying, fighting to the death until it finally sank.

It can be seen that there should be no hidden rule in the Qing army that "Chen is not allowed to go to war."

However, in the old navy, both Lin and Chen's experiences were embarrassing. Several captains surnamed Lin of Beiyang Navy, except for Lin Taizeng who committed suicide by hitting the rocks by boat, all their warships sank in the battle. The navy of the Republic of China, led by Chen Shaokuan and Chen, only hit six inland river gunboats in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and all were wiped out.

I'm afraid Lin belongs to the Kuomintang navy. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's time, he led the mine-laying team to be active behind the Japanese defense line. 1946, he led four ships, Taiping, Yongxing, Zhong Jian and Nakano, straight out of the South China Sea, and recovered the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands for China, which have remained to this day. Among them, Chen is a native of the navy, majoring in biology at Wuhan University. 1988 commanded yingtan's fleet to launch a 3 14 naval battle at Chigua Reef in Nansha, sank Vietnamese 604 ships, destroyed 605 ships, captured 505 ships on the spot, and gave his surname "Shen" to his opponent.