Huang Zulian 黃祖蓮

acting garrison commander of the navy Central Army Left Camp 署海軍中軍左營守備

second navigation officer of the Jiyuan 濟遠駕駛二副

colonel 都司

major 千總

Died

AD 1875 to AD 1884 光緒初

AD 1875 to AD 1884 光緒初

honors graduate of Guangfangyan Hall 列優等

Shanghai Guangfangyan Hall 上海廣方言館

study in the United States 美國遊學

Tianjin Naval Navigation Academy 天津水師駕駛學堂

hold the harbor mouth with strong forces and send warships to strike where the enemy is unprepared; or else land crack troops on Korea's eastern coast at Busan, entrench deeply, cut off their retreat, and spread forces through the Korean countryside—meet them when they advance, pursue when they retreat, and send flanking columns to harass them. When their supplies run out and reinforcements fail, their men will lose heart and collapse—this is how Russia broke France. 嚴兵扼守海口，而以兵艦往搗之，攻其不備，否則載勁旅抵朝鮮東偏釜山鎮等處，深溝高壘，絕其歸路，分兵徇朝鮮諸郡邑，彼進則迎擊，彼退則尾追，又出偏師撓之。彼糧盡援竭，人無鬥志，必土崩瓦解，此俄羅斯破法蘭西之計也。

in a naval fight one must take the windward position; strategy demands striking first. The northwest wind is favorable now; strike before their fleet assembles—the chance must not be lost. 海戰宜乘上風，兵法貴爭先著。今西北風利，宜乘其兵輪未集，急擊不可失

Defended

Directed fire

Urged first strike