50 Well—known Offshore Leaders Whom You Have to Know about

The book， Outstanding Generals of Naval Battle — Famous Navy Generals in China， Asia and Europe awakens the vanishing memory of people， fills the blank of offshore battle and represents little-known and lively stories about offshore battles and presents again the soul-stirring war which makes people deeply feel the rich experience of growing up of those naval generals， solid naval battle theory foundation of basic skills， unique naval construction ideas， superb naval command techniques， as well as the generals with noble character of not fearing of death.

In this book， you can understand： When pirates aggress， which seriously imperiled the safety of coastal residents of our country， patriotic generals Qi Jiguang， Yu Dayou put themselves forward and was brave to resist against the pirates； when Japan infringed territorial sovereignty of our country， you can read how great navy soldier Deng Shichang and Qi Jiguang to take courage to kill enemies without fear； when the First World War and the Second World War took place， what magnificent scale and battles full of flames everywhere in heavy sea happened； you can see how the just party to defeat unjust party to defend their motherland with calm head， superb techniques， firm belief and spirit of facing death unflinchingly； and the unjust party was full of ambition and decisive behavior， they started war without restraint and cruelly injure or kill innocent lives， but woefully end and bad reputation are the tags always attached to them unavoidable.

This book re-paints extraordinary life of those generals in naval battle from the unique view， with the lively writing skill， excellent pictures and texts. Those generals accomplished both success and fame and made contributions or did not realize their great aspiration and passed away full of regret； however， they devoted everything to fighting against enemies till the last moment of their life with the faith of persevering and serving the country； their patriotism shall be shined forever. As for the naval generals though started war and carried our unjust action， the successful application on warships and troops in naval battle as well as outstanding naval battle played an ineffaceable role on promoting offshore military development which is worth learning and using for reference.

The ancients once said： “By taking history as a mirror， we are able to learn about the prosperity or decline of a dynasty； by taking other people as a mirror， we are able to tell the losses and gains of ourselves.” The study and research started from BC 5 century to AD 1980s； thousands of years ago， naval famous generals of Asia and Europe appeared during this period would undoubtedly give person a feast on spirit and enjoyment on knowledge， which could not only provide beneficial reference and awakenw the teachers and students， but also to achieve “make the past serve the present and the foreign serve China”， which is more beneficial to absorb and reflect on all kinds of experiences and lessons， promoting overall naval force structure， command system， and operational theory to realize qualitative reformation and improvement.

At present， only few books introduce the naval generals in ancient and modern times with systemic， overall and authoritative features on the market； many of them are booklets focusing on several persons or limited experiences. Publishing of this book， from information collection， arrangement， and confirmation in prior period to integration， corrections， deletions and comments in later period， is not easy with disordered data and poor information. We should say that this book is a great gift for later generations of navy and navy sector involving as well as other friends concerning naval career.