When the Westernization Movement broke out, there were two main ideas, one was to learn from foreigners to control foreigners, and the other was to learn from China and use the West. However, it did not fundamentally carry out reform, did not play a substantive role, and lacked practical experience, which also laid the groundwork for the failure of the Sino-Japanese War.

Li Hongzhang and Zuo deeply felt the backwardness of China and the pressure brought by foreign rulers, so they started this method of Westernization Movement. At the beginning of the Westernization Movement, a number of modern military industries and factories were established on a large scale with the slogan of self-improvement and the most advanced production technology in the West. With some hard things, a military academy was opened and a large number of modern military talents were trained. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Beiyang Navy was completely annihilated, and the Westernization Movement came to an end.

The Westernization Movement only learned the fur of the West. Although it was improved at first, its disadvantages were exposed as time went on. The Sino-Japanese War lacked modern combat experience. They can neither analyze the terrain nor make rational use of it. They have a strong sense of attack, but a weak sense of defense. Sea combat is different from land combat, and their lack of experience in sea combat has become the fatal weakness of Beiyang Navy. Moreover, at that time, only a few weapons were excellent, others were relatively backward, and there was no strength to fight back in the face of war. They have a poor awareness of the maintenance and repair of weapons and do not understand what serious consequences will be brought about by the failure of weapons.

Therefore, the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War was inevitable. I don't know that after the outbreak of the Westernization Movement, the disadvantages of the army have already appeared.