During this period, China, after decades of Westernization Movement, achieved initial results and began to underestimate the enemy. In the process of dealing with western countries, I think westerners are "bad for the people on our land" and just want to take advantage of trade, so I relaxed my arms consciousness. Beiyang Navy has not added any ships since 1888 was formally established.
The age of the ship is gradually aging. Compared with the newly added warships in Japan, it has weak firepower, slow firing rate and slow speed. Beiyang navy has 25 warships and 4000 officers and men. Before the Sino-Japanese War, Dagukou, Ahava and Lushun bases in beiyang fleet were built one after another. However, the military reform in Qing dynasty basically stayed at the low stage of improving weapons and equipment.
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In the Qing dynasty:
China was in the late Qing Dynasty. From the sixties and seventies of 19, the Westernization School in the ruling group of Qing Dynasty started a Westernization Movement with the slogan of "self-improvement" and "seeking wealth". The Westernization Movement kept pace with Europe and America in science and technology (especially military technology), so the scene of "Tongzhi revival" appeared in the Qing Dynasty.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Navy was formally established in 1888, which became a powerful naval force in Asia. However, the Qing Dynasty did not change the state system as the Japanese did, so "Zhongxing" failed to make China embark on the road of becoming a rich country in Qiang Bing. At this time, the politics of the Qing dynasty was very corrupt, the people lived in poverty, the various factions in the officialdom were intrigued and intrigued, the national defense and military strength were very different, and the discipline was lax.
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