The failure of Beiyang Navy is not a simple problem of offending people, or even a simple problem of Cixi spending military money to repair the garden. The overall combat effectiveness of Beiyang Navy is still not good. There are many reasons, and people are the most important. Not every duct tape is Deng Shichang, and not every official is Ding. It can be seen from the end of Beiyang Navy.

When Ahava was besieged, the Japanese side persuaded the navy commander Ding to surrender, and Ding would rather die than surrender. Second-class top hat, Ahava Land and Water Camp implemented cattle transfer, colluded with foreign members to draft a surrender letter in the name of prefect, and unconditionally handed over eleven warships and all munitions of beiyang fleet to the Japanese army. After the war, he blamed the surrender on the dead Ding. As the old saying goes, if you are not afraid of bad things, you are afraid of bad people. An Weng Tonghe has influence, but it has no decisive influence.