I use a lot of historical data to illustrate a fact:
At that time, the weapons of the Qing government troops did not lag behind Eight-Nation Alliance at all! Even more advanced to some extent!
So where is the reason for the failure?
It can be said that, fundamentally speaking, the corruption of the children of the Eight Banners and the combat troops has reached its roots and is useless in advanced weapons!
First, the source of confidence of Cixi Why did Empress Dowager Cixi dare to go to war with the great powers? Will Cixi, who has been clever all her life, be stupid enough to fight an uncertain war? Next, I'll tidy it up for you!
1900 On May 28th, Eight-Nation Alliance went to war against China in the name of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion. Why not go to war directly with the Qing government in the name of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion? And why should the eight countries unite? Don't you think all this is a little strange? Next, let me reveal the truth for you!
Because the powers really have no idea, they never thought that the war would win, let alone be so easy! /kloc-what is terrible about the Qing government in 0/900?
1. From the domestic situation: 1864, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was eliminated, 1868, and the Nian Army was also eliminated! Thirty or forty years later, the remaining peasant uprisings were basically eliminated! Even the Boxer Rebellion dared not resist the imperial court, but the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" was later incorporated by Cixi!
2. Economic and military affairs: At that time, the Westernization Movement had been going on vigorously for decades, and the foundation of the Qing government was actually relatively strong!
1860, we began to buy foreign advanced ordnance on a large scale and copy it ourselves. In the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865), Li Hongzhang set up the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau and began to copy.
From 1867 to 1873, the gun factory of Jiangnan General Manufacturing Bureau began to imitate rifles with Remington side needle and rear loading single gun as samples.
From 1860 to 1880, China was also visited by Britain's gatling with six guns, Britain's Norden with five guns, and France's Hatch multi-barrel guns!
These are the top advanced infantry weapons in the world!