Cixi fled the capital with Guangxu, and when the Eight-Nation Alliance arrived, it took only more than 5 hours to attack the city of Beijing. Since Germany was still floating on the sea, in fact, only seven countries were present when the Eight-Power Coalition attacked. The largest of these was Japan, sending 8,000 men, already accounting for half of the coalition forces. Both Italy and Austria-Hungary sent only 50 men. The army of eighteen thousand men defeated the 150,000 troops of the Qing army in a few hours.
In fact, it was the Nine-Nation Alliance, but one country could not mention it, and the teacher did not dare to tell you the truth
In fact, in history, although Germany came late, there were indeed eight countries involved in the operation, but one of them was never mentioned, and even the teacher never said it in the classroom. Only because this team was not sent by other countries, but was formed by the native people themselves.
After the Sino-Japanese War, the British forcibly leased Weihaiwei, because the British army was spread across many countries around the world at that time, in order to fill the vacancy. The British formed a team in the local area and named it "Huayong Battalion". Although the imperial court had always opposed this team, the British used the excuse that this team was formed to maintain local law and order, and there was no other significance. The imperial court had no choice but to agree.
Since the common people at that time did not like to be soldiers, the British decided to give "high pay". Many retired officers and men were attracted by gaoxin and joined this unit one after another. Although it was a mercenary army, the British still attached great importance to this team, equipped them with the most high-end weapons at that time, and the regiment also set up machine gun companies and artillery units, which were of much higher quality than the large army of the imperial court.
The selected mercenaries were all made up of veterans over 1.7 meters, who were already the strongest people at the time. The 4 hours of shooting training a day allowed them to quickly become qualified soldiers. For their outstanding performance, twelve of the huayong battalion were also awarded the order of the Queen of England.
In the invasion war of the Eight-Power Alliance, the Huayong Battalion performed very prominently. He has been at the forefront of the team in the war and confronted the Qing army head-on. U.S. officers called them closest comrades-in-arms, with Japanese death squads battling alongside them. Although the enemies they face on the battlefield are their own compatriots, they are not soft. Cooperate with the alliance of several other countries and become the main force on the battlefield.
For Huayong Camp, there have been mixed reviews for many years. Some people think that these people are traitors in the Chinese, complete traitors. Obviously Chinese, he joined the other side's camp and pointed the gun at his own compatriots. However, there was also a voice that expressed opposition, these people believed that the imperial court was incompetent externally at that time, but at home it was cruelly exploiting the people, and in such a situation, some people in order to protect their families, making some money to support their families can be regarded as an act that can be understood, and should not be labeled as "traitors".