China is an ancient civilization with a long history of 5,000 years, and before the first industrial revolution, China's comprehensive national strength ranked at the top level in the world. However, in the qing dynasty, china was too serious because of the closed country ideology, and eventually failed to get there first, and was suddenly overtaken by the West. Even Japan, a small subsidiary at the time, far surpassed China in military strength.
We all know that in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, there was a Chinese fleet, known as the Beiyang Marine Division. With a fleet of 25 warships and 4,000 officers and men, the fleet was once known as the first fleet in Asia. However, this fleet was completely destroyed at one time in the Sino-Japanese War. Why did this fiasco occur, is it really the Beiyang Marine Division that "does not look at the use of the middle"? What is the ratio of china's losses in this battle?
According to incomplete statistics, the Beiyang Marine Division suffered more than 40,000 casualties in this battle, and how many casualties did they suffer as the other side of the opponent, Japan? In fact, at that time, many Chinese did not look at this war, after all, everyone was accustomed to the dream of a heavenly kingdom, and they did not pay attention to such a "small country" as Japan, so everyone agreed that Japan would undoubtedly lose.
The result?
The real data made the whole late Qing Dynasty into a panic! During the entire Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Marine Division wiped out a total of 1132 Japanese troops, and the ratio of casualties between China and Japan was nearly 30 to 1, which meant that at that time, it would cost at least 30 lives to solve a Japanese army. This data
It also seems very painful now, so it is not wrong to say that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. This war has also further aroused the ambitions of the Western powers to divide China, so we must not forget history and take history as a mirror.
What do you think about that?