As we all know, our country was very strong in ancient times, and many countries bowed down to us and admired our culture and strength. However, because it is too proud, our country has chosen to close the country and stand still, resulting in the development of modern times being thrown by foreign countries for more than a dozen streets. Seeing that China is backward, foreign powers naturally will not let go of this good opportunity and have come to divide up this big pie in our country. Naturally, Japan, which is separated from our country by water, will not let go of this good opportunity; they are already short of materials and have a small place, and when they see that our country has fallen into such a situation, they will naturally take advantage of the fire and robbery and directly attack our country. Our country has never taken Japan, a small country, in its eyes, and it has suffered a big loss, and a big country has actually lost to Japan, which has always been a defeated general!
The four-word word of vulnerability to describe the Qing army at that time was the most suitable. Before the war was launched, our army was very confident, after all, Japan had always been our defeated general, and their territory was small, and our army was victorious no matter how it looked. However, the facts have subverted everyone's imagination, and Japan has raised the strength of the whole country to fight a fierce battle. At that time, they took out all the old books, sent out only 240,000 people in the country, and planned to retreat if they lost, and stick to the mainland. China and Japan have also fought before, so the Japanese army is also very jealous of our country, and their morale boost is to make everyone fight to the death. In total, our country has mobilized 630,000 troops to meet the battle, and from this point of view, our army has a great advantage.
But the result surprised everyone and made our country lose a lot of face. In this war, our army lost 40,000 people, and it could not stop the advance of the Japanese army. What is even more embarrassing is that the Japanese army died 12,000 people, of which not more than 1,000 died at the hands of our army, and almost all the others died of unsatisfactory water and soil. These data all Chinese in the face, but also let some Chinese from then on afraid of the Japanese army, think they are invincible myth. This made it possible for many Chinese to become traitors in the later Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese are so short and the land is small, but such a few people still hang our country.
Those Western powers are completely no longer afraid of our country in their eyes, they know that the Qing Dynasty is no longer as powerful as before, and without the support of science and technology, the Great Qing is vulnerable. As a result, more countries stepped into our soil and greedily seized our land, resources, treasures, labor, and so on. At that time, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, instead of striving to be strong, developing the country, and rebelling, instead betrayed their country for their own interests and became the puppet emperor of the great powers, which was infuriating.