The Dingyuan ship of the Beiyang Marine Division, which was sunk for 124 years, was finally found, and the relics on the ship brought tears to the tears (3)
The Qing government wished Empress Dowager Cixi a happy birthday, and was so busy that it had no intention of building the Beiyang Marine Division, so the Qing government stopped buying warships, and the shells used in the fleet were shoddy, which greatly reduced the combat ability of the Beiyang Marine Division.
Sino-Japanese Naval Battle
Japan was once a closed country, and during the Edo shogunate, Japan was also dominated by a small peasant economy, and in 1853, the "Black Ship Incident" broke out in Japan, which opened the door of Japan, and then Japan overthrew the shogunate system and returned to the emperor.
Under the influence of the Western capitalist economy, Japan launched the Meiji Restoration of the modernization movement, implemented complete Westernization, intended to leave Asia and enter Europe, and promulgated a constitution in 1888, establishing a constitutional monarchy and modernizing the economy and politics.
In this way, Japan became the first country in Asia to embark on the path of capitalist development completely, and its national strength became increasingly strong, trying to become one of the world powers and seek the road of expansion, and Japan's first target was North Korea.
In 1884, Japan instigated a youth uprising within Korea and launched a revolution in an attempt to control Korea and get rid of the control of the Qing Dynasty, and then the Qing government sent troops to aid Korea.
In 1894, Korea broke out the Dongxue Party uprising, forced by the Korean government to the Qing government for help, Japan also sent troops to aid Korea, and intended to use this as an opportunity to declare war on the Qing government, in July, Japan took control of the Korean government, and secretly attacked the Qing transport forces in Toshima, so that the Battle of Toshima broke out, the Qing warships were defeated and forced to retreat, and the Sino-Japanese War officially began.
The Beiyang Naval Division sent all its warships to meet the Japanese fleet, with Ding Ruchang as the commander, but due to the Qing government's Beiyang Naval Division falling into disrepair, some of the shells were still filled with sand, and the warship models were relatively outdated, and soon fell into the inferior position.
The Zhiyuan suffered the fiercest blow of the Japanese army at Deng Shichang, and at the last moment the Zhiyuan rushed at full speed towards the Japanese Jijiye, and finally martyred all the troops.
