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Why did the Qing Dynasty fall behind and was beaten by Eight-Nation Alliance?
First of all, let's be clear. Did the Qing army really exist in the humiliating Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of China? Inventory of advanced weapons? ? The most self-evident thing about this is Eight-Nation Alliance.

According to Randall's book "China and Allied Forces", in the fighting around Tianjin alone, the Russian army seized more than 300 guns of the Qing army and the American army seized 40 guns? Krupp? Artillery, plus a lot of good ammunition.

The Japanese seized more than 800 guns and 8 cannons.

The statistics of the Qing Dynasty are even more shocking: Eight-Nation Alliance snatched more than 30,000 guns and hundreds of cannons in Tianjin, including the most advanced Krupp field guns and rapid-fire guns in the world. They were all tough guys.

Especially let Eight-Nation Alliance feel incredibly, these Qing arms, not just seized on the battlefield, but lying in the warehouse intact, abandoned by the Qing army who fled in a hurry. Then the G8 picked it up. These? How advanced is the ready-made armament? Listen to Eight-Nation Alliance himself: firearms of the Qing army? More modern than the guns supplied to the Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in China? , artillery is? Absolutely more modern than all German cannons? .

In other words, the guns in the warehouse of the Qing army perfectly crushed the two great countries of Germany and Austria!

In this shameful war to occupy the capital of China, theoretically? Defend the country? Can the Qing army afford to treat the invaders like this? Transport captain? .

So, is it because the front-line Qing army was poorly equipped and was only equipped after being beaten by Eight-Nation Alliance? Is it true that the Qing army who fought against Eight-Nation Alliance, as depicted in some TV dramas, fought against foreign guns with machetes? How ashamed are you of this? Qing elite? ?

If we only look at the Eight Banners of the Qing army stationed in Beijing, the equipment level is really terrible: Zhengbaiqi troops stationed in Dongzhimen are still using an old gun fired by black powder, and the firepower level is almost catching up with the prosperous time of Kanggan.

Are the blue flag troops stationed in Xuanwu Gate well equipped? Rich? In addition to the old guns, there are guns, which are thirty or forty years behind Eight-Nation Alliance. What else is there? Guns and arrows , that is, old-fashioned? Rocket? , can be called antique equipment.

Therefore, the fall of Tianjin, with the equipment level of the Eight Banners Army in Beijing, is basically no suspense.

Want to say? Against the G8 with machetes? Qing army? It is quite appropriate for Beijing to garrison the Eight Banners. Can you stand in Tianjin area against the elite of the Qing army in Eight-Nation Alliance? Wu Weijun? The equipment is not at this level.