1. The Battle of Pyongyang:1The Battle of Pyongyang in North Korea in August, 894 was the first large-scale battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies. At that time, there were 35 battalions of the Qing army stationed in Pyongyang, 1.7 million people; There are more than 16,000 Japanese troops attacking Pyongyang, and the two sides are evenly matched. Pyongyang's terrain is also very dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, the Qing army was supported by the Korean people. At that time, although the North Korean government was forcibly dragged to the Japanese camp, the observation of the peaceful road in North Korea made Min actively assist the Qing army in fighting, and even Li Yunying, the puppet Manchurian monarch who was pushed to power by Japan, secretly sent a message to the Qing army. Unfortunately, the Qing army did not make full use of these advantages. The Qing army failed because of its commander Ye Zhichao's command error and chicken out.
Second, the Battle of the Yellow Sea:1The Battle of the Yellow Sea, which took place in the northern part of the Yellow Sea on July 25th, 894, was a famous battle in the history of China, especially the heroic deeds of the generals Ding, Lin Taizeng and Liu of Beiyang Navy in the Qing Dynasty, which inspired the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation in later generations.
The naval battle in the Yellow Sea was a battle-scale naval battle between the two navies in the northern part of the Yellow Sea during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-895 (1895). Also known as the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Dadonggou naval battle. Beiyang navy suffered a crushing defeat in this battle, losing five warships. Many warships of the Japanese joint fleet were hit hard, but none of them sank. Since then, beiyang fleet retreated to Ahava, making the sea control right of the Yellow Sea fall into the hands of the Japanese joint fleet, which had a decisive impact on the war situation in the late Sino-Japanese War.
The naval battle in the Yellow Sea lasted more than five hours. Beiyang Navy lost five warships, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Chaoyong, Yangwei and Guang Jia, and Laiyuan was seriously injured, with about 600 officers and men. Five ships of the Japanese fleet, Matsushima, Yoshino, Bi Rui, Chicheng and Xijing Maru, were seriously injured, with 239 casualties.
3. Battle of Liaodong Peninsula: The Battle of Liaodong Peninsula, which took place on 1894124 October, was one of the main battlefields of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. This war is an unjust war of aggression against China launched by Japanese imperialism with the support of Britain, America and other countries. From1October 24th 1894 to March 9th 1895. It lasted for nearly five months, including the battle to defend the Yalu River, the battle of Jinlv, the battle of Liaoyang East Road, the battle between Liaoyang South Road and Guifu Haicheng, and the battle of Grange.
Ahava naval battle: 1894 (20th year of Guangxu reign of Qing dynasty) 165438+ 10 In late October, after the Japanese army invaded Lushun (now Dalian, Liaoning Province), its base camp decided to suspend the plain operation plan of Zhili (now Hebei Province), and shifted its strategic offensive direction to Shandong Peninsula, where land and sea cooperated. For this reason, the Army established the "Shandong Combat Army" on the basis of its 2nd Army, which has jurisdiction over the 3rd and 4th Brigade and the 6th Division 1 1 Brigade, with a total of more than 25,000 people.
1895 65438+1On October 20 -25, more than 30,000 Japanese troops from Shandong successfully landed in Rongcheng Bay, Shandong Province, and quickly captured Rongcheng County. Because Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong Province, intended to contain Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang, Shandong Province only sent less than 2,000 civilian workers to defend Rongcheng coastal area, which existed in name only. In order to avoid a frontal attack from Weihai Port, the Japanese army decided to land in Rongcheng and copy the back road of Ahava by land. On the morning of October 20th, 65438+ year/KLOC-0, the Japanese "Shandong Combat Army" landed on Longxu Island in Rongcheng Bay with the escort and support of the joint fleet, and occupied Rongcheng. After several battles in Ahava by the Qing army, the people in Jiaodong and the Japanese invaders, 17 February, Liu Gongdao was occupied by the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the naval base in Ahava was completely occupied, and beiyang fleet was completely annihilated.
5. 1894- 1895 The Sino-Japanese War of 1895 ended: Due to the collapse of the Japanese army, the fiasco and weakness of the Qing army, on March 19, 65438, Li Hongzhang took his son, American consultant Li, and more than 100 people as "first-class plenipotentiary ministers." Ceding China Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan Province Province, Penghu Islands and other places (Liaodong Peninsula was "redeemed" by China at the price of 30 million taels of silver); Repay 200 million taels of silver; Allow Japanese capitalists to set up various factories in China trading port; Shashi, Chongqing, Suzhou and Hangzhou were opened as trading ports. The signing of treaty of shimonoseki declared the end of the Sino-Japanese War.