During the Opium War, the decision-makers at all levels of the Qing government made frequent mistakes, the upper command was simple and inefficient, and officials at all levels bullied their superiors and deceived their subordinates, which led to low efficiency in dealing with the war situation. During the two-year war, the same decision-making mistakes were repeated everywhere. .
The Qing army is corrupt in discipline, usually stationed, full of players, buying and selling gambling, some even smoking opium and even robbing people. In addition, the generals of the Qing army have no command ability, do not understand the art of war, do not understand tactics, and have no overall concept, so it is difficult to exert their already low combat effectiveness. So on the battlefield, we often command fallacies and mishandle them.
The British army is well-trained, unified in command and clear in strategic objectives. When fighting, cooperate closely and make good use of tactics. Judging from the equipment of both sides, the Qing army is far inferior to the British army. At that time, Britain was obviously more advanced in weapons and equipment than China, and its military strength was obviously stronger than that of China, which was also the direct reason for the failure of the Opium War.
From the folk analysis in China at that time, the Qing government and the folk were absolutely separated. In the face of foreign invaders, the general public did not support the Qing government's war against Britain, which was also an important reason for the failure of the Qing government. The Opium War launched by China is a just national self-defense war and should be supported by the people. On the issue of people's strength, some people think that as long as the people rise up, thousands of British troops are no match at all.
Therefore, in the war, the Qing government and the people were separated, the government did not mobilize and use the people, and the people did not support the influence of the Qing government. During the Opium War, Britain, the United States and France forced China to sign an unequal treaty, which brought great disaster and humiliation to China and had a turning point in the social development of China.