Beiyang Navy ranks first in Asia, which is recognized not only by Qing army fans, but also by foreigners.
The US Navy Yearbook once ranked the navies of all countries in the world. The top eight are Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Austria, Italy and the United States. The ninth place is naturally our Qing Dynasty.
But this ranking is 1888, which means that before that, Beiyang Navy was indeed the first in Asia, and no one could match it.
This is the result of the joint efforts of Empress Dowager Cixi and Li * * *, which is remarkable and worthy of pride.
Moreover, at an important historical moment, Beiyang Navy performed very well, passed the severe test, made the people of China look good, and made the people of the whole country very happy.
1882 July, what happened in Korea? Non-Nohn change? . Li Hongzhang sent Ding to lead? Weiyuan? 、? Super brave? 、? Yang Wei? The formation went to the DPRK with the Guangdong navy warships, and met the Japanese in a narrow way, which scared the Japanese out of their wits and dared not act rashly.
In this confrontation, the Beiyang Navy came to power, which really achieved the goal of improving national prestige, enhancing our ambition and destroying the enemy's prestige. Four years later, the Nagasaki incident once again made the Beiyang Navy famous all over the world, and made the Japanese Navy tremble with fear.
1in August, 886, under the instruction of Li Hongzhang, Beiyang Navy led four armored ships to visit Japan, led by Ding, the governor of the navy.
The navy docked in Nagasaki, Japan, and officers and men went ashore to relax drinking and whoring. (Li Hongzhang's adult also admitted it? Killed Lou Zhao, a prostitute? ) clashed with local residents. Under the direction of the officer, China sailors gathered more than 400 people and killed them at the local police station, while the 12 inch cannon on board turned its muzzle and aimed at Nagasaki.
Faced with strong ships and good guns, the Japanese side was terrified and had to bow its head, not only letting people go, but also apologizing for compensation.
In this case, Manchu sent it away with joy? Those who violate the Qing Dynasty will be punished far away. And then what? The truth is always within the range of the cannon? Gorgeous rhetoric.
The Nagasaki incident became Japan's national humiliation and shocked the whole country.
, visited China warships, Japanese legal director Osaki Mitsuke wrote? There are four giant guns with a diameter of one foot, which is unprecedented in China. All the generals in the Qing Dynasty knew English. Peer observers commented on the train back to Beijing, saying that China has become a big country after all, equipped with such a superior fleet. In contrast, China has only three or four cruisers of 34,000 tons, which cannot be compared with other cruisers. They all rolled their tongues and were afraid. ?
After the Nagasaki incident, the Japanese people were deeply saddened by this painful experience. The emperor called on us to have a strong navy.
Building a powerful navy to deal with the threat of the Qing navy has become a Japanese learning.
Emperor Meiji of Japan implemented it and announced that in order to buy warships, he only ate one meal a day and took out 600,000 private money; The nobles followed closely, and they donated their jewels.
Japanese nationals were infected, and people from all walks of life generously donated money and materials.
With the efforts of the whole Japanese society, Japan has completed its naval expansion plan and purchased? Iwashima Song Dao? And then what? Li Qiao? Three coastal defense ships, specially used to deal with two armored ships of Beiyang Navy? Dingyuan? And then what? Zhenyuan? And ordered the fastest cruiser in the world at that time from England? Kiki?
On the eve of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the construction of Japanese navy advanced by leaps and bounds, and both rapid-fire guns and ship speed defeated Beiyang Navy.
What is Qing doing at this time? He was busy building the Summer Palace, organizing the 60th birthday celebration of Empress Dowager Cixi, singing and dancing, and letting life slip away from them.
Li Hongzhang, a pillar of the country, also lost no time to please his immediate superior and won four awards. His son Li Jingmai is the foreign minister.
At this time of the Qing dynasty, he also called for donations, saying that he would raise money for the navy. What's this called? Coastal defense donation? Is to raise social donations in the name of coastal defense.
However, Prince Chun, the head of the naval yamen, spent 2.6 million yuan and 2 million yuan donated by provincial governors.
It is an indisputable fact that the construction of the Summer Palace did not misappropriate naval funds, but collected them in the name of the navy. Moreover, during the construction of the Summer Palace project, the navy was forbidden to buy arms, and the construction of Beiyang Navy came to a standstill, which is also well documented.
Because Prince Chun Yi Xuan, the head of the naval government, has a special status, that is, the commander-in-chief of the expansion project of the Summer Palace. He is not only the director of the project, but also fully responsible for raising funds for the project.
One is to make the navy stronger, train troops and save money; One is to squander people's wealth and enjoyment and steal money from the navy for their birthdays. In such a dynasty, there is no immortal justice; It is unfair that the army serving her is unbeaten. Attachment: comparison of the strength of Chinese and Japanese navies in Sino-Japanese naval battles;
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