Why did the Qing army fail so quickly when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China?

1900 In May, Eight-Nation Alliance, led by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States, the Third Republic of France, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Russian Empire and the Italian Kingdom, launched a peaceful aggression against China. They invaded Beijing in the name of "protecting the embassy".

In advance, they claimed that their army had 50 thousand people, but in fact they only needed 20 thousand people. Among them, there are 654.38+00000 Japanese troops, 3000 British troops, 4000 Russian troops, 2000 American troops, 800 French troops and 654.38+000 German troops. As for the military service in Austria-Hungary and Italy, the total is less than 654.38+000. How many enterprises did the Qing government have? The total number of soldiers stationed in Beijing, Tianjin and North China in advance in the Qing Dynasty has exceeded 1 1 10,000. In addition, other Boxers shouted the slogan "Help the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" and fought side by side with the Qing army. Why did such a huge soldier lose? Isn't it weapons and equipment trouble?

Let's look at weapons and equipment. If before opium peace, the Qing government could not defeat the invaders with cold weapons. However, after the Westernization Movement, the Qing government introduced weapons and equipment comparable to the progress of the East and created an old-fashioned military line. For example, in Tianjin, the only way from Eight-Nation Alliance to the capital, the Qing army has already set up a bunker gun made by Krupp in Germany and four torpedo boats made in Germany, so Dagubao in Tianjin can completely resist the invaders. Moreover, the Qing army is the main battlefield, and the logistics supply can completely keep up.

It is under such a relatively inferior condition that the Qing army is still in a slump. In less than a month, Dagubao fell, in less than two months, Tianjin fell, and in less than three months, Beijing was also breached. In the next order, everyone knows that the two sides will talk-cede land for compensation-sign a convention-and the enemy will withdraw. Then why did the Qing army lose so fast?

From the policy point of view, Cixi consciously declared war on eleven countries without taking the initiative to prepare for war, and her position on the Boxer Rebellion was even more changeable, which made people disagree.

From the perspective of war, the Qing government certainly had a huge military line, but it did not have a consistent commander and lacked a consistent close adviser. The Qing army fought alone, so that the Qing army and the Boxer Rebellion did not trust each other and hurt each other.

From a tactical point of view, although the Qing army has advanced weapons and can produce a beautiful army through exercises, this army lacks actual combat and is only brute force. It is certain to take the initiative to be beaten.

In short, it is impossible to be invincible without an ancient and pedantic feudal dynasty, a stupid system and progressive ideas and talents for running the country and the army.

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