Why did the Qing Dynasty lose to Britain?

1. It is well known that the army's combat effectiveness in the late Qing Dynasty was poor. Drug smoking was popular among the troops. The officers leading the troops did not care about training but only had fun

2. When foreign troops came, they brought firearms, but China only had cold weapons. How could they defeat them? They would lose a lot in terms of technology.

Three. The Chinese government is afraid that resistance will cause foreign troops to increase, so it has always adopted a no-fight, no-retreat attitude. It has given up the route in vain, suppressing the enthusiasm of the patriotic soldiers and not allowing them to resist

Okay, without further ado, let’s go ahead Look at the number of casualties on both sides in the battle.

In 1841, the Battle of Humen began. In the first battle, the Qing army killed 282 people, injured 462 people, and sunk 11 ships.

Remarks: The Qing army was very heroic in this battle. The British army suffered 38 casualties in total and no one was killed.

On February 26, 1841, the British army launched a general attack on Humen. The 8,500 defenders collapsed. The British army suffered minor losses. The Humen defender Guan Tianpei, the naval commander of the Guangdong Military Region, was killed in action.

In May 1841, the British army captured Guangzhou in one day, with only 9 killed and 68 wounded.

On May 30, the people of Sanyuanli fought with the British army - also known as the Sanyuanli Anti-British War. Five British soldiers died in the battle.

In August, during the Battle of Xiamen, the Qing army lost 8 mid-level and senior officers, including Xiamen garrison commander Jiang Jiyun, and suffered more than 300 casualties. One British soldier was killed and 16 wounded.

On October 1, the British army launched an all-out attack on Dinghai, and the 5,000 Qing troops in Dinghai were defeated. Dinghai garrison commander Ge Yunfei and two senior generals who came to assist were killed. All three of them had the rank of general, so Known in history as the Three General Soldiers of Dinghai.

Two British soldiers died in this battle.

On October 10, Zhenhai fell, and Liangjiang Governor Yuqian committed suicide.

On October 13, Ningbo garrison commander Yu Buyun escaped.

In the early morning of March 10, 1842, after four months of full preparation, the Qing army fired the first shot of the counterattack under the command of the former enemy commander-in-chief Yi Jing. After four hours of fierce fighting, the counterattack was announced. fail.

In May, Zhapu fell and 9 British soldiers were killed.

On June 16, Wusong fell and Chen Huacheng, commander of the Jiangnan Navy, was killed. 88 Qing troops died in the battle, 2 British troops died and 55 were injured.

On July 21, in the Battle of Zhenjiang, 42 British soldiers were killed and 139 wounded.

On August 31, the Treaty of Nanjing was signed, ending the First Opium War.

After reading this, do you know why?