February**Dynamic Incentive Plan Before the beginning of the text, as a master of the historical field of Baijiahao, I would like to sincerely apologize, due to my confusion of historical memory and before writing, I did not conduct sufficient research and verification, so some of the descriptions of Japan ** are wrong, and I hereby correct them.
First, in World War I, Japan participated in the war as an Entente power.
Second, the Qing Dynasty fell in 1912, on January 1, 1912, China was established in Nanjing, and on July 28, 1914, World War I broke out and ended on November 11, 1918.
Therefore, the late Qing Dynasty itself has nothing to do with the First World War.
Thirdly, about the highlight moment of the Beiyang Fleet.
Although the highlight moment of the Beiyang Fleet is related to Japan, it is actually only a short-term revival of the Qing Dynasty before the end of the curtain.
In the second half of the 19th century, Japan, which had greatly increased its national strength, began a war of foreign expansion in order to solve the class contradictions caused by the capitalist economy and the raw materials, labor and markets needed for industrialization.
Japan's expansion intentions were divided into three steps, the first step was to target Korea, the second step was to invade and occupy Manchuria, and the third step was to encroach on the whole of China.
In the early days when Japan sent troops to invade Korea, Qing **, as the suzerainty of Korea, responded to Japan's aggression.
On December 4, 1884, the Korean Kaihua Party and the Japanese minister to Korea jointly launched the Kashin coup d'état to take advantage of the Sino-French war when China had no time to take care of Korea, hoping to take the opportunity to break away from China and become independent.
On December 6, Yuan Shikai led the Qing army to suppress the Kaihua Party and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army, which eventually led to a great victory for the Qing army and a defeat for the Japanese army.
When China and Japan were inextricably fighting for the control of North Korea, in order not to get involved in the dispute between China and Japan, North Korea** began to seek asylum from Tsarist Russia to contain China and Japan.
This is the famous "Secret Treaty between the DPRK and Russia."
In April 1885, the Sino-French War ended, and the two countries signed the Sino-French New Treaty, in which the Qing side recognized France's suzerainty over the French Indochina colonies, and the two countries reopened**.
Under the influence of the Sino-French War, the Qing court set up a province in Taiwan, with Liu Mingchuan as the governor, vigorously promoted modern defense and new policies, established the "Naval Affairs Yamen", and actively prepared for the construction of naval divisions, focusing on the Beiyang Fleet.
In the summer of 1886, the Qing court used its elite Beiyang Fleet to carry out military exercises in Yongxing Bay, Wonsan Port, North Korea, and temporarily extinguished Tsarist Russia's intention to get involved in Korea through military prestige.
At the same time as the completion of the Korean military exercise, it happened that Yuan Shikai was negotiating with Japan on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, and in order to cooperate with Yuan Shikai's negotiations and promote national prestige, part of the reason was that the Qing Dynasty had been dealing with the great powers for a long time and had some "great powers" thinking.
The Beiyang Fleet sent two of the most quintessential German-made ironclad ships, the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", as well as the cruiser "Jiyuan" and the training ship "Weiyuan", to arrive at the port of Nagasaki in Japan on the grounds of "overhaul."
You must know that the "Zhenyuan" and "Dingyuan" at that time had been in service for less than a year, and according to the ship's overhaul specifications, it was far from the time for "overhaul" at that time.
Two 7,000-ton behemoths cruised through the port of Nagasaki, completely shocking the Japanese.
The reason why Japan dares to divide Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia and Chinese mainland to invade and occupy foreign countries in three steps is because in the eyes of the Japanese, the Qing ** is an old and incompetent empire, but the appearance of the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" has given Japan ** a new understanding of China, an ancient feudal empire.
Of course, this also stimulated Japan to use the whole country to discover the military industry, improve science and technology, and lay the groundwork for the Qing Dynasty's fiasco in the First Sino-Japanese War.
When the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" were anchored at the port of Nagasaki in Japan, there was a clash between the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese police because of the exchange of fire between the two countries over the Korean issue, which led to a considerable hostility between the soldiers of the two sides.
In history, the Qing Dynasty has always been "weak and incompetent", but in response to the conflict between Chinese and Japanese soldiers, it was surprisingly tough, and in the face of the "Zhenyuan" and "Dingyuan" 305 mm cannons, Japan finally chose to compromise.
Japan** compensated the Chinese side 52,500 yuan, and the medical expenses of the Chinese sailors for their injuries in Nagasaki** were compensated by Japan**, and Qing **compensated Japan** 15,500 yuan.
This is in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing ** rare highlight moment, but at the same time, it also allows the Japanese to have an intuitive understanding of the Qing ** force, in the following period of time, Japan is united, vigorously develop the military industry, even children's games, is also simulating the sinking of "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan".
After this incident, Qing ** tasted the sweetness, and successively customized four cruisers to Britain and Germany, "Zhiyuan", "Jingyuan", "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan", joined the Beiyang Fleet, forming the main lineup of "Eight Great Distances", ranking sixth in the world in naval strength and first in Asia, and was in the limelight for a while.
But at the same time, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty returned to the arrogant mentality of "** Shangguo", did not want to forge ahead, turned a blind eye to the rise of Japan, and finally laid the groundwork for the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War.