In the 26th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1900 AD, eight major countries led by Britain, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, the United States, Germany, and Austria formed a joint army and launched an armed invasion of China, which is known as the "Eight-Nation Allied War of Aggression against China".
As far as the situation at that time is concerned, ** invested the most troops, and the political demands are also the greatest, if you want to say who is the "boss" in the Eight-Nation Alliance, it is none other than **.
At the end of the 19th century, China was experiencing a deep social and national crisis. The Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and the Western powers were eyeing the Qing Dynasty, all of which were eyeing the fat of the Qing Dynasty, and they rushed to land on the beach one after another, stepping up economic penetration and threat of force into China, which greatly hurt China's national self-esteem.
The Qing Dynasty was corrupt, after all, it was still angry with itself, but foreigners were different, and they had to be angry with foreigners at their own doorstep, which was unbearable! As a result, the common people with a strong sense of national self-esteem spontaneously organized themselves, set up the Boxer Rebellion, and raised troops into Beijing under the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreigners." Along the way, when they saw foreigners and gangsters, they ruthlessly attacked and killed them, and attacked foreign embassies in a planned way.
The extreme xenophobic sentiments and behaviors of the Boxers caused great panic among the Western powers, who repeatedly put pressure on the Qing court to ban the Boxers. However, the Qing Dynasty has always wanted to make peace with these powers on this issue, and did not give these powers a positive answer.
The eight foreign robbers were originally the same dog, but now that their interests are threatened, they have united to the outside world, and they have sent additional troops to China one after another, and in the name of "suppressing the Boxers", they landed at the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, and then quickly advanced northward, occupied Beijing, and carried out large-scale burning, killing, looting, and plundering of Beijing. One of the most extreme events was the burning of the Old Summer Palace, which was destroyed by the invaders and looted by the invaders of the world's most prestigious imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty.
How many people are there in this eight-nation coalition? The Qing Dynasty had no power to fight back! In fact, if you want to talk about it, you may not believe it, when the Eight-Nation Coalition Army first attacked Dagukou, there were only more than 2,300 people. Can you believe that? With only more than 2,000 people, he dared to invade China, and the huge China could drown them with a mouthful of spit! It can be seen from this that the Qing ** was weak and incompetent at that time, and to what extent was he bullied by others!
Why do the eight military powers, known as the "Eight-Nation Alliance," have so little troops? First, the incompetence of the Qing ** is there, and it has already become a dock that has been taken down by others, what else can you do if you are further bullied? Second, these eight robbers are arrogant and arrogant, thinking that as soon as they arrive, they will be divine soldiers, and the Chinese can only surrender obediently. The third is to restrain each other, as the saying goes, "more chickens don't lay eggs, more people are blind and messy", the same is true of the eight robbers, they are all rushing to take advantage, no one wants to suffer, who has more soldiers will suffer a big loss.
As the saying goes, "there are a thousand people in the family, and there is one person in charge", you must choose one who can speak effectively, otherwise you say yours and I say mine, then who do you listen to? I can't do it! **Thinking about it, your own interests are big, then you have to wait to rely on, don't fight for a few of you, isn't it just a little more blood, this "boss", I'll be it!
However, things are not as simple as these robbers think, although the Qing ** is incompetent, but the blood of the Chinese is still there, although they are far from the invaders in ** equipment, they still go forward and fight with the invaders to the end. From the arrogance of the eight robbers at the beginning, to the increasing attention of the eight robbers, the number of troops invested has continued to increase, from more than 2,000 at the beginning, to more than 8,000 and 20,000 later, and to more than 40,000 when they attacked Beijing.
We took the Eight-Nation Alliance to attack Tianjin, and more than 20,000 people in the later period as a time node, among them, the largest number of troops were dispatched, sending about 120,000 people; This was followed by Germany and Austria-Hungary, which together sent about 8,000 men; The United States sent about 3,000 troops, while Britain, France, and Italy each sent about 1,000-2,000 troops. In addition, there is Japan, although the number of people is not recorded in detail, but it is about one or two thousand.
Later, the number of bandits also increased their troops according to a certain proportion.
If you look purely in terms of numbers, even when the eight robbers put in the peak of their forces, it was only more than 40,000 people, which was not enough for the Chinese to stuff their teeth. However, the war was not so simple as the comparison of numbers, and the troops of the Qing Dynasty at that time had fallen behind the world's military powers in all aspects, from first-class equipment to tactical thinking, and the quality of soldiers and officers. In terms of ** equipment alone, the gap is really too big, even if the Chinese are brave, in the face of invaders armed to the teeth, then the war will evolve into a one-sided **.
According to incomplete statistics, from the beginning of the war in June 1900 to the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" between the Qing court and the Eight-Nation Coalition in September 1901, the war lasted more than one year, and the invaders suffered less than 20,000 casualties, while our people paid a tragic price of 7.5 million people. If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this irrefutable truth has been blood-drenched.
* It was one of the most territorial countries in the world at that time, with strong military strength and resource reserves. In this war of aggression against China, in addition to leading the war in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, ** also invested 140,000 troops in the northeast, occupied a large area of territory in the northeast of China, and brutally suppressed and plundered the local area. In addition, ** is also trying to expand its influence in the Far East by controlling the northeast region of China, and is engaged in fierce competition with countries such as Japan.
The war of aggression against China by the Eight-Power Alliance not only brought huge material losses to China, but also caused the Chinese people to suffer great mental trauma. China's sovereignty has been further undermined, its national dignity has been seriously trampled on, its economic and social development has been greatly hindered, China has further degenerated into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society, and China's international status has plummeted as a result.
To this day, the repercussions of this war are still far-reaching. We should bear in mind the lessons of history, profoundly understand the importance of peace and development, strive to maintain world peace and stability, continuously enhance our country's overall strength and international status, and create a better future.