In the First Sino Japanese Naval Battle, was the main reason for the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Div

The defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War was the cause of the Qing Dynasty system, not the responsibility of Ding Ruchang alone. At the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the overall strength of the Japanese fleet had already surpassed that of the Beiyang Naval Division. The first Beiyang Naval Division has long been stuck in the past, and the former Beiyang Naval Division is indeed very powerful.

The existence that is so powerful that Japan is afraid that Japan has trembled in the shadow of the Beiyang Navy for a while.

Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's ambitions have continued to grow, and there is a tendency to expand abroad. They understood that if they wanted to expand abroad, they had to develop their navy.

They understand that this disadvantage cannot be compensated for in a short time, so they have been developing the Navy. What to do if you don't have money? The emperor had to make up his military expenses for his frugality.

At its peak, the Japanese Navy accounted for 60% of the economy. , even if they work so hard, they can't compare to being rich. The Qing Dynasty directly bought and bought a Beiyang naval division that was the first in Asia.

When the Beiyang Naval Division went to Nagasaki, Japan for maintenance, the Japanese saw the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, and they had never seen such a huge **. When the Beiyang Navy went ashore to recuperate, there were some conflicts with the Japanese locals, and both sides were at fault, and Li Hongzhang relied on the strong military strength of the Beiyang Navy Division to force Japan to apologize.

Otherwise, Japan would face the threat of artillery fire from the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Japanese chose to bow their heads in the face of a huge gap. Of course, this is only temporary, Japan has never been a country that yields easily, and their forbearance now is for the sake of a fatal blow in the future.

Because of this humiliation, Japan has strengthened its idea of developing its navy. They frantically developed the strength of the navy, and they made up money without money, and when the people saw that the emperor was hungry to raise military expenses, they were also infected and spontaneously donated money to the navy.

The Japanese Navy, under the will of unity, finally had the ability to compete with the Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, the Qing Dynasty was afraid that the monopoly of the Beiyang Navy Division would threaten its own power, so the funding for the Beiyang Navy Division was constantly reduced. Since 1892, the shells of the Beiyang Navy have not been replenished.

In the face of this difference, the Beiyang Naval Division originally had the ability to fight a war, but because the artillery shells could not be replenished for a long time and there was no money for maintenance, it would have lost so humiliating in the First Sino-Japanese War.

Another reason why the First Sino-Japanese War was lost was that the overall strength of the Japanese fleet had already surpassed that of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Beiyang Naval Division was inferior to the Japanese fleet in terms of speed and firepower.

This gap is caused by the Qing Dynasty itself, if you don't take military funds to celebrate your birthday, if you can give a little more military expenses, the First Sino-Japanese War will not be so miserable.

In the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the main reason for the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division was not because of the formation, but because the ammunition was insufficient, and there was no ammunition halfway through the battle.

Not exactly. Part of the reason is that the equipment is outdated and aging, and it is incomparable with the new ships and new technologies of Japan, and the other part is that the generals of the Beiyang Naval Division are very poor in their own level, relatively simple, and some can even fail the exam.

The main reason for the defeat was not because of the formation, but mainly because of the disparity in armaments. The difference in the level of armaments between the two is about a generation.