China's ancient army met the modern European army. You must have seen it in the Opium War, the burning of Yuanmingyuan, Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China and Beijing in 55 days. These are fierce collisions between the modern army and the ancient army, but the ancient army of China in this period also used hot weapons more or less. Although the face value is not good, but the temperament has improved a little, it is no longer a simple hot weapon cold weapon confrontation. Let's take a look at the footprints of the earlier ancient army and the modern army, and see if it can be confirmed that the modern army used cold weapons to completely blow up the ancient army.
The Battle of jaxa Victory and the Battle of Geranza are examples that China people are proud of so far. It was also the confrontation and collision between the ancient army and the modern western army, which was more than 200 years earlier than the Opium War. This made the Qing government in the Opium War lose face even more, and it felt that it was about to dig underground to hide its shame. My ancestors won more than 200 years ago. 200 years later, the disappointing turtle grandson was defeated in a big mess. I'm drunk when I think about it.
Jaxa's triumph is a Sino-Russian war, and it is the anti-tear of Emperor Kangxi to Peter the Great. Peter was majestic, thinking that he had followed the west wind and made a surprise attack on the vast Chinese empire. Once is not enough. It's really annoying to come twice 1650, Khabarov led hundreds of Russian troops to invade northern China and occupied places such as jaxa in China. This is a great victory of Manchu government against polar bears in jaxa. Jaxa's victory included two times. The first time was the counterattack given by the garrison commander Peng Chun in June 1985. Three days after the siege of jaxa with a high-quality red cannon, the Russian army was forced by the "Albazin" overseer to beg for surrender and promised not to commit it again. But is Bell's words credible? If you believe it, you will be fierce! By the end of August, when the Qing army of jaxa returned to Li, the Russian army invaded and occupied jaxa. Less than two months later, the polar bear's act of pretending to be a bear is despicable. This bear-like behavior angered Emperor Kangxi, who personally signed it. Mobilizing the elite seems to crush the polar bear, but the emperor is the emperor after all, so kind! I don't even want to use hot weapons. I don't know whether I am afraid of hurting the Russian army or not being able to give full play to its riding and shooting advantages. Perhaps the latter is more reliable! Silence, speechless! Say the important things three times! This silence reflects that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty and the leaders of the ancient army are backward in military concepts and unable to keep pace with the times. How to defeat the enemy and achieve sustainable development? This silence is the ideological root of the fiasco of Baliqiao Battle after the arrival of British and French allied forces.
Following the advice of General Peng Chun, Emperor Kangxi only deployed no more than 65,438+000 unsophisticated muskets and famous red cannons and fought for three years. Otherwise, this battle will really be the Year of the Monkey.
In this way, when the Russian army attacked jaxa for the first time, there were 450 people and 300 matchlock guns; During the Second jaxa War, the 826 Russian Army not only had 100 matchlock guns, but also 850 flintlock guns with higher temperament. In the two wars in jaxa, the main weapons of the Qing army were swords, spears, bows and arrows. It felt like a hunter who had just come out of the forest. Fortunately, there were guns and cannons! In this way, after three years, the Russian army was finally defeated until it surrendered! The Russian army is also lucky. If it had met Prince Zheng's generation twenty or thirty years earlier, it might have gone to see God long ago!
More than 20 years ago, jaxa won a great victory, Zheng Chenggong's opponent was much stronger than the polar bear, the Netherlands, a first-class power in Europe. When the Dutch army of the coachman fought against Zheng Qinwang, it was also in full swing. At that time, it was a square castle made of bricks mixed with sugar water. It is built on stone, and the underground floor is more than 4 meters deep, with a few places as thick as 2 meters, the flank thickness of 1.2 meters and the surrounding breast wall thickness of 45 cm. Besieged by Zheng Qinwang, whose firepower is several times stronger than that of the Qing army. Twenty-three years later, the Qing army was really a rookie. In the face of the polar bear who just entered the customs, the Russian army played sloppily, not as good as Zheng Qinwang. This shows that the modern army can't completely destroy the ancient army with hot weapons, but it still loses, especially for those who are used to this way of life. It can only admit that it is unlucky. This does not mean that the modern army can completely blow up the ancient army with cold weapons. It is fair and objective to say that the modern army can completely blow up the ancient army as a whole, but this does not mean that it can completely blow up the ancient army with cold weapons; However, if the modern army and the ancient army are placed under the same conditions and confronted with cold weapons, the modern army will have a better chance of winning. Believe it or not, I will give it to you anyway!
Great China Empire was bullied and beaten by western powers. At that time, Norway's India was completely colonized, and the brilliant Inca Empire was not beaten out of the water by just Spanish soldiers. The Ottoman Empire ceased to exist and Africa was basically carved up. These bloody historical facts show that the modern army is stronger than the ancient army in general, and it can finally blow up the ancient army. It is the modern army that can completely destroy the ancient army, which shows that the society is developing step by step, the advanced and backward are eliminated, the rules are not advanced or retreated, and even the pace of development is slow, it will be eliminated.
Spanish and Portuguese troops invaded the Incas and swept across the American continent; There are also European powers such as Britain and France who trample on African troops and basically carve up the African continent. It should be a real confrontation between cold weapons and hot weapons. As a result, everyone knows that America and Africa were completely bombed by Europe, and the ancient army was completely bombed by the modern army! Then, if the armies of European powers throw away hot weapons and replace them with cold weapons like their African and American brothers, can they win with swords and arrows? The previous answer has given a positive answer.
When both ancient and modern armies used cold weapons, the modern army still won, not because it was physically superior to the ancient army. But because the whole military system they formed was superior to that in ancient times, including military training, military skills, military organization and military tactics. Therefore, under the same conditions, the regular army trained by the modern army can win with a high probability when using cold weapons against the ancient army. For example, Napoleon met Mamluk cavalry during his expedition to Egypt, and defeated Mamluk elite cavalry armed with the hot weapons and equipment of the British Empire and the most exquisite cavalry equipment of the ancient army with tired veterans, relying on the overall combat capability in modern military, and achieved the effect of 1+ 1 >: 2, not just weapons and equipment. Therefore, it can be explained that even if the two sides changed to cold weapons instead of hot weapons, the result was that Napoleon the Great won in seconds. This shows that the modern army defeated the ancient army not only by weapons, but also by surpassing the ancient army as a whole.
At the end, emphasize the conclusion again and say the important things three times! The modern army may not be able to completely destroy the ancient army with cold weapons, but it is possible under the same conditions. However, the victory or defeat of a military war depends not only on the advanced military, whether you are modern or ancient, but also on the will of the people and geographical advantages. Otherwise, there would be no victory for jaxa and Zheng to recapture Taiwan Province Province, and there would be no situation in which Britain invaded Afghanistan and Israel for three times (1839- 19 19). This further shows that the failure of the Baliqiao campaign is not inevitable. The battle of Baliqiao was not completely defeated by the weapons of the British and French allied forces and Indian cavalry, but lost to itself. Corruption is the will of the people and lags behind the advanced. Twenty-three years after Zheng Chenggong invaded Granza, the Manchu army actually retreated, but he didn't know it. He was immersed in jaxa's victory, but this victory became an important source of the failure of Baliqiao Campaign. In the same period, Afghanistan, which was inferior to itself, finally defeated the British and gained independence, but it was defeated again and again until it became a slave of the imperial powers. After the abnormal victory, it did not think about improvement, but encouraged the inertia of ease, making this victory more terrible than the consequences of failure. There are huge human resources, but they are not used, but they are losing people's hearts step by step. After all, a person becomes real. These are worthy of our deep thinking and reference so far. Although the Manchu government was not defeated by cold weapons, it was completely smashed by modern troops. This gives us a warning, don't get carried away. Only by being prepared for danger in times of peace and keeping pace with the times can we be in an invincible position and win the hearts of the people.