If I say that you have no weapons and equipment and brains, how many chances do you think you can beat a strong man with weapons who is more than one meter nine or even two meters? Ideas and operational concepts need to be supported by weapons and logistics and a stable and powerful country. Do you think these conditions were met in the late Qing Dynasty? War needs weapons, weapons need money to buy, and money needs national transactions. How can a country make money without a foundation?
Napoleon's fighting thought was influenced by China culture to some extent, and he borrowed the characteristics of China people who were good at psychological warfare and flexible warfare. It is widely said that he has read Sun Tzu's Art of War and likes it very much, but as a general, he should like any combat books that are valuable to his operations, and Sun Tzu's Art of War just meets this requirement (at that time, the operational thinking in Western Europe was not mature enough, but the operational thinking in the East was very mature. Just like China's The Art of War and Japan's Five Wheels Book, these two books are one of the three major military books in the world, and one is a war argument summarized after fighting Napoleon, written by clausewitz). I can tell you that Napoleon did read it, otherwise he wouldn't say that China was a sleeping lion. He swept across Asia at his peak. He could have attacked China, but he didn't want to wake the lion. So I didn't call.
As for Hitler. Legend has it that when he was young, when he lived in the streets of Vienna, an China family was very, very kind to him, providing him with reading, eating and lodging. Hitler was grateful and vowed to repay the family. But I didn't find it later. Hitler was very friendly to China. China's First Panzer Corps was trained with German help, and became the only force that China could take in the eight-year anti-Japanese war (but it was almost exhausted in the early stage of guarding the Yunnan-Myanmar highway). Originally, 60 armored divisions were to be trained, but later Hitler formed an alliance with Japan out of demand. Ended the deal with China. But he still made a secret deal with China to deliver goods to China. Hitler also said that China is a good nation with a certain culture. At the Olympic Games, China had no money to go, and Hitler reimbursed all the expenses of the China delegation. So it is quite understandable that he will read China.
Let me tell you another thing. . Sun Tzu's Art of War has two books. One was written by Sun Wu. His afterlife is there, too But it is not complete. There is also a book written by Sun Bin. I think I lost it later. . Remember, not having the original doesn't mean not having the handwritten version. .