A Russian missionary recorded the training of the Eight Banners Army and the green camp Army. During the training, they were still sitting in their tents, smoking pipes, chatting with others while eating breakfast, and others were mending pants, regardless of the next training. Moreover, the main instructors of the training are also perfunctory. No matter whether the shooting is accurate or not, as long as the shooting is over, how can the soldiers of China beat the western powers at that time and how can China's army defend the country?
Look at the past and where we are now. The soldiers in the military parade are so handsome that people lick their screens. Think about it again. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, although there were 100,000 people in the Eight Banners Barracks and green camp, they were even more miserable than ordinary people in the face of invaders such as Eight-Nation Alliance. In fact, I think the main reason is that the leaders are too extravagant to pay attention to the development of these troops, and there were no good military generals at that time.
I think the soldiers at that time were just a pot of loose sand, and such loose sand could not resist the enemy's gunfire at all. Therefore, we must seriously reflect on our original failure. Only when the young people are strong and the national army is strong can we better defend our country and protect every piece of land in our country.