李鸿章与中德军火贸易

在中德军火贸易中,李鸿章是个举足轻重的人物,为了促使清政府购买更多的德国军火,德国政府想方设法讨得李鸿章的欢心。在李鸿章的积极推动下,清政府向德国购买了火炮、军舰、枪支弹药等大批军火。在向德国购买大批军火的同时,李鸿章派遣了第一批中国留学生到德国去学习军事,并聘请德国专家到中国来担任教习,为中国培养了一批军事人才,促进了清朝军队的近代化进程。

LI Hongzhang & China-Germany Arms Trade

LI Hongzhang was a key person in the arm trade between China and Germany.The German government always did their best to please LI Hongzhang,for more order from the Qing government for the weapon.Under the positive introduction by LI Hongzhang,the Qing government purchased a large quantity of arms including artillery,warship,guns,ammunition and so on from Germany.At the same time,LI has trained a group of miLItarists for China by inviting German experts to teach in China and sending students to study miLItary in Germany,who were the first oversea students from China.As a result,the modernization of Chinese army was promoted.