Battle of Weihaiwei Sino war

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Battle of Weihaiwei Sino war

Lots more photos of this major battle during the Sino war on the main website in the gallery

Enjoy

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The First Sino-Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between the Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea. After more than six months of continuous successes by Japanese army and naval forces and the loss of the Chinese port of Weihaiwei, the Qing leadership sued for peace in February 1895.


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Direct results of the war showed that the military strength and sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty had been severely weakened during the nineteenth century, especially by the Opium Wars;


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and it demonstrated that forced reform had modernized Japan significantly since the Meiji Restoration in 1867, especially as compared with the Self-Strengthening Movement in China.Regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan; and the Qing Dynasty, along with the classical tradition in China, suffered a major blow. These trends would later manifest in the 1911 Revolution.


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The Japanese divided into two columns, one following the coastal road, and the other struggling along a path some four miles inland, both departing Roncheng on 26 January. The timing of the attack has been planned to coincide with Chinese New Year, and the invasion encountered no resistance as they converged on Weihaiwei on 29 January.


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The Japanese launched a three-pronged attack on the landward fortifications to the south and east of the town on 30 January. The attack was hampered by the severe winter cold and blizzard conditions, with temperature as low as minus 26 degrees Celsius.


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The Beiyang Army made a defense for around nine hours, before abandoning the fortifications largely intact.


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Japanese casualties were minor except for the death of Major General Odera Yasuzumi, who was the highest-ranking Japanese casualty of the war.


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Japanese troops entered the town of Weihai on 2 February without opposition, as its garrison had fled the night before.


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[GJK]

So over the weekend, I painted a number of 20mm modern mini's and built some "Afghan compounds" and painted them and we set up what I have ready now and I was feeling pretty satisfied with what I had.  And then on Monday morning, I see that nevermore has posted more images from his recent tabletop gaming session and man - do I have a long ways to go!  How on earth you guys get that much detail on a 20mm (approx.) mini is beyond me!

Great job, good stuff - that looks like it would be a blast to play!

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Nevermore has that effect on a lot of us.

[GJK]

What gets me is that he does all of that work up to those standards AND he still actually plays the dang games.  He MUST be retired.  :)

[Bison]

So over the weekend, I painted a number of 20mm modern mini's and built some "Afghan compounds" and painted them and we set up what I have ready now and I was feeling pretty satisfied with what I had.

Let me get this straight.  I post pictures of my great feat of putting stickers on wooden blocks and all the while YOU are painting mini's?   ???  Post the pictures, man!

[nevermore]

Dan from Wargames Illustrated came to visit us a few weeks back ... his words were "hardcore" its a great hobby and if you enjoy making or painting its even better, and yes i still am making walls for Peking city, only 12 more foot to go then its the outside of the Legation to create.

[GJK]

So over the weekend, I painted a number of 20mm modern mini's and built some "Afghan compounds" and painted them and we set up what I have ready now and I was feeling pretty satisfied with what I had.

Let me get this straight.  I post pictures of my great feat of putting stickers on wooden blocks and all the while YOU are painting mini's?   ???  Post the pictures, man!

LOL!  I'm scared to post pics now after seeing nevermore's!  Nah, I definitely plan on posting some pics.  I built one Afghan compound and a little Afghan style house.  I need to build some more of those in order to get a decent street battle going.  I have a little ways to go on the figures.  They're all on bases and have base coat of paint.  I painted flesh and some of the colors on a good many of them but none are fully finished as of yet.  Also built out a couple of M1A2's and my son is working on a Blackhawk helo.  We have a Chinook to build as well as a couple of HMMWV's.  Should be able to get some stuff finished during the week and then can post some pics and maybe an AAR if we actually play with it this coming weekend (hoping so!).

[nevermore]

I wait love to see these pics now