Was the failure of the Opium War a historical necessity or an accident? Who was responsible for the Opium War? Lin Zexu? Seeing this history of losing power and humiliating the country, I can't help but feel a tightness in my heart. I can't help but always think, is it necessary to carry the weapons of a fleet or a division like some fictional stories? Equipment, or advanced knowledge and technology. Besides, did the Opium War have to be fought? Thinking that the United Kingdom, which invaded China at that time, was just a small country in the British Isles that had just entered the industrial revolution, and the power of the industrial revolution was only at the peak The state at the start was far from comparable to that of the empire on which the sun never sets. Only forty ships and an army of 4,000 men were used in the war of aggression. These ships did not use steam engines, nor were they armored ships. At that time, China had already There are hundreds of millions of people. Although they don’t have breech-loading guns, they also have firearms and cannons. I can’t help but ask again, is it true that they can only be beaten?