 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhevedzano yengarava dzehondo dzakarayirwa kubva kuBritain neGermany mukupera kwema1870, uye nheyo dzamauto ehondo dzakavakwa paPort Arthur neWeihaiwei. Ngarava dzokutanga dzakavakwa neBritain dzakagoverwa muna 1881, uye Beiyang Fleet yakagadzwa zviri pamutemo muna 1888. Muna 1894 Beiyang Fleet yakanga iri pamapepa uto rehondo rakasimba zvikurusa muAsia panguva iyoyo. Zvisinei, yakarasika zvikuru mukati meHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan muHondo yeRwizi rweYalu. Kunyange zvazvo Zhenyuan uye Dingyuan ngarava dzehondo dzemazuva ano dzakanga dzisingagoni kupfurwa nemoto weJapan, dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kunyudza ngarava imwe chete uye ngarava dzose sere dzakaparadzwa. Hondo yacho yakaratidza zvakare kuti nhamburiko dzokuvandudza dzeChina dzakanga dzakaderera zvikuru kuMeiji Restoration. Nanyang Fleet yakasimbiswawo muna 1875, uye yakakura nemidziyo yehondo yakavakwa munyika uye nhamba shoma yekutenga kubva kuBritain neGermany. 