 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mamwe mauto mashomanana enguva yacho aigona kutarisira kushandisa zvakawanda kupfuura kutonga kwegungwa kwemunharaunda kwenguva shoma, uye midziyo iyi yakanga isingashandisi kushandiswa kwebhomba pamhenderekedzo mumaoko evashandisi vaduku kana kuti vasingakwanisi. Kunyange zvakadaro, midziyo miduku iyi ine simba rayo rokurova yakanga iri pachena inokwezva kumapoka maduku uye epakati ezvikepe zvezana ramakore rechi 19 rapera, sezvo yakapa chimiro chezvombo zvikuru pasina mutengo wemidziyo mikuru yehondo. Ikoku kungatsanangura zvimwe zvezvikepe zvapashure zvaitakura pfuti dzinoshamisa dzamasendimita 15 ne16; simbi dzakapfava dzakapfekwa nenzira iyi hadzina kushandiswa kwenguva refu, zvimwe nemhaka yokuti zvombo zvavo zvakanga zvisingabatsiri kunze kwokupesana nechinangwa chakamira munzvimbo yakanyarara. Kukundikana kukuru kwezvikepe zvesimbi zvesimbi semidziyo yekudzivirira pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kwaive kuChina, uko zvikepe zveBritish-zvakavakwa zvakatorwa zvakatorwa nemaFrench, paHondo yeFuzhou, uye maJapan, paHondo yeWeihaiwei. Kazhinji kazhinji zvikepe zvaiva nezvombo zvesimbi zvakazviwana zvakapfuurwa uye zvichivharwa nemapfuti aibva kuzvikepe zvevavengi zvaiva zvakasimba; zvizhinji zvakatadza kupfura pfuti imwe chete kana mbiri. 