但凡中国人,都忘不了中日甲午海战。可大家对此前北洋舰队两次访问日本并不了解,实际上北洋舰队这两次访日无论是对清朝海军还是对日本海军的发展都产生了一定的影响。清政府认为“日本狡焉思逞,更甚于西洋诸国”,因此对日本十分关注和警惕。北洋水师的缔造者北洋大臣李鸿章也认为: Whenever Chinese people, can not forget Sino-Japanese Jiawu naval battle. However, we did not understand that the Northern Fleet had twice visited Japan before. In fact, these two visits to Japan by the Northern Fleet had a certain impact on the development of both the Qing Navy and the Japanese Navy. The Qing government believes that “Japan is a sly one who thinks more than any other country in the West.” Therefore, he is very concerned and vigilant toward Japan. Beiyang Navy division founder Li Hongzhang also think: