The Qing Army’s Foolish Plan of Using Tigers as Weapons

On a moonlit night, a group of Japanese soldiers and their commander confront a pack of tigers set upon them by their enemy during the Sino Japanese War. Ferocious as they seem, the tigers would have proved no match for the rifles and bayonets aimed at them. While tigers could be found in the mountains of Korea, they were certainly never used by the Chinese troops for the purpose of engaging the enemy. The idea behind the imagery is mockery of the Chinese Qing Army, whose troops were reputed to withdraw ahead of Japanese assaults, not wishing to come face to face with the disciplined and determined men of the Imperial Japanese Army.