The last bullet is for me

Author: Liu Meng
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Praised by overseas readers as "China's first truly internationally significant military fiction." The entire story revolves around love, brotherhood between comrades, and the bond between father and son, serving as a realistic record of the psychological journey of a Chinese Army special forces soldier's growth. The most powerful impact this work leaves is a single concept—the Chinese Army! The loyalty and magnificence of the Chinese Army are etched in the heart, exquisitely elegant!—Susu, a writer living in Japan, In the dead of night, I once again recall the days in the Foreign Legion. Hiding in the trenches of Bosnia with my comrades, listening to mortars play us a lullaby, chatting with the Swiss old guys about edelweiss, and discussing which girl in the world is the most beautiful. After reading the novel, my chest felt as if it had been torn open suddenly. I have never regretted it, but now I truly regret leaving the Legion—the place where I grew from a kid who only knew how to look at pretty girls into a real soldier. To us, our comrades were our entire world. Thank you, Liu Meng, for your novel. —French Army Parachute
When I saw this novel, I only smiled, but still had nothing to say. I will have a good dream tonight, wandering through the military camp where I lived for three years, dreaming of my brothers, my passion. Upon waking, I still had nothing to say, only a pillow with faint traces of tears and a burning heart. —Retired veteran of the Chinese Army Special Forces Some deliberately suppressed and desperately forgotten experiences surge forward like bullets striking the heart, with blood carrying life, roaring out. Memories struck "Xiao Zhuang," carrying the wind and shadows as they brushed past him. About love, about soldiers, about men, "Xiao Zhuang" walked this path. At the age of twenty-seven, "Xiao Zhuang" sat in front of the computer, remembering his dreamlike years: the recruit training camp, the reconnaissance unit, the "Dog Head" Brigade, the peacekeeping forces; Xiao Ying, Chen Platoon, Miao Company. At the age of seventeen, Xiao Zhuang, in pursuit of his first love, temporarily dropped out of school to join the army, thus gaining a unique experience in the green military camp. This is a novel about emotions, although many categorize it as military fiction, the author himself classifies it as a novel of the emotional genre. Such rich and complex emotions are relatively rare in China's military fiction. Reading through this The Last Bullet Is For Me, the image of a bold, passionate, and emotionally rich Chinese Army special forces soldier, Xiao Zhuang, becomes vividly apparent in the novel.