Battle of the Blood-Stained Great Wall -- Chronicle of the Great Wall War

Author: Nan Feng
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: After consolidating control over Northeast China, the ambitious Japanese further extended their reach into North China. Song Ziyuan directed operations while Zhang Xueliang led the army. However, the Northeast Army, fraught with internal conflicts, had not fully mobilized before the Japanese launched a full-scale offensive. The 29th Army was ordered into action at a critical moment, deploying along the Great Wall and engaging in fierce battles against the well-equipped Japanese forces. Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zichong, and Zhao Dengyu led their troops in a desperate resistance, repeatedly fighting bloody battles with Chinese-style broadswords, inflicting heavy casualties on the Japanese at Xifengkou and Luowenyu.
This book describes a brutal and heroic war in vivid detail and fluent language. It portrays the passion and determination of the anti-Japanese civilian and military forces, the iron will and bravery of the soldiers, as well as the hypocrisy, corruption, and indecisiveness of the politicians. This war was a tragic and noble saga interwoven with victory and defeat, glory and shame, giving rise to a generation of anti-Japanese heroes and immortalizing the famous "March of the Iron Fist."