Tiger Roars for Eight Years (3)

Author: Wen Jingbang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: A long novel depicting the war and peace of China from 1936 to 1945 A vivid portrayal of the battlefields during the Anti-Japanese War Can be read as a historical account of self-imposed entanglement Recommended by renowned American scholar David M. Lampton and German sinologist Hans Appel China's contemporary writer Wen Jingbang calls his work a truly war literature, a monumental masterpiece worthy of epic qualities. After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang lost his freedom, Yang Huicheng was forced to resign, and finally, Chiang Kai-shek decided to resist Japan. However, the Nationalist Party's army, skilled in internal warfare but incompetent in foreign conflicts, repeatedly suffered heavy losses on the front lines due to the decision-makers' lack of foresight, leading to vast territorial losses and widespread suffering.
This is the third part of the long historical novel Roaring Tiger for Eight Years, describing every major battle in the early stages of the war—Southeast Campaign. After the July 7 Incident, the Chinese government finally decided to challenge the Japanese mechanized forces by proactively engaging them in the southeastern water country of Shanghai. The Southeast Campaign thus broke out. Although the weakness of China's decision-making group allowed the opportunity on the front lines to be missed, the Battle of Shanghai ultimately failed; Nanjing also fell subsequently. However, this major battle forced the Japanese to deploy over 300,000 troops, suffering greatly; while the heroic struggles of the Chinese soldiers on the front lines inevitably delayed the Japanese advance, paving the way for the next major battle—the Battle of Xuzhou.