Yellow River Sorrow (1938 Huayuankou)

Author: Deng Xian
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The failure of the Shanghai–Hangzhou War, the fall of Nanjing, the defeat in the Xuzhou campaign, the full retreat of the Kuomintang (KMT) army, the frequent bombing of Wuhan, and the ever-deteriorating situation of the War of Resistance against Japan. The conflicts within the KMT also intensified. The Japanese invasion forces swiftly occupied northern and eastern Henan. The unprecedentedly fierce battle between Chinese and Japanese troops took place. Zhengzhou fell, and Wuhan was on the brink of peril. Chiang Kai-shek ordered the levee breach at Huayankou, using "water as a substitute for soldiers." The flood-prone area became a natural barrier, but millions of people in Central China either drowned or starved to death, becoming refugees in a tragic and shocking scene! The tragedy! The shock!