Zhang Henshui's Classic Anti-japanese War Novel Series: the Great River Goes East
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This book tells that on December 1, 1937, the Japanese army issued a combat order to attack Nanjing, and the Nanjing Defense War began. Tang Shengzhi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Garrison. Our city defenders resisted desperately at Guanghua Gate, Yuhuatai, Zhonghua Gate and other places, and the battles were extremely fierce. Because the Kuomintang authorities made major mistakes in the organization and command of the campaign, they did not make thorough arrangements before the war, and they did not draw up a thorough retreat plan when they finally decided to break out. As a result, the defenders suffered heavy losses during the breakout, and the resistance collapsed. On December 13, Nanjing fell, and the Japanese army massacred the city, killing more than 300,000 compatriots. "The Journey to the East" was written in 1939 and is the first novel to describe the Nanjing Massacre. Mr. Zhang Henshui exposed the bloody atrocities of the Japanese army in massacre of soldiers and civilians in Nanjing with his angry writing, which should be cherished by the Chinese people forever. Mr. Zhang Henshui was brave and heroic. After the Nanjing Massacre, he put his strong patriotic enthusiasm and loneliness on paper.
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