1938 Bloody Battle at Shangyao

This novel is a documentary work. The main characters and war scenes are true and artistic descriptions of the history of the Anti-Japanese War. It describes a fierce battle in which the Guangxi Army flanked the Japanese 13th Division in the southern battle of Taierzhuang in 1938. It fills a gap in the records of the southern front of the Taierzhuang Campaign. In order to prevent the enemy's 13th Division from marching north to attack Taierzhuang, Ben Tianchou, the protagonist of the 823rd Regiment of the 138th Division of the 31st Army of the Guangxi Army, participated in a fierce flank attack on the Japanese troops stationed in Shangyao. On February 14, he engaged in a five-hour bloody melee with the enemy in Shangyao, forcing the Japanese troops who had crossed Bengbu to return for reinforcements, and bought Zhang Zizhong precious time to rush to Bengbu to aid. General Feng Yuxiang celebrated with a poem in Ta Kung Pao, and there was a special chapter in the Japanese Army's China Incident. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.