The narrative time of the work is from March 1931 to February 1988, mainly focusing on the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation.
The story tells the story of a group of patriotic young people such as Ma Tianmu, Jiang Yunqing, and Peng Dingbang who actively participated in the revolution, volunteered to join the Communist Party of China, worked anonymously for the great cause of the rejuvenation of the motherland, fought to the death against the forces of Japanese invasion of China, and battled wits and courage with the forces of the Kuomintang.