Changjin Lake

In the Battle of Changjin Lake, which happened on the Korean battlefield and changed the world structure, the Chinese, wearing thin clothes, carrying crude weapons, and hungry, charged endlessly in the severe cold of 30 to 40 degrees below zero, braved the fierce American bombing and dense rain of bullets, and moved forward bravely, seemingly not caring about the huge bloodshed and casualties. In this harsh environment that almost exceeded the limits of human survival, the war between the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's Ninth Corps, an elite unit of China and the United States, and the U. S. Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division, with vastly different weapons and equipment, seemed to have gone beyond the scope of a conventional war and was more like a desperate battle of willpower. This made the Battle of Changjin Lake an important turning point on the Korean battlefield, forcing the U. S. Military to experience its furthest retreat in history. "Changjin Lake" is a novel based on this famous battle. The author collected twenty years of research on the Korean War and interviews with the surviving soldiers of the Battle of Changjin Lake, and reproduced this earth-shattering and arduous war in a magnificent and panoramic style. As the first large-scale literary work about the Battle of Changjin Lake in the history of Chinese literature, "Changjin Lake" does not simply stand on history but from the perspective of human nature, praising people's willpower and endurance in extremely difficult circumstances, and conveying the indestructible power of faith in life.