The Story of the Autumn Harvest Uprising

The novel tells the untold story of the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Its protagonists are all fighters in the uprising. Some are assigned by the Party organization to stay behind after the uprising begins, continuing to expand its influence and wage guerrilla warfare. Others remain behind to keep fighting after their unit is scattered. In the end, one guerrilla force makes it to Jinggang Mountain, while another is ambushed by the enemy and wiped out in a heroic last stand. The two survivors plan to return to the railway and mining districts to rebuild and expand their armed forces, but they are discovered by secret agents and captured. They are eventually executed by the enemy.