This story follows Lin Mo, a history student at Southeast University who accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1941, amid the ravages of war. He becomes an auxiliary contact for the CCP underground’s “Nightingale” group. Caught in a deadly espionage struggle among the Japanese army, the Wang Jingwei regime, the KMT’s Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and other forces, he draws on his modern knowledge and historical expertise to carry out a series of perilous missions: passing intelligence, hunting down moles, making secret rendezvous, enduring imprisonment, and fighting across the harbor. From a bewildered university student, he grows into a steadfast revolutionary. He eventually takes part in the Huaihai Campaign and the liberation of Shanghai, witnessing the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Along the way, comrades such as Shen Zui, Gu Yufei, and Mozhu either sacrifice themselves or hold their ground, together composing a stirring revolutionary saga.
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