Synopsis of “Fourteen Years of Flames: A True Chronicle of the War Against Japan”
In 1931, the explosion at Liutiaohu tore through the night sky over Northeast China. The Japanese invaders’ iron hooves trampled Chinese soil without mercy, and the flames of the fourteen-year war against Japan began to blaze. From the resistance fighters in the mountains and forests of the northeast, risking their lives against the Japanese in freezing snow, to the countless passionate young men who used their bodies to hold the line amid the hail of bullets at the Battle of Shanghai; from the victory at Pingxingguan, which shattered the myth that the Japanese army could not be defeated, to the Hundred Regiments Offensive, which struck the enemy with the force of a thunderbolt…
This novel offers a sweeping portrayal of the entire fourteen-year war, focusing on the nameless heroes who fought and bled on the battlefield, the resilient ordinary people in the rear, and the gripping intelligence struggles waged behind enemy lines. It combines grand, powerful depictions of major campaigns with moving, intimate stories of individuals, gradually unfurling a stirring and heroic historical panorama. More than a searing indictment of the invaders’ brutality, it is a magnificent song of the Chinese people rising to resist in their darkest hour and defending their dignity and freedom with their lives. Remember history, and honor the spirit of resistance that will never fade.
