Zhao Shanhe, an apprentice blacksmith from the north, embarked on a road of revenge due to the Japanese occupation of his hometown and the tragic death of his master. He grew up from a sickle-wielding boy to a commander of the Eighth Route Army. He was tempered by blood and fire in guerrilla warfare and positional warfare, and witnessed the cruelty of war and the tenacity of human nature;
Su Manqing, a female student from Jiangnan, went from the ivory tower to the front line of the war, recording the truth of the battlefield with a pen as a blade, and exploring the power of national awakening in the collision of ideals and reality;
Japanese military doctor Kenichi Sato was brought to China by the war. During his contact with the Chinese people, he gradually reflected on the nature of aggression and finally completed his own redemption with his life.
In addition, Ma Sanpao, who was born in Green Forest, Lin Xiuyu, a peasant woman who stayed behind enemy lines, and Chen Mo, a Kuomintang officer on the frontal battlefield... Many characters with different identities met and intertwined in the torrent of the times. They either fought out of hatred, or stood firm for their beliefs, or struggled in despair, and together they composed a song about all living beings at a time of national peril.
