Iron-Blooded Army Soul: Special Forces Soldiers Traveling Through the Republic of China

On August 25, 1926, the summer night in southern Hubei was as sultry as an airtight steamer. Zhao Feng lay down in a waist-deep patch of reeds, sweat sliding down his forehead and washing out two winding ravines on his muddy cheeks. Less than thirty meters away from him, the dull gunfire unique to Hanyang-made rifles was ringing intermittently, and each gunshot was accompanied by the violent trembling of reed stalks.