I Became a Monster, Infiltrating and Surviving the Japanese Soldiers Seven Times

(The battles, names, and places in this story are entirely fictional.) In the autumn of 1941, the wind, carrying loess dust, swept across the mountains of southern Henan. The position of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Chinese Revolutionary Army was situated on this barren mountain ridge. My name is Li Junfeng, a private first class in the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Regiment. The butt of my "Hanyang-made" rifle was worn smooth, and the barrel still held the residual heat of the previous round of firing. The barbed wire at the front of the position was distorted and twisted by the shells of the Dongdao Army, revealing gaps like wounds torn open by wild beasts. Squad leader Lao Wang squatted beside me, loading bullets into the chamber of his rifle, his knuckles white from the force.