Battle of Shanghai: Starting with an Expanded German-Equipped Battalion

August 1937. The flames of war were about to ignite. The moment an augmented German-equipped battalion under Xie Jinyuan arrived in Shanghai, it was ambushed by the Japanese Third Fleet’s most elite marines. As the fierce battle raged, a stray shell accidentally blew apart the hidden filming position of a group of foreign journalists in the concession. Amid the flames, the lens of Shana, a blond reporter, was not aimed at the battlefield. It was fixed on the resolute eyes beneath the Nationalist soldiers’ helmets...