Tempered by War, Sharpened for Battle

In 1937, military studies graduate Lin Yuan’s soul transmigrates into the body of a battalion commander in a German-equipped division on the Songhu Front. A German M35 helmet sits on his head; under his command is an exhausted, poorly equipped force; and before him is the overwhelming artillery of the Japanese army. He knows this “model” unit is fated to meet a tragic end in history. But this time, with sheer passion and knowledge beyond his era, he will preserve the first spark of resistance against Japan. From the blood-soaked quagmire of Songhu to the desperate flames of Nanjing, then to the decisive battlefield of Taierzhuang, he must not only use ingenious strategies to rewrite the course of local battles, but also find a thorny path to building an army, nurturing talent, and saving the nation amid factional strife and clashing ideals. This is no one-man battlefield. It is the legend of an old army remaking itself and searching for the true spirit of a soldier.