The Fourteen-Year War of Resistance, Told Straight

On the night of September 18, 1931, artillery fire in Shenyang shattered the silence. The Liutiaohu Incident ignited the flames of war, officially opening the tragic prelude to fourteen years of resistance against Japanese aggression!

From Yang Jingyu and the Anti-Japanese United Army's bitter struggle through the forests and snowfields of the Changbai Mountains and Heilongjiang, to Beiping students' cries to save the nation during the December 9th Movement; from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which sparked full-scale resistance, to the victory at Pingxingguan, which shattered the myth that the Japanese army was invincible; from the bloody fighting at the Battle of Taierzhuang to the thunderous counterattack of the Hundred Regiments Offensive, the sons and daughters of China built the backbone of their nation with their own flesh and blood.

The blood and tears of Nanjing, the scorched earth of the Chongqing bombings, the drawn-out battles at Changsha, the loyal souls lost on the expeditionary front in Yunnan and Burma... Throughout those fourteen years, there was no distinction between front and rear: workers, farmers, soldiers, students, and merchants all took up the fight. On every battlefield, whether in the open or behind enemy lines, every inch of the land was stained with the hot blood of resistance.

No embellishments, no exaggerations: grounded in official history, this book reconstructs the complete course from localized resistance to total victory. Open these pages and relive those dark years when the land was torn apart. Remember the unyielding struggle of China's sons and daughters, who shed "a drop of blood for every inch of land," and honor the valiant souls who fought as the nation faced ruin!