Broken Dreams of the Republic Era

A group of young cadets from Jianqiao Aviation School put down their pens, joined the military, and flew their planes into battle.

Each volume tells of a love story. Each chapter brings a parting.

Some got engaged in haste before the war, promising to marry when they returned victorious, but ended up forever above the clouds;

Some held on to each other through letters, every word full of longing, only to receive a notice of death in battle;

Comrades stood shoulder to shoulder against the enemy, while their loved ones waited through the chaos of war.

A husband can give his life to his country, but cannot promise his beloved a future.

Each standalone story is a love too deep to find its happy ending amid the flames of war.

The sky is their grave. To have loved once is enough for a lifetime.