The first part of the novel "The Soul of Yimeng", "Wolf Smoke in the Year of the Tiger", is based on the establishment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War and the creation of the Yimeng Anti-Japanese Base Area. Under the guidance of the organization, he successively joined the Eighth Route Army and fought bravely against the Japanese invaders as the main line. He vividly tells the story of recruiting the "thieves" heroes in Qinglong Mountain, "defending the autumn harvest" in the anti-Qing campaign, the Hulaoyu ambush, instigating the uprising of the "Imperial Association Army", and "seizing grain" in Dahuai Town, etc. Several battles against the Japanese army artistically created colorful heroic portraits such as Kong Fan'e, He Mengqin, Kong Fanyu, Pan Laichun, Lu Mengfei, Liu Xing'er, He Shoutian, Lu Shoucheng, Huo Shoujin, Lu Shousen, Yan Changnian, etc., And through the portraits of Liu Xing'er and Lu Mengfei The description of the love and marriage of several young men and women, such as He Mengqin and Lu Mengge, expresses people's yearning and pursuit for a better future in the cruel war years, and reveals the historical law that justice will surely defeat evil. It is a work that promotes the great dream of the military.
Intention: dream