Republican Era: Flames of War, 1937

I initially thought it was just another mindless, speculative anti-Japanese war article from a military channel, but I was surprised to find it so well-written. All those previous "Bright Sword" series really gave me a psychological trauma.

Reading from the back, it's good. It depicts the constant life-and-death struggles within the Nationalist army system. The frontal battlefield was that brutal, and it was unavoidable. Without the blood and flesh of two million casualties, where would there be any chance for guerrilla warfare, where would the privileges of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council come from?

I've read many novels set in the Republican era and during the War of Resistance against Japan, but this one is a masterpiece of "living to die" in the world of online fiction. The author clearly knows where the red lines are, and won't veer off into Shaanxi halfway through the story. We also know where the ending will be—a certain day in 1945.

It's perfectly normal for this kind of book to be banned. The label of "historical nihilism" fits perfectly.

I just watched it, and I'm wondering why the main character has this name? Takeshi Kiyoshi, pig 🐷shi, it even sounds a bit like a Japanese name.

Let me talk about Chiang Kai-shek. He liked to read the family letters of Zeng Guofan. Late Qing officials liked to write letters to their families, including words of advice and lofty ideals, and then have them circulated to boost their reputation. Chiang Kai-shek liked this kind of thing, which shows his level of understanding and character.

The book is good, the writing is excellent, and it depicts the Republic of China before and after the full-scale War of Resistance against Japan very well. However (and I also hate this word), how can the protagonist, a local, without a system (which I don't like either), and just a lowly strategist in the Kuomintang army, possibly change the world and avert disaster?

Domestically, large warlords control smaller warlords, and large factions control smaller factions. Although Japan was an industrialized nation, it was still a poor imperialist country. Japan needed both land and sea power. Without its eastern regions and the support of sea, rail, and road transport, the Japanese army's combat strength and equipment weren't large enough to ignore its numerical…

It's very well written. I watched The Flowers of War the other night and suddenly wanted to read a book about the War of Resistance against Japan. Most of the old books have been banned, so it's rare to find one that's still being written. The easiest genre to write about is espionage, and there are very few books about large-scale military operations. Don't worry, I'll subscribe to all of them to support you.

I once read a book called *The Speculators of the Republic of China*, featuring a protagonist named Zhuang Jihua. That author also used large-scale battlefields to depict the War of Resistance against Japan, but his focus was on the early days of the Whampoa Military Academy, when he was admitted to its first class, participated in the Northern Expedition, and had good relationships with both the…