Jiangcheng Beacon Smoke

In the summer and autumn of 1938, the flames of the Wuhan Battle swept across Jiangcheng. Major Battalion Commander Li Zhenguo witnessed the tragic sacrifice of his brothers in the bloody battle of Wanjialing, and was filled with rage for revenge; field nurse Lin Yuwei rescued the wounded in the ruins, and developed a secret love for the seriously injured Zhang Zhiyuan; underground party member Jiang Tianxiang, codenamed "Gu Yan", lurked in the enemy camp to deliver intelligence, and faced every crisis. Japanese Army Major Yamamoto Taro was deeply torn between bushido and conscience. The military reporter Sachiko Sato secretly recorded the atrocities and gradually awakened. Civilian old man Zhou pretended to cooperate with the Japanese army, but in fact he used the fishing boat as a code to pass information, and eventually died heroically. Multiple forces competed in the Yangtze River defense line and city street battles, and human nature was tempered in the flames of war: the avengers found faith, the doctors held on to hope, and the lurkers died to clarify their aspirations. On the eve of Wuhan's fall, Jiang Tianxiang detonated the Japanese ammunition depot, Lin Yuwei broke out with the seriously injured Li Zhenguo, and Sato Sachiko handed the evidence to American reporter Robert. Amid the embers of the beacon fire, the living carry their memories and move forward, and the truth will eventually illuminate the darkness. With grand war scenes and delicate characterizations, the novel constructs a soul-stirring national epic through the iron-blooded pride of Chinese soldiers, the forbearing sacrifice of underground workers, the moral dilemma of the invaders, and the suffering and struggle of civilians, showing the undying glory of humanity and feelings of family and country in war.