Start with a Mortar

In 2024, Chen Lifeng, a master of military history, accidentally traveled through time while sorting out a Republic of China mortar, and woke up in 1927. His mind is full of bullet trajectory formulas, but his hands can't even hold the gun steady. Full marks for theory, zero marks for actual combat - the veteran laughed at him as "he has read a lot of books, but he can't even shoot a cannon". Then start by rubbing out the blood blisters. From the mist in the Soviet area where a small number of cannons defeated many, to the three shots of a left-handed cannon on the banks of the Dadu River to determine the outcome; from the Japanese bunkers paralyzed by chili smoke in the Taihang Mountains, to the enemy of ten thousand in the tunnels of North Korea - every artillery shell hit the most critical point, every invention was a miracle forced out of poverty. He invented simple shooting, flat-fire mortars, pepper shells, and guerrilla artillery tactics. The enemy said, "Your artillery has a soul." He said, "Skills gained from poverty cannot be called spiritual strength." From one man's cannon to an army's cannon. From the enthusiasm of book business to the unity of people and artillery. He walked this road for forty-two years.