Taihang Mountain Chronicles

Introduction The eight-hundred-mile stretch of Taihang has thousands of ravines, which are not only barriers to mountains and rivers, but also a national purgatory. In 1937, war raged across North China, and the Japanese invaders crushed Qingshi Village deep in the mountains. There are no natural heroes. Farm men, country women, hunters in the mountains, and exiled scholars are all pushed to the crossroads of destiny by the flames of war. They bid farewell to farm work, and some joined the 129th Division, some worked as underground traffic officers, and some protected the wounded to raise food and grass, holding on to the base areas behind enemy lines with their own flesh and blood. The major historical events in this book strictly follow historical materials, including Shentou Ridge, Hundred Regiments Battle, Huangyadong Defense Battle, and Cross Ridge Breakout. Witness the bloody perseverance of soldiers and civilians relying on each other in prison blockades, iron wall sweeps, and desperate situations of famine. History books contain thick ink about the achievements of generals, and this book is written for those unknown people whose bones are buried in Taihang. This is an eight-year struggle epic belonging to the land of Taihang and tens of millions of ordinary people.