Flames of War on the Western Route, 1933

1933. Nan Chong West Road.

Underground Party member Zhao Quanying was spotted by a gambling thug on her way home after putting up slogans at night. He tried to extort her. Zhao Quanying went to Jinma Lane in the county seat to join a demonstration and was arrested. The story unfolds as she executes the scoundrel who extorted revolutionaries, leads the people in beating the second-in-command, boldly seizes the guns needed to form a guerrilla unit at Dabei Temple, attacks the Zhonghe militia, and burns down the Yako sentry hut. The enemy is terrified and launches three campaigns to clear the area. The first two come to nothing, but for the third, they send in a large force. A traitor's betrayal leads to the capture and imprisonment of a great many underground Party heroes and heroines. Blood flows through the Xi River and stains the Jialing River red.

A stirring song of heroic sacrifice.