War of Resistance Diary: My Second Miss

I was a low-ranking soldier defending Fengtian, but I was no deserter. During the September 18th Incident, I fought the Japanese army to the death. But the officers in Fengtian were cowards, and fled north with their silver dollars and valuables. The Japanese army occupied Fengtian, and I couldn't accept it! I joined my fellow defenders in attacking the Japanese commander, Jiro Tamon, in the city. The attack failed, and my brothers were slaughtered by the Japanese. I was shot three times and passed out in the snow outside the city. Fortunately, the second daughter of the Zhou family found and rescued me. Master Zhou and his eldest daughter were patriots too. They spent their entire fortune treating my wounds, then sought out Mr. Lin of the Anti-Japanese United Army, allowing the second daughter and me to join the resistance. But Master Zhou and more than a hundred servants were all killed by Japanese gunfire.

I will avenge Master Zhou! I fought the Japanese in Fengtian, but faced with overwhelming odds, the Anti-Japanese United Army and I kept retreating north. From the Fengtian Incident of September 18th to the Great Wall campaign in Rehe, I witnessed the cruelty of the Japanese army, and the cowardice and infighting of Nationalist officers. Their failures helped the Japanese occupy North China more quickly. In the end, I recorded these events in my diary.