Fight to the Last Drop of Blood

Name: Fight to the Last Drop of Blood
ISBN: 9787539951911

冷海Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · ChinaFeb 2020

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Word count: 240K words
Chapters: 12
ISBN: 9787539951911

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Summary

On December 9, 1937, the Japanese launched a general assault on Nanjing. Yan Nanfei, a battalion commander in the Nanjing Military Police, intercepted the fleeing "Flying General" Sun Yuanliang of the 88th Division and helped Han Xianyuan and Zhu Chi hold the Yuhuatai position. In the end, Nanjing fell, and the Japanese committed the Nanjing Massacre, in which 300,000 soldiers and civilians perished. After the fall of Nanjing, the Nationalist government relocated west to Chongqing, and the Japanese, pressing their advantage, drove straight toward Wuhan. The only Yangtze River waterway by which one could retreat to Sichuan—the port city of Yichang, long known as the "throat between Sichuan and Hubei"—thus became a contested strategic point for both China and Japan. At this moment, large numbers of enterprises and military-industrial equipment transferred from the occupied zones of Central, North, and East China; thousands of child refugees rescued from occupied areas; large numbers of wounded soldiers withdrawn from the front; and tens of thousands of fleeing civilians all converged on the small wharves of Yichang. As the Japanese army closed in step by step, the great Yichang evacuation loomed imminently! The Chinese army engaged the Japanese at Yichang in a bitter battle, yielding inch by inch of land at the cost of blood...

Editor's review

Blood Battle to the End is a novel focused on the Chinese Expeditionary Force's campaign in Burma. Drawing on solid historical sources and combining them with literary craft, author Leng Hai recreates that tragic and little-known chapter of the War of Resistance. This is not a mere accumulation of battle scenes; its core value lies in its profound excavation of human nature amid war. Through the eyes of a group of ordinary soldiers, the author portrays the fierce collision of patriotic devotion, brotherly loyalty, and individual fear and bewilderment under extreme circumstances. Readers not only feel the cruelty of the battlefield and the weight of history but also experience each individual's struggle and choices within a grand narrative.

Literarily, Leng Hai's prose is cool and tense, with vivid, authentic depictions of wartime detail and finely wrought psychological portraiture. He successfully avoids flattening historical figures into stereotypes; his heroes are flesh and blood, flawed and growing, which makes the story more convincing and moving. The use of historical sources is also relatively rigorous, achieving a good balance between artistic invention and historical truth, offering readers a vivid and reliable literary entry into the Burma-Yunnan theater.

Overall, this is a work combining historical value with literary quality. It reminds us to remember history and inspires us to reflect on eternal questions of war and peace, collective and individual, loyalty and betrayal. For readers who wish to go beyond simple battle narratives and deeply understand the situation of "people" in that history, this book offers a rare reading experience.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in the history of the War of Resistance, especially the Burma-Yunnan theater
Fans of military fiction based on real historical backgrounds with deep character portrayal
Deep readers who wish to reflect on human nature and fate through grand war narratives
Book lovers seeking literary works that combine storytelling with historical weight

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking light entertainment or purely recreational reading
Readers sensitive to or with limited tolerance for battlefield violence

Reading tips

Before reading, briefly familiarize yourself with the background of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's first Burma campaign to enter the story more quickly
Pay attention to the evolution of relationships among the core characters—this is key to understanding the work's deeper meaning
After reading, compare with other historical sources or documentaries for a more three-dimensional perspective

About the publisher

Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1958

Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House focuses on literary publishing while also covering the humanities, social sciences, and books on art and daily life. Its approximately 1,535 titles in the database span social novels, world history, design, science fiction, classic works, and film and television: they include modern Chinese literary classics by Lu Xun such as A Madman's Diary: The Complete Short Stories of Lu Xun, Call to Arms, Four Generations Under One Roof, and Teahouse, as well as foreign literary memoirs like Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday. In science fiction it offers Asimov's Galactic Empire series, while in architecture and art it publishes Liu Dunzhen's Classical Gardens of Suzhou and design titles from Phoenix Space. Its authors are concentrated among classic writers such as Lu Xun, Zweig, and Asimov, with translators including Liang Xijiang, Zhong Haonan, and Ye Lihua. Its overall character is built on classic works while embracing genre fiction and visual culture. Public information is limited, and this introduction is based on the titles in the database.

版权信息
第一章：血战雨花台
第二章：英雄虎胆
第三章：战士如铁
第四章：生死之间
第五章：喋血广济
第六章：宜昌大撤退
第七章：热血沸腾
第八章：铁血神枪
第九章：身已许国
第十章：山河处处埋忠骨
第十一章：一寸河山一寸血

FAQ

Is this book pure historical documentary or fiction?

This is a historical novel. It uses real historical events (the Chinese Expeditionary Force's Burma campaign) as background and framework, but the characters and specific plotlines are artistically shaped and fictionalized, aiming to literary recreate the historical atmosphere and human conflicts.

Is the content too bloody or oppressive?

As a war-themed work, the book contains necessary depictions of the battlefield's cruelty, but the author's focus is on character portrayal and reflection on fate rather than sensational violence. The overall tone is deep and tragic rather than unrelievedly oppressive.

Has author Leng Hai written other works on similar themes?

Leng Hai specializes in historical military fiction. In addition to Blood Battle to the End, he has written works such as Where the Beacon Fire Ends and Assault on the Death Line, most focusing on war and heroism in modern China.

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About the author

冷海 Author · Chinese

Leng Hai, pen name Jiu Wan, was a Chinese novelist and screenwriter from Wanzhou, Chongqing, who passed away in March 2017. Public information about his life is limited. He wrote mainly military fiction while also touching on fortune-telling and social themes. Five of his works are included here, among them the war and military novels Blood Battle to the End, Bloodbath Phoenix, Heroes Never Die and Final Kill, as well as Chuanzhong, which tells of a father's twenty-year search for his five-year-old son who was abducted, reflecting the author's concern with social reality. His military fiction focuses on battlefields and tough protagonists, with tense plots and a hard-edged style; some works have been adapted for film and television, giving him a certain influence among readers of genre fiction.