The Battle of Yichang

Hu Yisheng, a wounded anti-war soldier who was injured after the Zhongshan ship was martyred in 1938, returned to Yichang to recuperate just in time for the Yichang evacuation. During the so-called "Dunkirk evacuation in the East," Hu Yisheng met the Communist Party. Under the inspiration of the Communist Party, he actively organized all walks of life in Yichang to participate in the large-scale evacuation work, miraculously completing the big evacuation. While Hu Yisheng became a hero in Yichang, he also won the love of Cheng Simei, a Tujia girl. Later, Hu Yisheng accompanied Jiang's defense army to support the Zaoyi battle, and was deeply shocked when he witnessed Zhang Zizhong dying on the battlefield to protect Yichang. After the fall of Yichang, Hu Yisheng pulled up a civilian armed force mainly composed of Tujia boatmen, known as the Red Flag Battalion, and continuously harassed and attacked the Japanese invaders. In 1943, the Japanese invaders launched the Western Hubei Campaign, aiming directly at the Shipai Fortress in the Yangtze River Tianqi, in an attempt to seize the Shipai and threaten Chongqing. Under the guidance of the underground party of the Communist Party of China, Hu Yisheng led the civilian armed forces, mobilized the masses extensively, transported food, weapons and ammunition, supported the Jiang Defense Army in operations, and defeated the Japanese army in the Battle of Shipai, known as "China's Battle of Stalingrad".