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ByAwen

Dec 24, 2018

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A Resistance Hero

After the last two soldiers were killed, Yang Jingyu continued to fight for another five days, alone, without eating and without sleeping.

Finally, he was cornered in a forest. His left hand was injured and bleeding; he kept using his right hand to fire shots at the enemies until he was hit in the chest.

His final stand, where he was surrounded and outnumbered, is legendary. He lived as a leader, he died as a soldier! FULL STORY

Chinese Art of War

Chinese WWII song: To the Rear of the Enemy

A Protracted War

Stage 2: Stalemate – Japan tried to defend the land they occupied
Resistance strategy: Employ guerrilla warfare that includes covered attacks and going to the enemy’s rear to attack within its camps.

Stage 3: Count-attack – Recover lost land from the Japanese
Resistance strategy: Use the combination of positional warfare, mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare to conclude the resistance war. Full Post

Chinese Boatman Song

This Sichuan Boatman Song (川江号子) is sung by Dao Lang (刀郎), one of the world’s greatest songwriters, musicians and singers, during his 2024 nation-wide concert tour in Sichuan where boatman songs originated.

In the old days, when a boat needed to navigate a difficult section of waterway or faced counter currents, a headman would lead the crew to sing a boatman song, as a way to organise his men working in a coordinated fashion.