The Insane Troops Who Resisted an Unstoppable Enemy Attack

Описание: A mighty Japanese war machine had already torn through Beijing, Shanghai, and the Chinese capital of Nanjing like a whirlwind, leaving a trail of devastation and deep scars across the region. Now in early 1938, inside the walled village of Taierzhuang, hundreds of young Chinese soldiers waited as a vastly technologically superior and highly experienced Japanese force lay siege.

Yet, nearing exhaustion, something finally snapped within the defenders in Taierzhuang.

As the Japanese readied their artillery,tanks, and fighter aircraft for one last push to flatten the city, the Chinese defenders, primarily ex-farmers wielding decades-old rifles, put their factions’ differences aside. United, they steeled themselves for a final, desperate last stand.

Ready to charge head-on toward heavily armored tanks or set their sacred buildings aflame, China prepared a breed of battle that had rarely been seen before and one that would entirely change how the world viewed Japan right before World War 2…

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