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Prelude to the Eastward March

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Director: 华纯,苏凡
Cast: 李炎 · 张钟英 · 于纯绵 · 张宪 · 文卜东 · 王林佳

Storyline

In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered its third and extremely difficult year. The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Chinese Communist Party engaged in desperate struggles against the Japanese invaders according to Mao Zedong's strategies, while the Kuomintang attempted to limit the Communists' development, hindering the progress toward victory. The New Fourth Army's advance column captured the bridgehead town of Qiaotou in northern Jiangsu, opening the way for an eastward march to resist Japan. In this Kuomintang-controlled area, many hardliners proposed attacking the New Fourth Army. Column commander Meng Qiyu negotiated with Kuomintang representatives and successfully persuaded Zhou Mingzhe, commander of the First Column of the Jiangsu-Shandong-Anhui region, to defect.