Surprising Sand

In June 1936, after the victory of the Red Army's Long March, the main force of the Red Fourth Front Army was ordered by the Central Military Commission to cross the Yellow River to engage in battle, which became known as the famous Western Route Army. The enemy army crazily surrounded them along the way, day after day, in the vast Gobi Desert, where the weather was freezing cold. In January 1937, after enduring great hardships, the Western Route Army's Fifth, Ninth, and Thirtieth Armies captured key positions such as Gaotai and Linze. While this significant victory was achieved, it also meant that the final life-and-death struggle was about to begin. The then Nationalist commander of the Second Front Area and Chairman of Qinghai Province, Ma Bufang, was a tyrant with ruthless cunning. He sent elite troops to isolate and encircle Linze and other places. After eight days and nights of fierce fighting, the Red Army lost control of Gaotai, and Ma Bufang immediately launched a frenzied pursuit and bloody slaughter against the Red Army. In this moment of crisis, Qin Jiwei was appointed at a critical time to lead the last few hundred Red Army soldiers in a desperate breakout...