What can I do now? I'm in dire straits!
Aren't I? I'm alone on this water tower with no support. Just a few dozen meters below, there are Japanese soldiers everywhere. I'm out of bullets, and I only have one grenade left. I seem to have only two choices: surrender or commit suicide!
I considered surrendering. Don't call me cowardly; I believe most people facing death would consider any possible path to survival. But I quickly rejected that option. The reason is that I'm Fang Xiang, the platoon leader of the 2nd Platoon, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion of the Military Training Regiment. I planned to set fire to the riverside brigade, I led the 29th Army out of Beiping, and I even arranged for the Military Training Regiment to disguise themselves as a security regiment and storm into the Japane
