The wharves along the Huangpu River and the south bank of the Suzhou Creek had already gathered a huge crowd. While China and Japan were fighting on Chinese soil, the British and American concessions, spanning only a few kilometers, seemed completely oblivious to the danger. Tens of thousands of people watched as if it were a movie, pointing and commenting on the battle.
A considerable number of reporters were there, cameras in hand, snapping away, documenting the battlefield. Some foreigners even stood there taking photos with the battlefield as a backdrop.
Unlike these jubilant foreigners, the crowd included many ordinary Chinese citizens who cheered when the Chinese army fought well and sighed when it didn't. At that moment, the nation and the people were bound together by blood.
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