The manuscript of this book is a contemporary original theme novel with the main theme of anti-Japanese. The novel takes the Jiangnan water town as the background, and tells the story of Zhang Zheng, a Communist Party member and the battalion commander of the New Fourth Army, who actively mobilized the people, developed Communist Party members, and organized the anti-Japanese struggle while he was recuperating in the countryside. The story traces back to Zhang Zheng's experience of being born in a landlord family, joining the revolution and becoming a member of the Communist Party. It tells about Zhang Zheng's heroic deeds in developing anti-Japanese organizations, cultivating young party members, striving for enlightened gentlemen, fighting against Japanese aggressors, and finally winning. It shows the appeal and influence of the Communist Party members like a flame, spreading like a prairie fire among the masses.
