Publishing related commemorative publications for the 60th anniversary of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea
"Hot Blood 1950" is a work commemorating the 60th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, recently published by the People's Literature Publishing House.
I picked up the sample book and took a quick look. Due to various reasons, there are slight differences between the physical book and the original manuscript. For example, at the end of "Chapter 2: Crossing the Ice River", the original text reads "Chen Zizhong was wearing pants covered in ice, with his fly open, hobbling along at the front of the group, his two testicles clinking in the cold wind." The changes to the physical book are quite significant, most notably that the "testicles" have disappeared.
For example, in "Chapter 6: The Wife Wearing Red", there is a scene where a soldier with broken arms wants to urinate and asks the nurse for help. In his haste, he says: "What? Is that it? I want to pee, undo my pants, and hold me!" The creative idea of "Hot Blood 1950" is to restore the cruelty of war and the true nature of humanity. After the Korean War, our soldiers were called "the most lovable people", but at that time, the cultural quality of the soldiers was generally not high, just like the characters in the novel are rough and unrefined, the wounded soldiers are also like this, the more true the emotions, the more intense the language. That's why there is such a sentence. Now, the whole sentence has been deleted, first losing the testicles, then losing this... personally think that the heroic spirit of the Chinese army has decreased a lot.
In addition, "Chapter 3: All Are Stubborn" has the following sentence: "Chen Zizhong found Xu Kai lying in a pool of blood on the left wing position. A high-explosive shell exploded above his head, and six or seven hundred serrated shrapnel flew out in all directions, cutting off half of his cheek. The intense shockwave also lifted him up and slammed him to the ground." In the physical book, "high-explosive shell" was changed to "high cannonball", is there a difference between the two? Is there no difference?
The difference between e-books and physical books is a matter of personal preference.
Finally, thank you friends for your guidance and advice.
Appendix Publication Materials:
"Hot Blood 1950"
Subtitle: Resisting America and Aiding Korea - The Bloody Contest Between China and America, Exposing the Inside Story of Resisting America and Aiding Korea!
Author: He Chuwu
Publisher: Mass Art Publishing House
Price: $29.00
Keywords: Resist America and Aid Korea Korean War Hot Blood 1950 Sino-US Confrontation Volunteer Army Guerrilla Corps
Content Brief:
People in war years can drink a lot: Chen Zizhong was born with a big belly, and a bowl of wine could subdue the fierce bandits gathering in the mountains and forests.
People in the war years had big temper: stubborn temper is the backbone of the sharp knife detachment, it's the soul of the volunteer army guerrilla troops. They slept on ice and snow, ate fried noodles, wore single clothes. When they stood up, they were the Yangtze River; when they fell down, they were the Great Wall...
People in the war years are open-minded, war makes people mature in despair, and farmers who wake up with the rise of great powers, they are champions when farming, and vanguards when fighting...
Author Profile
He Chuwu, a Korean War history research expert and famous military writer, is a generous Mongolian Hanzi. He has written the popular online novel "Wild King's Throne", published poetry collections "My Life" and "Adam's Escape", fantasy novels "Azure Badge". Currently, he mainly writes on military themes. His published works include the "Wild Gun" series and "Defender". The first print of the "Wild Gun" series by Writers Publishing House was 50,000 copies, setting a precedent for military bestsellers. "Hot Blood 1950" mainly tells the story of the hardships of war and how people survive in such an environment, how to view life and death. The main character is a reinforced company's 52 soldiers, a purely heroic war story of soldiers.
Media comments
Omar Nelson Bradley, the former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, once said that the Korean War was "the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy". The movie "Devotion 1950" is undoubtedly the best to reveal the inside story of this "wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy".
