In 1938, the Japanese army advanced south along the Jinpu Line in an attempt to encircle Xuzhou. Liao Guangyi, the commander of the 56th Army of the Third Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to abandon the important town of Jinan on the Jinpu Line and retreat without fighting. His subordinate, Zhou Tianyi, the former commander of the New First Battalion, chose Dayi between brotherly loyalty and national righteousness and led his troops to leave Liao
In 1938, the Japanese army advanced south along the Jinpu Line in an attempt to encircle Xuzhou. Liao Guangyi, the commander of the 56th Army of the Third Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to abandon the important town of Jinan on the Jinpu Line and retreat without fighting. His subordinate, Zhou Tianyi, the former commander of the New First Battalion, chose Dayi between brotherly loyalty and national righteousness and led his troops to leave Liao