In a ring-shaped works on a street of Zhabei District in Shanghai, some soldiers of the 88^th Division of the Chinese army are engaging in a street battle against the Japanese invading troops.

　　On 9^th August 1937, two mariners from the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai forced their way into the Hongqiao Airport, and were killed by the Chinese troops when they started an armed provocation. On 13^th August, the Japanese troops used this as a pretext to launch attack against the positions of the Chinese troops. Hence the Shanghai-Wusong Campaign started. The 9^th Chinese Group Army stationed in Shanghai rose to fight back under the command of Zhang Zhizhong. The battle gradually escalated, with the Japanese troops involved in the battle amounting to over 300,000 while the Chinese troops increased up to some 700,000. Starting from 23^rd August, several groups of the Japanese troops landed from the mouth of the Yangtze River successively to attack the left flank of the defending Chinese troops. The Chinese forces resisted tenaciously. On 5th November, the new reinforcement of the Japanese troops landed at the Hangzhou Bay, presenting a grave threat to the flank of the Chinese troops. Under such circumstances, the situation was unfavorable to China, and the Chinese troops had no alternative but to withdraw. On 12^th November, Shanghai fell into the Japanese hands. In this campaign, the Chinese troops killed over 40,000 Japanese troops and held Shanghai for three months, smashing the Japanese invaders' pipe dream of winning a quick victory.