The 29th Army soldiers fight against Japanese troops at Lugouqiao.

Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army.

Soldiers of the 29th Army in Wanping town run to Lugouqiao for battle.

Xie Jinyuan (sitting) and his subordinates. When Japanese troops launched an attack on Shanghai on August 13, 1937, Chinese troops resisted tenaciously. Xie Jinyuan, deputy commander of the 524th Regiment, led his men in fierce battles to defend Sihang warehouses, during which 800 of his soldiers died a heroic death.

Editor: Yan