This is a novel about the peoples of China and Korea fighting shoulder to shoulder in the war to resist U . S . aggression and aid Korea . It describes how a scout squad of the Chinese People ’ s Volunteers penetrates deep into the rear of the Syngman Rhee ’ s " crack " Wolf Regiment and , together with the Korean guerrillas operating be hind enemy lines , helps the main forces in wiping out the US." Cobra " artillery unit and Wolf Regiment . The dagger used by a young Korean guerrilla crystal lizes the friendship sealed with the blood of the Chinese and Korean peoples in their common struggle , radiating with the bril liance of proletarian interna tionalism . With an ardent pen , the writer gives a graphic character ization of the C . P . V . scout leader Liang Han - kuang , the Korean guerrilla commander Kim Jong Man , and many others .