Under the dragon flag

A first-person narrator records his firsthand experiences during the Chino-Japanese War, tracing travel to a contested port, an unexpected landing, brief detention and interrogation by military officials, and subsequent movement among forts and dockyards. The account mixes practical reportage of military dispositions, examinations, and local procedures with personal observation of opium use, ritual and everyday customs, and the difficulties created by language barriers, offering episodic scenes and grounded details that convey daily life and confusion amid wartime operations.