" My Captain, My Regiment " was not an adaptation of a true story but was based on the fictional novel Langley. " Langley " was about the life and battles of an army in Myanmar during the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan. " My Regiment Commander, My Regiment " was a fictional novel set in the military. It told the story of a soldier who grew up to be a leader in the war. Although the plot and characters of the novel were all based on real history, it was a literary work and not an adaptation of a real story.