I also didn't hear it
What are you trying to do?
Captain
Are they still fighting across the river?
Ls our Regiment still there?
All our troops retreated long ago
lf anyone dares run away
My grenades will follow you
Luo
Since when did you become...
so courageous?
Back off!
Sergeant Jiao
Sergeant wants us to make it out alive
Sergeant Jiao
Sergeant Jiao!
I never heard the bugle call
I haven't heard a thing
I can't order a retreat
Sorry, guys
Carry him into the mine
Leave a space for me next to him
Leave if you heard the call
I won't stop you
I didn't hear it, so I'm staying
Let's get the explosives ready
These were written by our dead brothers
Some are martyrs
The rest are mine
Charge
lf you're scared, start yelling
lt works
Two months later
POW Ward, 8th Hospital, 3rd Field Army
His wounds have healed well
His hearing has nearly been restored to normal
Two of the three broken bones have settled
His shell shock is quite severe
He is emotionally unstable
Still unnerved from the trauma
Over there
Doctor Zhang
Do you think he's telling the truth?
Could he be lying on purpose?
Lt's hard to tell
But he's in a better mood today
Wang, the noodles look good!
I told you already
My name isn't Wang
Okay, I'm sorry
Then what's your name?
Gu Zidi
As in. Son of the army.?
Gu Zidi
No, it means. Millet field.
You should know
The registration records are clear
The 85th Army, 254th Division
2nd Battalion, 5th Company, Private Wang
That wasn't my uniform
The name on the uniform
Has nothing to do with me
lt was never my uniform
Then why were you wearing it?
I already told you a thousand times
lt was too late to retreat
I was hiding out in an old mine
I climbed out to look for something to eat
Didn't I have to change my uniform?
While I was looking for food
I also blew up their ammo transport
You blew out those tanks
What about the letter?
What are you laughing at?
You want to screw with me, too?
Lucky for you we didn't meet in battle
You're blessed by your parent's good deeds
Go light incense for them
What losers!
You were captured on the Wen River's south bank
Will you admit to that much?
I was in the advanced guard of the 139th Battalion
I was ordered to secure the south bank
I was with my troops
You mean.
Before we took you prisoner
The enemy had already taken you prisoner
ls that right?
Taken prisoner?
Who?
The unit you told me no longer exists
All unit numbers were changed last year
Didn't you know?
The Central Plains Field Army changed to the 2nd Field Army
This hospital belongs to the 3rd Field Army
lt was previously called the Eastern China Field Army
We can't find the Division you said you belonged to
We have no way to confirm what you say
lt's also not the hospital's duty to do so
The 2nd and 3rd Field Divisions are all preparing the next campaign
Do you follow me?
What do you mean?
Stop messing around
I sympathize with you but it won't help
Your wounds have mostly healed
Get your travel pay and hurry back home
The hospital will issue you a pass
Travel pay and passes are only given to POWs
You don't have to go home
You can go look for your troops
lf you think you can find them
I entered the army in 1939
I fought the Japs and then the Nationalists
Shit!
L'll be real blunt
This field hospital
Can't verify your true identity
You'll only be a burden to our hospital
In addition
What good would come of it for you?
We've identified other men of your age
Pretending to be a Private
Some were Generals
Others were Colonels
I hope you'll recover soon
Any artillery men?
Has anyone served in artillery?
You're all soldiers
Reply
Here
I was.
In artillery
How many years were you in artillery?
Not that long
But long enough
What kind of artillery have you used?
The normal kind
Barrels are at least.
What artillery do you have here?
Are you from Central Field?
That's right
And you have done artillery?
Sure have
I've even blown up tanks
He doesn't seem like it
What's the traverse range of a howitzer?
Minus five degrees, straight 45 degrees
This is the range for what?
How old are you?
Twenty?
Our Captain fought the Japs in 1940
He's been in the army as long as you
Lieutenant
Give him some money
Tell him to scram
Yes, sir
You old dog
Come on
What's he laughing at?
He's asking you
Why are you laughing?
One of my men used to eat flapjacks like that
He was always stuffing his mouth
When the battle was over
he ended up not making it
Let him stay
Yes, sir
Understood
Yes, sir
The American tanks
Are assembling across the bridge
The Division Commander
Ordered us to get behind the enemy line
And post a lookout
We'll blow them to pieces
Before the main attack
Okay
l'll go right over
I need two men from the Scout Platoon
The Scout Platoon is out locating the enemy's front line
Then transfer over two guards
I will go, too
I can't do much with artillery
I can be of more use
As a foot soldier
Okay
Get the enemy's uniform
Then we can get up closer
Understood
The American's uniform?
What?!
Would you pass as one?
Get the South Korean's
Shit!
I stepped on a mine
Don't move
Walk back along your footsteps
Keep an eye on the road
Don't come over
lt won't explode unless you move your leg
Don't worry about me
Continue on with the others
I wouldn't know which way to fire
They know!
A tank!
An American tank!
Just leave me
Don't get yourselves killed
Go!
Put the guns down
Put them down
We are the allied troops
Er Dou
Relax
This uniform decides if we make it out alive
But we don't know how to speak Korean
We don't speak Korean
The Americans speak even less
Where's Hoengsong gun?
How do we get to Hoengsong gun?
(Chinese gibberish trying to sound Korean)
No, no
Where is Hoengsong gun?
Hoengsong gun?
Yeah, yeah
Hoengsong gun
Stop messing with him
How do we get there?
He stepped on a landmine
He's on a landmine
lt's not your lucky day
Looks like a French anti personnel mine
lf you're lucky
Just the leg get blown off
I know this will blow my leg off
Well, good luck to you
You're gonna need it
Let's get out of here
They have more things to worry about than us
Stay still
Gu
Stand still
Lift up your foot
Slowly
What will happen?
I've got a plan
You are the eyes of dozens of cannons
Lift your foot and walk away
Faster
lt might cost me a leg
But you'll be blown to pieces
You know what?
I can't even hear the artillery sound
The assembly call keeps ringing in my ears
lt never stops playing
All my men heard it
I was the only one who didn't
I might as well be dead
Then I could see my 47 brothers
Man
You can't die
Hurry the fuck up
Order the battalion to blow up the bridge
Alm at 475
075 to the right
Fifth Company, four cannons
Ready
Fire
Minus five
003 to the left
Fire
On my command
All fire
Fire
Captain
Let's go
Lead us out of here
lf we don't go
We'll all die
lf the bugle hasn't sounded
Even if you're the last man standing
You must keep fighting
Li Fucai
Killed in action
700 hundred pounds of rice
Here
Man Di, Zhang Wancai, Xu Fugui, Zhang Shunxiang
Missing in action
200 hundred pounds
They're not missing in action
They were war heroes
Five men came from my village
Three got killed
Two are deemed heroes
And my brother?
Missing in action
That's not fair
Yeah, so unfair
Comrade
Please be fair
My brother didn't come home from the war
Wasn't he killed in action?
He's still dead either way
But he's got to die for a reason
The family of a hero gets 700 pounds of rice
Families of the missing in action
Get 200 pounds of rice only
A difference of 500
Sir
What kind of gun is this?
Haven't seen it before
I wonder what this is
Comrade
Let me ask you a question
Are you from the local military office?
Yes
Has anyone come looking for troops from
Central Field's 2nd special division?
Liu
This is your department
Have there been?
Central Field's 2nd special division?
So many troops have come back
I can't remember
Hey, Comrade
Take a look at this
What kind of gun is this?
British 77
I used this in guerrilla warfare in Pingxi
Hard to use
My husband's name was Wang Jincun
Troops from our town saw him in Yang village
He was a teacher
His letters said he didn't fight in the front line
In war, it doesn't really matter
Whether you fought in the front line or not
He's either dead, ran away, or taken prisoner
That's why he's missing
Comrade
People from town keep gossiping
And say he was executed by his own troops
His mother died with shame
Excuse me
Your husband was Wang Jincun?
Yes
I was his Captain
Battlefields lined both sides of the Wen River
Hundreds of thousands of troops were assembled here
And if all the reinforcements were added together
They'd outnumber everyone in this county
Of course
Many people died
This should be the place
But it looks completely different
Sir
Any entrances to the old mine?
There's one below, it collapsed
Take me to it
Let's go
This isn't it
Are there any other entrances?
This is the only one left
The others were destroyed in '52
Were any bodies found?
Not that I heard
My men were all lying inside
You didn't see them?
They were all lying inside
Why couldn't you see them?
Gu
Calm down
Did you find this helmet here?
This? We've got tons of them
The miners pee in them at night
These were worn on the heads of soldiers
And you pee in them!
Gu!
Miss
Don't listen to them
Your husband was a good man
I can prove it
He shed his blood on this soil
I can prove it
Gu
I will prove that my brothers
Are buried under this mountain of coal
I will prove it to them
l'll prove it
He was studying at the provincial teacher's college
He left without saying a word
His mother missed him so much
She became ill
And never got out of bed again
At first
We received letters from him
After receiving his last letter
On August 13, 1948
I never heard from him again
He wrote to you everyday
His clothes were filled with letters
Please
Tell me how he died
Please tell me
He was very clean
His hair was always perfectly combed
He looked the same when he died
He was hit by a tiny bit of shrapnel
About this big. On a fatal spot
You couldn't see the wound
He looked as if he was sleeping
His hair looked perfect
Gu
There's no point in looking
Not a single one has a name
They're all anonymous soldiers
Their parents gave them names
How did they become nameless men?
Where is he?
Reporting, sir!
He's squatting over there
Er Dou
I've come to see you
Of course, why else would you come?
Easy does it, Flapjack
You know you're going blind
What if you fell into the river? Not so hard
Why didn't you tell me you were coming?
Not so hard, you'll choke me
Your troops are watching
What are you smiling at?
No smiling allowed
Yes, sir
Don't forget
This is my blood brother
Who is that?
Come over
Let me introduce you
Sun Guiqin
My Political Officer's wife
Hello
I'm Zhao Erdou
Hello
He's the Colonel I told you about
He's just like me, uneducated
In artillery school, he could never sleep
He ended up getting kicked out
I applied to leave
Stop making things up!
She went to the County looking for her late husband
How could she find him if I couldn't?
I brought her here to ask for your help
I know you can help
How can I help?
She has a fever
Must have gotten sick from the rain
Hurry and help get her stuff
Zhao
Get the car
ls her temperature down?
Lt's down
lt was over forty degrees
Scary
You haven't slept?
I dozed off
I had them make some noodles
What are you laughing at?
That's for the girl
But you didn't bother to ask if I'm hungry?
Take it
l'll order some more
lt's no big deal
Relax
I'm just messing with you
Flapjack
I came to ask for three favors
First get me another job transfer
I'm not going home
A retirement home for veterans was built by the Wen River
Forget it
You can't stay in a place like that
lt'll turn you into a ghost
lf you don't want to go back home
Transfer your work papers here
You can stay with me
You're not my son!
Why should I stay with you?
You can be my godfather, okay?
A piece of that landmine is lodged in your skull
Sooner or later you'll go completely blind
What will you do then?
No more bullshit
Stay here
Stay with my regiment
Do whatever you want here
Look at your power
Go on
In North Korea, you made a promise to me.
You said you'd help me find my troops after the war
Gu
Millions of soldiers
Troops who lost entered new units
Even if we think the world of ourselves
We're just like drops in a river
Why would they care about us?
They don't care
We must care about it
Tell me the truth
That report I made
Did you ever pass it up the line?
Of course I did
But l'll bet it just got stuck in the pile
They said
The headquarters received many letters like yours
Hundreds of thousands of them
They couldn't open them all
Be patient
ls she awake?
Not yet
Report when she's awake
Yes, Colonel
I've said the first two
There's one more
Brother
I found a wife for you
Who?
She's down with a fever
Stop kidding around!
How about it?
You don't like her because she's a widow?
Nonsense
I'm no golden boy myself
lt's just not right
Seems right to me
I think you should be with her
We're brothers
So l'll be blunt
A blind person doesn't deserve such a woman
lt wouldn't be fair to her
Tell me
What does her face look like?
A beauty
I can't see clearly what she looks like
lf she is so beautiful
lt's a waste to leave her with me
Tell her what you should
lf you can't find the words
l'll talk to her when she's better,
Listen to your brother
She cherishes a loved one that's passed away
She will devote herself to a living one
Gu
Yes?
What do you want for dinner?
Dumplings
lf during the holidays
A few of us friends
Can celebrate together
We will remember
All the memories we treasure
A song filled with joy
We will remember
All the memories we treasure
A song filled with joy
At the end of the battle
You were the only one left standing?
That's right
I was the only one left
How'd you get the enemy's uniform?
What?
We need to know in detail
the order of events
After all this time
You are still missing the point
Since you claimed to be the only one alive
Who is to verify your story?
What else do you want to know?
Just tell me
I want to hear it out
Suppose
You intentionally snuck into the enemy's ranks
How did you do it?
Why did you do it?
What were you thinking?
Did you consider the consequences?
We hope you will take these questions seriously
The Party needs to make the record straight
And you need to make the record straight
Your employment is registered in our county
lt is our duty to review our cadres
Comrade Gu Zidi
Take your time
Before you answer
Think it through
Try to remember
No rush
I've said all I can say
What else do you want to know?
Please answer the questions I just asked
Fuck you
What did you say?
I said, fuck you
Watch your mouth
Comrade Gu
You must calm down
You are full of shit, and I am to be calm?
You are responsible for your words and actions
I've already died hundreds of time
Who cares about this bullshit?
Write this down
Take down what he just said
Don't just take down my words
Write this down as well
He can take care of himself
Absolutely ridiculous!
He's got a bad temper
Wang
See the two officials off
Give my regards to the Director
Gu
Try to cooperate
Don't be like this
lt's not fair
lt's so unfair
Gu
You can't see your way around
Don't come up here
My eyesight is poor, but my nose is keen
lf the forest caught on fire
You wouldn't see it
But I'd be able to smell it
Nice view
Gu
Look towards the road
Gu
They've been found
What's been found?
Er Dou just got the notice!
Gu
They found your old regiment
My girl
Er Dou isn't fooling around with me?
No, it's true
You mustn't fool around
lt's true
Come back with me
What's wrong?
Be careful
lt's true
You must not fool around
Director Qin
Thanks for waiting
Colonel Zhao
Thanks for coming
This is the person I told you about
Our battalion's hero
Volunteer soldier, Bronze Star for distinguished service
Flapjack
lt would be better to say
I'm the Central Plains Field Army's Special 2nd Division
139th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 9th Company, Captain Gu Zidi
I've come to report to Colonel Liu
This is Director Qin from the Chemical Defense Regiment
He is handling the cases associated with the 139th Regiment
Comrade Gu
On behalf of the regiment's Political Officers
I welcome you
Your regiment is the same as the old 139th Regiment?
Not entirely
Our regiment now includes
Part of the Western Henan's Training Corps
And a part of the old 139th Regiment
We haven't been able to handle all of the Regiment's cases
We checked the MIA name list from the Wen River mission
Your name was listed
Colonel Liu was transferred to the Branch Military Cadre Academy
As the Deputy Commandant
After the Korean War started
He re entered combat duties
As Deputy Commander of the 280th Division
Gu.
Captain Gu
You are?
Me?
I'm Liangzi
I am managing the Memorial Cemetery here
You don't recognize my voice?
I was the regiment's Bugler
You twerp
You're still alive
During the fifth campaign
He led two infantry battalions
To cover the division's retreat
When it came time for our own retreat
lt was already too late
More than five hundred men died
Only thirty escaped alive
His back was blown apart
I had to carry him back
He was in the hospital for more than half a month
But he didn't make it
Why not retreat earlier?
The transmitter had been destroyed
We never received the retreat order
We couldn't do anything about it
They could only keep pounding forward
He's one tough son of a bitch
Trained by the old school
Stubborn ass
Liangzi
No one sent to the old mine survived
How did the Regiment evaluate this?
After the battle, Commissar Zhang inspected the area himself
He couldn't find anyone, dead or alive
Everyone was listed as MIA
My ears belong on pigs
I never heard your assembly bugle call
Some troops heard it
But I never heard it
I've always felt guilty about this
But I never blew the assembly call
They all heard it
I never played it
Gu
l'll tell you one more time
I never played the assembly bugle call
Why not?
The Regiment suddenly received the order to retreat
At that time
You were in the old mine
Holding up a lot of the enemy
lf we ordered your retreat
The entire regiment may have been in serious trouble
Perhaps
Even wiped out by the enemy
Colonel Liu
Never ordered the assembly call to be sounded
You were afraid of being wiped out?
What about us?
The 9th Company!
Gu
Liu!
Gu!
The Colonel felt terrible about this
Even on his death bed
He talked about nothing but you
I was with the Colonel for more than ten years
He was a good person!
Blame me instead
I never played the Assembly
Not for the Colonel nor for the 9th Company
I'm so sorry
Gu!
Liu!
The Colonel is dead
You were afraid of being wiped out!
The entire 9th Company was wiped out!
Let me apologize for the Colonel
I am the only one left I beg you
Brothers of the 9th company
Colonel Liu offers his deepest apologies
I wish I was wiped out long ago
Damn Liu
I was waiting for your bugle call!
My men were always waiting for your call!
They died one by one.
Waiting for your call!
Gu Zidi!
Why can't you just let go
People die, it's part of war
Lots of soldiers died, not just your company
Let me remind you
I was Colonel Liu's bodyguard
I still am to this day
lf you don't stop this nonsense
l'll rip your head off
What are you doing?
This is the Memorial Cemetery
I didn't want you to go down the road
But you would not listen
Aren't you just picking on your own wound?
All his men died
He's been searching for them all these years
He won't hurt anyone by shouting
What's done is done
Don't bring it up again
You, too
Calm down
Liu my man
I'm not.
I can take the fact...
that the call wasn't sounded
But all my men
My forty seven brothers
All fought to death bravely
How could they be called MIA?
You are buried here
Who can prove what really happened?
Repeat the orders
By tomorrow twelve noon
No matter what it takes
We must secure the old mine on the southern bank
What else?
Always listen. For the Assembly bugle call
Fall back when you hear it
Liu
Have a good rest
l'll bring you cigarettes and wine from now on
We share the same fate
You owe me nothing
I also owe you nothing
We are even now
What are you digging for?
Bodies
What bodies?
Dead bodies
Do you have permission from the mine?
Let go
What are you really up to?
Did you ask for permission?
Lf you didn't, then you can't dig here
Let go of me
You can't dig here
Let go
This old soldier has lost his mind
He's crazy
This old man is crazy
Comrade Gu Zidi
You're obstructing the mine's economic development
You are a decorated veteran
You should know better
lt's been more than a month
He keeps digging like crazy
He's interfering with our schedule to store the coal
Soon snow will cover the mountains
We must finish storing the coal on time
Gu
You can report any issues to your superiors
Just don't make trouble here
I've written nine letters
Asking others to help me dig
No one responded
Even if we all helped digging
And removed the mountain of coal
What if there's nothing underneath?
Then just bury me there
I told you he was crazy
Let him be then
Just don't let him get hurt
Send him food at meal breaks
Don't let him starve
Okay
Get back to work, hurry
He lives here
lt's one of the miner's huts
ls there heat?
Fire. Otherwise he'd have frozen to death
This veteran must really be suffering
Gu!
With Liangzi's help
Er Dou found the 139th Regiment's Commissar Zhang
He realized you were still alive
And that your men were all killed in battle
He wanted to meet you
The military gave an official notice to the local government
Your eyesight is poor
l'll read it to you
Wait
I have to wash my face first
Regarding the Central Field Army's Special 2nd Division
139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company
Notification of the Martyrdom of Revolutionary Heroes
The Local Government of Wen River County
Wen River County War Hero Cemetery
In accordance with the recommendation of our leaders
The People's Liberation Army
Formerly the Central Field Army, 2nd Special Division
139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company, Political Officer
Wang Jincun
Lieutenant Jiao Dapeng
Soldiers Luo Guangtian
Lu Kuangou
Jiang Maocai
Gong Liangguo
Meng Shilin etc. Forty seven soldiers
In the Wen River Battle during the Civil War in 1948
Honorably completed their field duty
All died as heroes
For the liberation of the Chinese people
They sacrificed their lives
Now they are posthumously decorated as revolutionary heroes
Special Official Notification
People's Liberation Army
Wen River Military, Political Office
19 Dec 56
My brothers
Why can't I find you?
Come out for a breath of air, my brothers
The 9th Company
In three defensives against the enemy
Destroyed two enemy tanks
And killed many enemy troops
Including Captain Gu Zidi
Forty seven men
All perished
No survivors
Political Officer
Wang Jincun
The lunar calendar's 4th day of December
The enemy is attacking again
Captain
Do we have any ammo left?
I can't move my leg.
The enemy must not get their hands on our brothers
Captain
I didn't disgrace you, did I?
We'll be brothers in our next life
Reporting, sir
Central Plains Field Special 2nd Division
139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company, Captain Gu Zidi
Reporting
My company
Was dispatched to the old mine on the south bank of the Wen River
To intercept the enemy's 254th Division
We destroyed three enemy tanks
And killed many enemy soldiers
Except for Captain Gu Zidi
All forty seven men were killed
Not one survived
This concludes my report
Thank you
9th Company is assembled
For your review
In the battle of Wen River
The 9th Company resolutely followed orders
Honorably completing its duty
All soldiers in the 9th Company are awarded
Medals of Valor
Heroes of the 9th Company
You can all rest in peace
Present arms
Ready
Fire
Ready
Fire
Ready
Fire
Parade rest
Bugler
Yes, sir
Sound the bugle call
Yes, sir
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