Episode 12
Can I know why you visit us here
at this time? It’s pretty late.
Tell me
How has I offended you?
So I can find out before I die
Brother Zhu, we came to join you here
Sorry about what we did before
He is my big brother
Brothers
The reason I assemble you in night,
Is because I have some good news
I just got two brothers here
One is Mr. Zhou, one is Mr.Xu
Mr. Zhou will be the second master of our
- Cool Breeze Village – Big brother
Our second master
Please
Brothers, in front of Guanyu
Welcome our second master
Wait a second
Big brother, we got something to say
What’s that?
Brother, Zhou just came here
Why he can be our second master?
Because he got the ability
If you got that ability
How can he tied you up?
Brother, that didn’t count
They took me by surprise
Kind of sneak raid, right?
Yes, it is
If you are really that good
Do it again, just you and me
If you got me
Other brother won’t say a word
Right. Yes
Second master. How is that?
Let me do it
All right
I’ll let you do it for 3 moves first
There’s no need. You four can come together
What?
He can really make people annoying by words
You’re too ignorant and shameless
Keep your eyes wide open
Here I come
Get up, all of you
Is that enough?
Come and meet your second master here
Second master
Wishes good health to my Second master
Regiment commander, we are finally near home
When I close my eyes, I can see the pancake
with spring onion we eat in
Mount Hutou these days
You think that’s just you?
I see it everyday
All right, let’s make a competition
See whose horse can get you there first
We can get there before dark
All right
Regiment commander, what’s that?
When did the Japs
make a strong point here?
I just have gone for couple days
They had already put a knife on my heart
Tie the horse
Let’s go and check it out – Yes, sir
Telescope
Regiment commander, what’re we gonna do?
The Japs make a strong point here
If we take a detour
It will cost us two more days
They are all waiting for us
What did you say? Take a detour?
You want me take a detour? No way
So what’re we gonna do?
Long
Do you see the hill there?
Yeah
Ride there, and make some noise
Xu, do you take the firecrackers with you?
- Yeah – Fire them all
Regiment commander, what’re you doing?
See that crossroad?
- Yeah – After done that
Meet us there
We rushed there together
Yes, sir
go
Tell me, is this for the 8th route army?
Officer, this
This is for my mum
Beat him
I'm telling you the truth. It’s for my mum
Not for the 8th route army
Tell me, is it for the 8th route army?
We got company
The eight route! Assemble!
Fire
These Japs want to
block me out?
Regiment commander, the Japs put the nail here
They will cause us lots of trouble out
Relax
I'will take them.
Let’s go , back to the regiment
Chu Zhang, come on in
Come in
Sit
It’s a long way. Have some water
Here
You drink first
Qiu is back
Wu, let me introduce
This is comrade Chu Zhang
HQ send here to be our adviser
Chu Zhang
Wu
Nice seeing you
You two know each other?
Yes, we worked together
in Nanjing
Sit
I never thought it would be you
How are you these years? What did you do?
I was there at the door of the bookstore
I saw they took you in the car
Spend several years in the nationalist’s prison
They kept me there until the
Second operation between CCPand KMT
Our organization send me to Yan`an
studied a year now I’m here
Great. We’ll work together
Here’s another thing
- Yi Chen is also here – Yi Chen?
Chu Zhang
Don’t see this coiming, right?
Come in, have a seat
Why you came here?
Organization send me here
to be their advisor
really?
We can fight together
Chu Zhang
Xiaoyu
You two know each other?
And you too?
Chu Zhang why you came here?
Sister Yi Chen, how you two know each other?
Xiaoyu, we are more than just know
We are classmates in the university
And we work in the identity of married couple
in Nanjing for a year
Fake married couple?
No wander you two seem
a little mysterious
There must be something, I can tell
This fake marriage didn’t go real?
Xiaoyu, stop
Yi Chen, Xiaoyu and I
were met when we study in Yan’an
About me and Yi Chen
We don't so many secret det
Tell me, why you got here
Let me guess
You are here to marry her?
Xiaoyu! Don’t.
I came here to
To do what?
A big man will marry someone eventually
Come on, say it
Right? Sister Yi Chen
I’ll never marry someone until the Japs are gone
Wu, I have been out for a while
And leave this all to yourself
Thank you for your hard working
Wu, how is everything lately?
Fine
Just as always
Really?
The Japs have already pound
nails on our heart
And you said fun?
Seems I can keep nothing from you
You can’t hide things from me
Wu, we need to take this nail out
The sooner the better
How about this
Assemble our officers above the company
level and discuss it tonight
- What do you think? – OK
This time I went to Xuzhou
and pick some students there,on our way back
We met some Japs
Xu was wounded by a stay bullet
They can’t take it out
So we send him in town to get treatment there
Who’s this Xu?
He is from Suzhou Special Agency
Is he OK?
I suppose
I think he’s fine
Xu also brought one guy
from Xuzhou
He’s a friend of his
He is really knows who to fight
If it’s not him
We’re not gonna make it here
Are you serious?
Yeah, we only got ten
And the Japs are over 50
If you said is true
This man is pretty awesome
What’s his name?
Where’s he?
He said it’s Weiguo Zhou. Now
Now he left Mount Hutou
Report
Officier Chen
Staff officer Zhang
Regiment commander said
- He wants you two meet him there -OK
Comrades
Since the July 7th Incident last year
It’s already second year of
war against Japan
And we count it from September 18th Incident
We have fight with Japan
about 7 years
It’s a long time
Now we need to bide our time
I believe we will make it through
This time, I brought you a book from the HQ
Chairman Mao write it
“On Protracted War”
Comrades
If we learn this
We can stay and protect ourself
And we will kick the Japs out
Eventuallty
But now our condition here
is not so optimistic
we must save our energy
but
it’s not enough
Chairman have told us, offensive and defensive
Not just defensive, we also need to offensive
So I assemble you together and have this meeting
To discuss about
Our next move
Regiment commander, I’ll say something
On behalf of 3rd company
We’ll complete our tasks no matter what
So say it, regiment commander
What do you need us to do
No hurry,here
Comrades, look
This is Mount Hutou, this is Qifengkou
If we want go in Mount hutou
We must go through Qifengkou
But the Japs pound
a nail right here
We can’t run from this
Regiment commander, let’s take them
It’s like the Japs pound a nail
into our heart
It feels terrible
All right, I called you here
So we can find some ideas
How can we take this nail out
Master, master
Master
Easy, bro
Are you drank?
Look at him, always dringking
Master
He even looks like one
Here, drink this
Easy, easy , easy
I find feel my tongue
What’s the thing? Say it
Master, the 8th route
What’s about the 8th route?
Our brothers down the hill said
The 8th route are gonna take the Japs in Qifengkou
Laitou, what’re you saying?
The 8th route are gonna take the Japs in Qifengkou
The 8th route? With that crap?
Can they win them?
No matter who win
This gonna be something pretty interesting
Didn’t you know there is a saying?
Once the gunshot begins
the gold will fall over the place
Take his ass
Do you know how many Japs are there?
They took Qifengkou by themselves
You think you owe there?
Keep bluffing
Big brother
I think the 8th route gonna loose this time
Since it’s not a good business
Let’s don’t mess up with them
Right,big brother?
You finally said something right,bro
Big brother, we can’t take this
How about that, we just watch them far behind
If we can fight,we fight
If we can’t help, just go
Bullshiting
If we are all like you
Always working for the win side
Afraid of wolves ahead and tiger behind
Japs your ass
I’m not choosing the win side,
not that good like you,ok?
We have only about one hundred brothers
While the Japs are so many
You can go and fight with them. Kill them
or run away, I didn’t say something wrong
Wu, remember you are a brigand
You’re not some regular army
So what, yes I’m not some regular army
But regular army is not the only one can fight
Regular army is not the only one can kill them
And regular army is not the only one got balls
I ‘m not afraid
You are afraid
Who? Tell me again
Big brother didn’t say anything yet
You’re terrified
Wu Li
You are drank again?
It’s just keep happening every time you drink,sit
Sit ,sit
Laitou
Do you know when the 8th route gonna fight?
I have no idea
But seeing from this
Maybe just these two days
Big brother
What do you think?
- Go and check it out – Yes, master
Second master
Do you got any idea?
Big brother, look
This is Qifenkou
Qifengkou is the key to
Mount hutou
So the 8th route will take it
But if I remember right,
There’re over one hundred Jap
and 200 hundred puppet soldiers settled there
You’re right
Considering the weapon of the 8th route
Even the county brigades and militias come
that will make them 2000
To take a stronghold like this
Even with more preparation and arrangement
It’ll take them more than 3 hours
And for their enemy
They all got mechanized army
So it means
Their reinforce will come to Qifengkou
and support them within 3 hours
So the 8th route are not gonna make it
Right, our second master is right
Big brother, look
Their stronghold is in Village Fang, Village Li
and Village Xiao
It’s less than 50 li between
the villages and Qifengkou
If the Japs go there by car
They will get there in an hour
This’s too hard
Second master, I know that
But how can we fight them exactly?
Big brother, we can’t fight with the 8th route
You mean we don’t fight?
No. We help them
But not join them
How can we help them?
- We take down these reinforce – Reinforce?
Do you got the number?
Yeah. I got it
Such a hard work these two days
Master
We got a lot from the last battle
- Fill me in.- All right
This
This is what second master called that,T…- TNT
Right, that T bla bla
We got 8 boxes of this
And grenade from the Japs
I counted one by one
27 boxes!
Got two MG waigazi
Over 2000bullets
And some rifle
Bullets of that, I lose count of that
All right, you got a good memory
Count the bullet and give it to me
Careful of that
All right
OK.bro. How many we will take with us?
All of them
What? All of it?
Second master, you didn’t know
It took me years
to get this, little by little
It’s not easy
And you want all of them? That’s not necessary
Second master, he is telling the truth
Look at it
It’s enough for 500 soldiers
But we only got 100 men here
It’s too much
Brother
You can’t listen to second master
If we take them all, and something happened
We have nothing left
No ammos for emergency
Nothing at all
Right, big brother, say something
Go
Second master
No pains no gains
If you really want something big
You must have enough things to gamble
All right
We’ll do as you say, take them all with us
Report! 1st 2nd3rd company
are all packed and ready to go
And so is the district force
All the ambush for envelop and for the reinforce
are all set
We’re all ready for your command
All right, on my command
Take your troops and go back to sleep
- Sleep? - Sleep
don’t understand?
This fight is depend on your energy
and the weapon and ammo
There’re lots of reinforce around Qifengkou
We’re not gonna take this down,unless we make
these Japs running behind in the hills
That’s Why I told you go back to sleep
And sleep well
Prepare to have a running competition with them
Yes,master
I don’t hear ya. Understand?
Understand!
All right. Go
Company commander Xu? – Yes
You stay – Yes, sir
- Sit down – I think I’ll stand
Sit down
Your company got our best soldiers here
But I didn’t sent you to be the main assault
So you have complains,right?
Report, regiment commander
Yes but just a little
But you’re my superior since long time ago
No matter what kind of task
I will complete it
All right. Let me ask you
What’s the point of this battle?
Main assault troops, of course
There will be a hard fight there
Yes, you’re right
So although I didn’t let you go
I let the second company
which is next to yours go there
Do you have any idea
Why I didn’t let you go and block them?
I don’t know
Here,look
See? This is Qifengkou
Here, the Japs got stronghold in
Village Zhao, Li and Xiao nearby
So, I ask our friendly forces
to hit their reinforce
So we won’t have to face the enemies
from both sides. Your mission
Is block the reinforce came from Laiyang
Japs in Laiyang
are their best forces
And we’re not gonna
fight them in front
So, whether you can block the Japs
from Laiyang for 3 hours
is the key to take Qifengkou
This fight
I need you win them in tactics
Not just fight them
Even you’re our best here
But your company against their reinforce
you can only block them
for half an hour at most.
But I want you to make it 3 hours
- Can you do that? – I can
All right. I ‘ll send Chu Zhang to your company
And help you with it
This battle
is all depend on you
I’m assure you, I’ll complete the task
OK. Go
Bye. Regiment commander
Second master
It’s all here
Check what else we’re gonna need
Do we have a brickie here
in our Cool Breeze Village?
Yeah,we got one. Heipi
Master. What do you need?
You are a brickie before, right?
Yeah,Yeah
Before I joined here
I was a brickie in our village
Brother, I need a favor
Second master, just say it
Find two brother who
also can do that work,
Get two carts with cement on it
Go with us in the end
Big brother,…
Go
All right, leave it to me
Master
We have news from our scouts
What’s that?
The 8th route didn’t come out?
No?
It’s been 2 days
Are they really gonna fight?
It’s real
Seeing fron this
This would be it
- Keep on watching- Yes, master
Bro
Big brother, it’s all right
To the 8th route, it’s a hard fight
But they don’t have any advantages in
their equipment and soldiers.
Their only chance to take the Qifengkou
is they find a way to make
the Japs run after they all over the hill
So I think they are
saving some energy right now
Brother, what about we also take a break
No, stick to the plan
We will set off the exactly timing
as we planned
OK. I’m your man
I really don’t understand what’s in his mind
So many cement.
We are going combat or building a house?
Yeah, absolutely!
We have to carry this all the long way
To do what?
Yeah.
Hurry
Mr.Zhao. Mr. Zhao
what’s the second master thinking?
You ask me? Who can I ask
Go away
Halt!
Stop!
Big brother, it’s time
Let’s do it
All right, second master
Tell me what to do
There’s a valley straight ahead
We need to move all the stones
in 400 meters away in three hours
Clear our field. And plant 5 boxes of
sexplosives in our range of guns
See that big rock?
- Yes – Dig under the stone
The deeper the better
Divide our bros into two teams
Take some TNT on each side
And find four sharpshooters
Take their machine gunner
Change positions on each 3 shots
Second master, I have a word
We have already marched one day and a night
Where’s hell we are going?
And what the hell are we going to do?
Big brother, let me ask you
Which is the nearest place
from here?
The county town Laiyang
Qifengkou is further
About 100 li away
Right. We are close to the Japs
HQ in county Laiyang
As long as the 8th route start to attack Qifengkou
The Japs from every stronghold will come and help
The stronghold in Laiyang is the closest one
And they have lots of soldiers here.
So they will definitely go there
That means
The 8th route are lurking near Qifengkou
And we gonna lurking near Laiyang
The Japs will never know that
we are going to block them here
We can take them by surprise
I got it
This seems a good idea
We’ll do as you say
Brother Zhou
May I ask you a question?
Please
How do you know that the Japs will go through here
and not somewhere else?
What if they don’t?
Brother
I can make they go this way
Cement go with me
OK. Stop here
Brothers, we don’t have much time left
I will tell you what do do
and please follow my order
Brickies with cement, go with me
Others follow Hu Xu to plant some mines
Go
Let’s go
Mr. Xu, I see you digging holes
but you haven’t any mines in
What are you doing?
Boy, you never attend school, right? – Yeah
We have a word, called soldiers were also sly road
Have you heard of it?
No
You gonna learn this from our second master
Give me the real one
Yes
Where’re you going?
Mr. Xu. I’m having a diarrhea
I’m going to find a place to take care of it
Why bother
Here, poo it here
And after you finish, put some dirt on it
And a little flag on
Remember
All right!
What the hell is he doing?
Give me some air
Just do as he said
Come on, brothers
Make the ground look real
Big brother, we did so many things
What if the Japs never show up here?
Yeah, what are we gonna do about that
Brother, we have hills in both sides
This is the only way between them
How is that possible that the Japs
will take the road between.
They can see it some ambush here
They are not stupid, OK?
We can only pray for our second master
got that brain to draw the Japs here.
I think maybe he really be trick them here
Trick your ass
Come on, faster
Let’s go
Let’s go uphill and see
Regiment commander, it’s all set
All right
Now it 7:55
Pass my command
We will launch attack at 8 o’clock
Yes, sir
Ready, fire
Fire
What’s going on?
It’s the 8th route. They launch an attack
Hurry, get in our field
Fire
Kill them!
Fire, kill them all
Fire
HQ Laiyang, HQ Laiyang
We are the stronghold Qifengkou
We are attacked by lots of 8th route
They are attacking fiercely
Reinforce please, reinforce please
We’ll send force to your
place within 1 hour
The 8th route are attacking
our stronghold in Qifengkou
Mr. Yamakami
You take a tank team
and an infantry team
to support them.
You must keep it
Yes, sir. Leave it to me
We’ll annihilate the 8th route
We will be waiting for your good news
- Yes, sir. - Go
Comrades, you heard that?
They have already begin
The Japs will go through here later
Keep yourself on your toes!
We will show them
how we 3rd company fight
Regiment commander said
This is battle Qifengkou
is count on us
The Japs in Laiyang are all their elites
We can’t just go and fight them
You guys follow my order
We gonna do the sparrow warfare
the guerilla ways
And do our best, hold them for 3 hours
So in this battle,
We are not asking you to kill more Japs
as you can, we’re asking you to buy more time
Right, comrades!
We must let them see how we 3rd company fight
Company commander, staff officer,
We will hold them for 3 hours
No matter what that will cost.
Get ready for fight
- How is everthing? – All set
Take your things
Go uphill and take cover, hurry
Second master, the Japs are coming
How many?
At least 200
And an iron turtle
Why is there an antitank barrier
block in this hell place
How did these 8th route know this?
And how where’s hell did they get these concrete?
- Target, antitank cone, fire – Yes, sir
Mr. Zhao, this seems pretty good
That’s just some concrete mound
Why they are so frightened?
Can they just go through them?
Stop bullshitting
See, these concrete mound have a scientific name
Called antitank cone
That’s just some crap mud
Why they can’t go through
You put some cement on it
So they think it’s some concrete
Fire
Damn 8th route
So crafty
These damn 8th route are so interesting
They use dirt to build antitank cone
But honestly
It’s really looks like that
I know we can’t fool them
We carry it all the long way here
And just one bomb
It’s gone
This antitank cone is fake
Let’s see the mine area
Call the sappers, demining
Bastards
Mr. Xu
Report Shousa, they are all fake mine
These 8th route are really interesting
The mines are not real either
Damn, it’s a trap
They just want buy some time
Qifengkou is in danger
We need reinforce immediately
These 8th route dare to use this tricks
to slow us down
pass my command, full ahead!
Shousa
What if they plant some real mine ahead
Tank go first
Even they really have something here
- It will do us no harm, move! – Yes, sir
Move
Huzi
Change the position.