Episode 17
Tell the truth, or you’ll be burnt you to death.
Now, what do you have to say?
It…It’s too hot. Take it away.
Oh. Are you fearful of it?
You should be, or you’ll suffer more pains.
If scared, then tell the truth.
Say something.
Ok. Ok.
I’ll tell you.
I’ll tell you if you take it away.
Don’t you dare to play any trick.
Yeah.
Say it.
Please come closer to me. I’ll tell you then.
Say it.
-Come closer. -Say it.
I tell you…
Louder.
The Eighth Route Army…
Japs. Come on. Kill me.
Master.
Bro, you lurk here.
We’ll go there to save the Master.
Be careful.
Ouch. Oh, it hurts.
Be gentle.
Master.
I’m all right.
Master
Who is it?
Let’s go.
Attack.
Withdraw.
Second Master, Japs are coming up.
What shall we do?
-Let’s go to the high ground. -Hurry up.
Assemble. Send a message to the General
to ask for reinforcements to encircle enemies.
Yes, sir.
Catch them.
Regimental Commander.
What's up?
Commander, Jie Zhao is back.
Jie Zhao.
-Jie Zhao. What happened? -Commander.
Have you found Yuan Liu and Weiguo Zhou?
Yes.
Where are they?
At Mount Savage. I’ll take you there now.
Dalong, ask all battalion commanders to set out.
-Yes, sir. -Hurry up.
Go.
Second Master, what shall we do?
We’ve been defending for almost a day.
And the ammunition is running out.
Why don't we hit out?
Even if we should all die in the battle,
we should prove us to be real heroes.
Huzi, gather all the bullets from comrades.
Ok.
Weiguo.
It’s all we have.
Master.
Bro.
Huzi.
Remember,
when fighting, aim at important personnel first
like flag-bearers, gunners, and artillerists.
I’ll take care of the commander.
With so few bullets, we must use wisely.
We’ll kill more with bayonets.
Announce to them, now.
Heroes of Cool Breeze Village, surrender.
The Imperial Army treats captives well.
Attack.
Bullets are used up.
Bayonet.
Comrades. Forward.
Forward.
Attack.
Forward.
Attack.
Mr. Zhou.
Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou.
Are you all right?
Commander, this is Weiguo Zhou.
Weiguo Zhou.
You are the Second Master.
Weiguo Zhou, Regiment Commander
in 87th Division of 9th Revolutionary Army.
Ming Qiu, Regiment Commander
in 115th Division of 18th Revolutionary Army.
Master.
Re..regiment Commander.
-Bro. -Master.
So you are a colonel.
How could you conceal it for so long?
I didn’t intend to cheat you.
It had been a long time since I was a colonel.
Master, we only have over twenty men left.
I know.
Bro, I should have listened to you.
Had we left, it won’t be like this.
It’s not your fault.
As Cool Breeze Village is against the Japs,
we’ll be attacked sooner or later.
Bro, now we owe a lot
to the Eighth Route Army.
I must do them a favor in turn,
or I cease to bear the dignity of a real man.
Comrades,
if Mr. Qiu ask us to join Eighth Route Army,
what shall we do?
Master, I heard in Eighth Route Army
conditions are extremely harsh.
I don’t know what others think of it.
As for me, I cannot stand it.
-What about you? -Master.
If he does make the suggestion,
we can stay here for some time.
Later, if we don’t fit in, we’ll sort it out.
Bro, what’s your opinion?
I will follow you.
Ok.
Master Zhu.
-Commander Qiu. -How’s everyone?
Commander Qiu, thanks a lot.
Please accept my sincere acknowledgement.
We’re all anti-Japanese forces.
Master, please don’t be like this.
Comrades, don’t be so upset.
Victory and defeat are common in battlefield.
Take it easy.
I’ve arranged with the kitchen to prepare pork.
Master, let comrades go and have dinner.
Thanks, Commander Qiu.
This way.
Please.
Let’s drink a toast.
My old classmate, a toast to you.
Yi Chen.
Wen Zhou.
No, Weiguo Zhou.
A toast to you.
How are you doing?
Fine.
You’ve changed a lot.
Many things have changed.
Weiguo, I heard you went to Military School.
Actually, Yi Chen and I were also in Nanjing.
Brothers.
Master.
Eighth Route Army saved our lives.
Here, with the liquor prepared by them,
I propose a toast to Eighth Route Army.
Cheers. Cheers.
Drink up.
Enjoy yourself.
Commander Qiu, to tell the truth,
had it not been for the Eighth Route Army,
had it not been for your help,
all of us would’ve been killed.
For now on, let us know
if there’s anything we can do for you,.
We’ll always be willing to help.
Fine.
Master, why not join us?
I sincerely hope
all of you can join the Eighth Route Army.
Commander Qiu,
it is not that I don’t wanna join you,
but that we’ve get used to our way of life.
I’m afraid we won’t fit in here.
Master, you worry too much.
If comrades of the village join our army,
they’ll soon adapt to it.
Come on. Join us to fight the Japs.
Yeah, Master.
I promise
if you come, you’ll be welcomed warmly.
If you’d like to go, you’ll get a warm send-off.
You can go whenever you want. How about it?
Second Master, what do you think?
I’ll follow you.
After joining the Eighth Route Army,
you’ll not be a high-ranking officer.
I’ll be an ordinary solider if I can fight Japs.
Ok.
Comrades, from now on,
Cool Breeze Village
will join Eighth Route Army to fight the Japs.
Ok.
Comrades, I welcome the Master
and brave men in Cool Breeze Village
to join Eighth Route Army. Cheers.
Cheers.
Come on. Master.
Brothers, enjoy yourself.
My poor nephew, you're a hero of Imperial Army.
You can now have peace in heaven.
I’ve fulfilled my promise
to destroy Cool Breeze Village and kill Weiguo.
My sister, I’ve revenged
for the child.
May I come in?
Come in.
I’m sorry General.
What is it?
The bandits escaped.
What?
Fools.
We had already encircled them
when a group of Eighth Route Army showed up
with three to four hundred soldiers.
We were outnumbered and suffered great loss.
And they rescued the bandits.
Find them. It must be the army in Hill Hutou.
Find them and capture Weiguo.
Tear him all in pieces.
Yes, sir.
It is time to part again.
I miss the days when we’re in Shanghai
and Nanjing.
Me too.
It seems that Xiaoyu has a crush on you.
I don’t buy it.
Aren’t Yi Chen and Chu Zhang your friends?
They looked weird.
Ok. We’ll part here.
Is it she?
I said that we’ll part here.
Fine. I’ll go.
Mr. Xu, take care.
Take good care of Weiguo.
Ok, we will.
Bye.
I’ll send you two to 3rd company in Village Yang
where many new people joined us recently.
They are from Cool Breeze Village.
All of them are brave and heroic.
Since they’ve never been in the troops,
I’m afraid they’re not accustomed to army life.
When you get there,
give instruction to their drill and training.
In addition,
you two should support Ziming Zhu
and Weiguo Zhou.
Yes, sir.
Master, you look handsome.
You look great.
The cap should be worn like this.
Come here.
Stand straight.
Listen to me.
The Eighth Route Army treats us well.
Just think how they saved us in Mount Savage
and how they suffered losses themselves.
Now that we’ve joined their army,
we should obey their rules. Clear?
Listen,
I won’t spare anyone who loses my face.
Master, we won’t let you down.
Master, feel assured. We’ll behave ourselves.
Yes. Yes.
No more “Master.”
Call me Platoon Leader.
Yes. Platoon Leader.
Everyone, call me Platoon Leader.
Platoon Leader Master Zhu.
No “Master.” Just Platoon Leader.
Platoon Leader Zhu.
Change your clothes.
It is all done.
Ziming Zhu, Weiguo Zhou,
ever since now,
you’re instructors of 4th Platoon 3rd Company.
On behalf of the Regiment
I congratulate you on being the commanders.
The 4th Platoon now counts on you.
Thank you, officer.
We won’t let you down.
We have no officer here.
Just call me as a comrade.
Comrade. Thanks, comrade.
Ziming Zhu, there’s a tough issue
you should be aware of.
The 4th Platoon is only formed recently.
Besides men from Cool Breeze Village,
there are some new recruits.
You’d better be prepared
for difficulties
in leading the 4th Platoon.
Dude.
Call me as Company Commander.
Commander Dude.
I understand what you mean.
As the old saying goes,
a bad general spoils the whole army.
With Second Master,
With Weiguo, everything will be all right.
Good. I hope so.
Platoon Leader Zhao.
Take Platoon Leader Zhu and Zhou
to the headquarters.
Brief them on the situations here.
Yes.
Then we’ll go.
Ok. Bye.
Guangrong Xu.
Yes.
Don't you be misled by their appearances.
They seem to be undisciplined.
But they are not like recruits.
They’re experienced in battles.
Believe it or not,
with proper guidance,
every one of them will be a good soldier.
Commander, I admire you most.
I’ll believe whatever you say.
Fine. Then, you’ll be responsible for them.
They are immature now,
but remember
to help them.
As long as it’s not against the rule,
try to forgive their minor mistakes.
Ok, I know.
Stand straight.
Put on your cap.
Look at yourself. Do you call yourself a soldier?
Those in the back, stand straight.
What’s the matter? Those in the back.
Stand straight.
Comrade, I mean you.
Comrade, are you a new comer?
Now, you are a soldier.
Put on the cap.
Button up.
Comrade, button up.
Who are you? Are you an officer?
Why should I listen to you?
Comrade, be careful with your wording.
My wording.
Who do you think you are?
How dare you order me?
Listen, no one ever dares to criticize me
expect my mom.
What are you doing?
Come on. Let’s have a duel.
Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhou, I’m afraid
leading the 4th Platoon is a tough job.
There are 34 soldiers in this platoon.
24 of them are from Cool Breeze Village.
The other 10 are recruits.
These 10 recruits
were hunters before joining us.
Since childhood, they’ve developed expertise
in climbing mountains and trees.
Among them is a leader named Dali Yang.
He is bellicose by nature.
He has nothing to fear.
I was a bandit for quite a long time
and I’ve seen all kinds of people.
I knew the man you talked about.
We lived in the same village before.
On joining the 4th Platoon,
he came into conflict with a veteran.
You know why?
It was just for a gun.
He has no respect for the veteran.
Master, you’re assigned a difficult task.
Sir, Daling Yang is fighting.
Daling Yang.
Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhou.
Let’s go and see what happened.
Hit him. Hit him.
What’re you doing? Get on your feet.
What’re you doing?
I’m giving him a lesson.
Mr. Zhao, this fucking recruit
What are you talking about?
Stand straight.
Listen, from now on,
we’ll be training and fighting together.
We’ll also fight the Japs together.
We are brothers.
Why should brothers fight each other?
Ok. Let me introduce.
This is Platoon Leader Zhu.
This is Deputy Platoon Leader Zhou.
Now, all of your actions
should be under their command.
-Clear? -Clear.
It seems someone didn’t get it.
Me.
What is it?
When did you come?
On the 7th.
The 7th. That means
I came here earlier than him.
Why should he be the Platoon Leader?
Why? It’s simply because he’s our master.
So what?
I’m the master of our village.
Right?
Yes.
You see both of us are masters.
Why should he be Platoon Leader?
Maybe a duel shall settle your dissatisfaction.
Have a look at yourself.
-What the fuck. -Daling.
Behave yourself.
So, you are the Daling.
I am.
Well, you are Platoon Leader. You look smart.
Don't you think I should take the place of you.
Are you crazy?
Now, answer me,
we are both masters. Why’d you be the leader?
It’s because he is more capable.
Capable of what?
Why don’t we have a duel?
If it turns out that I’m more competent,
I must take the place of Platoon Leader.
Ok.
I’ll take the duel.
Should you win,
you’ll take my position.
Ok.
Master, let me fight him.
You. Who do you think you are?
To tell the truth,
a Deputy Platoon Leader
is nothing to me.
Don’t just talk.
Let’s have a fight.
Should you defeat me,
you will be the Platoon Leader.
Can you make the final decision?
He is my bosom friend. I’m with him.
Ok. Then I will beat you first
before fighting your master.
Let’s go. Hurry up.
Let’s see what’s happening.
You’re in such a hurry. Where are you going?
Doctor Fan, don’t you know
recruits in 4th Platoon are having a fight.
It’s said that there is a duel.
-4th Platoon. -Right.
Isn’t it the platoon of Mr. Zhou?
Yes, Mr. Zhou is the Deputy Platoon Leader.
I heard Mr. Zhou is involved in the duel.
Why don’t you come with us?
Well. I’ll come later.
Ok. Let’s go.
I’ll be there soon.
Brothers. Comrades.
Please be the judge of our duel.
Whoever falls on the ground will lose the fight.
If I win,
I’ll be the leader of 4th Platoon.
If the loser denies it,
he will be damned.
Ok. Ok.
Stop your dull speech.
Fight now, or give it up.
Stop talking nonsense.
Good.
Weiguo is terrific.
Good.
No. You cheat. Let’s start again.
Go. Go. Weiguo.
Good.
Daling is a coward.
No. We’ll compete over something else.
You name it.
I grew up in the mountain areas.
I’m good at running.
Dare you compete with me on this?
How?
Look at the hill over there.
Let’s run around it for one lap.
Whoever is faster will be the winner.
One lap is not enough.
Five laps.
Huzi, give me my rifle and equipment.
What…What are you doing?
I’m a solder.
I should run with equipment.
Then…if you lose, don't take it as an excuse.
-Ok. -Fine.
Fine. Wait.
Ok.
Come on.
Ready. Start.
Weiguo. Go! Go!
Mr. Zhou! Go!
Go! Go!
Oh, Dali is a good runner.
He runs as fast as a rabbit.
It seems that Dali will win.
Nonsense.
Mr. Zhou is no slower than him.
He is right after him.
It is no sure who’ll win.
Weiguo. Go.
Go. Go.
Weiguo. Go.
Go.
Go. Mr. Zhou.
Go.
Go. Go.
Weiguo’s overtaking.
Go.
I’m so proud of Weiguo.
Good.
See. Our Second Master is somebody.
Go. The Second Master is coming.
Go.
Mr. Zhou. Go.
Go.
Catch up.
Come on.
Come on. Daling.
Catch up with him.
Wretch.
Go.
Help me to walk around.
It is bad for the heart.
Daling.
Weiguo. You’ve won.
Where is he going?
What is the matter with him?
Go.
Ya Xiao. Ya Xiao.
I miss you.
Ya Xiao. Ya Xiao.
Doctor Fan. Doctor Fan.
What’s the matter? Doctor Fan.
Ya Xiao. Ya Xiao.
Ya Xiao.