Episode 18
Ya Xiao
Seems he is saying
Ya Xiao
Big brother
What happened to second master
What﹑s that, Xiaoyu?
Nothing
Tell me, what﹑s on your mind?
Sister Yi Chen
I want ask you about something
What﹑s that?
You are his classmates
Do you know
He has a fiance用?
Fianc用e?
Why are you asking this?
This afternoon, brother Zhou run
to the mountaintop,when his platoon
are doing the martial arts competition
And shouted a name
What name?
Xiaoyu, where﹑re you going?
Sister Yi Chen
I need to go out for something
Have an early night
Brother Huzi
Dr. Fan
It﹑s late. Anything I can help?
I so upset, I want to ask you about something
Brother Huzi, can you walk with me?
All right, this way
- Yi Chen - Chu Zhang
Brought you some fruit
What﹑s that? Got something?
Nothing serious
I heard Weiguo Zhou took his new recruit
out for a martial art competition
Were you there?
Yeah
I never thought
Weiguo Zhou is that good
I heard he ran to the mountaintop
and shouted a name aloud
Did you hear what is that?
A name?
Yeah, that﹑s right
The name is
Ya Xiao
Right, it﹑s Ya Xiao
You know that person?
You forget that?
When I was teaching in Nanjing 4th Middle School
I had a colleague called Ya Xiao
She had been to our home for dinner
No wander it sounds familiar
I remember it now
Do you think
That Ya Xiao he called
Maybe‥
I remembered Ya Xiao said
Her fianc用 is in the general military school
Is there any chance
that fianc用 is Weiguo Zhou?
Dr. Fan
Tell me
What is the thing you want to ask exactly?
Brother Huzi
Tell me
You must heard
the word brother Zhou yelled
on the mountain, right?
Yes, why?
Tell me, is it ﹒ Ya Xiao‧?
Is she working
In Nanjing 4th girls middle school?
Why do you know that?
It﹑s not important, just tell me
what﹑s the relationship between
brother Zhou and Ya Xiao?
Where is she now?
Is she all right?
Sorry
I can﹑t tell you that
Why?
If you want to know
Ask regiment commander yourself
who's there?
Brother Zhou, it﹑s me
Sit
It﹑s late, anything?
Nothing really, just sleeping issue
Want to come and see you
Brother Zhou, what﹑s that on your mind?
Nothing, why?
Brother Zhou
Could you tell me
Who is Ya Xiao?
Who make you here and ask about that?
I﹑m sorry, Brother Zhou
I know it﹑s hard
to talk about that
But I had to know it
Had to know?
Does is matter to you?
Why you had to know that
Brother Zhou
I had to know who is this Xiao Ya
Where﹑s she
And how is she
You want the answer?
Right
I want to know it
All right
I﹑ll tell you
Ya Xiao is my wife
She is dead
Why do you‥?
Ya Xiao
Ya Xiao is my
my cousin
Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, are you okay?
My dear cousin, my older sister is dead
Your cousin
Ya Xiao is my cousin
Weiguo Zhou is my cousin﹑s fianc用
You cousin
Did she teach in Nanjing 4th middle school?
How do you know that?
I know your cousin
What?
You know her?
Don﹑t cry, Xiaoyu
Your cousin
She is a good girl
Ya Xiao
I didn﹑t forget you for these years
You﹑re a good girl
You have so many people missing you
You should be happy I suppose
Sleep in peace
Weiguo, he﹑ll get revenge for you
We need a detachment station here
Report
Say it
Report, according to the intelligence
The reinforcement for the Cool Breeze Village is
the independent regiment 8th route in Mount Hutou
Now Weiguo Zhou and these men in village
should be in Mount Hutou
But we didn﹑t get their station position yet
Find out the position of Weiguo Zhou
and the Cool Breeze village men
Yes, sir
All right
Platoon leader Zhu
Company commander Xu
Your platoon can stay out of today﹑s alignment
Why?
No why
Because I said so
But
We have been training for almost a month
Almost a month
It didn﹑t seem you got anything yet
Look, do they look like soldiers?
Alignment, it﹑s a stepping-stone to revolution
Start your training from that
What, you
I mean
We never trained that
But we fight the Japs as well
And we are sharpshooters as well
Big brother, calm down
I think
Company commander Xu﹑s point also makes sense
We are regular army after all
Alignment also has its advantage
That makes sence?
He is just judging us
Cause we are not regular army like them
Alignment? Parade step?
Can you kill the Japs with that?
Am I right?
Yeah, you﹑re right
I am thinking about something
Want to discuss with you
Say it, brother
I﹑m thinking
Make the majority train their alignment
And give me some elite brother
Hu Xu and I gonna tain them personally
teach them some real things
So after they get trained
They can go back and teach other brother
What do you say?
It﹑s a good idea
Let﹑s do this
All right
Brothers, let me ask you
Why are we here?
To fight the Japs
Since we want to fight the Japs
Me and Hu Xu gonna teach
you some real things for the actual combat
We both know that
the Japs has two things
which can really hurt us
except their bomber aircraft and the cannons
Marksman and bayonet drill
Marksman is something
we can only get in combat
by shooting and killing people
I can﹑t teach you that in a short time
But about bayonet drill
I can assure you
If you learn it with me
and real practice it hard
In the future
You can kill the Japs alone easily
Three, five for once, you name it.
That﹑s great
- Shoutian - Yes -Huzi - Yes
Show them
Monitor, look
Seems someone is traing in the woods
That﹑s strange, who the hell it would be?
In the woods, uh?
Let﹑s check it out
Nice! Nice move!
Shoutian, his legs
Monitor, look. Seem to be the forth platoon
What are they training about?
We never did that
It seems quite good
Dali Yang
Want a challenge?
Huzi
Practice with him
All right, count me in
Shoutian
Didn﹑t need that?
What?
What do you mean?
Take it
If you say so
I won﹑t let you win
Come on
All right
Bravo!
No, again!
Let﹑s pause for a minute
Platoon leader, what﹑s that?
Guest over there
Don﹑t hide there, come out
Let﹑s go
It﹑s me, Mr.Zhou
I saw you are training
So I didn﹑t want to bother you
We are brothers
No bother at all
Mr. Zhou, what are you training here
Seems not in the program
That﹑s awesome, I have never seen that
Right, I﹑m teaching them some skills
they can use in the real combat
To be honest
When it comes to combat, I admire you
Can I join your training
What do you think?
Of course, please
Brothers
Follow Zhou﹑s orders from now on
- All right - Right
- Dalong. - Yes
- Hurry, saddle up. � Yes, sir
Comrade Yong Li
Weiguo Zhou is talent as a field commander
You should help him, care more about him
Forgive him as long as
it﹑s not against our principle
I know
Comrade Yi Chen
You﹑re his classmates
Talk with him when you﹑re free
Political commissar, leave it to me
The meeting in military subarea
this time, I think political commissar
and I will be there for ten days or some
So I will leave Weiguo Zhou
to you two
Rest assured with me
All right
- Let﹑s go � Right, bye
Let﹑s go
Come in
Brother
Big brother,sit
Reading books?
Just take a glance
Brother
We have joined the 8th Route
since when?
About three month ago
Do you used to it?
I﹑m OK
Recently
I have heard
complains from our brothers
in private
They said
they feel it so hard here
in the 8th Route
The tough days is okay
Fighting the Japs, we are fine with it
But there﹑re too many rules here
Our brothers are all‥
Big brother is saying‥
They are thinking of
leaving here
leave?
Brother
I am just thinking about that
So I want to talk with you
If they really think so
Maybe it﹑s a good thing to leave
Brother, you agree?
I agree
But I have a request
Say it
I stay
Why?
Our brothers are used to that free life
So they can﹑t live this army life
It﹑s easy to understand
But big brother,
you know what I am thinking
The reason I﹑m still alive
is the desire to kill more Japs
To get my revenge
Brother, what do you mean
You want I take our brothers away
and leave you here alone
What if those 8th Route want to bully you
Who dare to do that?
Big brother
I﹑m the second master of our village, right?
Of course
Who dare touch the second master there?
Let them try
I﹑ll stay with the 8th Route
If anyone want any trouble
I﹑ll return to the village to you
Don﹑t forget
I have a family there
All right, brother, listen
If anyone want to touch our second master
Tell me the name
Don﹑t worry about me
Is the day set?
Not yet
What about this. Later tonight
is the shift of the 3nd squad and mine
Let me see you off
So I can say goodbye with our brothers
Big brother, big brother
Watch out, how﹑s that?
Sit, all of you
How﹑s that?
Brothers
The things we were talking this afternoon
I have discussed with our second master
How﹑s that?
He agreed
Really? We﹑re going for real?
Right
Finally, no more tough days
Right, we can enjoy our
meat and wine days as always again
Live the way we want
Right?
But
He decided to stay
What?
He want to stay?
Why is that?
Sit
Sit, sit
He insist
But I﹑ m little worried
That 8th Route may bully him
Big bro
Tell him to leave with us
We brother will die together
He insist, there﹑s nothing I can do
What about this
Choose some brothers stay with him
They can look for each other
Any volunteers?
Since that
I will pick some
Big bro
I﹑ll stay
My good brother
Laitouzi, Erhuzi
You two, stay with second master
Others pack your things, we﹑ll leave tonight
All right, hurry
Voice down
Brother
Leave us from here
Remember, the Cool Breeze Village
will always be your home
You stay with the 8th Route
If you want leave, come back to us
Big brother
Time to go
All right
Don﹑t worry, big bro
Company commander, company commander
Bad news
The 4th platoon, they sneak off!
Who?
About 20 men from the Cool Breeze Village
They ran away
Bastards!
Watch me kick their asses
Where﹑re they?
Weiguo Zhou, where﹑re they?
Kick whose asses? They are long gone
What? Where did they go?
They﹑re gone, back to the village
Jie Zhao
Yes
Take your platoon, chase them back
- Yes, sir. � Don﹑t bother
I let them go last night
They are long gone
Comrade Weiguo Zhou
Are you aware of your mistake?
Sorry, unfortunately no
No?
Regiment Qiu said
We came voluntary
And we can go as we want
We brothers in Cool Breeze Village
are free to come and go in here
- Guangrong Xu � Yes
- Take him to the regiment � Yes, sir
- Who dare touch him? � what do you want?
You four, behave yourself
Chief of Staff Li
I﹑m the one let them go
You won﹑t take them four with me
to the regiment, right?
Go
Second master, second master
Stay there
Adjusting your hat
Comrade Weiguo Zhou. I admire your personality
to take the responsibility
But I can﹑t bear with
the things you did
I﹑m now at your dispose
What﹑s your attitude?
What do you expect?
Care for your hands
I think
the nature of this thing is really bad
Almost the whole platoon sneak out
It never happened in
our 8th Route Army
comrade Chu Zhang
Please don﹑t make everything
goes to the principles that easy
Comrade Weiguo Zhou already said it
Ziming Zhou and his men
couldn﹑t live the tough life here
so they just go back
how is this equals to defection?
How do you know they go back?
Maybe they go to the enemy
I can guarantee you with my life
Your life?
It hasn﹑t come to you yet
Weiguo Zhou
Do you know what kind of mistake you made?
What﹑s that?
If Ziming Zhou defect to the enemy
You are worse than them
You son of a bitch
It's not your turn.
Weiguo Zhou
I believe Ziming Zhu and his men
Although they leave us
But they are still a force against the Japs
They﹑re our allies
Comrade Chu Zhang
Your easy guessing
is against our party spirits
Comrade Yi Chen
I hope you did not
raise things to higher plan of principles
We must deal with the mistake
he made seriously
And besides, as a company commander
Comrade Guangrong Xu
also has his inescapable responsibility
I finished
Comrade Chu Zhang is right
as Weiguo Zhou﹑s company commander
I will accept any superior disposal
We will discuss about your punishment later
First thing first, issue of how to dispose him
I disagree
May I ask chief of staff Li
What are you gonna deal with me?
Lock me up?
Can you?
Or execute?
I was born to kill the Japs
You can﹑t kill me
I will put a bullet in your head now
Oh, man, you are a real hero
Save your strength for more Japs, okay?
Not showing off here
Comrade Weiguo Zhou, mind your attitude
Chief of staff Li
Please calm down
You﹑re the highest leader
of the independent Regiment in Mount Hutou
Your action is representing of our party
Representing of the 8th Route Army
I﹑m sorry, I﹑m too impulsive
It﹑s all because of you
Tell me, what﹑s your suggestion
My suggestion is no punishment for now
We﹑ll decide after our superiors﹑ back
I agree with that. But in the mean time
He must leave his position and reflect
Sister Yi Chen, how is that
Is brother Zhou OK?
Chief of staff said no disposal for now
It﹑s be wait until regiment commander﹑s back
But this thing
must really irritated him
They are both so stubborn
Ziming Zhu
I﹑m worrying brother Zhou
will do some things without a second thought
Right
If he does anything at this moment
It will be in real trouble
I had to see him
Regiment commander, how about we leave too?
Staying with these men is too annoying
If you don﹑t want to go back
We can find our national army
If we want to go, go back to our village
You are our second master after all
Right, and brother Zhu
We don﹑t care if if is national army
or to be a bandit
As long as I can kill the Japs
We will follow you anywhere you go
All right
Brother Zhou, where﹑re you going?
Dr. Fan. We‥
Don﹑t
Brother Zhou
I heard you talking. Are you leaving?
Didn﹑t you hear it?
Why do you ask
Brother Zhou, you are too impulsive
Chef of staff Li is not a bad guy
- Just a little brain dead � Enough
It﹑s nothing to do
With your chief of staff
Just my brothers
are used to that easy life
They don﹑t feel comfortable here
Brother Zhou, our 8th Route Army
Is a real army against the Japs
Besides
It regiment Qiu who saved you life
If you really thinking to leave
At least say goodbye
to regiment commander Qiu
He﹑ll be back tomorrow
If you still want to leave at that time
I won﹑t stand in your way
All right, I﹑ll wait one more day
All right
See you
Brother Zhou, no lying to me
No lies
- Are you really gonna wait? - Right
Sister Yi Chen
Do you think regiment commander﹑ll back tomorrow?
They have been gone for several days
They should be back tomorrow
What if he couldn﹑t make it
And they want to leave. What will we do?
Xiaoyu, have some sleep
Let me talk with him
Do you need me with you?
No, have some rest
Be careful
Who﹑s there?
Who﹑s that?
It﹑s me
Brother Zhou
Sister Yi Chen, did she come?
No, why
She, she﹑s been out for a while
I can﹑t find her anywhere
Didn't she tell you where she's going?
It﹑s so late, where she could be?
Damn.
Any possible she is out
for regiment commander Qiu?
But he is in the military subarea
We﹑re just worrying about
he won﹑t come back tomorrow
so you will leave
sister Yi Chen must go there
to find regiment commander back
what did you say?
- Report � Come in
Yi Chen, why are you here
Ziming Zhu, they left
Left?
Back to Cool Breeze Village
Weiguo Zhou let them leave
You are saying Weiguo Zhou is still here?
Yes
He, Shoutian Zhao and several others stayed
Chief of staff Li want to punish Weiguo Zhou
for letting them leave
Weiguo Zhou talk him back
At last, chief of staff decide to deal with him
when you and regiment commander return
But Xiaoyu heard
Weiguo Zhou is leaving
She talked with him
He agree to leave
After you and regiment commander Qiu return
But I﹑m afraid something will come up
So I come here overnight
All right
Come here, Chen, sit
Thanks
You were laborious
Have some water
Here
Thanks, political commissar
Chen
Our superior ask our independent regiment
to expand our anti- Japanese base areas
Regiment commander Qiu went to Taifeng
the day before. He should be back today
Don﹑t worry about that
The Weiguo Zhou I know
won﹑t just leave
after he made a promise with Xiaoyu
Are you done here?
Yes, it﹑s done
But the superior still have something for me
I should be back to Mount Hutou
in two days
Don﹑t worry
Regiment Qiu will be back
today or tomorrow at top
How about this, you have some rest
We go back together
Political commissar, I﹑m okay
I think I am will just go back now
In case of any changes come up
All right
How about this
Tell my bodyguard, find you a good horse
Thanks
- All right, let me see you off � Let﹑s go
Big brother, we﹑re already in Taifeng
We are almost home
The days in the 8th Route
is really killing me
Go and check out if Chen is back
All right
Second master
Are we still waiting?
Right
Is she back?
No
You two stay here
Huzi and I gonna go out
I will go with you
It﹑s an order, if you go with me
They will think we are leaving
Big brother
Someone is there
Looks like Regiment Qiu
What will you do? Hide from him?
No time for that
Big brother if he saw we are leaving
We will lose the chance
They just have two men
Let﹑s take them down
Shut up
Platoon leader Zhu
Where﹑re you going?
Platoon leader Zhu
Did you really think it through?
Yeah
Regiment commander Qiu
The 8th Route is our benefactor
But
All right
I see
Then I﹑m relieved
Regiment commander Qiu, hope you can approve
Brothers, let﹑s go
Wait
I have some word for you
After I finished
You can go or stay in your free will
Brothers
In my eyes
I see you all heroes
The hero﹑s definition to me
Is courage, loyalty and a true friend