Episode 24
We’ll finish here
There’s one more thing
What’s that?
Military arts competition
Didn’t you said it’s three month later?
What? Regret?
I wrote down the details about this competition
It’s a counteracting exercise
Counteracting exercise?
Yes, we’ll sent 10 special troops soldier
against the rest of the 3rd company
In the envelop
there is the time
location and the ways we gonna do it
Strictly speaking, it’s kind of military secrecy
But I left the envelop unsealed
You can have a look if you want
So you can be prepared
What kind of person you think I am
We will wait until your return
All right
On second thought
I don’t believe your one dozen of soldiers
can win the whole company of us
We have more than 170 soldiers after all
Company commander Zhou
If you want to cancel this competition
It’s the time
Why would I do that? That’ll be fun
Fine, impress me
See how good you can be
Wish you luck
Guys, this field survival training
will be last for three days
about one hundred kilometers
But the food is only for half a day
So you not only need to get your
terminal point kill your enemy,
you also need to face the problem of
lacking food, supplement and water.
To make it harder,
We won’t take the main road, over the hill
take down Japs’ strongpoint in Xiguan
It’s 50 km on feet, after that
Back to village Yang, another 50km on feet
Can you make it?
Yes!
This is not just a training
but also a test
So I won’t be your leader this time
Jie Zhao will be
He will be the one giving orders
I’m just your observer
and examiner
I will give your scores, clear?
Yes!
All right, use everything
I’ve taught you
This time is for real
Yes, sir
- set out! - Everyone!
Turn left, set out!
Brother Shuisheng
It’s late, let’s go
All right
Gosh, that rabbit is really fast
Not fast as Shuisheng’s arrow
Right
Shoutian, is it Ok?
What’s so hurry?
Platoon leader
You really won’t take care of us?
What do you think?
If you don’t help us
what if we failed?
If you failed
I will built another special troops
What? Scared?
If you don’t confidence for yourself
At least you have confidence for me
After 3 month training
You are all excellent soldiers now
You can’t finish all kinds of tasks
No matter how hard it is
- Understand? - Understand
Dalong , map
We are in the No.3 position
It’s already two hours later than we planned
Leader, how far is the left?
20km
About four hours
We don’t have much time left
We need to get there before sunset
Any ideas?
I have one
Say it
The Japs are just behind this cliff
If we go over this cliff
We can get there in one hour
Mother, this? How can we go over this?
This cliff is about 18ms high
What if we fell?
Have you all forgotten
What I do?
Watch me
Careful
Let’s go, comrades
Let’s do this
Go
We have arrived
15mins earlier than we planned
Waiting for further instructions
Comrades, you have finished
the first 50km on feet
But this is only the beginning.According to
my investigation, the stronghold in front
Have 6 Japs and 16 puppet soldiers
Your mission
Is take them all without fire
Burn down their warehouse behind the stronghold
You have 45 minutes
No casualties, understand?
- Understand – I will wait you here
If I can’t see the fire
In 45 minutes
You will be all failed
Go
Let’s burn down their warehouse
All right, let’s go
Let’s go
Platoon leader, company commander
Mission finished
Kill 6 Japs and 16 puppet soldiers
We got two MG Waibazi, 12 rifles
And 2000 bullets
And we put a fire
to their warehouse
Turn it into ground
All right
I’ll see you all pass this time
Don’t be cocky
You fools
You only know ammos
Take their telephones, dynamos
batteries back with us
Knowing how to fight isn’t enough
Knowing how to live is what I want you to know
- Yes, sir. – Let’s go
I took this gun from the enemy for you
I don’t want this
I want you
Rusty is a soldier
Soldiers need to go front, understand?
I will always take it with me
Ya Xiao
Company commander
Commander, things can be used
Have been all checked and cleared
We can go now
Company commander
Pull out
We are special troops
Drill has already begin
We are dead, clear?
If you make any sound
I will not be this polite
Let’s go
We are special troops
Drill has already begin, you’re dead now
Are you clear?
Yes
Drill has already begin, you’re dead now
Are you clear?
I’m with the special troops
Drill has already begin,
I claim you dead now, clear?
Li, today is Dec 13, right?
Yes, company commander
Weiguo Zhou should be back today
Let’s see how can they take
us more than 170 soldiers with a dozen men
You’d better be careful with it
I’ve never seen Weiguo Zhou failed before
No matter how good he is, it’s 1 vs 17
I don’t believe they can win this
Let’s go
Where’s everybody?
Li, bugle call for fall-in
That’s enough, stop
Go and check it out
Yes, sir
Bastards, why they let me down
in this very moment, see how I’ll punish them
Company commander Zhou, just got back?
We have taken down all the enemies
3rd company in village Yang are all captured
Weiguo Zhou, what do you mean?
About what?
We have a deal that drill is in today, right?
And I give you a envelop
about this competition’s date, location and etc
Why you didn’t take a look?
Deputy company commander Zhang
According to the rule
We are my capture now
Surrender?
Weiguo Zhou, you’re kidding,right?
What kind of competition is this?
I will call it a trick
Why is this a trick?
A drill should be look like a drill
It’s same as what we do in real
Besides
I already let you know in advance
In the real combat
who will write you an envelope?
You
Chu Zhang, you always want to know
What is a special operation
I’m telling you, this is what it is
30 minutes ago, 4 platoon of 3rd company
have all became my captive
Including the safeguard you sent out
All catch alive
That’s because I didn’t notice that
Think twice
If this is not a drill
If this is the Japs’ special troops
What do you think?
Jie Zhao, give their gun back
Yes, sir
Come in
Why are you here?
Weiguo, We never thought
those food in Japs stronghold
were all burned to the ground
by your special squad
That’s quite a nice one
Your special troops
really got some skills
To be honest
I have thinking about this drill
after I get back
I’m convinced
You only have a dozen of soldiers
And you have caught us 4 platoon
We are talking more than a hundred of men
We are all convinced
But you know what?
They are training harder now
Cause they are waiting
They want do it again
That’s good
I will be worried if you won’t
Come to us in any time
We are all at your service
Weiguo
We have known each other in years’
I see your little bastard
finally find your thing
Now the regular way
fighting the Japs like me
is not gonna work
The best way of doing that is
like what you do, unsetting their expectations
Chu Zhang
I can’t tell
Whether it’s a ‘thumbs up’ or a ’thumbs down’
Browning! Nice one. Made in Belgium
Small but accurate, and powerful
Yi Chen, it’s so beautiful
Weiguo
I think it suits Yi Chen well
Here, Yi Chen
No, I can’t
Put it back
What, don’t want to?
Out
Weiguo Zhou,
what’s your problem?
Chu Zhang, stop
Yi Chen,let’s go
Go
Weiguo Zhou
It’s just a pistol
Worth it?
What a grumpy ass
He just won a little competition
So what? Get cocky already?
We can’t blame him
It’s our mistake
Our mistake? What?
You always on his side
We have all forgotten today is Dec 13
the day Nanjing was occupied
Several years before,
he lose his fiancée on this day
who is also Xiaoyu’s cousin
Ya Xiao
I will check out on him
The day Nanjing was occupied
I watched my fiancée
Ya Xiao suicide
In front of me,
I was so close to her
But I can’t protect her
The gun she used
is an Browning,a gift from me
just like this one
How’s he?
Why are you crying?
Weiguo told me his story
Weiguo
Let’s go out training together
Platoon leader, platoon leader
- Come with me – For what?
- To see secret weapon. – Secret weapon?
Let’s go
Let’s check it out
What the hell is that?
Secret weapon I suppose
Comrades, this is my new invention
I name it
Bamboo mortar
This weapon is cheap, easy to made
Easy to operate and carry
Most important is its power
Same as Japs mortar
Is it real?
Is this thing so magic?
See that ground before?
Watch me
- Nice! – Bravo!
Excellent! Chu Zhang
You really got something!
Let’s go
Report, our food supplement troops were attacked
All dead
What? Food supplement troops?
Report, village Wang were under attack
Ask for reinforcement
Report, Jiutian squad is missing
Scallywags! Morons!All of you
Morons!
Great
Qiu, this Weiguo Zhou
really had it in him!
So much victory since he built his special troops
Just this month
his troops with the whole independent regiment
have annihilated more than 300 Japs
while we only have less than 100 casualties
It’s a miracle, magic!
- Report – Come in
Yi Chen, come in
Report, regiment commander, political commissar
Sit
Yi Chen, we are thinking
how to reward your troops
Tell me, what do you want?
Just one, first dibs
when the capture goods arrived
Just a few days
You have got all Weiguo Zhou’s
bad habit of freeloaders
It’s not bad habit
Our troops are the
best unit we got
If we can get better equipment
In that case
the Japs’ will have nothing but hell
God
Even the way you talk
is almost the same as him
No problem
As long as the Japs will burn
Your 3rd company is like our knife
Special troops is like the blade
I approval your request
Thanks, regiment commander, political commissar
On my command
Launch an attack against Mount Hutou
before tomorrow 12 o’clock at noon
Annihilate all the 8th Route
in Mount Hutou
Yes, sir
Villager. Villager. Village – Deputy Qiu
Let’s go. March!
They are just struggling
Sir Fujita
This time, our hunting operation
gains a lot
Sir Yamamoto, their main force
in Mount Hutou has been enveloped
in Mount Yujia
We can save our ammos
And stuck them there, starve to death
Sir Yamamoto, I heard you are gratitude from
sniper major, the Imperial military school
I want to know if I’m so lucky to see
Our ace sniper
from our Imperial military school
Yes, sir
Go
Forward! Go!
Forward!
Battalion commander! Battalion commander!
Battalion commander!
Come on
Time to duel!
Nice
No wander
you are our ace sniper
in our Imperial military school
Such a waste to
fight against these 8th Route
If one day
you can send me to a place
where Jieshi Jiang is in 500m
I think this war can be over right away
Regiment commander
How is that?
They haven’t broken them yet
Brothers of 2nd battalion are all down
Battalion commander Zhang
What?
He is dead too
It’s his gun
Regiment commander, let 1st battalion do it
We will take it back
Let 3rd go
Battalion commanders, with all due respect
If you go, it’s just die for nothing
What did you say?
How do you think
Your battalion compare with the 2nd?
The 2nd is a recognized independent regiment
Battalion fighting the strongest unit
That field takes them 6 hours
and still on going
Anything you can do with it
if I let you go there?
Regiment commander, it’s….
Weiguo Zhou, what do you think?
Regiment commander, their HQ
is just on the west main peak
If we take down their HQ
they will collapse in disorder
Only in that case, our main force
can march to the main peak
That sounds so easy
Take down their HQ
Tell me, you need a regiment?
A division or an army?
A task force
What? One task force?
That’s impossible
When we succeed
It can only hold their assault for a short time
But if they can quickly adjust to that
Get back on to the ground
They will begin to launch
a new turn against us
You’re right
Seems you already got a plan
I need San Liu, Jie Zhao
lead the task force
To assault their HQ
San Liu, Hu Xu and I
take the rest of 3rd company,
go from the cliff
Hit their two outsider strongholds
And launch a feint on city Laiyang
That will make them confused
like our main force
have already break out
and fake a threat to city Laiyang
All right, I agree
Any request?
No, I can go now
Remember
You must be careful and cautious
Yes, sir
Brother San, ready for this?
Of course
Let’s do it
Let’s go
Check your equipment
Set out
Qiu, what are you thinking?
Do you think
This is little risky?
I do
How sure are you
that Weiguo Zhou will succeed?
No idea, but the only thing I know is
Different men for different situations
We should see their special advantages
I believe Weiguo Zhou
will succeed!
Chu Zhang
It’s surrounded by cliffs
No one can come from here
without professional trainning
The Japs didn’t take their special troops
with them in this mope up
This will be best spot for our snipers
Zhuzi, how far is it
From the enemy’s main peak
Yes, sir
About 400m
Shuisheng, is that okay?
No problem, in this range
Rifle 38 Dagai will be a better choice
We need to chose
at least 20 spot
just in case
Changing places for each shot
Don’t get engaged in it
Remember the order
First are their officers
Then the mortars and MGs
We need suppressing fire, understand?
Yes, sir
Shengsheng and I are the snipers
Zhuzi, keep on watching
Understand
Shoutian
Suppressing fire
Understand
Everyone, take covers
The front left, 11 o’clock
Two officers
One colonel, one lieutenant colonel
380m in distance
Southeast, wind speed, 1m/s
Regiment commander, the task force begins
Front left, 11 o’clock, direction the cliff
Front right, 1 o’clock, MG
400m
Wind southeast
Wind speed 1.5
Brother Shuisheng
Keep still
Shuisheng, Shuisheng, stay put
What’s that?
The Japs have a sniper
What? A sniper?
Right
And this one is a professional
He can got Shuisheng
Just for his one shot
He must be really good
Seems we met a master
Zhuzi, keep looking
Yes, sir
Let me test him a little bit
Brother San, be careful
Brother San, what are we gonna do?
Zhuzi, draw him out
Yes, sir
He won’t bite
Let me draw him out
Don’t
He won’t shoot
We can’t just play with him here
Zhuzi, got any iron wire?
Yeah, why?
Listen
Tie it to the trigger
Let’s give him a long shoot
Good idea
Let’s go
He still not taken in
Seems we met an expert today