Episode 46
Fall back
Move
Commander
We have lost their trace
We could have been enveloped
Let’s go
Weiguo, I know you are here
Can we come out and meet?
Takeshita
I didn’t think
I will step out
be your sniper’s target
when I have all the advantages, right?
All right, since you don’t want to come out
I will just come to you
Regimental commander, regimental commander
Don’t move, both of you
It’s between he and me
If I didn’t come back
Please do not fight back
Because one day
You are gonna find out
The thing you are fighting and die for
Isn’t that noble
Weiguo,
I always want to end it face to face
Thank you for giving me this chance
Tell your people, put the gun down
You saw my white flag just now
Now it’s just you and me left
Takeshita, that day when you were in our Regiment
HQ, that officer you have killed
His name is Yong Li
He is my political commissar
I have promised him
I will use your head as his sacrifice
I wish you can do it
I will
Japanese owe you an arm
I will give it back to you
Takeshia, what are you doing?
You think that’s it?
You think I won’t kill you that way?
It’s not a game, it’s war
You can hardly stand there
How can you fight with me?
Weiguo, I really want to be your friend
I can only see you off in German
It hurts. It really hurts
Come, say good bye to your officer
Takeshita
I will be the only person
who can give you the final ride
Sorry, I have some order to take
So I can’t see you off anymore
County magistrate Chen
Please send regimental commander Zhou my apology
Why is that apology?
Yi Chen need to thank you for saving me
You’re welcome
Regimental commander Zhou and I are brother
He is always so selfish and devote himself to
our country, our people, I admire him so much
If we have someone like Pengjv Yue
and Zuo Wang
I think we will unify the whole country
peace and prosperity, oh, sorry
I got too excited. Goodbye
Thank you
Zhihui, make it fast
Phone call came from the HQ
Reward commissione of BIS
is coming in two days
Reward commissione?
You must keep county magistrate
Chen safe there
Yes, sir. Leave it to me, please
Let’s go
Report
Brother San
Weiguo, I’m so sorry
I didn’t get he out
She…
Brother San, sit
The time we have arrived their commando
the station was totally enveloped
by the military police
Seems they were some attack happened there
We didn’t get the chance
Attacked? Who did that?
I heard the comrade in the town said
They heard some heavy gunshot from the station
Regimental commander
county magistrate Chen’s back
Sometimes we are the same
Struggling and looking for the right direction
Then we get to know this world little by little
It’s unusual, but we are calm
I think we should be strong
I think it’s a world full of kindness
I wish all of you happy
I wish you can smile to the sorrow
Salute
Thank you, brother Xinpu
That’s all right, brother Bingquan
You are fighting the enemy in front
I just run some errands, that’s all
Generalissimo and the military region
have informed the Sulu area
the reward to Bingquan Tang’s unit
All the officers and men will be get a promotion
I am just a soldier, it’s our
duty to protect our land from the Japs
I will not let generalissimo down
We will fight harder, and kill more Japs
Xinpu admire brother Bingquan so much
Let’s toast to division commander Tang
Thank you officer Zhang and chief Wu
To division commander Tang
I heard that you are Weiguo Zhou’s brother
Yes, sir
Don’t be like that, your brother Weiguo Zhou
And I are classmates in general military school
Tianhui, make a toast to regimental commander Liu
To officer Zhang and chief Wu
To regimental commander Liu
Section chief Wu are so young
There’s no telling what you could accomplish
Here, to chief Wu
You’re just being polite
Tianhui just did my duty
Miss Tianhui is too modest, everyone knows
BIS have all the elites we have
Zhihui, let’s toast it together
Brother Xinpu and Miss Tianhui, cheers
Weiguo
She is Krillin Keiko
Takeshita Jun’s younger school-sister
Please take care of me
Thank you for taking care of Yi Chen
Keiko just did what my school brother
asked and things I should do
I know your experience and
things about your teacher already.
My school brother said you are his friend
Yes, when this is all done
I will sent you back to Kyoto
Thank you
Commendation from the Generalissimo
Weiguo Zhou’s unit
Fought with the enemies which are several
times of themselves, and survived unscathed.
Inform the whole army about their performance
As for Weiguo Zhou’s brave and
commanding presence
awarded with a ‘third class Baoding’ medal and
promoted as liteutenant general,division commander
The rest officers and men will get a promotion
With 10 thousand silver dollar
- Finished? – Yeah
Where is the money?
What money?
The lady has announced, all right?
That 10 thousand silver dollar?
- Tianhui – Yes
- Get it here – Yes, sir
Come in
All right, I will keep the money
Those clothes won’t be necessary, just flashy
Weiguo, I think you have left the national
army too long, getting little unfamiliar
It’s nothing to do with that
Generalissimo is so mean
He promote me as a division commander
But our unit don’t even have a code designation
Right, I will be dressing like you
But with no solder in that uniform. I’ll pass
But Weiguo
Our schoolmaster is always thinking about you
Thanks
My brother Weiguo is ambitious
I ‘m afraid only I can understand him
Division commander Tang, you bet!
Right, that’s it
Report
Come in
Cipher telegram from BIS
Is division Tang awake?
Commander. we hear there’re some
cipher telegram from BIS for you
maybe it’s some important cooperation task
He is waiting you in the office
You go and tell Tianhui
We will meet in division commander Tang’s office
Yes, sir
Director ordered me to build a special task force
Slip into the Manchukuo in five days
To get their force deployment intelligence
Manchukuo area?
Seems the great counter-offensive is coming
It’s an important military secret
The Soviet army is gonna sent troops to Northeast
So in order to coordinate with them
We will send some task force to Northeast
and do some deployment investigation
So tell me, what do you need us to do
I want brother Zhihui could
choose 6 elite men, with me and Tianhui
we can build a task force
Heading for the northeast
No problem
- Zhihui – Yes
Build a task force right away
according to officer Sun’s requirement
– Yes, sir - Tianhui – Yes
Return the call to the director
I will take a task force and slip
- into Manchukuo in 5 days – Yes, sir
Comrades, to coincide with
the Soviet army attack Northeast
Our secret service ordered comrade Weiguo Zhou
to pick out 6 elites from task force snow leopard
to build a special task force
Slip onto the Northeast
and investigate their deployment
We have some action plans and
specific contact staff, take it
Don’t worry about us.
Task force snow leopard won’t let you down
Good
May 3,1945 Weiguo Zhou and his
snow leapord task force got in Changchun
May 5, Xinpu Sun, Zhihui Liu and Tianhui Wu
with their task force got in Changchun
May 15, they met each when they were
breaking out
They broke out together on May 17
The two task forces got Mount Hutou on May 21
I will leave you from here
Don’t know when can
I see you guys again
When do you become so sentimental?
Japs are leaving
We will see each other soon
I am wondering
Are you really become ‘red’?
Why are saying that
About the ‘become red’ thing?
When the Japs are gone
We need someone like you to build our country
Need me for what?
I don’t even know what else can I do
except the fighting thing
You thought the war will be gone
with the Japs?
Generalissimo like war?
It’s all caused by the current situation
This so-called Current situation
needs people die for it
I’m afraid you are one of the ‘red’ already
As far as the war will ne gone
I don’t care what color I am, it doesn’t matter
I can’t make it clear for you
Take care, Weiguo
Take care
Repeating the Switzerland government conveying
information of Japanese instrument of surrender
Japanese government have accept rules from
Potsdam Declaration on the 10th August meeting
and the letter sent by
Berners, secretary of state America
on August 11th in the name of four counties
China, America, British
and Soviet Union
Japanese government would like to
notify these four government as below
Our Mikado has already given the orders
about Japan will accept
the rules from the Potsdam declaration
Our Mikado is ready authorize and guarantee
that Japanese government and the army
will sign and execute all the essential conditions
in the Potsdam Declaration
Our Mikado is preparing to inform all the
air force, navy and infantry bureau and
their underling units, stop all the
active actions and hand over the weapon
And all kinds of following orders is
coming to the ally commander office
The Japs surrendered, they surrendered
Stop shouting here
Go and inform our regiment, let’s party
All right, all right
The Japs! We are all sharpshooters
One bullet for one enemy
We are all pilots
No fear for the high mountains and deep river
In the thick woods
Weiguo
The Japs surrendered!
The thing you told me
I told you what
Have you forgotten?
Marry you, right?
You’re so infuriating
Tianmu is coming
for the security transition
of county Laiyang
What’s the transition?
It’s unconditional sueeender, right
So put down your weapon, open the gate
Accept our examination
Regimental commander Zhou, you need to know
We still own this county Laiyang
We haven’t surrender yet
We are imperial army
We shall listen to our Mikado’s order
So our officer sent me to discuss it with you
Never mind, just go
I’m kinda understand your feeling, really
Regimental commander Zhou is really considerate
I know you are unwilling to submit
that surrender order
And we are not satisfied
with the thing as well
Cause we haven’t annihilate you guys
What about this
We can ignore that surrender thing
Your Mikado has never signed
a surrender declaration
We can continue our fight
Look
Now I am just a regimental commander
When I finish you all
I can be totally promoted
maybe like a brigade or division commander
shouldn’t be a problem
And for you, you guys can die like a real soldier
have the dignity as a warrior
which means it’s a win-win situation
You are joking
Our government has express our sincerity
of peace to our ally
As one of this ally
your country also accept it
So I don’t think there’s any necessary
to continue the unhappy things
Why are you talking crap?
What sincerity are you talking?
Are you gonna surrender or not
I would like you say no
Cause I don’t have enough food for you
Go back and tell your Regimental commander
Konoe and his men
We want them wash their neck clean
Keep their heads on the shoulder
I will pick them up at any time
Regimental commander, calm down
We can still discuss about it
Nothing to talk about
Either you put your weapon down
Or we will continue this fight
Until Weiguo Zhou
finish all of you
You know that
I don’t have any kind feeling
of the Japanese
who has some weapon in hand
You can think about it
You know what it’s gonna be
Tell your Regimental commander Konoe
If he wants to surrender
He need to hang a white flag
on the eastern gate of Laiyang before11a.m. Sep.6
Open the gate, soldiers out
And leave their weapon outside the city wall
We can guarantee their safety
if they do that
In order to show some respect to their identity
as a soldier, officers above the shousa
can even keep their sword with them
See them off
That was ruthless, Weiguo Zhou
That’s Japanese.
Bully the weak and fear the strong
If you don’t do that
They won’t even look at you
But, was that too cruel?
Will it push them too hard
and made them do something out of mind?
That’s what I am hoping
If they don’t
I can’t kill them
Let me tell you, our detachment
was already in town
with the underground there
When the fight begin
All right, Weiguo Zhou, you got some balls
By order of imperial Mikado
Major general Konoe Wen
Announce surrender to your unit
on behalf of independent infantry regiment
North China devision,stationed in Laiyang
You’ve worked hard, regimental commander Zhou
I respect you as your opponent
It’s my honor
to be your opponent
And it’s my greatest misfortunes
But if I can choose it one more time
I still want to be your opponent
Do you think you deserve that?
There was a person, a Japanese
he was the only one deserve to be my opponent
And he has already died
You mean colonel Takeshita Jun
Indeed. He should be respected
Major general, are you saying
He didn’t get promoted as major general?
His last words was
After he died, he reject to be promoted
- I accept your surrender – yes
But I have a word for you
As a soldier
It’s his honor to accept the enemies surrender
But I see it as disgrace
to accept the invaders surrender
in my own country
If there is another war between Japan and China
The battle field will be in Japan
Call from the military region
Comrade Weiguo Zhou take his whole unit to
Luzhong military region in 6 days
Laiyang county brigade and local soldiers will be
meld into Mount Hutou independent regiment
And comrade Yi Chen also come with you
Hello? Mount Hutou independent regiment
this is Shuisheng, yes.
Morning chief of staff Qui
Regimental commander, it’s chief of staff Qui
Leader
You got the order?
Yes
I’m telling you
Recently
Your independent regiment will follow
the Shandong unit to Northeast
to accept the Japs’ surrender
really? That’s great!
- Tell them I said hi. – Yes, sir
I will see you in the military region
Big brother
Have you thought of this
When the September 18th incident?
That one day we can go to the Northeast
and accept Japanese’s surrender declaration
To be honest, I didn’t expect
I can live to see it happen
We have so many comrades
died before this day
Right, they didn’t see it
But they give their everything for it
As a soldier
I can witness our country
defeat the invaders, kick them out
And accept their surrender
as the victor
I am satisfied
Right, we won
After all these miseries
all these sacrifices
our nation has finally risen up
Big brother, brother Wen
I don’t know when
we will see each other after today
Zhihui
We’ll meet soon
We’re always brothers no matter
what we’ll go through
We see each other with a smile
which bring us back together
We see each other with a smile
which bring us back together
Brother, are you really stay here?
The generalissimo values you so much
Don’t say that
Can you stay?
The war is over
I probably will be retire soon
I want go back to Suzhou
And bury our father with our mother together
Finish my course
And mourn my teacher in Germany
That Weiguo Zhou is meaningless as a soldier
But what if the war isn’t over?
Zhihui, be a good man
If we see each other in the battle field
I won’t shoot you
You’re wrong
If there’s a day
You get involved in a war broke our peace
No matter I’m a soldier of not
I will come back and defeat you
We will not be brothers at that time
Zhihui, remember
The reason we join the army
Isn’t because we want to be a soldier
It’s for peace
Zhihui will remember it
Good bye
All right, time to leave here
Let’s visit our comrades in arms
Salute!