﻿Group A, all killed in action.
It took 27 minutes 38 seconds.
﻿That's good.
﻿Colonel Hans's best record
﻿is 16 minutes 32 seconds.
﻿No way.
﻿Less than ﻿a minute to kill one soldier?
﻿Is he really human?
It depends on who he's up against.
﻿Don't take him too seriously.
﻿Group B
﻿listen to me.
﻿Get your rifles.
﻿Wait.
﻿What do you mean?
﻿Comrades, if we want to win
﻿we have to ﻿stick together. We can't separate.
﻿I agree. I agree.
﻿Back to back.
﻿This is all your fault.
﻿You said we should stick together
﻿so he got an opening.
﻿We'll only die sooner like this.
﻿You want to break
﻿the record of keeping ﻿alive for the shortest time?
It hasn't been three minutes
﻿and we've already lost one soldier.
﻿We haven't even opened fire once.
﻿If we separate
﻿we'll be killed separately.
﻿The best strategy ﻿is to stick together.
﻿Screw your strategy.
﻿We'll decide ﻿where we go. Let's go.
﻿Don't move.
It's a decoy. Don't go.
﻿Weiguo, I'm too tired.
﻿Hang on.
﻿How long has it been now?
It's been over 200 minutes.
﻿Lean against me if you're tired.
﻿You must be kidding.
﻿Let's see who wears out first.
﻿Okay.
﻿Attention!
﻿Guys,
﻿these are the two best students
﻿I've ever seen.
﻿Today it's a draw between us.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿Give me your hands.
﻿What's wrong? Can't sleep?
﻿I'm thinking about Takeshita Shun.
﻿That guy is excellent.
﻿A terrible enemy.
﻿There will be war ﻿between China and Japan for sure.
﻿Yeah.
﻿I need to learn some Japanese.
﻿Japanese?
﻿Are you out of your mind?
﻿I'm not out of my mind.
﻿Didn't you say that too?
﻿You said there will be war ﻿between the two countries for sure
﻿I just want ﻿to know my enemies better.
It will definitely be useful ﻿in the future to learn Japanese.
﻿You're right.
﻿I'm also thinking about something.
﻿We work on the ﻿suppression of the CPC every day
﻿but then CPC has ﻿gotten bigger and bigger.
﻿Why?
﻿I think you guys are insane.
﻿The suppression of the CPC?
﻿Xinpu
﻿you should read ﻿Marx's books sometime.
﻿Marx's books? They're banned.
﻿They're banned in China.
﻿This is Marx's hometown.
﻿You should learn ﻿something about him ﻿while you have the chance.
﻿Learn Japanese
﻿I must learn Japanese.
﻿[Japanese] ﻿a i u e o, ka ki ku ke ko...
﻿Hello. May I sit here?
﻿There are empty seats all around.
﻿[Japanese] Na Ni nu Ne no...
﻿Sorry I just ﻿want to get to know you.
﻿Why?
﻿You impressed me in the drill.
It would be an honor to know you.
﻿There is an old saying in China
﻿enemies do not make friends.
﻿Japan still occupies ﻿a large area of land in China.
﻿I'm only studying here
﻿to drive you ﻿Japanese out of China someday.
﻿Today we are ﻿studying together in this school
﻿but we will be ﻿enemies in the future.
﻿You really think ﻿we need to be friends?
﻿We Japanese think differently.
﻿The spirit of Bushido ﻿calls for friendship from enemies
so we can learn ﻿about our enemies weakness
﻿to improve our own skills
﻿so we can win the next fight.
﻿I know you well.
﻿I know Chinese culture well.
﻿Do you know me?
﻿If the war started now
﻿are you sure ﻿that you could defeat me?
﻿You still can be﻿ ﻿a terrific military officer.
﻿You speak English and German.
﻿So what?
﻿So you can read the ﻿materials in English and German.
﻿Your compatriots ﻿can only read in translation.
﻿What they will learn
﻿is limited by ﻿the level of the translators.
﻿Like these books
﻿the translators did a terrible job
﻿so you will never learn ﻿Japanese well with these books.
﻿And
﻿you hate the Japanese.
﻿You hate the Japanese
﻿because you are a Chinese patriot.
﻿I hate those ﻿who invaded my country too.
﻿We Japanese admire patriots,
﻿so I admire you.
﻿Because you love your country
﻿you hate the Japanese ﻿who invaded China.
﻿But I was at school,
﻿I didn't invade China.
﻿Right.
﻿I'm studying in a military school.
﻿I'm studying so I can ﻿protect my country in the future,
﻿not to invade other countries.
﻿We have this in common.
﻿Are we friends now?
﻿As a friend, I should help you.
﻿Now I'll start ﻿teaching you Japanese.
﻿How about that?
﻿Why do you want to help me?
﻿Didn't you say we are enemies?
﻿I want my enemies to be stronger
﻿so I won't feel lonely in the war.
﻿This is my friend, Zhou Weiguo.
﻿I'm guiding him ﻿on a tour to our dojo.
﻿Please.
﻿This is my schoolmate ﻿and good friend.
﻿Zhou Weiguo.
﻿He is visiting our dojo.
﻿I'm just showing a friend around.
﻿Please go on.
﻿Apologize to the girl.
﻿Threatening us ﻿with that weak body?
﻿Come on.
﻿Stop.
Takeshita-kun﻿ ﻿doesn't come here frequently.
﻿Since we have this ﻿chance, why doesn't Takeshita-kun
﻿teach these students something?
﻿I will obey my senior's orders.
﻿Takeshita-kun, long time no see.
﻿Long time no see.
﻿Go!
﻿No wonder you are
the master of ﻿Hokushin's Single-Sword Style ﻿
﻿I, Watanabe ﻿really learned a lesson today.
﻿You are flattering me.
﻿You are a famous martial artist.
﻿My master talked ﻿about you when I was in Kyoto.
﻿No, no. That's too flattering.
﻿Weiguo, is there ﻿something on your mind?
﻿Takeshita, let me ﻿ask you something.
﻿Go ahead.
﻿What's that Chiba dojo?
It's a kendo dojo.
It's a branch of Hokushin's SSS.
﻿A branch?
﻿Of Hokushin's SSS.
﻿What's Hokushin's SSS?
It's the greatest ﻿kendo school in Japan.
In the Edo period,
﻿Master Chiba
﻿mixed Hokushin's Dream School
﻿and the SSS and created this style.
﻿Now my master ﻿is the seventh generation.
Why do people ﻿respect you so much in the dojo?
﻿Who are you exactly?
What's your ﻿relationship with the dojo?
﻿This is dojo was started by
﻿Chiba Sadayoshi, ﻿who created this dojo in Edo.
﻿His students left Japan for Berlin,
﻿so the dojo moved here.
It's an important ﻿branch of our school.
﻿I'm the only student of ﻿the current master of the school,
﻿so of course they respect me.
﻿No.
﻿They respect you from their hearts.
It has nothing ﻿to do with your master.
﻿I guess you can tell.
﻿I can tell you.
It's because ﻿my kendo rank is the 8th Dan.
﻿8th Dan? What's the highest?
﻿9th.
﻿You are so young ﻿and you are in the 8th Dan?
﻿You must be boasting.
﻿Weiguo,
﻿I'm glad to see you ﻿here in Germany.
﻿I hope we can be friends for life.
﻿I hope Japan ﻿and China will be friendly forever.
﻿I want to be your friend too,
﻿but the current situation ﻿doesn't show a future
﻿in which our countries ﻿can be truthfully friendly.
﻿No matter what, we are still friends.
﻿We should be happy about it
﻿I want you to do me a favor.
﻿Go ahead.
﻿Teach me kendo.
﻿Why? You don't want to?
It's not that I don't want to
﻿but I wonder ﻿why you want to learn it.
﻿I don't know. ﻿I just feel I should learn it.
﻿Then I should consider
﻿whether I should ﻿accept this student.
﻿Don't give yourself airs.
﻿I'll treat you to dinner, okay?
﻿Weiguo, let's call it a day.
﻿You're not in the mood.
﻿I can tell.
﻿You can't learn kendo ﻿without a peaceful mind.
﻿Weiguo, you must ﻿have had some unique experience.
﻿Next time...
﻿Next time let's have a good talk.
﻿Okay. It's a deal
﻿I'm sorry, Weiguo.
﻿The fever from ﻿Japan has reached Berlin.
﻿As a Chinese citizen
﻿you'd better not come to ﻿the Japanese residences in Berlin.
﻿I'll teach you a Chinese saying.
﻿Wind fills the buildings
﻿before rains ﻿come from the mountains.
﻿What does that mean?
﻿Let's change the subject.
﻿I hope we can still be friends.
﻿Who said we're not?
﻿Right.
﻿Sir, from your accent, ﻿I guess you are from Kyoto?
﻿I'm Chinese.
Honestly, your Kyoto ﻿accent is better than mine.
﻿I admire you.
﻿Even in the Japanese ﻿zone, you won't hide your identity.
﻿Had you pretended ﻿to be from Kyoto
﻿this lady would be yours now.
I'm already engaged ﻿.
﻿Really?
﻿You love her a lot. I can tell.
﻿Where is she now?
In Nanjing.
In Nanjing?
﻿What are you thinking?
﻿I miss home. I miss my father.
﻿I miss my wife, and my homeland.
﻿I also miss things...
﻿I miss cherry blossoms in Kyoto,
﻿I miss my master.
﻿Weiguo.
﻿Miss.
﻿Bigger bowls.
﻿Thanks.
﻿Weiguo.
﻿Let's get drunk today.
﻿Fantastic!
﻿More!
﻿Weiguo, you are quite a drinker!
﻿Just So-so
﻿I have a question. ﻿I want to know the answer.
﻿Go ahead.
﻿Why did you want to help me?
﻿You want the truth?
﻿I hope Japan will be defeated.
﻿Why?
﻿China is a sleeping lion.
It's a daydream ﻿that Japan wants to conquer China.
﻿Choosing China ﻿as our enemy is naive.
﻿So I'm telling you
﻿no country can beat China.
Of course.
In just 90 years, your Yuan Dynasty
can be said to be unbeatable.
Then there is the Qing Dynasty, that lasted three hundred years.
The outcome was
China's five thousand years of civilization.
So I tell you,
China,
is the one country no one can beat.
﻿But you are Japanese.
﻿Why would you think like this?
﻿Because I'm Japanese
﻿I don't want my country to perish.
﻿There will definitely be ﻿a war between China and Japan.
﻿Without war, we can still be friends.
﻿Right. Weiguo.
﻿If only there was no war
﻿we can still be friends.
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out on July 7th, 1937 in Beijing signifying the opening of Japan's comprehensive invasion of Mainland China.
﻿This is the first time ﻿you have ever beaten me.
It's because ﻿you are not in the mood.
It finally started.
﻿We both saw it coming.
﻿I got my orders today.
﻿I will head back to ﻿Japan tomorrow evening
﻿to await further orders.
﻿I also received an order ﻿telling me to go back to China.
﻿Have a good trip.
﻿I'm sorry that we're both soldiers.
﻿Soldiers obey orders.
﻿Sometimes we just have no choice.
﻿But we are friends.
﻿No matter what ﻿happens between our countries,
﻿I will avoid ﻿meeting you on the battlefield.
﻿Takeshita, you are wrong.
﻿Once the war started
﻿we may meet ﻿anytime in the battlefield.
﻿But remember.
﻿once you come to ﻿China with a weapon
﻿you will be my enemy.
﻿I will not hold myself back.
In ancient China
﻿people used to
﻿cut off their sleeves ﻿to say goodbye to a friendship.
﻿Today, we
﻿draw a line on the ground ﻿to say goodbye to our friendship.
﻿Everyone, at ease! Attention!
﻿Salute our homeland!
﻿The rank of Major ﻿in the NRA is conferred on
﻿Zhou Weiguo and Sun Xinpu.
﻿Sun Xinpu ﻿is appointed commander
﻿of the NRA's 87th Division
﻿706th Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
﻿Zhou Weiguo ﻿is appointed commander
﻿of the NRA's 87th Division
﻿522nd Regiment, 3rd Battalion.
﻿You will report to ﻿Fangshan Base in two days' time.
﻿Weiguo, it's finally showtime.
﻿Why don't we go have a drink?
﻿No, I need to go see Xiao Ya.
﻿You miss your fiancee. Right?
﻿When will your wedding be?
﻿I want it soon.
﻿But it's not decided yet.
﻿Then at 6 pm tomorrow.
﻿at the Laozhengxing ﻿Restaurant, I'll treat you to dinner.
﻿Let's go.
﻿Sir. You're here. Please, please.
﻿Who is it?
It's you. Is this a dream?
It's really you?
Is this a dream?
﻿Why didn't you ﻿tell me in advance?
﻿You're thinner now.
﻿How are you?
﻿I'm fine.
﻿I just missed you.
﻿I missed you too.
It's really my Ah Tu.
﻿I'm back.
﻿Let me tell you something.
﻿Liu Yuan is also in Nanjing now.
﻿Really?
﻿He works in the CCP delegation.
﻿That's great.
﻿We'll look for him tomorrow.
﻿You're thinner too.
﻿Have you had dinner?
﻿No.
﻿Let's go eat something.
﻿Okay.
﻿Brother Sun.
﻿Look how happy you are.
﻿You haven't closed your mouth ﻿since you saw my brother return.
﻿Come on. Sit down, sit down.
﻿Come on.
﻿Brother Xinpu, look who's here.
Liu Yan!
﻿Brother Xinpu, long time no see!
﻿Good to see you again.
﻿Me too.
﻿Here. Sit down.
﻿Waiter, one more place, please.
﻿Liu Yuan
﻿I always wondered
how you escaped f﻿rom the military police.
﻿You should ask Weiguo about it.
﻿No no no.
﻿You talk too much. ﻿Don't get me involved.
﻿Zhou Weiguo, you son of a gun.
﻿At the time, in our military school
﻿only you could do that.
﻿Liu Yuan, I always ﻿felt you were the best.
﻿But why are you a communist?
﻿What's wrong with communists?
﻿There is nothing ﻿wrong with their beliefs.
﻿Xiao Ya. ﻿Don't get involved in politics.
﻿Brother Xinpu, ﻿let's forget about the past.
﻿Okay. Let's forget about the past.
﻿Now the nation is in danger.
﻿CCP or KMT
﻿we are all brothers.
﻿Let's drink this
﻿and go beat ﻿the Japanese devils!
﻿Come on. Come on.
﻿Don't drink. Just a sip.
﻿Fine. Give it to me. Don't drink.
﻿Come on. Cheers!
On August 14th, 1937, General Zhang Zhizhong led the 87th and 88th divisions to attack the Japanese troops in Shanghai. The battle of Shanghai broke out.
﻿Brothers
﻿now our most important mission
﻿is to take down their mortars.
﻿Judging by the trajectory
﻿the mortars should be nearby.
﻿1st Company, hide and wait.
﻿2nd Company, rush to the junction
﻿pretending to attack.
﻿Yes sir.
﻿Follow me
﻿3rd platoon commander.
﻿Yes sir.
﻿Find some Jap corpses
﻿and take their uniforms.
﻿Yes sir.
﻿They are unlucky.
﻿Just two streets away from us.
﻿Brothers. ﻿you wait for me on that roof.
﻿Hide yourselves.
﻿Yes sir.
﻿Password.
﻿Sir! The password is:
﻿Martial prospect.
﻿Good.
﻿Sir. You sound ﻿like you are from Kyoto.
﻿Good afternoon, sir!
﻿Good.
﻿Stay alert.
﻿Yes sir.