Commander. Everything is ready.
It is now 7:55 am.
﻿Here is my order. ﻿Launch the assault at 8:00 am.
﻿Yes. Sir.
﻿What happened?
﻿The ERA comes.
Go back to our position.
﻿Yes.
﻿Laiyang Headquarters,
this is Qifengkou position.
﻿We are being attacked by a large group of ERA soldiers.
﻿Their fire power is fierce.
﻿Request reinforcements!
﻿Yes. Yes.
﻿I will send ﻿the reinforcements immediately.
﻿Yes.
﻿Okay.
﻿Within one hour
﻿we must arrive there.
﻿Yamakami.
Yes.
﻿Qifengkou position ﻿is being attacked by the ERA.
﻿You lead an armored platoon
﻿and work with the infantry squadron.
﻿Reinforce Qifengkou ﻿position at top speed.
﻿We must hold the ﻿Qifengkou position at all costs.
﻿Fight to the end for our empire!
﻿Yes. Rest assured, sir.
﻿I will wipe out ﻿the troops of ERA attacking us.
-﻿Set off. -Yes.
﻿Comrades, ﻿the battle over there has begun.
﻿The Japanese ﻿reinforcements will come right away.
﻿We will show them our ﻿company's strength in this battle.
﻿Comrades ﻿the Regimental Commander said
﻿the triumph of the Qifengkou battle
﻿depends on ﻿our company's blockade.
﻿All of the Japanese ﻿in Laiyang are elite troops.
﻿We can't be ﻿reckless fighting against them.
﻿Let's hold off them with
﻿Harassment Attack ﻿and Sparrow Warfare.
In short, we stop ﻿the Japs from moving forward.
﻿Even if we can't win, we ﻿must hold them off for three hours.
﻿I don't want any casualties this time.
﻿I need time. Do you hear me?
﻿Yes.
﻿Commander Xu is right.
﻿This time we'll kick the Japs' butts.
﻿Commander. Staff officer, ﻿do not worry.
﻿Even if it takes every last man
﻿we will delay them for three hours.
﻿Good.
﻿How is it?
﻿The minefield is ready.
﻿Good.
﻿Second-in-command, ﻿the Japs are coming.
﻿How many are there?
﻿At least 100, followed by a panzer.
﻿Clear the field. Take cover.
﻿Roger. Go.
﻿Halt.
﻿Here is my order. ﻿Take cover in battle formation.
﻿Take cover.
﻿Major, ﻿anti-tank obstacles lay ahead.
﻿Major.
﻿Strange, how come ﻿there are anti-tank obstacles here?
﻿Where has ﻿the ERA got cement from?
﻿They've even ﻿concreted the Dragon's Teeth.
﻿Major, the ERA has never ﻿known any anti-tank strategies.
﻿Why do they have troops
﻿in this shabby place ﻿that know anti-tank obstacles
﻿and use them along ﻿with minefields?
﻿Mr. Zhao, ﻿those gadgets are quite useful.
﻿Aren't they simply piles of earth?
﻿They've frightened the Japs.
﻿Why can't the Japs ﻿go along directly?
﻿Cut it out!
﻿You know nothing about it.
﻿These are anti-tank pyramids.
﻿Let alone this whippet tank, ﻿even larger tanks can't get through.
﻿Aren't they useless piles?
﻿How can't the tank get over?
﻿Right, they are mounds of earth.
﻿Since we painted them with cement,
﻿the Japs won't ﻿view them as mounds.
﻿Here is my order:
﻿Target at ﻿the anti-tank pyramids. Fire
﻿Yes!
Are they not intimidated?
﻿They are not children.
﻿I have long had this question:
﻿We have wheeled so much ﻿cement for one day and one night.
What do we come here for?
﻿To be the Japs' cannon fodder?
﻿The ERA soldiers are cunning.
﻿They are quite interesting.
﻿They built ﻿anti-tank obstacles with earth.
﻿But they look genuine.
﻿The anti-tank obstacles are fakes
﻿but I don't know how the minefield is.
﻿Sappers, clear the mines.
Yes!
﻿Commander, the Japs are ﻿clearing the mines. What can we do?
﻿Even the mines are fakes.
﻿Hey, these are feces!
﻿Sir, the minefield is a decoy.
﻿The ERA soldiers ﻿here are so interesting.
﻿Their minefield is a counterfeit.
﻿Jerks, we have been deceived!
﻿They aim at holding ﻿off our reinforcements.
﻿Qifengkou station is in danger.
﻿Our troops ﻿must reinforce them quickly.
﻿The ERA wants to ﻿stop us with this mean trick?
﻿They are dreaming. Here ﻿is my order: March on at full speed.
﻿You go first.
﻿Yes. March on.
﻿Shoutian, lead everyone to retreat.
﻿Tell them
﻿the one who doesn't ﻿want to die must hide himself well.
﻿Darned. Alert!
﻿Major.
﻿The right track of ﻿the tank was broken by the bomb.
Quickly go fix the track.
﻿Roger.
﻿Strike back.
﻿Clear the mines ahead!
﻿Commander, the Japs' ﻿mountain artillery is too fierce.
The Second Company ﻿failed to advance.
﻿Dalong.
﻿Here.
﻿Call the artillery platoon to the front.
﻿Fire at mountain ﻿artilleries with mortars.
﻿We must seize ﻿their station within three hours.
﻿Why haven't ﻿the Japs turned up yet?
﻿Big Brother, shall I ﻿take some men and check it out?
﻿Hold your noise.
﻿Second-in-command ﻿told us to wait here. We wait here.
﻿Sir. The mines were densely laid.
﻿We can't clear them up ﻿in a short time.
﻿Darned. The ERA is too crafty.
﻿Why haven't the ﻿caterpillar track been fixed?
﻿We are running ﻿out of time. This is my order:
﻿Give up the panzer. ﻿Leave ten people on guard here.
﻿The others will follow me ﻿and proceed along the path there.
﻿Copy that.
﻿Let's go.
﻿The Japs are departing.
﻿See? Second-in-command ﻿is awesome, right?
﻿I disagree.
﻿You are the blind ﻿cat bumping into a dead mouse.
﻿What if the Japs' tank ﻿hadn't been bombed?
﻿What if they ﻿cleared up all of the mines?
﻿Commander, what shall ﻿we do with the Japs down there?
﻿Commander, ﻿how about the panzer?
﻿Go check it out.
﻿Commander, ﻿the panzer is workable
﻿but the track is broken.
It seems they don't have ﻿enough backup tracks to repair it.
﻿Remove two idler ﻿wheels and join the track.
﻿Copy that.
﻿Big Brother, we've ﻿been waiting for two hours
﻿but the Japs haven't ﻿showed up. Maybe they...
﻿Big Brother, how about we go back?
﻿Big Brother, let me go ﻿scout around with some men.
﻿Fine, have a scout with some men.
﻿Hope nothing happened ﻿to Second-in-command.
﻿Okay, you guys, come with me.
﻿Yes.
﻿Stop. Big Brother, they are coming.
﻿Here are the Japs.
﻿Halt.
﻿Major, Yixiantian is ahead.
It is a dangerous place, what if...
﻿Look.
It is a gulch between two hills.
﻿A perfect place for an ambush.
If there are ambushes on the hill,
﻿it may be impossible to get through.
﻿Even if we manage to, ﻿we will suffer great losses.
﻿Major, ERA has few soldiers.
﻿They are unable ﻿to spare troops for ambush.
﻿Moreover, ﻿our imperial force is awesome.
﻿I don't think the ERA has the guts
﻿to ambush so far ﻿away from Tiger Head.
﻿Battle isn't a game. ﻿We can't take any chances.
﻿The layout here is suspicious.
Is there any other access ﻿to Qifengkou?
﻿Yes, there is, ﻿but it'll take us five more hours.
﻿Here is my order. On standby.
Yes.
﻿Since the Japs have arrived
﻿why don't they come inside?
﻿Are they leaving?
﻿Big Brother.
﻿Commander, the enemies battery
﻿is way too strong.
﻿We can't breach it.
﻿Their reinforcements ﻿will arrive within an hour.
﻿Dalong.
﻿Here.
﻿You two come with me.
﻿Yes.
﻿Deploy the mortar.
﻿Shoulder mortars, ﻿and come with me.
﻿Yes.
﻿Quick. Go with me.
﻿Set the mortar at a lower angle.
﻿Dalong, give me a shell.
﻿Here you are.
﻿Fire in this way.
﻿Yes.
Dalong, shells.
﻿Here you are.
﻿We can't hold them off any longer.
﻿Please send ﻿reinforcements here ASAP.
﻿As soon as possible!
﻿Here is the urgent ﻿telegram from headquarters.
﻿They ordered us to speed up
﻿and immediately ﻿go to reinforce in Qifengkou.
﻿Follow my order. The troops
﻿get ready to get through ﻿the gulch ahead at full speed.
﻿Set off.
﻿The Japs are coming at us.
﻿Trigger.
﻿Buddies, beat them up. ﻿Use up our bullets.
﻿Hurry up. Fire. Hurry up
﻿Give it to me.
﻿They are not the ERA. ﻿They are bandits.
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿A bunch of Jackals. ﻿Fire back now. We must break out.
﻿Big Brother, look. ﻿The Jap tank is coming.
﻿Sir, our reinforcements have arrived.
﻿Good. Rendezvous ﻿the reinforcements.
﻿Darn it, what is happening?
﻿Big Brother, the Japs ﻿are fighting against their own men.
﻿They are not the Japs' rescuers.
It might be ﻿Second-in-command and Shoutian.
﻿Good, we will back ﻿them up down there.
﻿Okay, buddies, let's go.
﻿Sir, let me blow it up.
﻿Miura, you are a true warrior.
﻿Give him explosives. Covering fire.
﻿Yes.
﻿Japs, come to us!
﻿Come on!
﻿Funny, right?
﻿Japs, now you know our strength.
﻿Don't... don't come here. ﻿I will kill you all!
﻿Buddies, clear the battlefield.
﻿Strange, why haven't ﻿the Japs' reinforcements arrived?
﻿Yeah.
﻿They should ﻿have been here by now.
﻿Company commander, will they...
﻿Will they sense that ﻿we are ambushing them
﻿so they go around us?
﻿Zhang Jie is right.
It might possibly happen.
﻿Zhao Jie, you go scout ﻿around with two soldiers.
﻿Once you find the enemies, ﻿report back to me at once.
﻿Yes.
﻿Come with me. Come on
﻿Go.
Commander, ﻿we've cleaned up the battlefield.
﻿Good, this is a striking victory.
﻿I shall recommend a ﻿medal of honour to Xu Guangrong.
﻿But for their successful resistance
﻿against reinforcements from Laiyang,
﻿we couldn't have ﻿captured Qifengkou station.
﻿Let's go and have a celebration.
﻿Hurray!
How is it going on?
﻿Why are you in ﻿amazement? Say something.
Is there anything wrong?
﻿You'd better go check out with me.
﻿Let go. Let go!
﻿Put it down. This is my gun.
﻿Interesting.
﻿How can you say ﻿it's yours? I took it first.
How dare you grab it from me!
﻿You let go now.
﻿Know what?
﻿I shot the machine gunner dead.
﻿So this gun must be mine.
﻿Do you have ﻿any witnesses? I shot him
﻿and a dozen more. Give it to me.
﻿Nonsense! ﻿Were there a dozen of gunners?
﻿You let go.
﻿Enough!
﻿You're much too petty.
﻿You take it.
Buddies, I'll award you according to your contributions.
﻿Tell me, ﻿who shall take the most credit?
﻿Second-in-command!
﻿Yes, you know me well.
﻿Let's toast to ﻿the Second-in-command.
﻿Come on. Fill the bowl.
﻿To the Second-in-command!
﻿Buddies, well
is there anyone in any ﻿doubt of Second-in-command?
﻿Shoutian, do you ﻿submit to Second-in-command?
﻿Big Brother, I admire ﻿him sincerely after this battle.
﻿Why don't you quickly go and
﻿drink a toast to ﻿Second-in-command?
﻿Right!
﻿Second-in-command!
﻿Let's drink up this bowl.
﻿Bottoms up!
﻿Aaaah
﻿Oh, right. Second-in-command,
﻿there is one thing that confused me.
﻿Wasn't the Japs' tank broken?
﻿How did you fix it?
It is quite beyond you.
﻿Wasn't the track broken ﻿by the bomb?
﻿The Japs couldn't repair it.
Then how could you drive it back?
﻿At that moment ﻿our Second-in-command
﻿removed a length of ﻿track from the unbroken wheel
﻿and joined it with the broken track.
﻿So we drove the tank here.
It is still beyond my comprehension.
﻿This issue is too profound.
﻿Let's drop it.
﻿Honored Brigade Commander
﻿I, Tanaka Jiro
﻿have just received ﻿the telegraph from headquarters.
﻿I'm sorry for being late.
﻿Hope Brigade ﻿Commander can forgive me.
﻿Tanaka, thank you.
﻿Report, they are found.
﻿Take me there
﻿Darn it!
﻿Yamakami
﻿You are the warrior ﻿of our Empire of Japan.
﻿You are the hero of ﻿our Empire of Japan.
﻿Don't worry. ﻿Uncle won't let you die in vain.
﻿Uncle will surely find them ﻿and behead them.
﻿I'll put their heads ﻿before your columbarium.
﻿Comrades. In battle of Qifengkou
﻿we lost many soldiers
﻿but we succeeded in ﻿destroying the stronghold
﻿and wiping out the enemies there.
﻿We removed the greatest
﻿obstacle to ﻿the development of our base.
﻿We won a complete victory.
﻿Today I'll reward you ﻿according to contributions.
﻿Whom shall I credit to?
﻿First Battalion Commander.
﻿Here
﻿Your 1st Battalion ﻿took charge of main attack
﻿and fought against ﻿the Japs face-to-face.
﻿You made invaluable ﻿contributions to our triumph.
﻿Thanks, Commander.
﻿Hold on
﻿I surely remember ﻿the 1st Battalion's contributions
﻿but I can't confer ﻿you the 1st class merit citation.
﻿Commander, what for?
﻿Company Commander Xu?
﻿Here.
In the baffle of Qifengkou
﻿do you know who effectively
﻿blockaded Japs' ﻿reinforcements from Laiyang
﻿and won precious time ﻿for the troops main attack?
﻿Without their successful resistance
﻿we couldn't seize Qifengkou.
Tell me, to whom shall I confer the 1st class merit citation?
It should be credited ﻿to Commander Xu.
Right. It's credited to Commander Xu.
﻿1st Battalion ﻿Commander, what's your opinion?
﻿Commander, since ﻿you said that, I am also convinced.
﻿Okay. For the Qifengkou battle
﻿I confer the 1st CMC ﻿to 3rd Company of 1st Battalion.
﻿Hurray!
﻿Wait a second.
Commander, ﻿we can't receive this citation.
﻿Why?
﻿Commander, an ﻿honest man does nothing sneaky.
﻿During our operation, ﻿we didn't find any trace of the Japs.
﻿We didn't hold off ﻿the reinforcements.
﻿Guangrong. ﻿There is no jesting in war.
﻿You can't make ﻿irresponsible remarks.
﻿Chief of staff, what I said is the truth.
﻿What on earth happened?
﻿Commander, Laiyang ﻿headquarters sent out over 100 Japs.
﻿However, we don't know ﻿who wiped them out in Yixiantian.
﻿What? Over 100 Japs ﻿have all been killed?
﻿Yeah. When we hurried to Yixiantian
the Jap's bodies ﻿were laying all over the hill.
﻿Also, a tank was bombed.
Who on earth ﻿annihilated those Japs?
﻿I have no idea, ﻿but I am also confused.
﻿One thing I am sure of is
﻿that the commander ﻿must be an expert
﻿and it is a brilliant battle commander.
﻿Tanaka, ﻿as a Chinese saying goes
﻿victory and defeat ﻿are both common in battle.
﻿Come on
﻿Let me take you a ﻿toast for bidding farewell.
﻿Thanks, Brigade Commander.
In your view, which troop did this?
﻿To wipe out an armored platoon
﻿and an infantry squadron of ours,
﻿it needs more than
﻿one regiment of ﻿ERA judging from their force.
﻿But Tiger Head ﻿independent regiment
﻿were encircling Qifengkou station
﻿and it was impossible ﻿for them to have so many soldiers.
﻿Then what is your opinion?
﻿This attack must
﻿be launched by ﻿Kuomintang's regular army.
﻿There were at least ﻿one regiment of KMT involved.
﻿KMT's regular army?
﻿But our intelligence department
﻿didn't receive any information that
﻿KMT armed forces
﻿above regimental ﻿level popped out in Laiyang.
﻿Could it be possible?
﻿Yeah. Your humble ﻿officer is also confused.
﻿However, enemies' capability
has manifested this sure enough.
It seems that Laiyang ﻿is in troubled waters.
﻿Your humble officer is incompetent
﻿insomuch that our Imperial army
﻿bore heavy losses here.
﻿Your humble officer ﻿shall perform seppuku to repent.
﻿Tanaka, stop!
﻿You are not the only one to blame.
﻿You are a valiant soldier ﻿of our empire.
﻿Headquarters' orders are:
﻿You return and ﻿await further instructions.
﻿Don't reproach yourself too much.
﻿Tanaka San, let's empty the cup.
﻿Thanks, Brigade Commander.
﻿Have you seen it clearly?
﻿How can I not see it clearly?
﻿There were more than 100 Japs
﻿No one survived.
﻿According to our equipment
﻿it was done by a platoon or two.
﻿Do you know which ﻿troop fought with the Japs?
﻿I don't know.
﻿We wondered about it too.
﻿We understood ﻿the situation of enemy
﻿of ourselves and ﻿of the allies nearby.
﻿We thought it over and over again,
﻿but no such force ﻿could be so competent.
It is true that KMT army ﻿retreated last year.
﻿Apart from our regiment, ﻿the bandits are
﻿the only anti-Japanese forces
﻿in the area of Tiger Head.
﻿The most powerful
﻿one is led by ﻿Brother Zhu in Qingfeng Village.
﻿There are just over 100 people
﻿and a few dozens of rifles.
﻿How could they ﻿annihilate a detachment of Japs?
It becomes more wondrous.
﻿Old Li, check it out for me.
﻿Find out who fought in this battle.
﻿Since they were a great help for us
﻿we couldn't silently accept it.
﻿Above all, in such a strong army
﻿its commander ﻿must be somebody special.
﻿I should meet this hero.
﻿This is very strange.
﻿Second-in-command,
﻿why don't you drill our brothers
﻿but watch sand table instead?
Is there any new idea in your mind?
﻿Second-in-command.
﻿You see, we are in high spirits.
﻿Strike while the iron is hot,
﻿we shall achieve more victories.
﻿Right! Recently
﻿do you have any plan ﻿to fight against the Japs?
﻿Yes, I have.
﻿Tell us now.
﻿We will fight along with you.
﻿Right.
﻿Withdraw. We make a move.