﻿Are you alright?
﻿I am alright
﻿Huzi, do a head count
﻿Yes sir!
﻿Not good! ﻿First-in-command is missing!
Where is he?
﻿Just now we were ﻿overwhelmed with the battle
﻿The woods were dark. ﻿We got scattered
﻿Brother, FIC is missing
﻿I have to rescue him
﻿Anyone who is ﻿not exhausted, follow me!
﻿Go!
﻿No one can go back
﻿The Japs' military ﻿is ready and waiting
﻿If you go back now, ﻿you'll never get out alive
﻿Brother, you're my close brother
﻿and he's my sworn brother, too
﻿He saved my life
﻿I must get him out
﻿Wait for me. ﻿I'll try to stay alive for you
﻿Go!
-Go! -Brother Zhou!
Old Xu
﻿Take all the soldiers ﻿and escort the wounded back
﻿Also, tell Commander Qiu ﻿to reinforce us, posthaste
﻿What about you?
﻿Leave me be. That's an order
﻿Take her away
﻿No! I won't go. I have to stay
﻿If anyone gets injured ﻿I can help you
Drag her away!
﻿All right. I'll follow orders
﻿But you must give me ﻿your word on something
All right. Tell me
﻿You must bring ﻿Zhou Weiguo back to me alive
Be rest assured
Let's go!
Come with me
Weiguo! Weiguo!
﻿Brother, why are you here?
﻿Brothers go to ﻿the front lines together
﻿If you die, I'd rather go west
﻿Where are the villagers?
Tell us where the villagers are!
Hit him!
Come on then!
﻿Just hit me!
Stop!
Yes!
Comfortable?
﻿I'll tell you their whereabouts
﻿Come here. Let me tell you
What?
﻿Just bring your ear close
﻿Mmm, tasty flesh!
﻿- Keep torturing him! - ﻿Yes sir!
﻿Commander, Zhao Jie is back
﻿Commander
﻿Zhao Jie, what's your hurry?
﻿Where is Zhou Weiguo? ﻿Have you found Zhou Weiguo?
﻿Yes. I have
﻿Where are they?
﻿On Kachin Hill
﻿Kachin Hill
﻿Let me show you the way
-Immediately ﻿assemble our troops! - ﻿Yes sir!
﻿Brother, gather people ﻿for an ambush here
﻿Huzi, Erjingang, ﻿and I will hurry in to scout around
﻿If you hear gunfire
﻿shoot this Japanese ﻿guard immediately
﻿Please take the machine gun
﻿and get ready to cover us
Go!
﻿Be careful
Big Brother!
﻿Buddy!
Big Brother!
﻿Huzi, carry him on your back!
﻿Go, hurry!
﻿Run!
﻿Hurry and go!
Fire!
Withdraw quickly!
﻿Quickly telegram ﻿the Brigade Commander
﻿to ask for reinforcements. ﻿Surround the enemy
Yes sir!
﻿Second-in-command
﻿The Japs intend to surround ﻿us up ahead. What can we do?
﻿Go to the high ground. Go!
Let's go!
﻿SIC, what can we do?
﻿We've kept watching here all day
﻿On top of that, ﻿our ammunition has run out
﻿This time we won't be ﻿able to fight our way out
﻿Let's die together with the Japs
﻿It's not a big deal. ﻿Let's fight to the death together
Huzi,
﻿Collect everyone's ammunition
﻿Yes sir!
﻿These are what we've got. ﻿Just a little over 20 in all
﻿Big Brother, ﻿snipe the Japs' machine gun.
﻿Huzi, fire at ﻿the Japs' standard-bearer
﻿Shoutian
﻿You and Liu Yuan ﻿shoot the artillery staff
﻿Remember:
﻿consume all the ﻿ammunition we have on-hand
﻿then fix your bayonets ﻿and risk your lives
﻿Let me kill the ﻿Japs' commanding officer
﻿Brave men of Qingfeng
﻿the Imperial Army will treat you well
﻿Surrender! We will ﻿guarantee that you won't be killed
﻿Buddy, let me kill that one
﻿Yes sir!
﻿Brave men of Qingfeng
﻿the Imperial Army ﻿will treat you well
Attack!
Shoot!
﻿Charge! Kill the Japs!
Charge!!
﻿Brother Zhou!
﻿You are Zhou Weiguo. The SIC?
﻿Report to Regimental Commander
﻿This is Zhou Weiguo
﻿Commander of ﻿the NRA 87th Division
﻿1st Reserve Regiment ﻿Zhou Weiguo
﻿Commander of ﻿the NRA 18th Field Army
Fifth Division
﻿Tiger Head Mountain ﻿Independent Regiment, Qiu Ming
Brother
﻿You really are something
﻿You've hidden the truth ﻿from me for a long time
﻿You are a colonel, ﻿a regimental commander of the NRA
That's in the past
﻿Buddy, I regret ﻿not taking your advice
﻿If we had left Qingfeng earlier
many of our brothers ﻿wouldn't have died
﻿Brother, the Japs ﻿have had their eye on us
﻿It would have ﻿happened sooner or later
﻿Don't get too upset about it
﻿Buddy, this time we owe ﻿the Eighth Route Army a huge favor
﻿We have to ﻿pay back favors no matter what
﻿or, Zhu Ziming, I won't feel relieved
﻿What if Commander Qiu
﻿requires us to stay ﻿with the Eighth Route Army?
﻿Big Brother
﻿I heard that people are ﻿saying the ERA is impoverished
﻿I don't know about the others
﻿Anyway, I can't endure thriftiness
﻿How unpromising you sound!
﻿Big Brother, if the Eighth ﻿Route Army hadn't helped us
﻿we would have died on Kachin Hill
﻿The Eighth Route Army is righteous
﻿They also said that it's ﻿up to us whether we stay or leave
﻿Therefore, I think we'd better stay
﻿If that's not acceptable, ﻿let's find another way out
﻿Alright, that's what I mean
Buddy, that's a deal
﻿Brothers, good morning
﻿Commander Zhu, how is it?
﻿Commander Qiu, ﻿I am speechlessly grateful
﻿Thanks to Commander Qiu
﻿you saved my brothers ﻿and your soldiers were wounded
﻿I truly feel sorry
﻿You and I are both ﻿companions against the Japanese
﻿Everyone please, ﻿don't lose your spirits
﻿Just now I ordered the cook
﻿to butcher a pig
﻿Let's have meal!
﻿FIC, Ah Wen, ﻿let's have a banquet. Go!
﻿Let's go, brothers!
﻿Come on. Cheers!
﻿Men of Qingfeng, bottoms up
﻿Come on
﻿Let's toast. Come on
﻿Weiguo, let me toast you
﻿Zhou Weiguo, you make ﻿me see you through new eyes
﻿Weiguo is grateful to ERA
﻿Let's have a drink
﻿Chen Yi, why don't you ﻿say something to our schoolfellow?
﻿Come on
Zhou Wen... No
﻿I should call you Zhou Weiguo
A toast to you
﻿Come on
﻿Old Xu, you are Weiguo's ﻿big brother. I have to toast you
﻿Although my wine ﻿capacity isn't on par with Weiguo's
﻿I have to empty this bowl
﻿From now on, ﻿you are also my brother
﻿Big Brother, let me toast you too
﻿Come on. Drink up
﻿Zhou Wen, you've changed
﻿Right
﻿Unexpectedly, Zhou Wen
﻿has evolved into ﻿an outstanding commander
﻿Lots of things go ﻿beyond your expectations
﻿By the way
﻿I heard you attended ﻿the CMA several years ago
Chen Yi and I were ﻿also in Nanjing at that time
﻿Really? Great!
﻿Drop the Nanjing topic
﻿Buddies, Commander ﻿Qiu saved our lives
﻿Let's take advantage of ERA'S wine
﻿and toast her friends
﻿Alright. Come on
﻿SIC's brother is our brother too
﻿FIC, you are flattering me. ﻿This bowl of wine is for you
﻿To Big Brother!
﻿To Miss Fan of ﻿the Eighth Route Army
Why me?
﻿You saved my brothers
﻿I have to drink a toast to you
﻿To Miss Fan of ﻿the Eighth Route Army
﻿Come on. To Miss Fan!
﻿Brother, this is to you
﻿Brother, that's too grand
﻿Don't stand on ceremony
﻿Without you, we could ﻿have died in Qingfeng Village
﻿Brother I haven't ﻿earned all this credit
﻿Without the Eighth Route Army...
﻿Stop. Just empty the bowl
﻿Brother, you are so right
﻿Without the Eighth Route Army ﻿we'd all be corpses
﻿I've made all the toasts
﻿and shown enough gratitude
﻿Now Zhu Ziming, ﻿I am proclaiming that
﻿if the Eighth Route Army needs
﻿help from its comrades in Qingfeng
﻿even if it means our heads ﻿are separated from our trunks
we won't regret it
﻿Awesome!
﻿FIC, please join in
﻿We welcome all the ﻿brave men of Qingfeng in the ERA
﻿Commissioner
﻿it's not that I don't ﻿appreciate the ERA'S favors
﻿but I worry that my brothers
﻿may get used ﻿to an unrestrained life
﻿If we enroll, ﻿we'll be trouble for you ERA
﻿Don't be so heavy
﻿Why not stick together ﻿to slaughter the Japs?
﻿Why can't you understand?
﻿To be frank with you
﻿I'm just worried ﻿that my brothers and I
﻿can't endure ﻿the impoverished life of ERA
﻿How about this?
﻿Come and go as you please
﻿Feel free to drop out at any time
﻿Commander Qiu, ﻿since you've brought it up...
Brothers, let's stay
﻿We welcome the brave ﻿men of Qingfeng to join ERA
﻿Okay!
﻿Weiguo, how about you?
﻿If Big Brother stays, so do I
Weiguo,
﻿our ERA is unable to ﻿confer a high military rank on you
﻿It's fine to battle against ﻿the Japs as a soldier
﻿Ah Wen, we brothers ﻿can finally rally together
﻿Cheer up
Great, Brother Zhou
﻿You must promise to ﻿teach me tactics to kill the Japs
﻿Zhou Weiguo
﻿welcome to my troop
Brother-in-law,
Sister
﻿I wiped out Qingfeng, ﻿avenging your son
﻿Brigade Commander, report!
﻿That group of bandits ﻿escaped from Kachin Hills
What? They've run away?
﻿We surrounded them
﻿Unexpectedly, the ERA showed up
﻿There were around 400 soldiers
﻿They outnumbered us, ﻿so we suffered huge casualties
﻿Those bandits were ﻿saved by an ERA'S battalion
It must be the ERA from Tiger Head Mountain
﻿Go! Conduct an investigation
﻿Find out where they've gone
I must tear ﻿Zhou Weiguo into pieces
﻿We brothers must ﻿depart, even if we've just reunited
﻿I hate to part with you
﻿I really miss our times ﻿in Nanjing and Shanghai
Yeah
﻿I am still worried about ﻿you on one point
﻿What is it?
﻿Your concern
﻿What concerns could I have?
﻿I can tell Xiaoyu has a crush on you
﻿How is that possible?
﻿Now I'm not in the mood ﻿to be immersed in love
﻿Now I just have ﻿my mind set on killing Japs
﻿Other things won't cross my mind
﻿Speaking of killing Japs, ﻿in the Eighth Route Army
﻿though we're poorly armed
﻿and short of pay and provisions
﻿we have determination ﻿and high morale
﻿More importantly, ﻿the people support us
That's a genuine Anti-Japanese troop
﻿I know it already. I can tell
﻿It's good to know you ﻿already are aware. I'm taking off
﻿Old Xu, take care
Old Zhao, take care
﻿Xiaoyu, now you're in ﻿charge of looking after my brother
﻿Rest assured, Brother Xu
﻿Alright. Let's say ﻿goodbye here. I must go
﻿Old Zhou, let me see him off
﻿Good bye
Brother Zhou,
﻿what was Secretary Xu ﻿discussing with you?
﻿Nothing. Just talking shop
Brother Zhou,
﻿You look more refreshed ﻿in an ERA uniform
﻿However, the ERA ﻿keeps strict military discipline
﻿I plan to assign you ﻿to the 3rd Company in Yangcun
﻿The 3rd Company has ﻿taken in many of our new comrades
﻿let's say, ﻿like the people from Qingfeng
﻿I am afraid ﻿they won't adjust to the ERA
﻿This time I'm assigning you
﻿to direct the daily ﻿training of the 3rd Company
﻿In addition, I also hope you can
﻿help Comrade Zhu Ziming ﻿and Comrade Zhou Weiguo
﻿Commander, you can count on me
﻿Your hat is cocked
﻿Is it cocked?
﻿Brothers. Hold on. Come over here
﻿Everyone, come here
﻿Just come here
﻿Let me say something first
﻿Brothers, now we ﻿have officially joined the ERA
﻿As for the ERA, ﻿they're treating us very well
﻿This time around, ﻿they saved us on Kachin Hill
﻿and suffered severe casualties
﻿Now we are in the ERA'S domain
﻿so we need to ﻿comply with their rules
﻿Everybody, listen
﻿From now on, if you disgrace me
don't be shocked ﻿if I turn my back on you
﻿Rest assured, ﻿brother. We'll make you proud
﻿Stop, stop
﻿Don't call me brother. ﻿Address me as Platoon Commander
﻿Right. Platoon Commander
﻿Now that we have ﻿joined the Eighth Route Army,
﻿you have to change ﻿how you address me
﻿Did you hear ﻿Brother's instructions?
﻿What "Brother"?
﻿I mean ﻿"Platoon Commander Zhu"
﻿Lad, be careful when you speak
Yes sir!
In a minute, ﻿go fetch me a pair of socks
﻿Comrade Zhu Ziming, ﻿Comrade Zhou Weiguo
﻿From today forward
﻿you are commanders ﻿of the 4th Platoon, 3rd Company
﻿On behalf of our regiment
﻿I welcome you ﻿as commanders of the ERA
﻿You are in charge of the platoon
﻿Commander Qiu, thanks
﻿We won't disappoint ﻿your expectations, for sure
﻿The title "commander" is ﻿not used here. Call me "comrade"
﻿Old Wu is right. Have a seat
﻿Comrade Qiu, thanks
﻿Comrade Zhu Ziming
﻿I should remind you ﻿of something first
﻿The 4th Platoon is newly-formed
﻿Except for the people ﻿from Qingfeng
﻿it also includes some recruits
﻿The military discipline is loose here
﻿Leading this platoon ﻿won't be an easy job
﻿Comrade Qiu, ﻿Comrade Xu, rest assured
﻿Only an incompetent general
﻿could remain responsible ﻿for soldiers unready for battle
﻿Since Second-in-Command...
Since Comrade Zhou Weiguo is here
﻿set your cares aside
﻿I love to hear that. Monitor Zhao
﻿Please show Commander Zhu
﻿and Deputy Commander ﻿Zhou the way to their platoon
so they can get ﻿familiar with the situation
﻿Yes sir!
﻿Dismissed!
﻿This way, please
Old Xu
﻿Commander
Listen up
﻿Although these fellows are slack
﻿they are different ﻿from ordinary recruits
﻿for they are able to fight
Guess what?
﻿As long as you put effort ﻿into training these people
﻿every one of ﻿them will be a fierce soldier
﻿Commander
﻿I admire you most highly
﻿I believe every word you say
﻿Don't pander to me
﻿Now these people ﻿are in your hands
﻿They are undisciplined, ﻿so you must help them
﻿Without violating our discipline
﻿you must find a way ﻿to tolerate them
Yes sir!
﻿Stand up. Stand up straight
﻿Comrade, you must be new here
﻿Now you're a soldier
﻿You must wear ﻿your hat in the correct position
﻿Your buttons should be buttoned
﻿Who are you?
﻿What kind of officer are you?
﻿How dare you interfere with me?
﻿Comrade, why ﻿do you talk so offensively?
﻿Am I talking rudely?
I'll tell you what
﻿In this life, except for my mother
﻿no one dares to nag at me
﻿So what? Unconvinced?
You!
﻿Why not fight me?
Good! ﻿Fight!
﻿Yang Dali!
﻿The 4th Platoon you ﻿are going to command
﻿is a little troublesome
﻿There are 34 soldiers in total
﻿Except for the 24 men ﻿from Qingfeng Village
﻿there are 10 other new recruits
﻿Although there are only ten of them
﻿they're the cause of the trouble
﻿Most of them are hunters
﻿who've been proficient ﻿in climbing over hills
﻿trees and crossing ﻿rivers since they were little
﻿They are in ﻿excellent physical condition
﻿In particular, their leader, Yang Dali
﻿is a fairly combative man
﻿He's been keen on picking ﻿fights ever since he was young
﻿He's fearless ﻿in the face of everything
﻿That sounds like some character
﻿Buddy, we must meet him
﻿The crazy thing is that ﻿they're from the same village
﻿They always flock ﻿together wherever they are
﻿So they were assigned ﻿to the 4th Platoon
﻿Ordinarily, recruits ﻿ought to show respect to veterans
﻿However
﻿they dared to wrangle with ﻿the veterans over light machine guns
﻿and had a fight with them
﻿They look down on the veterans
﻿Big Brother
﻿It seems the ERA ﻿has given you an impossible task
﻿What nonsense ﻿are you talking about?
﻿Bad news!
﻿Yang Dali is ﻿stirring up trouble again
﻿Alright. Let's go have a look
﻿Bravo! Come on!
﻿Let go of me. Schmuck!
Bravo!
﻿Let go! What are you doing? Let go!
You jerk!
-Why don't you throw a punch? - ﻿What are you doing?
﻿Platoon Commander Zhao ﻿the recruit...
﻿Why are you pointing fingers?
You!
﻿I've reminded you many times
﻿We're all comrades in the revolution
﻿Why are you fighting?
﻿From now on, ﻿you must not only train together
﻿but also fight against ﻿the Japs together on the battlefield
At that time
﻿regardless of ﻿your private relationships
﻿you'll be life-and-death ﻿brothers in the same trench
﻿Understood?
﻿All right. Let me introduce you
﻿These two are the newcomers
﻿Commander Zhu ﻿and Deputy Commander Zhou
﻿From now on you must ﻿listen to their every command
﻿Hear me?
﻿Yes sir!
﻿So? Does anyone have a problem?
I do
Out with it
When did you arrive here?
﻿On the 7th day of this lunar month
﻿The 7th?
﻿That means I arrived ﻿earlier than you by a few days
﻿So how are you ﻿the platoon commander?
Right! How?
﻿How? Because ﻿he is our first in command
﻿I'm also the leader of our village
﻿Right!
﻿Yang Dali, mind your discipline
﻿The title ﻿"first in command" is nothing
"﻿First-in-commands" ﻿are everywhere
﻿How are you qualified ﻿to be the platoon commander?
﻿Unconvinced? How about a fight?
﻿So you are Yang Dali?
Right, that's me.
﻿You're a sensible newcomer
﻿What? Unconvinced? Fight me!
﻿He's quite cocky. Interesting
﻿Don't try to put me off
﻿I'm asking you:
﻿since both of us are leaders
﻿why can only you ﻿be the platoon commander?
﻿Why? Because ﻿he's more capable than you
﻿More capable than me?
﻿If I can defeat him today, ﻿I'll be the platoon commander
﻿All right, son
﻿I'll fight
﻿Big Brother, ﻿let me accept his challenge
﻿Come on man, let's fight
﻿If you're capable, defeat me first
﻿Does your promise count?
﻿I don't care about ﻿the position of deputy ﻿platoon commander
﻿If you can defeat me
﻿you can replace my big ﻿brother as the platoon commander
﻿Man, if you win
﻿you can be the platoon commander
All right. Good.
﻿Today let me knock you down first
﻿then I will clobber your big brother
﻿What are you doing?
﻿This is an Eighth ﻿Route Army-appointed position
﻿It is not like jousting for a wife
﻿Commander Zhao, don't interfere
﻿Old Zhao, rest assured. ﻿This is not a big deal
﻿Where are you rushing to?
﻿Recruits in ﻿the 4th Platoon are having a fight
﻿I heard there's a duel. ﻿Let's check it out!
﻿4th Platoon, ﻿this is Brother Zhou's Platoon
﻿Right
﻿I heard that Deputy ﻿Commander Zhou would fight
﻿ ﻿Go. Let's hurry to see
﻿Everybody. Every comrade
﻿Please testify for us
﻿We will compete with martial arts
﻿Whoever is beaten today
﻿can't lie around like a rascal
If I win today,
﻿I'll be commander ﻿of the 4th Platoon
﻿Whoever refuses to ﻿acknowledge defeat is a coward!
Great idea!
﻿Son, are you done?
﻿Don't waste time; go fight
﻿or else lie down ﻿and acknowledge defeat
﻿Why are you talking nonsense?
﻿Brother Zhou, awesome
Good job
﻿Brother Zhou, awesome
Bravo!
﻿Stand up
﻿I won't stand up
﻿I insist
﻿If I stand up, ﻿you'll beat me down again
﻿Yang Dali is a coward. A coward!
﻿Coward! Coward!
﻿What do you want?
﻿Let's compete in other domains
Such as?
﻿I grew up in the mountains
﻿I must run faster ﻿than you. Let's race
﻿What do you think?
﻿It's a deal. What are the rules?
﻿Can you see that hill ahead?
﻿The goal is that hilltop
﻿Whoever makes it ﻿first to the hilltop wins the race
﻿One, two, three. Go!
﻿Go, go!
﻿Xiao Ya! Xiao Ya!
Xiao Yu? Xiao Yu!
﻿What are you thinking?
﻿Nothing
﻿Something's haunting you
﻿Sister Chen Yi, ﻿let me ask you something
﻿Just ask
﻿You and Brother Zhou ﻿were schoolmates
Fiancee?
﻿Does he have a fiancee?
﻿Why are you thinking about that?
﻿This afternoon
﻿when Brother Zhou ﻿was challenging the recruits
﻿he ran to the hilltop ﻿and cried out a name
﻿What name?
﻿Where are you going?
Nothing. Sister Chen Yi
﻿Please go on to bed. ﻿I want to get some fresh air
﻿Doctor Fan, why aren't ﻿you sleeping, so late at night?
﻿I can't fall asleep. ﻿So I'm out to get a little fresh air
﻿Xu Hu, I want to ask you something
﻿What is it?
﻿Please come in
﻿I brought you some fruit
Here
﻿Thank you
﻿What are you thinking about, here?
﻿Nothing
I'll tell you what,
﻿Zhou Weiguo competed ﻿with the recruits in his platoon
I was there
Guess what?
﻿Zhou Weiguo is really good
Later...
﻿Later I heard he ran ﻿to the hilltop alone
﻿and he cried out a person's name
﻿Did you hear it?
﻿Cried out a person's name?
﻿Yes, he screamed. ﻿The name is Xiao... Xiao Ya
Xiao Ya?
﻿He yelled Xiao Ya?
﻿What? Do you know her?
﻿Do you remember
﻿back when I taught ﻿in the girls' school
﻿one of my colleagues ﻿was named Xiao Ya?
﻿She had dinner once at our place
﻿Right
﻿Your description reminds me
﻿No wonder that name ﻿sounded familiar
﻿Do you think the "Xiao Ya"
﻿that Zhou Weiguo was shouting for
is...
﻿Right
﻿The girl also said ﻿her fiance attended the CMA
﻿Is her fiance Zhou Weiguo?
﻿This afternoon you ﻿must have heard
﻿what Brother Zhou ﻿cried out on the hilltop
﻿What?
﻿Did he shout ﻿out the name Xiao Ya?
Did Xiao Ya
﻿teach in Nanjing's ﻿4th Girls' Middle School?
﻿How do you know that?
Answer me first
﻿Tell me, what's her ﻿relationship with Brother Zhou?
﻿Doctor Fan
﻿I really can't tell you the truth
Why?
﻿How about this? ﻿If you really want to know the answer
﻿ask him directly
﻿It wouldn't be proper ﻿for me to meddle
Sorry
﻿Come in
It is ﻿me, Brother Zhou
﻿What's up, Doctor Fan?
﻿Nothing
﻿I couldn't fall asleep, ﻿so I wanted to drop in on you
﻿Brother Zhou, ﻿can you tell me who Xiao Ya is?
﻿Why do you ask such a question?
﻿But I have to ask about her