﻿3rd Company Commander
Yes!
Okay
﻿Commander Qiu, this is...?
﻿This is a little gift
﻿This is ammunition
﻿You must need them
﻿Commander Qiu, this is really...
﻿Remember, ﻿from today on, we are allies
﻿Commander Qiu, ﻿I will always be grateful to you
﻿I'll be honest with you
﻿I'm leaving
﻿not only because we ﻿can't stand this rural life here
﻿You know I had several ﻿hundred men in Qingfeng Village
﻿Now I have less than thirty men left
﻿I feel shameful to stay here
But rest assured
﻿I promise, in one or two years
﻿I will join you again ﻿with hundreds of soldiers
Okay. It's a deal. Salute!
﻿See you later
﻿I've talked with Chief of Staff Li
﻿You have only twelve ﻿soldiers left in your 4th platoon
﻿We can't put you in ﻿the position of deputy commander
﻿You were a ﻿regimental commander in NRA
﻿We don't have such ﻿a high position here for you
﻿How about this?
﻿I'll give you twenty more recruits
﻿You will be the platoon ﻿commander of the new 4th platoon
﻿We welcome ﻿Old Zhao to join the ERA
﻿You can be the deputy ﻿commander of the 4th platoon
﻿Thanks. Thank you, ﻿Regimental Commander
﻿Why did you stand up? Sit down
﻿If you sincerely ﻿want to join the ERA
﻿you should obey our rules
Yes. Yes
﻿The superiors ﻿told our headquarters
﻿to move to Zhao Village
﻿help build the Taifeng Base
﻿The armory ﻿will stay in Yang Village
﻿After the headquarters moves
﻿your 3rd Company will be ﻿the only company in Yang Village
﻿It's a great responsibility for you
﻿I understand. Please rest assured
﻿I like hearing you say that
﻿The Qifengkou Battle ﻿has given us experience
﻿You have to attack ﻿Tiger Head Mountain from every angle
﻿Compress the ERA'S space
﻿Look for Zhou Weiguo
Yes sir!
﻿Brigade Commander!
﻿We have been prepared
﻿for attacking ﻿according to your order
﻿We can set out tomorrow
﻿Watanabe, I wish you success
﻿Thank you, Commander!
﻿Set out now
﻿Sir. We are two ﻿kilometers away from Lilong Village
Go
﻿Okay. Come on, everyone
﻿Brother Shuisheng. ﻿It's boring hunting with you
﻿You got all the bunnies ﻿We couldn't get even one
﻿Why don't you ﻿come with us to search
﻿in the mountain ahead?
﻿We haven't got anything today
﻿Okay. How about tomorrow?
﻿Tomorrow?
﻿It's midday now
﻿Going back so early? ﻿You want to see your wife, right?
﻿What's wrong ﻿with seeing my wife?
﻿How about I let her ﻿cook some bunnies for you?
﻿That feels right. Let's go
﻿The Japs are coming!
-﻿Idiots! -Jackass!
﻿You disgraced the ﻿Japanese Imperial Army
﻿Do you understand the friendship
﻿between Japan and China?
﻿Hello, everybody
﻿My name is Watanabe Takeshi
﻿I'm their commander
﻿I'm here to visit you
﻿It's the friendship ﻿between Japan and China
﻿We are building
﻿the Greater East ﻿Asia Co-Prosperity circle
﻿Do you understand?
﻿You all have seen
﻿me punish this ﻿soldier for his rudeness
﻿I apologize to this little boy's family
I'm sorry
﻿Today we are here ﻿to investigate something
﻿I heard that the ERA ﻿harassed you all the time
﻿We, the Japanese Imperial Army
﻿are here to protect you
﻿If anyone knows ﻿anything about them
﻿like where their headquarters are
﻿where their armory is
You can tell us
﻿You know?
﻿I heard there is ﻿a commander in the ERA
﻿called Zhou Weiguo
﻿He robs you all the time
﻿We, the Japanese Imperial Army
﻿have decided to ﻿get rid of him for you
﻿You can tell us ﻿if you know where he is
﻿It's okay
﻿Anytime
﻿as long as you can give ﻿us some information of the ERA
﻿we will reward you
﻿For friendship ﻿between Japan and China
﻿I'll ask my soldiers ﻿to visit each of your homes
﻿Please allow me to visit your home
﻿Good. Please lead the way
﻿It's very stark
﻿You Chinese ﻿are living terrible lives
﻿It's not terrible. Not terrible
﻿You are lying
But you don't have to worry
﻿We, the Japanese ﻿Imperial Army, care about you
﻿We will visit you frequently
﻿We will send you food
Yes. Yes
﻿You wait outside
﻿I will call you when I need you
Yes sir
﻿Where is your food?
﻿What are you doing?
﻿Let go of my mother!
Mother!
﻿My son! My son! Son!
﻿Our friendship ﻿between China and Japan
﻿Friendship between ﻿China and Japan begins
﻿I know where the ERAs are
﻿What did you say?
﻿As long as you let my wife go
﻿I'll tell you where they are
﻿You really know?
﻿Zhou Weiguo is in Yang Village
﻿Go east from this village
﻿for five kilometers ﻿and you will find them
﻿their armory
﻿The armory of the ﻿Independent Regiment is also there
﻿How do you know?
I went there
Okay. Very good.
-Let us go. -﻿You will be our reward
﻿Husband! My husband!
Beast!
Beast! Brute!
Stop shouting!
Japanese goodwill beast!
Japanese goodwill
﻿Sir, is that woman good?
﻿Gather the troop
﻿We've got some ﻿important information
Yes sir
﻿The soldiers are tired
﻿Take away the ﻿young girls in this village
﻿They deserve some reward
Yes
Help! Help!
﻿Help! Let me go! Help!
Help! Help!
﻿Help! Let me go!
﻿Help! Let me go! Let me go!
﻿Let me go. Let me go
﻿Help! Let me go!
﻿Let us go!
﻿Good. Terrific. Idiot!
Sir
﻿It's a long way to ﻿go back to Laiyang
﻿I will look for some food for you
Your mind is still on the girl
I dare not
﻿Go. Don't take too long
﻿I will catch up ﻿with you a while later
Yes.
Let's go
﻿Open it
Yes sir
﻿Sir, I've brought her
﻿Bring her in
﻿Wait outside for my orders
Yes sir
﻿What's wrong?
﻿Japanese cigarette stub
﻿Crap! The Japs invaded our village!
﻿Let's spread and ﻿get into the village to check
﻿Okay. Let's go
﻿Yamamoto
Juanzi... Oh Shuisheng!
Oh Shuisheng...
Father?
﻿Father! Father!
﻿How many people ﻿have the Japs killed?
﻿Brother Shuisheng
﻿Zhuzi's parents are ﻿both killed by the Japs
﻿Even Xiaotao was taken by them
﻿How many Japs have come?
﻿The girls...
﻿If they are really ﻿taken to Laiyang by the Japs
﻿it will be...
﻿How many Japs came? ﻿When did they leave?
About 50 or 60. They just left.
﻿Take it
﻿We will take a shortcut
﻿and stop them at Dashikou
﻿Zhuzi. Zhuzi. Zhuzi
You run to Yang Village ﻿to bring the message to the ERA
﻿Bring them to Dashikou to help us
﻿and save the villagers
﻿No. I want to come with you
﻿I want revenge!
Zhuzi
﻿Listen to me
﻿If you still want to save your wife
﻿you have to listen to me
﻿Among us, you run ﻿the fastest in the mountain
﻿The three of us ﻿can't stop so many Japs
﻿If the ERAs come too late
﻿we won't be able ﻿to save the villagers
Go. Go now! Hurry!
﻿Follow me to the shortcut. Hurry
﻿The Japs are coming
﻿Let's beat them here
﻿We'll listen to you
T﻿here are dozens of Japs
﻿We must fight in ﻿very cunning way
﻿What should we do?
﻿You wait at a high point opposite
﻿I'll stay here
﻿Along the path we will attack them
﻿so the Devils ﻿won't find us too easily
-Okay? -Okay.
﻿Wait. Later after I open fire
﻿the Japs will ﻿charge to my direction
﻿You shoot them with arrows
﻿Don't use the pistol
﻿Those things will ﻿make a lot of smoke
﻿easily bringing ﻿the Japs down on you
﻿- Understand? - Okay
﻿Attention!
At ease
﻿Comrades
﻿The 4th Platoon is a new platoon
﻿but your performance is superb
﻿Your training ﻿methods are also terrific
﻿and we should ﻿promote those methods
﻿So my plan is to let your platoon...
﻿Help! Help! ﻿Help us! ERA brothers
﻿Help, please help!
﻿I'm Zhuzi, from Lilong Village
﻿The Japs went to our village
﻿Come on, brother, ﻿stand up and then speak
﻿ERA brothers. Please help us
﻿The Japs killed a lot of villagers
﻿They took away a lot of young girls
﻿How many people do they have?
﻿They just left when I came here
﻿Shuisheng and ﻿some other villagers
﻿went to Dashikou to stall them
﻿They would have ﻿been fighting by now
﻿Brothers of the ﻿4th Platoon, come with me!
﻿Let's go kill some Japs! Go!
﻿Zhou Weiguo, ﻿what are you doing?
﻿Zhou Weiguo! Zhou Weiguo!
﻿Zhou Weiguo, what are you doing?
﻿What am I doing? ﻿Going to kill some Japs!
﻿Kill Japs? ﻿There are fifty or sixty Japs
﻿We only have a platoon
﻿We don't have ﻿enough ammunition
﻿Wait until I find ﻿some reinforcements
﻿The villagers will all be dead
﻿by the time ﻿you find reinforcements
﻿Zhou Weiguo, ﻿if you attack too hastily
﻿you won't be ﻿able to save the villagers
﻿Zhou Weiguo, hold there!
﻿This is an order
﻿Zhou Weiguo
﻿You think you are ﻿still in the KMT's army?
﻿Now you are in the ERA of CPC
﻿You have to be disciplined
﻿Company Commander Xu
﻿I don't have time to ﻿talk about discipline with you
﻿Zhou Weiguo, you...
﻿Guard, take away his gun
﻿Let's see who dares
﻿Zhou Weiguo, are you rebelling?
﻿This is a mistake!
﻿Platoon Commander, ﻿what should we do?
﻿Tie him up
﻿No problem
Who dares?
﻿Zhou Weiguo! Zhou Weiguo!
Let's go.
﻿Get down! Get down!
﻿It's from that direction. ﻿Spray them with the machine gun
﻿Over there. Fire!
﻿Charge! Charge!
﻿That direction. Fire! Fire!
﻿Use the mortar!
﻿It's the Japs' grenade launcher
That is Dashikou
﻿It must be Brother ﻿Shuisheng fighting against Japs
﻿Let's go!
﻿Attack! Attack! Get him alive
﻿Attack!
﻿He has run out of bullets
﻿Take him alive
﻿Come on! Come on!
﻿Do you want your ﻿left arm or your right arm?
﻿If I had a chance to get up again
﻿I will still beat you! Come on!
﻿So your right arm
﻿Then let me show you...
﻿Come over
﻿Take this back to ﻿the Brigade Commander
﻿Tell him we have found ﻿Zhou Weiguo's position
Yes
Bring it on!
Retreat! Retreat!
﻿Don't let go of any Japs!
Let's go!
﻿Stop!
﻿Dali, who shot him?
﻿No, I don't know
﻿Brother Shuisheng. Shuisheng
﻿Ouch
﻿It's them
﻿They killed our ﻿villagers and raped our girls
﻿Revenge
﻿Right
﻿I serve the military ﻿of the Empire of Japan
﻿What's the big deal of me
﻿playing with some Chinese girls?
Okay
﻿What?
﻿Commander, punishment!
﻿It's my business
﻿Are you serious?
Help me. Wait. Wait...
﻿Zhou Weiguo is mutinous!
﻿Come with me ﻿to gather the soldiers
Yes.
﻿Check carefully, brothers
Yes
﻿Don't forget the food and bullets
﻿What are you ﻿looking at Platoon Commander?
﻿We caught six or seven Japs
﻿One of them is a military officer
﻿I'm late. I'm too late
Sorry, Juanzi
﻿Brother Shuisheng
Sorry, Juanzi
﻿- Juanzi. -Are you ﻿a man? Why are you crying?
﻿You are Shuisheng?
﻿You killed the twenty ﻿Japs down the mountain?
﻿Two other ﻿villagers and I killed them
But they...
﻿They have been killed by the Japs
﻿Want revenge?
﻿Of course. I want revenge
﻿Take this and beat Japs with me
﻿This... Who is he?
﻿I don't know
﻿I only know he is an officer in ERA
﻿Brother, this is the ﻿SIC of Qingfeng Village
﻿Have you heard ﻿of the battle of Qifengkou?
﻿He led us to wipe ﻿out an entire Japanese company
﻿He is now a platoon ﻿commander in the ERA
He is SIC Zhou?
Yeah
﻿I'll come with you
﻿Me too
﻿That's what we want to hear
﻿Come on. Let me ﻿check your wound
﻿You are lucky. It's not severe
﻿Brother
﻿You take him to find ﻿a doctor and bandage him
﻿Don't worry. Everything will be OK
Go
﻿Come on, Brother Shuisheng
﻿Brother Zhou, ﻿I've brought some food for you
Okay
Thanks.
﻿Wine too? Terrific
﻿What's wrong? Still mad ﻿at Company Commander Xu?
Brother Zhou
﻿I heard the soldiers talk ﻿about your battle in Lilong Village
﻿Do you know?
﻿They all feel great about it
﻿Everyone speaks highly of you
﻿Brother Zhou, you are amazing
﻿You defeated over seventy Japs
﻿with a platoon of recruits
﻿And you saved so many villagers
﻿I live just to kill Japs
﻿Then what about after the war?
﻿Then I'll go look for your cousin
﻿Even if you are ﻿going to look for my cousin
﻿I will go with you
Chief of Staff
﻿That's the basic information
﻿about how Zhou ﻿Weiguo disobeyed orders
﻿and killed POWs ﻿in the battle of Lilong Village
﻿I think, though Zhou ﻿Weiguo won the battle
﻿he made a serious mistake
﻿I hope the organization ﻿will respond to this quickly
﻿My speech is over
﻿As a commander, ﻿Zhou Weiguo disobeyed orders
﻿and led his ﻿soldiers to make trouble
﻿causing the five ﻿deaths and nine injuries
﻿in his 26-soldier platoon
﻿The casualty is ﻿already half of his platoon
﻿He should take ﻿full responsibility of that
﻿And killing POW is ﻿a serious violation of our rules
﻿I think we should punish ﻿him seriously to teach the others
﻿I have something to say
﻿Comrades
﻿Zhou Weiguo did ﻿make a big mistake today
﻿We should criticize ﻿him and punish him
﻿The organization will do that
﻿But we should think about it
﻿He hasn't been here for long
﻿It takes time to change a person
﻿Moreover, he did win the battle
﻿He did save a lot of villagers
﻿I hope you would consider that
My speech is over
﻿I disagree
﻿It's true that Zhou Weiguo ﻿is a good commander in the battle
﻿He won a lot of battles
﻿But it can't be an ﻿excuse for him to disobey orders
﻿The reason the ERA wins battles
﻿is our iron discipline ﻿and absolute loyalty to the CP
﻿Zhou Weiguo violates ﻿our discipline again and again
﻿It makes a bad ﻿impression on other soldiers
﻿I think we should ﻿severely and quickly punish him
﻿Are you finished?
﻿Are you completely finished?
﻿Okay. Let me ask you
﻿What are the CP members for?
﻿What is the army of CP for?
﻿We all took the oath to liberate ﻿the exploited class
﻿What are the ﻿villagers of Lilong Village?
﻿They are part of the exploited class
﻿What did Zhou Weiguo do?
﻿He saved them
﻿Right. We have casualties
﻿But it was worthwhile
﻿Because villagers were saved
﻿I agree with Comrade Chen Yi
﻿You know I have ﻿a problem with Zhou Weiguo
﻿Of course it's not ﻿about him personally
﻿It's about the KMT reactiona...
﻿It's about the KMT
﻿Comrade Xu Guangrong. ﻿I think you've forgotten your roots
﻿You've forgotten
﻿how the villagers in ﻿the Soviet areas treat us
﻿But... But Zhou Weiguo ﻿did violate military conduct
﻿Company ﻿Commander Xu, let me ask you
﻿When Zhou Weiguo ﻿decided to fight, were you there?
﻿Of course I was
﻿I told him not to, ﻿but he wouldn't listen
﻿And... and he tied ﻿me up! You know that
﻿You are the commander
﻿You should use ﻿your head in war
﻿How would he tie you ﻿up if you agreed with him?
﻿How would he ﻿violate the rules in that way?
﻿We should punish ﻿him if he violated rules
﻿But as a commander ﻿he went to battle on time
﻿and saved villagers. ﻿We should compliment him
﻿Report!
﻿He is a soldier with Watanabe
﻿He has something to report
﻿You are with Watanabe
﻿Where is he?
﻿Watanabe has... ﻿He has died for Tenno
﻿What?
﻿Where are the other soldiers?
﻿All died in the battle
﻿What happened exactly?
﻿We met an ERA troop ﻿with strong battle effectiveness
﻿Watanabe thought ﻿it was led by Zhou Weiguo
﻿What? Zhou Weiguo?
﻿And Watanabe found out that
﻿the armory of the ﻿ERA is near Yang Village
﻿The mountain has ﻿a complicated terrain
﻿The ERA has placed ﻿massive forces guarding it
﻿It's impregnable
﻿Before his death
﻿Watanabe wrote all ﻿the information on this
﻿Watanabe kun
﻿You've lived up ﻿to the name of a soldier
﻿of the Empire of Japan
﻿You must be tired
﻿Okay. Go have ﻿a rest and recover soon
Yes
﻿Brigade Commander, come over
It's here
﻿It's accurate?
Yes
﻿This should be it
Yes
Watanabe Kun's ﻿information is accurate
﻿Should we send out ﻿the troops to attack Yang Village?
﻿Yamamoto
Yes
﻿Get ready to attack Yang Village
﻿After we repair the ﻿Tianjin-Nanjing Railway
﻿we will attack Yang ﻿Village and wipe out Tiger Head Mountain
Yes
﻿Old Zhou, the villagers are here
﻿They want to see you
﻿This is our hero
﻿Villagers. ﻿Kneel down before our Hero!
﻿Sir, please get up. Get up
﻿You should not kneel down
﻿Villagers, get up
Chief of Staff, well...
﻿- What's going on? - I... I...
﻿The villagers came ﻿in the early morning
﻿They wanted to see ﻿Platoon Commander Zhou
﻿Sir, my name is Li Yong. ﻿I'm the Chief of Staff here
﻿You can talk to me
Officer, I'm Zheng Wentai
﻿a national scholar ﻿of the Qing Dynasty
﻿and the chief in the Lilong Village
﻿I'm 83 years old now
﻿I've lived long enough
﻿But these young people...
﻿If it were not for ﻿Commander Zhou
﻿they would have been dead
We collected these eggs and food
﻿It's a little token ﻿to Commander Zhou
﻿and the ERA soldiers
﻿It's not much. Please accept it
﻿Villagers. ﻿I thank you on behalf of ERA