﻿These eggs and food
﻿are a little token for ﻿Commander Zhou and the ERA
﻿It's not much. Please take it
﻿Villagers
﻿I thank you on behalf of the ERA
﻿But I know that this year
﻿life is tough for you
﻿If we take these
﻿you will starve, ﻿so we can't accept them
﻿We appreciate your kindness
﻿Please take back these things
﻿No. It's the villagers' wish
﻿If you don't take them
﻿it means you look ﻿down upon villagers in Lilong
﻿and I can't face the villagers again
﻿You have to accept it
﻿Fine. We'll make an exception
﻿We'll take it
﻿- Zhao Jie. - Yes
﻿Get your war ﻿trophies, those cans of food
﻿and clothes, ﻿and give them to villagers
﻿So they can get through the winter
Yes
﻿Chief-of-Staff Li, you shouldn't
﻿Sir, please listen to me
﻿Villagers. I have to ﻿apologize for yesterday
﻿The Japs came into the village
﻿and caused great losses
﻿It means we failed to protect you
﻿We are responsible
﻿So you have to take all these
﻿Okay. I'll take them ﻿on behalf of the villagers
﻿Thank you, ﻿Chief-of-Staff Li. Thank the ERA
﻿Commander Zhou
﻿please allow us ﻿villagers to kneel to you for thanks
﻿Sir, Sir you shouldn't. ﻿Come on, friends, get up
﻿Chief-of-Staff
﻿Sir, villagers, thank you all
﻿Thank you, Sir
﻿Okay. We won't ﻿bother you anymore
﻿Villagers, let's go back
﻿Chen Yi, help me lead them out
﻿Okay
﻿Sir, take care
﻿See you later
﻿Yes fellow villagers. Take care
﻿Old Zhou, I want to talk to you
﻿Let's go
﻿Old Zhou
﻿About yesterday, ﻿you violated military rules
﻿but from this event
﻿we have also seen your ﻿commanding talents in war
﻿You are an excellent commander
﻿You are ﻿flattering me, Chief-of-Staff
﻿How long have you been here?
﻿More than three months
﻿The ERA'S life is tough
﻿not like when ﻿you were with the KMT
﻿Are you okay with the ﻿food and living condition here?
﻿I'm okay as long ﻿as I have the chance to kill Japs
﻿You still have a problem
﻿with Comrade ﻿Xu Guangrong, right?
﻿You are not comfortable with him?
﻿That's not true
﻿Taking orders is a soldiers' job
﻿I learned this on the first ﻿day in Whampoa Military Academy
﻿I did make a mistake
﻿I caused trouble ﻿for my commander
﻿You are just being polite
﻿I want to hear your true thoughts
﻿- Chief-of-Staff. - Call me Old Li
Old Li
﻿Honestly, I joined ﻿your ERA just to kill Japs
﻿But I did violate the ﻿rules this time. I admit that
﻿Good. I like your honesty
﻿Let me tell you the truth
﻿I was wary of you. I didn't trust you
﻿Think about it. ﻿We fought with the KMT before
﻿Some of my comrades-in-arms
﻿and my own relatives
﻿were killed by KMTs
﻿I couldn't trust you straight away
﻿I understand
﻿Okay
﻿Our army needs soldiers like you
﻿I'd like to make friends with you
﻿You stood out at high ﻿risk just to protect the villagers
﻿I really admire you for that
﻿I'm glad we are comrades-in-arms
﻿Me, too
﻿But I still have to say
﻿we are still soldiers
﻿You agreed it. ﻿Taking orders is a soldiers' job
﻿We have several ﻿thousand soldiers on the Tiger Head Mountain
﻿If everyone is like you
﻿just charging ﻿when you see any Japs
﻿how will we lead ﻿the army in the future?
﻿You were a regimental commander
﻿A regimental ﻿commander in a trained army
﻿I think you know ﻿this better than me
Old Li
﻿Just punish me
﻿Honestly?
﻿Honestly
﻿Good. Good. ﻿Your attitude is very good
﻿I'll ask Comrade ﻿Qiu Ming right now
﻿for your punishment
﻿Okay
﻿It's getting late. ﻿I should leave now
﻿I really don't understand
﻿Why did Chief-of-Staff
﻿change his mind all of a sudden?
﻿It's obviously Zhou Weiguo's fault
﻿He is undisciplined ﻿and selfish glory seeker
﻿If everyone is like him in the future
﻿how will we lead the army?
﻿Zhang Chu, let me ask you
﻿If you were a villager in Lilong
﻿wouldn't you hope someone
﻿would come to ﻿rescue at the crucial moment?
﻿If Zhou Weiguo didn't at that time
﻿can you imagine ﻿what would have happened?
﻿Unimaginable
﻿I didn't say he was ﻿wrong about saving villagers
﻿I was talking only ﻿about the rules he violated
﻿Enough. Enough. Stop arguing
﻿Zhou Weiguo did violate the rules
﻿But he killed Japs ﻿and saved the villagers
﻿I admire him on that
﻿How was the confinement?
﻿What a free break!
﻿Don't feel frustrated
﻿I've brought you some good news
﻿I had a meeting ﻿of the military region
﻿The superiors have given me
﻿some very important information
﻿Three days ago
﻿a bridge south to Laiyang
﻿on the Tianjin-Nanjing Railway
﻿was blown up by us
﻿The railway is broken now
﻿The Japs were ﻿planning to send a lot of gasoline
﻿and ammunition to the south
﻿Now the stuffs ﻿stored in Laiyang arsenal
﻿The leaders asked ﻿us to destroy it at any cost
﻿We can't let the Japs ﻿easily transport these supplies
﻿to the front in the South
﻿We received information
﻿The Japs are busy ﻿repairing the bridge
﻿They should be ﻿able to finish it in ten days
﻿So we must accomplish ﻿this mission within ten days
﻿Commander, that's one ﻿of the Japs' most important tasks
﻿Yeah
﻿Let alone the Japs blockade lines
﻿from Tiger Head Mountain to Laiyang
﻿Only in Laiyang City, ﻿there is Japanese brigade
﻿And a lot of other ﻿Japanese soldiers
﻿are there now ﻿because the bridge is gone
﻿To attack the ﻿Laiyang Arsenal won't be easy
﻿Commander, give me three days
﻿I will give you a detailed battle plan
﻿Good. Come and ﻿find me if you have any problem
﻿Atta boy
﻿Old Qiu
﻿Now the whole ﻿regiment is excited about it
﻿Everyone wants to do it
﻿But it seems they just ﻿want to die together with the Japs
﻿Their plans all involve ﻿huge casualties for us
﻿Old Wu, read this
﻿I think it's good
﻿Finished? What do you think?
﻿Do you think ﻿Zhou Weiguo is too bold?
﻿It's not just bold
﻿No offense, but it's fantasy
﻿Attack the Laiyang ﻿Arsenal of over 100 Japs
﻿with only twelve people?
﻿It's just...
﻿About Zhou Weiguo's plan
﻿even with the ﻿experience of Tiger Head Mountain or the ERA
﻿it's a whole new concept
﻿It's something that ﻿we've never seen before
﻿Old Wu ﻿what do you think? Tell me
﻿I don't think we should reject it
﻿It looks like fantasy ﻿when you just read it
﻿But you will find the logic in it later
﻿That's the point
﻿A lot of successes ﻿come from these fantasies
﻿Old Qiu
﻿I don't think we should reject it
﻿We should hear ﻿Zhou Weiguo's exact plan
﻿and let him have a try
﻿Okay, Old Wu
﻿If you agree
﻿I suggest we discuss this plan
﻿at the battle meeting
﻿Okay
﻿Report
﻿How is the preparation
﻿for attacking the ﻿ERAS on the Tiger Head Mountain?
﻿The infantry battalion ﻿and the artillery company
﻿are gathered and ready
﻿They can set out any time
﻿Commander, ﻿should we attack the ERAs now?
﻿The priority now ﻿is to protect the Laiyang Arsenal
﻿Wait a few days
﻿and the ammunition is ﻿transferred from Laiyang Station
﻿we will attack the Tiger Head Mountain
﻿Report
﻿Come in
﻿Regimental Commander ﻿Political Commissar
﻿you are looking for me?
﻿Sit down
﻿Old Wu, why don't you tell him?
﻿Okay
﻿Weiguo
﻿Today I'm here to ﻿inform you something
﻿After the Regimental ﻿CPC's serious discussion
﻿your plan to ﻿attack the Laiyang Arsenal
﻿has been approved
﻿Really?
﻿Don't be too pleased!
﻿If we start it we must win
﻿Just tell me if you need anything
﻿Before I give the list of supplies
﻿I need to go to Laiyang
﻿To Laiyang?
﻿Yeah. I need to take a look
﻿Fine
﻿Know yourself ﻿and know the enemy
﻿so you can win all battles
﻿It's necessary to scout
﻿But there are massive ﻿Japanese forces in Laiyang
﻿I'm afraid you will get ﻿into danger if you are going alone
﻿Regimental Commander
﻿in such a situation ﻿as this, the less people the better
-﻿Okay. -Relax
﻿Safety first
﻿Excuse me. ﻿Is there any vacant room?
﻿Yes. How many ﻿days do you plan to stay?
﻿Today is the 1st. ﻿I will stay as long as I want to
﻿Follow me
﻿Brother San
﻿Fancy meeting you here!
﻿Drink first. Come on
﻿Weiguo, it's been some years
﻿since we separated in Nanjing
﻿You don't say
-﻿Cheers. -Come on. -Cheers
﻿Brother San
﻿Weren't you ﻿doing business in Jiangnan?
﻿Why did you ﻿come here to Shandong?
﻿Honestly
﻿since the Japs came to China
﻿I have been quite busy
﻿I stole almost a ﻿score of times in Jiangnan
﻿I've almost stolen from ﻿every Japanese company there
﻿The last time, I did a great job
﻿I took the vault of ﻿their garrison headquarters
﻿I spread the spoils to the poor
﻿The Japs were really fed up
﻿and put up wanted ﻿posters of me everywhere
﻿I couldn't stay there anymore
﻿I was figuring where to go ﻿
﻿Shandong is a good place
﻿So I came
﻿Brother San
﻿What business are ﻿you doing in Shandong?
﻿What business? Theft
﻿But I have a principle. ﻿I only steal from the Japs
﻿Laiyang is a good place
﻿The railway connects ﻿the north and the south
﻿It's the Japanese's transfer station
﻿So this time I ﻿won't let them go easily
﻿Brother San
﻿I don't admire ﻿many people in my life
﻿-But I admire you. - ﻿You are flattering me
-﻿Bottoms up. -Bottoms up
﻿Weiguo, why are you in Laiyang?
﻿You are also after the Japs here?
﻿Change the subject. ﻿Let's focus on drinking
-﻿Okay. -Here
Now I have the general ﻿situation of the enemies
﻿I need to form my squad now
﻿I need the ﻿regiment's absolute support
﻿I'll ask you for a lot of things
﻿Please forgive me in advance
﻿Just tell us whatever you need
﻿We are prepared for any request
﻿Okay
﻿Regimental Commander, ﻿Political Commissar
﻿First, I need soldiers
﻿Who?
﻿There should not be too ﻿many soldiers for this mission
﻿Twelve, including me, is enough
﻿But the twelve soldiers ﻿should all be competent
﻿I only have six in my platoon
﻿so I need two from the 3rd platoon,
﻿Zhao Jie and Tractor
﻿Okay
﻿And two from the 2nd Battalion,
﻿Zhao Dayong and Li Sanhe
﻿Okay. I will get them for you. And?
﻿And...
﻿Don't tell me you ﻿want Old Wu and me
﻿Regimental Commander
﻿I need your ﻿bodyguard Zhao Dalong
-﻿ Dalong. - Yes
﻿Listen to my order: from today
﻿you will listen to ﻿Zhou Weiguo's orders
﻿Zhou Weiguo's ﻿orders are my orders
﻿Do you understand my words?
﻿Yes
﻿Okay. The problem ﻿of staff is solved
﻿And?
﻿The second
﻿I hope the whole regiment
﻿will cooperate with the squad
﻿Here is my plan
﻿We divide the whole ﻿regiment to several troops to attack
﻿harassing the Japs' ﻿strongholds around Laiyang
﻿the bigger the chaos the better
﻿I can make use of ﻿the chaos and do the job
﻿No problem
﻿I'll let every soldier ﻿on the Tiger Head Mountain help you
﻿We will make a ﻿huge chaos in Laiyang
﻿Thank you, ﻿Regimental Commander
﻿Now I need to ask for ﻿weapons and equipment
﻿This time we'll be ﻿disguised as Japanese soldiers
﻿to sneak into Laiyang
﻿I need twelve﻿ ﻿Japanese military uniforms
﻿and twelve Japanese rifles
﻿each with 80 bullets
﻿And each soldier ﻿with four grenades
﻿I want the best, the newest
﻿Okay. I'll let ﻿Old Wu take care of it
﻿They will be ready ﻿in three days. And?
﻿And to reduce casualties
﻿I need a good deal of time bombs
-﻿Time bombs? -Yes
﻿We don't have ﻿such things in the base
﻿Where can I find them for you?
﻿I know there is one ﻿person who can make some
- ﻿Who is it? - Zhang Chu
﻿Zhang Chu?
﻿Yes. He graduated ﻿from Fudan University
﻿He is good with the mechanism
﻿It shouldn't be a problem for him
﻿to make several time bombs
﻿Good. If Zhang ﻿Chu can make some
﻿I will personally ask him
﻿What else do you need me to do?
﻿Right, Commander. ﻿I need twelve Mauser pistols
﻿I don't want those made in Shanxi
﻿I need brand new ﻿ones of the M712 version
﻿Each pistol with 200 bullets
﻿This won't be easy
﻿Fine. Dalong
﻿Gather all the officers ﻿above Company Commanders
﻿Tell them to come to a meeting
﻿in the Regimental Headquarters
﻿Why take our pistols?
﻿What are you yelling for?
﻿The Regimental Commander
﻿took away my Mauser pistol
﻿I don't know why
﻿Yeah, ours too
﻿My pistol and ﻿Company Commander Xu's pistol
﻿were also taken
﻿Regimental ﻿Commander has his plan
﻿Stop chatting now. ﻿Go back and have a rest
﻿Why does the Regimental ﻿commander need so many pistols?
﻿How would I know?
﻿Remove your pistol ﻿and put it on the desk
﻿Weiguo, here are all ﻿the pistols we have in the regiment
﻿Take whichever you like
﻿Regimental ﻿Commander, what's happening?
﻿Regimental Commander,
﻿why do we have to ﻿hand in our pistols?
﻿To support the mission ﻿to attack the Laiyang Arsenal
﻿all the squad members
﻿need to bring their ﻿Mauser pistols made in Germany
﻿You shall obey without question
﻿Do you understand my words?
﻿Yes!
﻿Boom!
﻿This is not the time to joke
﻿How is it?
﻿Almost finished. ﻿Here are some I already completed
﻿Let me. Let me. ﻿Be careful. Be careful
﻿I'm very careful
﻿Look, once the ﻿second hand goes back to zero
﻿the pick will bounce ﻿up and it will explode
﻿What is its destructive effect?
﻿Each bomb is ﻿attached with a kilo of TNT
﻿It's made from the ﻿shells from mortars
﻿As for its destructive effect
﻿it can easily flatten this room
﻿Awesome
﻿Your years of ﻿education are paying off
﻿I'm not sure about that
﻿but I know anything ﻿that can blow Japs up is good
﻿It's destructive
﻿Keep well away ﻿from it when it explodes
﻿Don't hurt yourself
﻿I cherish my life
﻿Right, when will you leave?
﻿Tomorrow morning. ﻿By the way, you have to hurry
﻿Before I go, ﻿you should finish this batch
﻿Tomorrow morning?
﻿Okay. No problem. ﻿I'll take care of it
﻿Thanks
﻿I won't disturb you ﻿any longer. I'll go back now
﻿Go ahead
﻿Report
﻿Come in
﻿Chief-of-Staff
﻿What's the matter? ﻿You have new orders for me?
﻿Have a seat
﻿Okay
﻿Guangrong,
﻿Zhou Weiguo and his squad
﻿will set out tomorrow morning
﻿Those twelve guys ﻿are the best of our regiment
﻿So I can't just relax
﻿Old Zhou's plan is not safe, I think
﻿Chief-of-Staff, ﻿do you think they will succeed?
﻿Honestly, I don't know
﻿I don't know what ﻿Zhou Weiguo will do
﻿If I were to make the decision
﻿I wouldn't choose ﻿this dangerous strategy
﻿But the regiment ﻿has approved his plan
﻿so we should support his idea
﻿You see?
﻿From Qifeng Pass to Laiyang
﻿See?
﻿It's open plain
﻿That is to say, ﻿if the squad opens fire in Laiyang
﻿and cannot retreat fast enough
﻿the Japanese mechanized force
﻿will catch up with them
﻿Then they won't be able to escape
﻿no matter how fast they are
Yes, Chief-of-staff
﻿It's a plain area
﻿If they get stuck here, ﻿they will become sitting targets
﻿That's the point
﻿So I've decided to send a team
﻿to wait for them ten ﻿miles from Qifeng Pass
﻿and help Comrade ﻿Zhou Weiguo retreat safely
﻿Now I'm giving you this task
﻿Yes
﻿When you carry it out, ﻿size up the situation
﻿Seize all opportunities in the battle
﻿Try your best to ﻿help Zhou Weiguo retreat
﻿and avoid having a ﻿battle with the Japs on the plain
﻿Try your best to ﻿avoid any casualties
﻿Can you do that?
﻿I promise I'll complete this mission
﻿Okay. Go get ready
﻿Wait
﻿Guangrong
﻿Learn something from ﻿Zhou Weiguo on the battlefield
﻿Use your head
﻿ ﻿Yes
﻿The Japs have assigned ﻿a company to guard the arsenal
﻿It should be 180 soldiers
﻿They are quartered at ﻿the military base in Laiyang
﻿They have four shifts every day
﻿Forty to sixty soldiers every shift
﻿At the gate of the ﻿arsenal, there are six soldiers
﻿To get into their secure warehouse
﻿we need their password
﻿They all have Type 38 rifles
﻿There is a street ﻿barricade in the yard
﻿where there is a ﻿heavy machine gun squad
﻿There are two ﻿heavy machine gun squads
﻿on its east and west
﻿And in this yard ﻿there are two patrols
﻿eight soldiers in each ﻿patrol, everyone with a type 38 rifle
﻿There are two machine ﻿guns and a searchlight on the roof
﻿Regimental ﻿Commander Qiu's troop
﻿will cooperate with us outside
﻿They will blow up ﻿one of the Japs' strongholds
﻿to attract some of the Japs
﻿At that time we should ﻿be facing about ninety Japs
﻿We will sneak into ﻿Laiyang in the afternoon
﻿and proceed at ﻿three in the morning
﻿We will return via the ﻿same route after the operation
﻿Shuisheng, Erhuzi, ﻿Laitouzi, Li Sanhe, Zhao Dayong
﻿the five of you cover ﻿the rest from outside
﻿Does anyone have any questions?
﻿the five of you should each take a grenade launcher
﻿Check your arms and ﻿we will set out in half an hour
﻿Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu
﻿Why are you still here?
﻿Zhou Weiguo is leaving now
﻿Let's go see him off
﻿I can't go
﻿Why?
﻿Commander Qiu
﻿ordered me to the military ﻿regional hospital to study
﻿Fine. I'll go alone now
﻿Comrade Zhou
﻿Bring back the soldiers safely
﻿No problem
﻿Take care, Weiguo
﻿I'm going
﻿Brother Zhou!
﻿Be careful. ﻿I'll wait for you to come back
﻿Who are you?
﻿What's the password tonight?
﻿What is it?
﻿I'll say. I'll say
﻿It's that guy again
﻿Never mind. Let's keep chatting
﻿Haven't got the ﻿password. What should we do?
﻿It's the shabby ERAs
﻿Don't worry
﻿They can't do ﻿anything with their lousy weapons
﻿Take cover
﻿Report!
﻿Sixteen of our ﻿strongholds in the east of the city
﻿were attacked simultaneously
﻿They used gasoline bombs
﻿Our places are still on fire
﻿Use all the soldiers ﻿we have and cancel all leave
Reinforce ﻿all the strongholds
﻿Leave only one ﻿company to guard here
﻿Who is it? Password!
﻿Oh, it's Commander ﻿Kobayashi. It's me
﻿Password
﻿Kobayashi kun, are you crazy?
﻿You don't recognize me?
﻿I'm Kikui
﻿Password
﻿Down Fujiyama. Answer
﻿Sakura blossoms
﻿Doctor Kikui. ﻿Sorry for just now
﻿Kobayashi kun. ﻿You don't have to cross the line
﻿We meet every day
﻿We both serve tenno, ﻿serve the Empire of Japan
﻿We should do our best
﻿we cannot say too much on this
﻿Plus, you should know
﻿that the arsenal ﻿has gone to martial law
﻿Without the ﻿Brigade Commander's note
﻿no one shall go out
﻿Doctor Kikui, ﻿where are you going?
﻿I have to run some errands
﻿I need to leave ﻿the arsenal for a while
﻿If so, please produce ﻿the Brigade Commander's order
﻿Let's go next time
﻿What errands? ﻿Just want to look for some ladies
﻿What a disgrace to ﻿the soldiers of the Empire
﻿Brothers, I've got the password
﻿Let's stick to the original plan
﻿Password
﻿Down Fujiyama. Answer
﻿Sakura blossoms
﻿Password
﻿Down Fujiyama. Answer
﻿Sakura blossoms
﻿Thanks
﻿These are munitions. ﻿Are we able to blow them all?
﻿They are not all munitions
﻿Some are just ﻿gasoline barrels and clothes
﻿Check our watches
﻿It's 3:30 am
﻿Xu Hu and I will each lead a team
﻿Remember, we don't ﻿have many time bombs
﻿We have to use them on ﻿the gasoline barrels and munitions
﻿We will gather here ﻿again in fifteen minutes
﻿Set the time ﻿bombs for thirty minutes
-﻿Understand? -Yes. -Yes
Go
﻿It's not. Go
﻿Not here. Go. Keep looking
﻿Nothing. Go
﻿What the heck is this? ﻿Where are the munitions?
﻿Cut the nonsense. Just go
﻿Found it!
﻿There it is!
﻿You are so greedy
﻿Commander, ﻿you know I'm a peasant
﻿Listen to me. ﻿We will only take a machine gun
﻿Take enough shells. ﻿Leave all the rest here
﻿All? Commander, ﻿so many munitions
﻿why don't we ﻿take them to the Tiger Head Mountain?
﻿You can move all of them?
﻿I... I...
﻿We can't take them
﻿but we won't ﻿leave them to the Japs
﻿Blow them all up
Blow them all? If so, well...
﻿What are you waiting for?
﻿Time bombs. Hurry
﻿Found the ﻿gasoline and set the bombs
﻿Brothers, let's retreat
﻿[Japanese] Let's go
﻿Attention!
﻿Let's go
﻿Command
﻿Down Fujiyama. Answer
﻿Sakura blossoms