﻿Comrade Xu Guangrong,
﻿is Zhou Weiguo your subordinate?
﻿Yes
﻿Since he is under your command
﻿and he didn't come back,
﻿why did you retreat?
﻿Do you know what you've done?
﻿You deserted! This is shameful!
-I... -﻿You what?
﻿Am I wrong to judge ﻿you by your failures?
﻿You seem to be unconvinced
﻿Chief of staff, I am not convinced
﻿I have followed ﻿you for so many years
﻿don't you know what ﻿kind of a person I am?
﻿Agreed, I was wrong. I know that
﻿But you said I was a rat
﻿I'm totally unconvinced about that
﻿Fine. If you're full of resentment
﻿just give your reasons
﻿The Regimental Commander ﻿and Commissar are ﻿both here, so go ahead
﻿I was also anxious
﻿that Zhou Weiguo ﻿didn't come back
﻿but it was the scheduled time
﻿He didn't come back ﻿to the spot as scheduled
﻿Shilipu is an unshielded place
﻿Once the Japs came
﻿the whole Third Company ﻿might have been in danger
﻿I couldn't ignore the safety of
﻿our Third Company for their sake
﻿Have you finished?
﻿I'm finished
﻿It's no use to have ﻿tens of thousands of excuses
﻿What position are you in?
﻿You're the commander
﻿A commander ﻿without soldiers is nothing
﻿You have no excuses
﻿I suggest to ﻿dismiss Xu Guangrong's post
﻿as Company Commander
﻿and place Zhou Weiguo ﻿temporarily in his place
﻿Chief of Staff
﻿Old Xu, calm down. Sit down first
﻿I have a question for you
﻿Compared with the Japs
﻿whose equipment ﻿is better, ours or theirs?
﻿Of course theirs
﻿How wide is the gap ﻿between their equipment and ours?
﻿We're not even close
﻿If we had the same ﻿equipment as they do
﻿we'd have ﻿already kicked them out
﻿How about our soldiers' quality
﻿and combat skills ﻿compared with theirs?
﻿Also much worse
﻿Then
﻿can our supplies and provisions
﻿be compared to the Japs?
We also can't touch them
﻿Think about it
﻿During all those years
﻿we've been ﻿fighting against the Japs
﻿did the Japs ﻿win more often or us?
﻿If we fought recklessly
﻿we would have been doomed
﻿But we waged a protracted war
﻿and now we are ﻿neck and neck with them
﻿Good point
﻿Since we are ﻿worse off than the Japs
﻿in every aspect
﻿how could we be neck and neck
﻿with them after so many battles?
﻿First, we're ﻿supported by our people
﻿Second, we insist ﻿on Chairman Mao's
ideas ﻿on Protracted War
﻿We don't fight recklessly
﻿Now that you know, ﻿you should use your brain
﻿Why didn't you do so ﻿when you were in a battle?
﻿Ask yourself
﻿on this operation to ﻿attack the Laiyang Arsenal
﻿did you foresee it succeeding?
﻿Or did you just intend to try
﻿like most other comrades
﻿to execute this mission?
﻿You're the Company Commander
﻿Zhou Weiguo ﻿used his intelligence
﻿and won many battles
﻿Doesn't it deserve ﻿your careful consideration?
﻿Not to mention the distant past
﻿but in the Battles of ﻿Qifengkou and Lilong Village
﻿Zhou Weiguo ﻿eradicated a Japanese squad
﻿with half as many ﻿soldiers as the Japs
﻿And also the attack on ﻿Laiyang Arsenal this time
﻿he had only ﻿12 soldiers. 12 soldiers!
﻿How could they do it?
﻿Was it accidental?
﻿I agree with what ﻿Chief of Staff Li said
﻿You're going to be ﻿detained for a week
﻿and Zhou Weiguo
﻿will be the acting ﻿Company Commander
﻿During this time ﻿you are to correct your attitude
﻿and do a thorough introspection
﻿Remember what I said ﻿and what Chief of Staff Li said
﻿Whether you can be the ﻿Company Commander again
﻿will be decided by your attitude
﻿We'll discuss it after a while
﻿Any problems?
No
﻿Dismissed
﻿Darned, darned, darned...
﻿Since Laiyang Arsenal ﻿suffered such a great loss
﻿I must send Takeda ﻿and Kato to the military court
﻿Do you know?
﻿Yamamoto
﻿ ﻿Yes
﻿Call them here
﻿I'm going to teach ﻿them a good lesson
﻿Darned
﻿Yes
﻿Report, Brigade Commander
﻿Takeda and ﻿Lieutenant Colonel Kato
﻿have committed hara-kiri
﻿The loss of Laiyang
﻿is a huge humiliation
﻿for the Empire of Japan
﻿and a humiliation ﻿for the Japanese Army
﻿Spread the word
﻿Assemble the troops right now
﻿Eradicate the Eighth Route Army
﻿in the village of Yang
﻿destroy the Yang arsenal
﻿and catch Zhou ﻿Weiguo alive! Crap
﻿Yes sir
﻿Comrades, I tell you that
﻿from today on
﻿Zhou Weiguo will be your ﻿acting Company Commander
﻿Well, welcome your ﻿acting Company Commander
﻿Zhou Weiguo for a speech
﻿I have nothing to say
﻿Just polish your skills ﻿and fight against the Japs
﻿Okay, from today on
﻿I hope under the ﻿leadership of Zhou Weiguo
﻿you can build the ﻿Third Company into an iron army
﻿Do you have the confidence?
﻿Yes sir
﻿Old Qiu, Old Qiu
﻿Old Qiu, look who's here
﻿Who?
﻿The Regimental Commander
﻿Old Xu, how come you're here?
﻿Come here, have a seat
﻿I had a task that ﻿passed by Tiger Head Mountain
so I dropped by to see ﻿you and the Commissar
﻿Drop by? You must ﻿come see Zhou Weiguo
﻿How many days ﻿can you stay here this time?
﻿We have a tight schedule ﻿and excessive missions,
﻿so I can stay only ﻿one night. I have to go tomorrow
﻿Fine, let's not delay him
﻿Go to Yang now
﻿Thank you, Commissar
﻿Thank you, ﻿Regimental Commander
﻿I'm leaving
﻿I'll go now
﻿I'm so happy to see
﻿what you've become now
﻿Come on, let's have a drink
﻿Ah Wen, after such a long time
﻿I have many words in my heart
﻿but I didn't dare to tell you
﻿It has been more than a year
﻿since Nanjing was occupied
Brother, let go of the past
﻿During that one year
﻿I dared not mention ﻿Xiao Ya in front of you
﻿I know you've suffered
﻿I have, too
﻿What a good girl Xiao Ya was!
﻿I am so sorry
﻿When we were to ﻿withdraw from Nanjing
﻿I went to her
﻿and asked her to come with me
﻿She wouldn't
﻿She said you were in Nanjing
﻿so she wouldn't leave
﻿Why was I so silly at that time?
﻿If she was reluctant to leave
﻿I could have dragged her
﻿I could have tied her ﻿up and taken her away
﻿Stop it. Brother
Let's not talk about ﻿it anymore. Come on
﻿Ah Wen, I know ﻿Xiao Ya is a scar in your heart
﻿I confessed all this hoping
﻿that you could be cured earlier
﻿We have to look to the future
﻿We have a long time to live
﻿We have to continue ﻿fighting against the Japs
﻿Life goes on
﻿Do you think so?
﻿Brother Zhou, Brother Liu
﻿I cooked you two dishes
﻿Eat before they get cold
﻿Brother Liu, what's the matter?
﻿Nothing, Xiaoyu. Thank you
﻿Enjoy yourselves
﻿I'll go and cook ﻿you some noodles
﻿Ah Wen, I heard that ﻿Xiaoyu was the cousin of Xiao Ya
﻿I can see that she ﻿is really nice to you
﻿Xiaoyu is a good girl
﻿My heart is full ﻿enough with one girl
﻿Fine, let's not talk ﻿about it. You need more time
﻿I think Xiao Ya, in heaven
﻿also wants you to get over it soon
﻿Come on
﻿Stop here
﻿Okay
﻿Think about what I said
﻿What did you tell me?
﻿What do you ﻿want me to think about?
﻿Don't play the fool
﻿You're good at battle stuff
﻿but in your own life, ﻿you really have to think more
-﻿Take care. -Take care
﻿I'm leaving
﻿Right, try to set ﻿the classic example
﻿You're here. ﻿We've been looking for you
﻿Zhang Chu and I talked it over
﻿We're going to ﻿promote your operation of
﻿attacking Laiyang ﻿Arsenal to the whole regiment
﻿or even the whole ﻿military as a classic example
﻿There's nothing to promote
﻿Weiguo, what do you mean?
﻿There's no ﻿example to follow in battles
﻿Just mind your own business
﻿Cocky boy!
﻿What's the big deal!
﻿Report, Brigade Commander
﻿The plan has been finished
﻿There is only one company
﻿of the ERA in Yang Village
﻿I could take a ﻿squadron to strike them
﻿I'm sure we can succeed
﻿Very good. Fujimoto kun
﻿Early tomorrow morning
﻿you'll take a ﻿reorganized squadron
﻿to destroy the Eighth ﻿Route Army's arsenal
﻿and catch Zhou Weiguo alive
﻿Yes sir
﻿Wang Gui, go back to sleep
﻿Be careful
﻿Continue to kill the ERA'S sentries
﻿and don't shoot
﻿Make sure not to ﻿alert the ERA in Yang Village
﻿Set off
﻿Fool. Be quick. ﻿Target Yang Village. Charge
﻿Weiguo, Weiguo
﻿Zhang Chu, what's the matter?
﻿Bad news! The Japs snuck in
-Zhao Jie, get everyone -Yes!
﻿Zhang Chu ﻿inform Chen Yi and ﻿the others in the company
﻿to move the ﻿wounded and the villagers
﻿Be quick
﻿Yes
﻿Round up the troops. Equip
﻿Attention
﻿Brothers, we're now going to
﻿the high land of ﻿Temple Hill to block the Japs
﻿We're going to buy time for
﻿the villagers and ﻿the arsenal to transfer
﻿If we can just defend Temple Hill
﻿the Japs can't enter Yang Village
﻿-Got it? -Got it!
-﻿Forward. -Yes sir
Chief-of-staff
﻿Zhang Chu, what happened?
﻿The Japs have snuck in
﻿How many people are there?
﻿We don't know yet
﻿But according to present situation
﻿they have no friendly intentions
﻿Weiguo and the Third Company
﻿have set off to ﻿Temple Hill to block them
﻿You two, take charge ﻿of transferring the Chief of Staff
﻿Yes sir
﻿Chief of Staff, let's go
﻿Wait, Zhang Chu. Are you kidding?
﻿The fight has begun
﻿and I'm going to ﻿command the battle
﻿Old Li, we only have a platoon
﻿and we can't last long
﻿The Independent ﻿Regiment needs you
﻿You have to go now
﻿No, I can't
﻿I have to go to the front line
﻿Men, tie up the Chief of Staff
﻿Yes sir
﻿Zhang Chu, do you want to rebel?
﻿I'm the Chief of Staff
﻿Sorry, old Li
﻿Don't be silly. Drag him away
﻿You should think about the future
﻿I'm going to punish you
﻿Chen Yi, Xiaoyu
﻿You two, with the ﻿cookhouse and the militia
﻿take charge in ﻿transferring villagers ﻿and the wounded
-﻿Go, now. -Yes sir
﻿The others, come with me
﻿Yes sir
﻿Hide!
﻿Retreat
﻿Old Zhou, how's it going?
﻿Why are you here?
﻿The Japs came up. ﻿All our soldiers are fighting here
﻿I would rather die ﻿than watch from on high
﻿You can help to transfer people
﻿Old Zhou, I'm an army man
﻿You can take me as a soldier
﻿Stop firing
﻿That's just the Japs's trial fire
﻿Get back to the shelter
﻿Platoon Commander
﻿thank god you ﻿ordered us to withdraw
﻿or we would have ﻿suffered a great loss
﻿Attack
﻿Regiment Commander, ﻿the Japs are coming up
﻿Back to our position
Pay attention, they're hiding!
﻿Get the grenades ready
﻿When they approach
﻿throw the ﻿grenades on my command
﻿90 meters
﻿80 meters
﻿70 meters
﻿60 meters
﻿50 meters
﻿40 meters
﻿30 meters
﻿Fire!
﻿Grenades
﻿They're running away
﻿Japs, try again if you dare
﻿-Zhao Jie. -Yes
﻿Any casualties?
﻿4 dead and 6 wounded
﻿Get the severely ﻿wounded down the hill
﻿You go out to the ﻿Japs and collect their ammo
﻿Report, Commander Fujimoto
﻿A company or so of ﻿the Eighth Route Army
﻿is defending Temple Hill
﻿We're attacking
﻿We can't let ﻿opportunity pass us by, here
﻿We should now make a path
﻿to the village of Yang ﻿and destroy their arsenal
﻿leaving no space for the ERA
﻿Yes sir
﻿-Map. -Yes sir
﻿Look, here's a stone bridge
﻿If we fail in the ﻿attack on Temple Hill
﻿Shagou River is the only way
﻿for us to get into Yang Village
﻿Take some people immediately
﻿to take control of the stone bridge
﻿Yes sir
﻿Platoon ﻿Commander, how is it going?
﻿There's something wrong
﻿A Japs' squad is ﻿moving westward
﻿It seems that they ﻿want to outflank Yang Village
﻿That's not good
﻿Is there any other ﻿entrance to Yang Village?
﻿There is a stone bridge ﻿above the Shagou River
﻿If the Japs detour from there
﻿our defense on ﻿Temple Hill will be in vain
﻿It seems there are no ﻿enemy activities there
﻿Nothing is happening for now
﻿but not necessarily later on
﻿Right. We have to defend
﻿the stone bridge whatever happens
﻿How can we ﻿defend with our force?
﻿How?
﻿What can we do?
﻿The only way is to bomb it
﻿I'm familiar with ﻿the terrain. I can go
﻿I'm good at ﻿bombing bridges. I'll go
﻿Platoon leader, I want to go
﻿Trust me. ﻿I'm sure I can get it done
﻿Zhao Jie, you have ﻿to stay and help me command
﻿- Dali, Xu Hu. - Yes sir
﻿Bring a squad ﻿to bomb the bridge
-﻿Yes sir. -Yes sir
﻿Wait
﻿Zhou Weiguo, ﻿Company Commander
﻿let me go
﻿You?
﻿The stone bridge ﻿over Shagou River was
﻿built by our soldiers ﻿under my command, one year ago
﻿I used to be ﻿a sapper. I know explosives
﻿I know better than ﻿anyone where to put the explosives
﻿Also, I'm familiar ﻿with the terrain there
﻿Old Xu, where do ﻿we put the explosives?
﻿Draw it on the paper
﻿Okay
﻿Company Commander, see?
﻿It should be put in this spot
﻿Huzi, Dali
﻿Take that paper ﻿and blow up the bridge
﻿Yes sir
﻿Thank you
﻿Company Commander, let me go
﻿You have to stay here ﻿and defend the position
﻿That's an order
﻿Company Commander, ﻿the Japs are approaching again
﻿Withdraw to the shelter
﻿Retreat!
﻿How come they ﻿have so many grenades?
﻿They should run ﻿out after these rounds
﻿Listen. Remove your leggings
﻿Remove your leggings
﻿Remove our leggings? What for?
﻿The company ﻿commander wants to
﻿enhance the ﻿power of our grenades
﻿Do as the ﻿Company Commander says
﻿Listen
﻿Get some small stones
﻿Wrap them with the leggings
﻿and then attach ﻿them to the grenades
﻿Remember, leave ﻿the ring outside. Hurry up
﻿Yes sir
﻿Listen up
﻿Pull back immediately ﻿after you've thrown them
﻿Yes sir
﻿Huzi
﻿Pull back
﻿Old Zhou, I want to ask you
why didn't you let me go?
﻿Don't ask me that
﻿I know it even if you won't tell me
﻿Ever since you ﻿came to Tiger Head Mountain
﻿you've never accepted ﻿me as one of your own men
﻿You don't trust me
﻿Both you and I know that
﻿the mission to blow ﻿up the bridge is deadly
﻿and whoever was ﻿sent may never come back
﻿But you, Zhou Weiguo
﻿you would rather ﻿send Xu Hu to risk himself
﻿than send me there
﻿I thank you for ﻿your good intentions
﻿Dali, you and ﻿Li Sanhe take four men
﻿to organize a ﻿defense across the bridge
﻿In case there is any happening
﻿we must defend this bridge
﻿Okay, brothers. Come with me
﻿Yes sir
﻿You four go up, ﻿and Sanhe come with me
﻿Dayong, give me the explosives
﻿Remember, ﻿bring two men to bind
﻿the explosives ﻿under the bridge. Go
﻿Yes sir
﻿Brothers, cover us
﻿Yes sir
﻿Dayong, the Japs ﻿are here. Watch out
﻿Dayong
﻿Oh no! The gunfire is ﻿coming from the Shagou River
﻿Xu Hu and Dali ﻿are fighting with the Japs
﻿Old Zhou, I have to back them up
﻿If anything goes wrong
﻿and the Japs get in from there
﻿the village of ﻿Yang will be screwed
﻿Old Zhou, ﻿what are you waiting for?
﻿My life is not mine
﻿It's for the arsenal and our people
﻿Old Xu, make sure ﻿the bridge is blown up
﻿Yes sir
﻿Wait
﻿Promise me to come back alive
﻿I'll buy you a drink
﻿I also want to ask you a favor
﻿If... if I die...
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿If I die
﻿you must take care ﻿of the Third Company
﻿-Old Xu... -Let me finish
﻿I believe that the ﻿Third Company will be famous
﻿under your leadership
﻿- Xiaodong, Tractor. - Yes sir
-﻿Follow me. -Yes sir
﻿Be quick. Transfer to ﻿the backside of the hill
﻿Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu. ﻿Where are you going?
﻿I am going to Temple Hill
﻿No, you can't. It's dangerous there
﻿But Brother Zhou is there
﻿I'll go no matter ﻿how dangerous it is
﻿Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu
﻿Director Chen, ﻿be quick or it'll be too late
﻿Zhang Chu
﻿Zhang Chu, what happened?
﻿Report, Regimental Commander
﻿Yang Village is at risk
﻿Company Commander Zhou
ordered us to ﻿transfer the Chief of Staff
﻿but the Chief of Staff ﻿wouldn't come, so I tied him up
﻿Let him go
﻿I'm telling you I'll take care of you
﻿How dare you!
﻿Regimental Commander, ﻿Yang Village is now in danger
﻿Zhou Weiguo is commanding
﻿the Third Company to stop them
﻿Let's go and reinforce them
﻿Comrades, come with me
﻿Dayong
﻿Cover me
﻿Dayong
﻿Sanhe
﻿Sanhe. go
﻿Sanhe, Sanhe
﻿Dali, come back
﻿Come back, quickly
﻿I'm useless. ﻿I can't defend the bridge
﻿They all died. Sanhe ﻿is dead. What can I do?
﻿Cover me. I'll go ﻿and get the explosives back
﻿Hurry up
﻿Be quicker
﻿Dali, where is Xu Hu?
﻿Xu Hu, come here. Cover me
﻿Xu Hu, how is it going?
﻿Their firepower is too fierce
﻿They have taken ﻿up the opposite side
﻿Eight brothers are dead
﻿and I haven't ﻿gotten the explosives back
﻿-Tractor. -Yes sir
-﻿Get a broom. -Yes sir
﻿Listen, I brought the explosives
﻿You two cover ﻿me from the Japs' fire
﻿I have to blow up ﻿that bridge whatever happens
﻿No, you cover me. I'll go
﻿Xu Hu, this isn't the ﻿time to fight over this
﻿Listen, I'm a ﻿better swimmer than you
﻿Later on
﻿I'll swim across the river
﻿When you see we're done hiding
﻿cover us. Are you clear?
﻿Company Commander, I got it
﻿You did?
﻿Old Xu, be careful
﻿Tractor, get the ﻿explosives. Let's go
﻿Yes sir
﻿The ERA is going to ﻿bomb the bridge. Shoot them
﻿Dali, let's change ﻿to a new hiding place
﻿so we can draw the Japs' fire
﻿Be quick
﻿Company ﻿Commander, you've been shot
﻿How would you know?
﻿Do something. ﻿Bury the explosives. Yes
﻿Stop them from ﻿bombing the bridge
﻿Throw the string to me
-﻿Throw it to Xu Hu. -Yes
﻿Tractor!
﻿Japs. Come!
﻿Old Xu!
﻿Company Commander
﻿they haven't done ﻿anything for a long time
﻿Are the Japs' grenades dumb?
﻿We've fought more than 20 rounds
﻿Perhaps their ﻿grenades have run out
﻿The Japs will get anxious
﻿Casualties
﻿Including walking cases
﻿only 40-something ﻿soldiers are in fighting condition
﻿What about the ammo?
﻿About 5 or 6 bullets per soldier
﻿and we don't ﻿have many grenades
﻿Only several cases left
﻿less than 1 grenade per person
﻿Company Commander, ﻿what are the Japs doing?
﻿Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
﻿According to the Japs' education
﻿dying on the battle ﻿field is the greatest honor
﻿They cremate the ﻿bodies at this time
﻿to arouse their will to fight
﻿What? Arouse their will to fight?
﻿They are going to ﻿launch a general offensive
﻿You're back
﻿The bridge has been bombed?
﻿Well done
﻿The Japs can't enter ﻿Yang Village without the bridge
﻿Where is ﻿Company Commander Xu?
﻿Company Commander, ﻿we didn't bomb the bridge
﻿What?
﻿Who did?
﻿It's Company ﻿Commander Xu. He did it
﻿Where is he?
﻿Company Commander Xu
﻿perished together with the bridge
﻿What are you talking about?
﻿The Company ﻿Commander is dead?