Timing and Subtitles by ♞ Team Candle Knights ♘ @ Viki
- Episode 1 -
During World War II, in the sky above the battle zone between India and Burma,
four huge Hanley Page Halifax bombers flew through the clouds.
They were on a special mission.
Their bombing target wasn't in the central area of conflict,
but a peaceful rainforest.
Even the pilot didn't know the reason for this mission.
In this area known as Kachin Hills,
- just what kind of secret does it hold? - Now!
- Copy that. - Copy that.
At the same time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command
received a mission also related to Kachin Hills.
Hello? Is this Song Xi Lian?
Commissar, it's me.
We lost contact with an American team in Kachin Hills.
Immediately dispatch the elite squad of Division 36 for search and rescue.
Yes, Sir. I will immediately send someone to Division 36.
Wait, the Americans intercepted a set of encrypted codes that might have something to do with the mission.
Inform the squad members of the mission about this set of encryption codes separately.
This is top-secret. Not one person must possess the entire set of codes.
Yes, Sir!
Captain, the guys at Division 36 are fighting well against the Japanese.
Why are we going?
We're forming an elite squad.
A squad? What for?
To complete a special and important mission.
What mission?
Do you want to join?
As long as you're the squad leader,
I'll follow you anywhere.
Remember you said that. It'll be regarded as your Soldier's Consent.
Can you tell me about the mission now?
Kachin Hills.
Kachin Hills?
Turn right after 70 meters. We don't have much time.
We'll take the shortcut.
Yes.
[Be Courageous and Skillful in Battle]
Captain.
The gun isn't ready yet.
You're at the wrong place.
The division headquarters is 2 kilometers farther north.
How do you know where we're going?
By looking at his gun,
Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun.
You recognize this gun?
M1928, A1 upgraded model.
The difference between the two is the bolt handle.
One is on the top, and the other on the right side.
These guns are only found in American training camps.
Therefore, you two must be at the wrong place. You should leave.
He knows a lot.
This gun has been a little troublesome for me recently.
Take a look for me.
To be honest, I don't really like this gun.
Although the shooting speed is fast,
it can shoot 100 bullets within a minute;
but its accuracy, past 50 meters, depends purely on luck.
Everyone has their own preference.
What type of gun do you like?
M1 Carbine. It's 100% accurate.
Past 50 meters, it's much better than yours.
Try it.
You're pretty talented.
- I just play around. - Come with us.
Who are you?
You don't need to know.
Why should I follow you guys?
To form a squad.
And then?
To complete a special mission.
- And then? - Just listen to me.
No.
Why?
I'm getting married today.
And... a woman as a leader? No.
Let's go.
We'll meet again soon... Zhao Ban Kuo.
Fortunately, we found him before he got married.
- Where are we going? - Division Headquarters. - Okay.
[Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army Division 36]
Knife, wait here for me.
Captain.
Can't you smile a little?
Why?
We're here to borrow people, not to take people.
[The Situation Report of the Central Military Commission for the Activities on Kachin Hills]
It's obvious that you're here to take people.
Even though I believe your diction is somewhat inaccurate,
if stating it this way helps you accept it more,
I won't mind.
What if I don't accept it?
It's a military command that must be obeyed.
I know how much you love your men, and appreciate true talent.
Even if this transfer order is issued by the military,
the one who really signed it is Commissar.
I would like it if you understood the importance of this mission.
Therefore, we must use soldiers with real skills
to ensure the success of this mission.
What mission?
You know what I know.
I can't tell you what I don't know.
Give me the list.
[CLASSIFIED][You Jing, Wang Si Mao]
[CLASSIFIED][Cao Zheng Dui]
You really know how to pick them.
What you ask for are my best soldiers.
[CLASSIFIED][Zhao Ban Kuo]
But Zhao Ban Kuo...
this person is not fit for this mission.
Why?
He hasn't been on the battlefield in four years.
And don't you want the most skilled men?
I saw his ability with my own eyes.
I believe in my selection and ability to judge.
Yes, he might have a special skill,
but he could ruin things at the most critical moment.
You must be referring to his history as a deserter.
So you already know.
I understand everyone very well.
Yes. With your ability,
you probably already reviewed thoroughly
every piece of information in my division.
This mission is different from past missions of direct battles.
We don't look at the past, just skill.
I believe that for each person joining my squad,
whether he is afraid of death or not,
it is not up to him.
No.
Although, as the Squad Leader, you have the right to choose the soldiers,
Zhao Ban Kuo is a soldier from my Division 36.
I cannot allow his personal mistake
to bring shame to the entire Division 36.
Do you actually believe he will be a deserter again?
I believe anyone who deserted once won't do it again,
because they felt the shame and humiliation before.
They should know, even better, how to become a strong soldier.
We don't have much time.
Please send these seven people to the airport within 3 hours.
The plane will depart at noon as scheduled.
Wait.
Can you give something to Zhao Ban Kuo for me?
Can you also relay a message as well?
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Can I see?
That's a lot!
Are these actually real?
Of course.
How much do you think he paid?
Is this something to be valued with money?
No, I meant, how much did you pay for these?
Just kidding. It's just a joke.
Honor supersedes all else. Do you understand that?
Can that give you food or water?
You're a man?
If you didn't talk, I'd think you were a woman.
Isn't everyone like this when they just come out of prison?
No wonder I don't see any hint of a soldier.
Why does our high-class squad accept members without regards to their qualifications?
It's not based on the rank, but the skill and ability.
Hey, Brother, which unit did you come from?
The color of your hair looks interesting.
Malnutrition.
Nonsense! This is all natural.
The father of my father is Chinese.
The father of my mother is a Soviet.
I am a product of an international collaboration.
Old fool, stop running your mouth like that;
- or else, I'll settle the past grudges with you right here.- All of you, be quiet.
Such a loose and noisy bunch. What happened to your protocol and discipline?
Didn't they say it's urgent and we are to depart at noon?
We're missing one person. The Leader went to get him.
Missing one?
Someone important?
Stop!
Zhao Ban Kuo. Division Commander is asking for you.
- What if I'm not going? - Not going?
It's not your decision.
Do I need to trouble so many people to invite me?
Aren't you just wishing that I was separated from Zhuo Yan?
Stop talking useless things. Go on.
Fine.
Get him!
- Don't shoot. I want him alive. - Yes.
- Stop! - Stop!
Zhao Ban Kuo!
- How many? - I'm looking for someone.
Wait, Sir!
Hurry!
Search!
Hurry!
Please take your time and enjoy your meal.
Officer... This?
- Have you seen a man in a black tuxedo? - Yeah.
After him!
[Tengchong, Yunnan Province]
- Report! - Come in.
- The newest updates are here. - Read.
"Our men split into two
and took over Gudong and Jiangju successfully as planned.
The troops from Gudong have reached the riverbank opposite of Qiaotou."
Good.
Just like what we expected.
Our men have engaged in a battle against the Japanese around Qiaotou.
Division Commander, the Japanese have been on a streak.
The situation is difficult for our troops at this moment.
Do you think we should retreat a few kilometers?
Ask them to hold on for five more hours.
At the same time, at Mamian Pass and Chaoyang Field,
organize our troops and establish our defensive line from both sides.
We have to lure the Japanese here.
Everyone, hurry up.
Brothers!
Move faster!
The guys at Mamian Pass are waiting for this supply!
Faster!
- Busy? - I'm fixing a gun.
The whole entire Transportation Company is busy moving ammunition
and you're here playing with a gun?
I'm not playing.
Ammunition is important, but guns are even more important.
During the war, it would be terrible if the gun doesn't work right.
Zhao Ban Kuo, are you making choices for me?
Want to choose? Do it some other time.
Now, move the ammunition.
Fine.
Help me.
Lay him down.
Hemostatic clamp.
- Are you new? - I'm an intern and just got here.
That's fine. An intern is fine
as long you don't make him die.
Why are you just standing there? Give me the gauze.
Press down!
Enough. Don't waste more energy.
Zhuo Yan, quickly pack your belongings. We've been ordered to evacuate immediately.
Evacuate? Where to?
- Mamian Pass. - Mamian Pass?
Are we going to have a showdown against those Japanese now?
I'm not sure. Let's evacuate quickly.
You guys go first. I'll pay a visit to the Transportation Company.
Here, here. Get it.
Ban Kuo!
- Oh. - Eh.
Your wife is here.
Why are you here?
I heard your division is transferring to Mamian Pass.
Yeah, we're laying down our defense at Mamian Pass.
The field hospital is moving, too.
After parting ways, we may not see each other again for several days.
That's why you came?
I worry about you. You must be careful, okay?
I know. Don't worry.
With you coming here, if your dad knew about this,
he would hold this against me again.
Are you scared?
Of course. I'm scared.
You're such a coward.
The Division Commander is here.
Division Commander!
I'm here to tell all of you, the battle is imminent.
Division 36, shortly after our relocation,
encountered a fierce assault by the Japanese army in Tengchong.
Our troops had to make a last-minute plan and defended in a frantic haste.
Now, all our officers and soldiers of Division 36
are on the front-line of the battle.
Only the dead were carried away, not the wounded.
The goal is to hold back the Japanese, in order to
provide cover for the safe evacuation of the citizens.
I'm begging everyone here
to take advantage of every second to guarantee the success
of our final counterattack.
Yes, Division Commander! Understood!
Depart in ten minutes.
Yes.
Miss, the Division Commander is asking for you to return.
Go.
Let's go together.
You should join us as well.
Division Commander.
Dad, you didn't send someone to shadow me, did you?
If you'd listen to my orders, I wouldn't have had to do it.
There is no freedom at all.
Aide-de-camp Liu, take Miss home.
Understood. Miss, this way, please.
Go ahead.
Hold it.
Are you getting used to slacking off?
Zhao Ban Kuo, do you know why I asked you here?
Division Commander, I don't know.
I don't want you to be with my daughter.
Understand?
That...
Your daughter is the one who wanted to see me, I...
I don't want you two together.
You should know why.
I understand.
It's because I'm a deserter.
It seems that your memory is still good. You have not yet forgotten.
I want to,
but I can't.
People keep reminding me.
Discipline is the first priority of keeping an army intact.
Without discipline, the army doesn't exist.
It would just be a group of stragglers and disbanded soldiers.
For a person like you, who is a coward without patriotism
and without any camaraderie in your heart,
I really can't understand
why they've kept your pitiful life alive here.
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I'm doing this for your own good.
You're depriving me of my rights to freedom
and to pursue happiness.
Since you were little,
I've never interfered with anything you did;
but this time,
I cannot compromise.
I absolutely can't allow you to marry this coward;
a deserter.
He's neither a coward nor a deserter.
He saved my life.
Just to save someone, he didn't care about his own life.
- How could he be a deserter? - Enough.
I don't want to listen to these excuses.
In any case, no one can change my decision.
Stop the car.
We have no time to lose!
Set off!
Transportation Company, time to depart.
Let's go.
Hurry. Hurry. Be careful.
- Hurry. - Keep up. Careful.
- Faster! Full speed ahead! - The people in the back should go faster! Faster!
- Hurry. - Be careful.
Hurry.
Dr. Su, this is not heavy. I can do this by myself.
It's okay. I'm fine.
Young Brother, how old are you?
In two days, I'll be 16 years old.
You are a good kid.
Hide. Hurry!
Yes.
Most of them are the wounded and the medical staff,
but they have more than a platoon of soldiers providing cover for them.
Since we ran into them, let's take them out quickly.
- Don't leave anyone alive. - Yes, understood.
Fire!
- Hurry up and run! - Hurry up! Hurry up! - Over here, over here!
Why are you just standing there?!
- Hurry up and run! - Hurry! Help!
Do you know how to use a gun?
Yes!
Then hurry and return fire!
Get the gun, or else the next one to die will be you!
Stop the car!
- What's the situation? - When we were retreating with the field hospital,
we got ambushed by the Japanese. The situation is urgent.
A lot of people died. We were lucky and managed to escape.
A lot of people are still trapped in the woods.
- You guys get in the truck first.- Yes.
Here. Slowly.
- What's the situation? - Company Commander, the field hospital got ambushed by the Japanese.
We need to rescue those people.
It's not our business. Let's move on.
We'll report it to the Division Commander when we get there.
Then we will come to rescue them. Start driving.
No!
If they wait for the backup to arrive,
we'll be just collecting their bodies.
Zhao Ban Kuo, you know the condition of our Transportation Company very well.
We only have a few broken guns.
If we go there, we won't be rescuing anyone but committing suicide.
Commander, don't we still have this ammunition?
You often say that we didn't have a chance to fight the Japanese.
Now here's our chance. Whether to fight or to collect bodies, it's all up to you.
Any of you who are willing to fight the Japanese, come with me.
- I'll go! - Those who fight get my respect.
- I'll go. - Me too.
- I'll go. - We'll all go.
Company Commander, everyone's looking at you.
Fine.
We, the soldiers of the Transportation Company, are the real men.
The 1st Platoon will stay to complete the mission ordered by the Division commander.
2nd and 3rd Platoons, bring the ammunition
- and come with me! - Yes!
Go!
Zhuo Yan, what should we do?
They have exhausted their ammunition.
Our people are here.
Damn. They have reinforcements.
It's Ban Kuo. Ban Kuo!
Prepare the mortar and grenade launcher to bombard them. Don't leave anyone alive.
No, retreat! Retreat now!
I'm not leaving! I want to fight with you.
You're a doctor. You have to take care of the wounded.
Hurry up. Go, go, go!
- I'm not leaving. - If you don't leave,
the Commander will definitely blame us. Go quickly.
- You have to go! - No!
I'm fine! Leave now!
- Ban Kuo! - Cover with grenades.
- You have to come back alive! - I know! Now go!
- What do we do now? - Go out and fight to the death with the Japanese.
Just these few people aren't even enough to fill my bullet holes.
They may not have more people than us.
Probably around 20 or so people.
Two machine guns and two grenade launchers.
How do you know?
Can't you see that the two grenades came in at the same time?
Of course, it's because there are two grenade launchers.
If we stay here, we'll all be dead.
We can stall them for now
and wait until the field hospital people finish evacuating.
They have two machine guns. We won't stand a chance.
We have more grenades, but we're too far away from them.
We'll have to get closer to them.
We need to move forward. Go!
Brothers, grab a box and follow him.
Move! Hurry! Hurry!
Hurry!
Men, wait one second after you pull the grenade pin before you throw it.
Why?
To let it explode in midair.
That way it has a wider explosive range.
Concentrate your firepower to destroy their ammunition boxes.
Fire!
Who still has grenades?
We don't have any grenades left.
We still have some more bullets.
Catch!
The Japanese are going to fight with all their strength. You must retreat quickly.
Zhao Ban Kuo!
Take the Company Commander and retreat!
Company Commander, let's go!
Bayonets!
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- Ban Kuo! - Zhuo Yan!
Ban Kuo!
Zhuo Yan!
Are you all right?
- Were you wounded? - No, I'm fine.
I am really fine.
Really.
By the way, how are Han Yan Dai and the others?
They have been severely wounded and will have to stay in the hospital for a couple of months.
Anyone with a life-threatening injury?
Don't worry.
Do you know how much I worried about you?
I know.
Come.
Stop crying.
Ban Kuo, promise me
that you won't go to the battlefield again.
Isn't it fine to just stay in the Transportation Company?
My luck is quite good.
Even though I was in the hospital five times since the war broke out,
just look at me now. Don't I seem completely fine?
But luck can run out.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow.
Don't let me worry about you anymore, all right?
Ban Kuo,
let's... get married.
Ban Kuo!
Why are you here?
I said before that we would meet again.
I also said I wouldn't go.
[Dispatch Order]
So you're Su Wei Ran's lackey.
Didn't he do this just so his daughter and I can't get married?
Please watch your words.
Don't regard the military of this country as so filthy.
Then what about this way of handling things?
How you see it is your business,
but a military order must be obeyed. As a soldier,
you don't have the right to choose.
A national crisis is brewing.
How important is your happiness when compared to the well-being of the country?
Moreover, for your name to appear on this transfer order,
is a soldier's honor and a man's pride.
You wouldn't want your woman to tell you one day
that you're a coward, right?
Don't give me any such lecture.
Tell me.
As a soldier, do I have any other choice?
No.
Now I still cannot agree to this.
You don't have a choice. You have to agree.
You have to obey the command.
All the members who joined the squad either don't have any family
or their loved ones are already deceased.
For your woman's sake, you should know what to do.
Everyone else can run away, but a soldier cannot.
Since the first day you put on the uniform, it has already been set.
A national crisis is brewing. How important is your happiness
when compared to the well-being of the country?
Big Sister, a man asked me to give you this letter.
- Where is he? - He said he's leaving.
Now, you can end your feelings for me.
♫ The wind blows gently ♫
♫ A dream is a flying and dancing dandelion ♫
♫ this path will miss one line of footprints to keep you company ♫
♫ Life never stops ♫
Ban Kuo!
Ban Kuo! Where are you, Ban Kuo?
Zhao Ban Kuo!
Ban Kuo!
Ban Kuo! Come out. Where are you?
Come out. Where are you?
Zhao Ban Kuo!
♫ I'm a flowing mountain stream ♫
♫ which wants to merge with you and stay side by side ♫
♫ Do you hear the call of the waterfall? ♫
How important is this person? Making us wait for so long.
Why is he not here yet?
Division Commander asked me to give you this.
He said this gun isn't the best weapon to kill enemies with;
but at the last minute, it can protect you.
Or you could use it to shoot your own head.
He wants you to remember that this time you are not just representing yourself,
but Division 36 and a Chinese soldier's reputation.
That's why... He hopes you won't let him down.
Clothes are at the back. Get changed.
Welcome to the squad.
Zhao Ban Kuo?
Timing and Subtitles by ♞ Team Candle Knights ♘ @ Viki
♫ The wind blows gently ♫
♫ A dream is a flying and dancing dandelion ♫
♫ The dawn is very quiet ♫
♫ I’m fortunate to be able to open my eyes ♫
♫ If I don’t wake up, ♫
♫ you won’t be able to see my figure and ♫
♫ this path will miss one line of footprints to keep you company ♫
♫ Life never stops ♫
♫ because of the inexhaustible attraction of the light ♫
♫ I'm the flame burning as the fire burning the cloud ♫
♫ I'm summer for I have the scorching sun upon my chest ♫
♫ I'm the vine ♫
♫ extending forward along the thorny cliffs and mountains ♫
♫ Love is my final destination ♫
♫ I'm beacon bearing the gathering and departing of the separation ♫
♫ I'm the rain season where every drop is a gentle and soft fingertip ♫
♫ I'm a flowing mountain stream ♫
♫ which wants to merge with you and stay side by side ♫
♫ Do you hear the call of the waterfall? ♫