Timing and Subtitles by ♞ Team Candle Knights ♘ @ Viki
[The Fatal Mission]
- Episode 7 -
Come with me to join my squad.
I refuse.
You have no right to refuse.
It's hard to tell that you are actually quite good.
Be careful. Bullets have no eyes.
If you are scared, just follow me.
Your hair...
The color is natural. My mother is not Chinese. I can't help it.
Oh, no wonder you said she is not a woman.
Not only that she is not just a woman,
I feel that she is actually not human.
She is more cruel than us men when killing Japanese.
Even we men can't stand this rapid march all this way,
but... look at our captain.
Her face wasn't flushed nor was she out of breath. Do you think she is human?
True, true, true. What you just said is so true.
Then why do you hold such a grudge against the Medic?
Why do you ask so many questions?
If you don't want to, then don't answer.
Do you remember that phony Westerner I mentioned to you?
What does it have to do with him?
Actually, he is my brother.
That is why we look a lot alike, but our personalities are totally different.
He is smart, good in school, and very filial. Other than causing trouble, I just chase after women.
Later, my father threw me out the house and severed our father-son relationship.
He sent my younger brother to England.
My whole family expected him to be the one to bring honor and glory to our ancestors,
as if going abroad would make all the difference.
I didn't care about any of it.
Then my brother came back and joined the army.
I wondered if he had intentionally tried to get on my nerves.
He didn't go to Chongqing but came to my company instead.
He hung around me all day and ordered me around.
What's that got to do with the Medic?
Brother, according to the original plan, all units will engage in battle with the objective of breaking the siege.
The Third Company blew up the Japanese's supply line.
It's about time for me to make my mark.
I'm going to blow up the Japs so that their heads cannot stop spinning.
Brother, you must not underestimate the enemy.
The Japanese army picked a route that is easy for an ambush.
I'm afraid that it may be a trap.
It's too dangerous.
I think, Brother, you should...
Is it for you to blow up the Japs, or me?
If you are going, I'll turn around and get out of here.
It's not your concern since I am the one going.
- Guys, all planted? - Yes.
- Then remove the flags if you are done. - Okay.- Yes.
Okay, remove the flags.
Chief, something feels wrong.
The route the Japaneses are taking seems a bit imprudent.
With more than 30 mines, we will paralyze them even if they come with ten tanks.
I don't think a supply unit can cause any trouble.
Enough talking. Brothers, take cover.
Understood.
How did you survive?
My brother saw through the Japanese tactics.
He brought reinforcements in time and saved us,
but we still lost that battle.
Our whole team were demolition experts.
It took a lot of effort to train them.
And because of me, they all died for no reason.
The rest of us could only hide on the mountain,
but the Japs wouldn't let us go.
They wanted to hunt us down.
They kept chasing after us.
Chief.
Careful.
Fire.
Brother! Brother!
What's wrong, Brother?
Brother!
Brother! - Do you have people over there?
Hurry.
Brother! Bother! Medic! Medic!
Hurry, hurry.
Sir, it's clear that he's lost too much blood.
No chance to save him. Let's go and leave him.
Medic! He is my brother! You must save him.
- What? You're twins? - Yes.
Then there might be a way. I don't know if it will work.
What is it? Hurry up and tell me.
Blood transfusion. Give your blood to him.
Okay. Let's do it.
But there is a great deal of risk to do it.
It's possible we can't save him and it also might cost your life for trying.
It's okay. Let's just do it.
Let's do it.
So the Medic saved your life.
You should thank him.
No way, I'm going to thank him.
Because of his terrible suggestion, my younger brother lost too much blood and died at the site.
Actually, your brother thought of you as family or he wanted you to care for him more.
It doesn't matter whether that was the case or not. He still died.
And it doesn't matter what we say now.
I've told you my secret.
- Now it's your turn. - What?
What secret?
What's going on with you and Grassy Third?
I noticed he is always on guard against you.
Yet, he is always trying to get close to you in private.
Just what is the grudge between you two?
Grudge?
We don't have any grudge.
Good one, Rookie.
Did you just trick me?
Me... trick you?
So what?
Fine. I've gotten through many tough spots.
But today I fell into your trap.
Boy, you just wait.
I will dig out your secret sooner or later.
Okay. We'll see whether you have the talent or not.
And just like that, another day has passed.
I keep having a bad feeling about this mission.
What? Are you afraid of dying?
It's not about death, but something else.
What?
I can't really pinpoint what that something is.
To us, it's a luxury just to see the sun tomorrow.
Be satisfied with that.
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Why isn't it here yet?
Captain, it's more than 15 minutes past the scheduled time. What should we do?
We'll leave now.
Captain, don't.
We are already out of supplies. If we just wait a few minutes, perhaps the plane will be here soon.
Or the Japanese will be here. Our signal is too conspicuous.
If the plane can see it, so can the Japs.
Listen... is that the plane?
That's right. It's the plane air-dropping the supplies.
Let's go.
Retrieve the supplies quickly and get ready to leave.
Pack it up quickly.
The army is so considerate. They gave us cigarettes.
Here is another pack.
- You are too old for these kinds of cigarettes. - Are you stupid?
It's no use looking for it. The plane is gone.
There are only two ways to leave here.
Either you complete the mission and walk out of here,
or leave your dead body here and your spirit can take you home.
Let's go.
- Careful. - Why did the Japs set up so many traps?
You should walk behind me.
- Captain. - What is it?
There's something strange in the woods over there.
Let's go. Show me.
Captain.
Two groups. Japanese with Type 38 rifles. The other one with American Browning automatic rifles.
Guys, give us some fire cover.
We can't hold them anymore.
Fire, fire.
Be careful. They are killing us.
It seems the Americans fought the Japanese here.
Maybe the box fell into hands of the Japanese right here.
Captain.
These bullets are from a sniper's gun.
Every bullet is carefully selected. Extremely valuable.
But there are a bunch of them here.
A sniper rifle is not an automatic rifle. To waste this valuable ammo
means the sniper lost his mind.
This is an American weapon.
I think it's very strange
to have a sniper shoot that many bullets in one place. It's almost unheard of.
A sniper will normally encounter heavy fire after he kills off four enemies.
That's why we change position each time after we fire.
- Is there an exception? - If I had to guess,
the sniper had to be shooting at a target that couldn't fire back at all,
allowing him a target at will. If that were the case,
he could've used an assault rifle, not an expensive sniper rifle.
There is another reason: The sniper could not move,
so he had no choice but to shoot all his bullets in this one spot.
Grenade!
Ah!
Captain.
So this might not have been a chance skirmish but an extermination.
Okay, spread out and see if we can find more clues.
Like ours, made in the U.S.A.
It seems that somebody was camped here.
Look.
Are they English letters?
They should have been carved out with a knife.
There are more over here.
[DANDELION]
What does it mean?
It looks like symbols.
It's not freshly carved. It's been at least ten days.
What's wrong?
"Dandelion."
What are you saying? Speak Chinese.
It means dandelion in Chinese.
Dandelion? What is a dandelion?
It's in the Asteraceae family, a perennial herbaceous plant.
- What? - It's called popoding in Northeastern dialects.
So it's popoding!
Why confuse me with dandelion? So there are popoding here?
[Dandelion]
Why did they carve it here?
Just based on this word alone,
it doesn't give us much of a clue.
This is not normal. They carved it on all these trees.
In my view, there is nothing abnormal about it.
The Americans probably went insane and did all this carving without a reason.
Captain, what does the map tell us?
Nothing wrong.
We have been following the red line on the map.
That's not right either.
If there was something, the map should have a note on it.
Look. There is nothing about this on the map.
The Americans are so strange.
What do you think it means with all these lined up this way?
It looks so disturbing.
Nothing disturbing. Move aside.
Enough.
Let's look around some more here
and see if we can find other clues.
Okay.
Knife.
Let's go.
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Knife, what is it?
Why are these things here?
Knife, did you carve these? They are so ugly.
These trees are holy trees to the aboriginal people.
They are normally used to worship the god of the jungle.
How could they be carved up like this?
Why does the English word "dandelion" appear here again?
They look different from the other ones we saw before.
These are carved clearly more neatly.
Ban Kuo, I see nothing strange about it.
Let's get someone to go up and check it out.
Knife, you are pretty agile. Why don't you go up there to take a look?
Captain, you know I was raised by the aboriginal people.
I can't climb these trees.
I'll go.
Hold this.
Isn't he tough?
- Don't hurt your back.- Stop trying to cause trouble.
Grassy Third, be careful.
Captain, there is a tree hole up here.
- There is something inside. - What is it?
What is it? Throw it down for us to take a look.
Okay.
Could there be silver coins hidden up there?
Only you would hide silver coins up there.
Oh my, what is this?
It looks so scary.
Is it a demon?
Stop that nonsense.
People around here normally worshiped Buddha.
This strange item is definitely not a holy relic.
Why is it in a holy tree?
Where is Knife? For sure he would know.
Knife!
I'm here.
Found this.
What is it?
There were some symbol carvings around the tree. I didn't know what they were,
so I pried it off.
Tree holes. Stone statues. Symbols on tree bark. What do they all mean?
Knife says it's a holy tree. But looking at everything,
I only get a bad vibe. Could it be used as a curse?
Aboriginals are the native people who live here.
They are just as mysterious as Kachin Hills itself. They are rarely seen by others.
These things may be more strange than what we have seen.
We can't worry about them. If it's done by the aboriginals,
then it has nothing to do with us. We'll keep moving forward.
We can't go forward anymore!
Why not?
This stone statue is not an ordinary object.
The aboriginals did put it here,
but they definitely didn't use it to worship gods.
So what is it? Don't hold back. Talk.
I heard from my dad since I was little,
that there are many dangerous places in Kachin Hills.
Once a person goes in, he will never come out alive.
To warn their descendants, the ancestors of the aboriginals
set up warnings around this area.
This stone statue is one of them.
It is meant to warn their descendants that this is the boundary line
and that they should keep their distance from this place.
So it means the woods in front of the two big trees,
even the aboriginals wouldn't dare to enter.
Captain, the aboriginals don't lie.
Neither would they lie to themselves.
There is definitely something wrong in those woods.
We must go around them.
Knife, how can you call yourself a veteran soldier acting this way?
You can get executed for saying these things in the army.
Execute who? Knife is an honest guy. He'd never make up this stuff.
Captain, can we go around them?
[Savage Mountain]
We can't go around them.
This is the location where we found those strange trees.
If these markings represent the strange trees,
then the other markings indicate the same thing.
The area marked with the red line on the map
may very well be the aboriginals' taboo zone.
In other words, to accomplish our mission,
we have to go through them. We have no choice.
Knife, I know that you were raised by the aboriginals.
So I'm not going force you. If you don't want to go in,
just wait for us outside of here.
Since someone drew this on the map,
it means someone made it out alive.
Certain things are real if you believe in them, and not so if you don't.
Captain! It's not possible for us to make it out of there alive.
Big Bull!
Captain, I've inspected it.
I've been in and out all over once. Everything is fine.
You see. I'm not missing any limbs here.
There are dangers everywhere in Kachin Hills.
Even if we go around it,
it may not guarantee safety.
Captain, you guys...
Take it.
We have our air-drop supplies.
As for you, watch out for yourself.
Okay, let's go.
Big Bull, lead the way.
Understood.
Since you are not going, lend me this.
You!
It's okay.
It's fine.
We are leaving now.
[ Ration Type K: Breakfast Unit ]
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I'm telling you. Knife's machete is very handy.
Captain chose the right person to do this.
This is my kind of mountain.
I can show off my skills here.
Why does the American map look like this?
What about it?
Look at all these dots. What do they represent?
How would I know?
I have no clue. I don't feel like it means anything.
How do you think they got here?
No wonder they called you Rookie.
They came down by plane.
Why are we coming here?
That's why they call you Rookie.
We may discover a big plane in here.
Then we'll take the plane back home.
I feel uneasy about this.
Nothing to be uneasy about.
But then again,
I noticed that the Captain has treated you differently in the past couple of days.
How do I describe it... Staring at you--
No, no. Looking at you with new respect.
My life probably will get harder in the future.
Captain, careful.
What is it?
Are you interested in our Captain?
You... Stop talking rubbish.
Only a con man would stick to someone for no cause.
I don't know what's gotten into you guys.
The old saying rings so true. Everyone has his own preference.
The Old Fool was right about you.
You've got a loud mouth. Truly a dog can't cough out a tusk. (Note: Can't say anything positive)
Why don't you cough one out to let me see?
Do you want me to teach you some moves?
You and your stinky mouth. Are you trying to cause trouble again?
A righteous person does what needs to be done
and says what needs to be said.
I've got no time for a fool like you.
You changed your tune today.
Do you know who said that?
Laozi. (Ancient Chinese philosopher, reputed founder of Taoism)
So you know of Laozi? (Laozi - Old Master)
Do you know he has an even more famous saying?
And that is, "When a person is poor, he has no pride.
When a horse is skinny, its hair gets long."
I see that you are in good spirits.
Why don't you tell us a story about yourself?
Other than eating, drinking, playing, and sleeping with women,
I don't have any stories.
If you don't make it out of Kachin Hills, then this will be your last story.
I didn't realize that even though you appear to be a well mannered man,
your tongue becomes poisonous when you are pissed.
You are my kind of person.
This damn monkey, only knows to shirk off responsibility when we ask him to work.
Leaving me with all the dirty and hard work.
He is just like the Medic.
I'm exhausted.
Big Bull! Big Bull, are you all right?
I'm okay right now but I can't say that about later.
That's Big Bull.
Big Bull, give me your hand!
Big Bull!
Take it easy. Hold on to the vines.
Take your time.
Good.
Come on. Give me your hand.
Why can't you be more careful?
These woods are so dense. How would anyone know there was a gorge here!
Thanks. I owe you another favor.
No thanks needed.
What happened to you guys?
Captain, I almost fell into that gorge.
Watch out, everyone.
Look!
I've heard of snowcaps in Kachin Hills,
but I didn't know it was true.
I thought it was a myth.
It's unbelievable.
The foot of the mountain has a hot and humid old growth jungle.
But up there, side by side, there is a snowcap that co-exists.
I really want to climb up there and see if the gods live there.
We will not have that chance this time.
The jungle at the foot of the mountain is where we are going.
Over this cliff
is the true center of Kachin Hills.
When will we be able to get out of Kachin Hills?
Come on. Let's go down.
Understood.
Make it tight.
Captain, let me do it. It's too dangerous.
I'll try it first.
Captain, I've finished tying the rope.
With your ability? Do you think we can trust you?
Oh ho, you finally get it.
Finally making an effort to get closer to your superior.
But be careful not to overdo it.
Shut up.
Uh!
I made it.
Zhao Ban Kuo, don't come down yet.
What is it?
Can you take a look at what's behind that outcrop over there?
I don't know.
Big Bull, swing me over.
Hold on tight.
Again.
Big Bull, one more time.
One, two, three.
Captain, it's a corpse.
Huh?
Medic, come down here and take a look.
[ Name: Adolph. Age: 27. Sex: Man. Blood: O Birthdate: 1920...]
Captain, he's an American. Born in the 20's.
I don't recognize anything else.
Let me see.
Captain, he might be a member of the American squad with the box.
The Americans are pretty interesting.
Of all the places to die, he died in the middle of a cliff.
In the middle of a cliff and yet he is wrapped in a canvas.
Where is your common sense?
This is not a canvas. It's a basic stretcher.
So you mean that he was already injured before he died?
From the clues we have found, we can tell that
the Americans' direction was the exact opposite of ours.
When they reached this cliff,
an accident happened when they tried to pull him up.
He fell down and got stuck there.
There is another explanation.
During their mission,
they were being hunted down by the Japanese.
The American squad then had to give him up.
Fall back. Get the hell out of here!
These Americans were lucky.
It would've been more trouble to bring him along.
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? ♫