Captain!
The Japanese soldiers are here.
They are aiming at me.
Otherwise, I'll always be hearing
my comrades cursing me over the radio.
It sounds so real...
Even the handwriting is similar,
I can't even lie to myself that it wasn't him.
I'm tired of flying.
He wants you to lead the 1st Squadron in the competition.
BASED ON PAI HSIEN-YUNG'S WORK A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE OF TAIWAN
We've invited everyone to today's gathering.
The wing that wins today's competition
will get extra 150 silver dollars of allowance.
Thanks for your hard work, madams.
With more allowance, you could eat, dance, watch some movies and play mahjong.
-Sir. -Yes.
Without that allowance, the wives in the village
will still do all that as usual.
The cinema and the New Society Club will be happier
if they don't get disturbed by ambulances.
It's my bad.
Our 9th Wing and the 11th Wing
are pretty competitive with each other.
It's good that they are competitive.
But in the end, we're from the same military forces.
We need to work together.
Am I right?
We invited these ladies to let the front lines and our supports
spend some good time together without having any dispute.
Chief.
We're simply a group of wives.
We didn't have any dispute in the club's meetings.
All those fights
were initiated by the ones standing behind these ladies.
Is that so?
They are at the front. They're here!
The 1st Squadron.
The 9th Wing will be the Japanese today. Bring it on!
Captain, should we dive?
I'll finish you if you dare to go down!
Captain, I'm going after the target.
I can't get a clear vision because of the sun. Don't do it!
No, guys! Don't go after them!
Captain!
There's something wrong with Zhen. We must stop this now.
The Japanese are behind me!
They are right behind me!
Captain!
Ming-liang Sha's airplane has exploded.
What should we do?
Captain!
The Japanese are behind me!
They are right behind me!
Cover me!
Don't try to run.
I'll kill you.
I'll kill you!
Zhen.
Come back immediately. Do you copy that?
Zhen, the mission is over. Do you copy that?
Zhen, do you copy that?
Captain!
We're going to crash, Captain!
I'll kill you all!
Wei-cheng.
Have someone to bring him back. Something bad is going to happen.
-Zhi-jian. -Yes.
-Go. -Gong, prepare an airplane.
-Okay. -Hurry.
This is the 9th Wing. Zhen, what are you doing?
Keep your distance. Don't crash onto it.
-Zhi-jian. -Yes.
If it doesn't work, knock Zhen down.
-Captain. -Hurry up!
Ground control.
Number 417 is damaged.
I repeat, 417 is damaged.
Number 417 is damaged.
Zhi-chu.
Captain!
Hurry!
Pull up, Captain!
Gosh!
Come back, you two!
Come back!
Come on. Wait here.
When did you learn
to rush to the front like that?
Zhen!
Zhen, open it!
Zhen!
Zhi-chu couldn't speak well
over the radio.
He said,
"Captain."
"Be careful. There's a dog."
"Captain..."
"There's a dog."
I didn't even know what he meant.
I said, "All you're thinking about is dog meat."
"Be careful."
"Dog meat will increase your body temperature."
"If Bai gave birth, the baby could have favus on the scalp."
The child could have favus all over the scalp.
How hideous would he look?
What are you laughing at?
Your seniors are the ones who should be laughing.
They're lying in the mausoleum now!
Zhi-chu was from Guangdong.
He was nervous.
He couldn't differentiate between "nine" and "dog".
Apparently, he tried to warn me that I had fallen into a trap.
There were nine Japanese airplanes behind my back.
I don't care about what happened a year ago.
But what did you say when you were up there?
You said you'd kill your teammate!
How could you say that?
I wasn't in a good mood so I said what's on my mind.
I suddenly remembered the past.
But it's true.
I'm the one who killed Zhi-chu.
It seems like, as a squadron leader,
you can kill your teammates when you're not in a good mood, right?
What about a lieutenant colonel?
Can I destroy the whole wing when I'm not in a good mood then?
Lieutenant Colonel.
There were a lot of people who followed you, but didn't return.
You didn't tell the truth.
That's why you have those dreams.
Shut up, Zhen!
Vice-Captain.
How about you?
Have you ever dreamed or heard of what Vice Captain Jin once told you?
You have, right?
You're still talking?
Get out!
Sir!
I saw
Zhi-chu and the others
when I was flying up in the air.
I heard them talking to me.
What I said in the air just now was nothing but the truth.
I said I wanted to kill my teammates.
Because I was afraid that Zhi-chu and the others
might follow me when I land.
They might follow me to the hangar
and to my dorm.
If so, they'll ruin my sleep.
Just like how they've ruined yours.
You couldn't hear them clearly because you've never dared to visit them.
Vice-Captain Shao and I have visited the mausoleum a lot of times.
We could hear those who didn't return with us clearly!
That time, when my airplane crashed,
Qian-yi thought she had lost me.
But let me tell you something.
I hid in the mountain for a month.
I saw our commando looking for me.
But I didn't dare to go out.
Do you know why?
That's because nine airplanes crashed at that time!
We even lost Vice-Captain Jin.
So, I didn't dare to return.
Go hide.
Go ahead and run away.
Do you really think you can get away?
-Excuse me. -Yes?
Captain just said that he didn't dare to return before.
He said that out of anger. Don't believe what he said.
What about Squadron Captain?
He almost crashed into me just now.
You need to believe every word that Squadron Captain has said.
Gong.
Yes!
Bring him out!
All right!
You're in trouble again.
Thank you, Captain.
Now, the 9th Wing will have new airplanes to show
during the formal military review
on National Day.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
Captain.
Didn't we book this entire place?
Hey.
That guy...
I don't have the confidence to win against him.
Leave that corner to him.
Lady Qin told me that you might be here.
I'm sorry.
I need to trouble you with a losing business this time.
Leave him alone. Let's drink.
It's fine, we're leaving soon.
This is from the lieutenant over there.
It's okay if Zhen needs to leave.
Go ahead.
But the girl can stay since she's cute.
As long as she likes.
Roger that.
But she's leaving with me.
Roger that.
The girls that Zhen brought before weren't up to par.
But this girl...
Is quite good.
Can you pray for me again?
Three beers, please.
About that rejoin report that the Captain didn't bother to look at,
have you read them yet?
It's here, Captain.
Here's your rejoin report.
I don't want the beer.
It's not for you.
I'm not your captain, by the way.
My story for the past years is in here.
Story?
A story of a man who betrayed his allies and got promoted?
The 2nd Lieutenant.
He's not your captain, but he's still your senior.
Don't you need to salute before you leave?
Didn't you think
that your comrades would come and rescue you?
No.
The Japanese came and provoked me.
So, I flew up
at full throttle.
I left all of my comrades behind
because they might steal my glory.
You fell into your enemy's trap.
The reason they returned was that they wanted to save you.
Right.
I fell into the trap.
They got killed by their own captain.
None of them came back.
Look at these.
I suppose I've never taken any photos with my members before.
I didn't want to be an Army Officer.
Hundreds of them fight against one another.
Even though you win, you're not a hero.
But the Air Force is different.
We fight in the air.
One on one.
It's either you or I who will die.
It's more exciting than the army.
But you didn't win.
That's why I need your help.
I don't dare to go there alone.
There's actually something that you're afraid of?
When I woke up at the army hospital,
realizing that I wasn't dead,
I got scared.
You have the entire cohort
wondering about...
how Ming-liang and Zhi-chu died.
"The 2nd Lieutenant Ming-liang's airplane was destroyed in the air.
The 2nd Lieutenant Zhi-chu was forced to land.
The pilot was trapped and a fire occurred.
He asked for help over the radio.
A comrade returned and threw a bomb towards the airplane
to release him from the pain."
The beers are for Ming-liang and Zhi-chu, right?
Hey.
Let's toast for them!
Don't be nervous.
We were classmates.
When we graduated,
Captain Jiang picked some students for his group.
He didn't pick us.
But we were happy.
Because we knew
that the leader he chose
would soon be the cause of somebody's death.
Hey.
This person who won the first place in front of you
is not that great now.
Then why this not-so-great guy won the first place?
Because the second place was worse.
I wasn't that good.
I admit it.
Every comrade went there to see them.
Except you.
They just lied there.
All lonely.
Go see them,
Squadron Captain.
Or else, I'll kick your ass out of here.
Let's go.
Come.
This girl is helping you.
Leave!
Cheers to the Squadron Captain who lost his members.
Cheers.
-Cheers! -Bottoms up!
Both of them were from Guangdong.
From the Air Force Academy in Guangdong.
They were good.
They transferred to the Central Air Force Academy.
They have followed me ever since.
Before we went on a mission,
they always wanted me to remember the custom of the Guangdong people.
Greens on the tombstone.
TOMBSTONE OF MING-LIANG SHA
I'm done.
Zhi-chu.
Ming-liang.
Your captain brought a girl to visit you.
Only one girl though.
I hope you don't mind.
I thought that you would return to the base.
I didn't expect that you would come and help me.
Be loud and clear when you curse at me.
Zhi-chu.
Especially you.
You were pathetic.
You didn't even know how to use a gun.
You asked me to go back and help you.
I've lost all of my members.
Rest in peace.
The 1st Squadron.
Dismiss!
You were a second lieutenant before you came here.
But now you're getting promoted.
TOMBSTONE OF ZHI-CHU ZHANG
By right, you should be getting it from your direct superior.
I'm so sorry.
I was hiding in a hospital at that time.
I pretended to be an Army soldier.
I was too embarrassed to come back.
Let them rest in peace.
You shouldn't bother them anymore.
Roger that.
When I was in the war,
I kept thinking
about what might happen when I'm dead.
Would anyone come visit?
Of course.
Don't worry.
The nurses from the military hospital
and female college students would definitely come visit.
They would follow the note that you left.
You've fulfilled your responsibility.
The others didn't dare to fly back.
But you were brave enough to do it.
Now, let them rest in peace.
I've never heard that before.
Thank you.
I couldn't help you get the new airplane.
Forgive me.
You know that too.
I'll have to go to the Air Force Committee tomorrow.
You insisted on writing and submitting the report that no one bothers to read.
Fine, I'll sign it.
But be prepared for a demotion and demerit.
It'll be better if I can have both.
There is an even better news.
Gang Wang requested for a squadron transfer.
I should get going.
Go ahead.
He is not a bad guy.
He just looks that way.
Future tense?
Let's just watch him for now.
Future tense is too far away.
What about the present tense?
Take him as a new friend that I made in Nanjing.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with.
Someone found the note and came looking for me?
During the war, I wrote a lot of them.
Have you found one?
Are you afraid that someone might look for you?
That's not the case.
But I'd be scared if a nurse came looking for me.
My clothes were removed when I was unconscious.
I woke up with a patient's gown on.
They kept laughing at me.
That person also wrote, "Don't forget about me."
I didn't know what they saw when my clothes were removed.
Idiot.
If there's anyone who would look for me,
I want that person to be you.
Because no one had ever told me
that it was brave of me to return.
We soar in the sky
with high speed.
Life and death are just within seconds.
So we...
write our hopes in the notes.
But after we landed,
no one would bother to know who found the note.
So, you left the note,
even though you knew
that you wouldn't return.
Is that right?
The sky above the clouds is empty.
You can't see the end of it.
It's too lonely.
Even if we die someday,
get killed in action,
at least, we've left something behind.
Then, we didn't live in vain.
Those of us who fly in the sky
never think that there will be tomorrow.
Those who come looking for me
must be idiots with bad luck.
If you treat your life like a poker card and play around with your life,
you'll become life's fugitive in the end.
You can only bet on yourself.
So I won't have any answers to give
if someone comes looking for me.
If the joker card appears,
everything will come to an end.
The end.
You can't restart it.
You're dismissed on the spot.
Are you saying those who come looking for you will bring bad luck
and you will also suffer the misfortune?
Ignore that.
It's getting cold now.
I'll leave first.
Here.
I waited a month for the approval.
Let's go together.
Did you borrow a year's worth of money?
Yes.
I can't just leave you here while I go to the States.
I'll return the money to the General Headquarters.
Qian-yi.
I've promised to have a vacation with you.
Money is not an issue.
I've never been in debt in my entire life.
I don't want to owe anyone.
You can't go.
The money is mine.
You're not allowed to go out.
Not allowed to go out?
Fine.
I can't do anything if you still want to go out.
After the war,
I'll return everything.
What will happen when we return from the States?
Do you plan to work a year without pay and starve ourselves?
That will not happen, Qian-yi.
Those who wear the military uniform will not starve.
They will only deduct my pay, not the meal expenses.
They will provide food as usual.
I've never borrowed money or asked anyone before.
They won't ask for interests, right?
We're from the military,
not a pawn shop owner or a triad.
It looks like that to me.
You even forbid me from going out.
I don't even know the name of this village's guard.
-I'll just call him "guard". Guard! -Hey.
Qing!
Why didn't you answer me?
What did I do wrong? Or did I say something wrong?
Can you please leave? Leave me alone.
I can't.
You must tell me the reason.
Didn't you say that whoever comes looking for you
has bad luck
and is an idiot?
Don't you think that those words are too much?
But no one will ever look for me.
It's just some random note.
No idiots will ever come looking for me.
Stop bothering me.
Fine. If you ignore me, I'll wait for you at your school.
Every day, from day to night, forever and ever.
There are a lot of people here, can you stop talking nonsense?
I'm not talking nonsense. I'll do what I said.
I'll stand in front of your school from day to night.
-Go away. -I'm not done yet!
I'm sorry.
I'm not going to tutor anymore.
It's that damn airplane again.
Fine, stop the lesson. The class is done.
Qing, you need to stay.
He flies all day and all night.
You'll be on duty every single day, until he stops flying that damn airplane.
You enjoy being a beacon, don't you?
That guy even walks you to school's entrance every day?
I was having a meal in a madam's house and you asked him to give me a lesson?
Whatever happened to you, it's not my business.
Not your business?
It wasn't your business to be a tutor too.
You went ahead and offered yourself.
And you still think that it's not your business?
You're on duty until you graduate.
While cleaning the glass, reflect on yourself.
I'm not going to tutor anymore.
If you want to, offer yourself.
Hey!
There you are, 513.
I hope that he won't find you here.
Okay.
They say that enemies are bound to meet,
but you came here on your own.
I'm sorry. This place is taken.
I like to sleep on both beds all by myself.
I'll share with another classmate, you can sleep on mine.
You're the dorm leader.
So, do you think you can change the rules?
Sleep according to your number.
This bed is not taken, right?
I'll sleep here.
Whatever.
Did you receive a letter, Lady Qin?
It's from my hometown.
From my uncle.
I see.
Did you catch a cold?
Yes.
My bed is just beside the window.
Aren't you staying in the attic?
I've moved.
The attic is too noisy. I can't stand the airplane noises.
I'm sharing a room with Ying now.
Don't you feel restricted now that you're living with your senior?
Not at all. I even took over the desk.
Qing.
Bring me to your school's church in a couple of days, okay?
My uncle said in the letter that he'll come visit for a few days.
He didn't say anything else.
Don't worry, Lady Qin.
It's a good thing that he wrote you a letter.
Here.
Be careful.
You won't be able to teach for a few days again.
I've wasted so much money on tutoring fees and medical expenses.
Which senior should I ask for a refund?
This dorm is just the same as ours in Huanan Normal University.
Wei-xun took a good care of me back then.
No one dared to bully me.
At that time, the seniors were scared of Wei-xun.
The beds were all taken by Wei-xun.
She didn't let me have any.
It's good that Qing gets to have the desk.
I told her to return the desk to you.
Is Qing okay?
I haven't seen her in class for a while now.
She didn't have a bed to sleep in, so, she caught a cold.
She fell sick at my house.
That's her...
It's fine.
We're taking care of her.
When you join the Air Force Village, the villagers will take care of you too.
If the other wives bully you, I'll help you.
Do you understand?
You don't understand.
Bullying has never happened before.
In the village,
no one bullies anyone.
I understand.
It's time for club activities.
I have to go.
I hope your family is well.
Thank you.
Don't take her desk anymore.
I have helped you get your bed.
How did he even find me here?
Stop playing around.
They are the Air Force people and you're on the ground.
If you look at them, they will find you.
He'd be sorry if he found me.
Oh, no.
Repeat what I said just now.
"She's still young. Don't overdo it."
You don't understand what it's like to study in a girls' school.
But you'd understand if I compared it to the military, right?
You put her in the center of attention.
Just like you are right now. Does it feel good?
She was bullied by her senior until she fell sick.
Are you listening to what I'm saying?
Yes, I'm listening, Ma'am.
Stop fooling around.
I understand, Lady Qin.
Pilots always mess things up.
Just like how they dropped a bomb on the National Army later.
But they didn't offer any apology.
What happened?
Goodness!
A pilot came to the dorm and now we found a kid sitting here.
The complaint wasn't necessary. Take your bed back.
I've never complained.
I'll sleep in my own bed.
Reporting!
I won't do it anymore, miss.
What are you doing here? Get out.
I‘m here to apologize.
Otherwise, you'll be bullied because of me.
Are you really here to apologize?
Yes.
Don't bully my beacon.
I see.
Salute me, then I'll stop bullying her.
Get out.
Reporting!
I won't fly around here anymore. Please show some mercy.
You were having fun when people pulled pranks on me.
Now that they're done with me, you came here to apologize.
Qing.
Are you crazy?
-Hey, what are you doing? -Leave!
Hey, you can't throw that one! Stop throwing stuff, Qing.
You can't throw that thing!
This is not your...
Gosh.
Useless!
Who are you apologizing to?
Mo-ting!
THE BIBLE
He's pretending to be an Army soldier today.
I don't know what to do with him.
That Gretchen suddenly came here yesterday.
She shouted at everyone
and ran over to the lieutenant colonel's office.
Five-minute break to those who are doing military exercises.
Hey, here's some safflower oil.
I wanted to go to the school to see you.
But now you're already here. Does it mean you're okay?
It's not a big deal.
Gosh, Gong.
Not a big deal?
Are you still fooling around?
Of course.
Are you happy?
Of course.
-Be gentle. -Mo-ting, let's go.
Hey, don't go!
-Captain! -Yes.
Are you feeling better, Qing?
Much better.
This guy is a bully.
It's time for military exercises, right?
Go pull an airplane.
What are you waiting for? Go!
Yes.
Lieutenant Colonel.
This is not necessary.
I don't think he can pull it.
Qing.
You need to have some faith in him.
There's nothing that an Air Force man can't do.
He has pulled it before.
I have faith in his generation.
He has apologized.
That doesn't count.
He managed to pull it after all.
Fuck!
Zhen!
Do it again!
Ten rounds.
Thank you. I'll take my leave now.
-Let's go. -Qing.
-Gong. -Qing.
What?
How are you?
Are you okay?
Goodness.
Mo-ting.
Can you be gentler? I'm in pain.
Gently.
Be gentle.
That's right.
Do you still want to play around?
Of course.
Don't cry.
I'll bring you to the horizon.
After your training,
you'll give up the desk job in the General Headquarters.
We have never lied to you pilots!
Are you trying to take over my position?
-Lieutenant Colonel. -How could this place be safer?
The number of police officers are more than other provinces.
I'll leave Nanjing too.
It's just that we're going to a different destination.
Stop!
-Damn it. -Pull up!
Hurry!
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