He was a soldier when he committed that,
so he should go to military prison.
It took seven years
to clear my dad's name.
That's enough.
It's not auspicious to lose the first battle after becoming the captain.
Then why did everybody tell me to visit you,
and ask for your opinion?
I'm so ashamed to lose to the 9th Wing with our new planes.
Why do I get the feeling that a storm is coming?
BASED ON PAI HSIEN-YUNG'S WORK A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE OF TAIWAN
Zhi-jian.
When you were a subordinate,
you followed your instinct
to find out what your superior wants, right?
But now, you are their superior.
You need to use your instinct
to find out what the higher-ups want
and the things the enemy would not expect.
Things change rapidly in the sky.
Some unexpected stuff won't appear in the combat plan.
You need to be flexible.
Did I make mistakes before?
Yes.
And it was not just one time.
But no one knew about my mistakes
because I left my mistakes uncorrected
even though I knew I was wrong.
Making a wrong decision in the sky
is better than forcing yourself to come up with a way to correct it.
Because when you finally find a solution to your predicament,
you'd lose half of your men already.
Sir.
Maybe I should be in prison
to find out more about myself.
-Know yourself and behave! -Know yourself and behave!
-Thank you, sir! -Thank you, sir!
We can't stay in the 11th Wing.
I know.
Help me ask around.
Our new planes are just there untouched.
They're only for show.
They're useless.
To be honest, the 9th Wing's captain is pretty good.
He's better than our captain Shao.
If you get transferred to the 9th Wing,
you'll need to do the next combat exercise with the 11th Wing.
Wouldn't that be funny?
Hey! Don't worry about that.
There wouldn't be much difference.
I'll go easy on your leader.
Why don't we just ask the 9th Wing's captain to train us?
Shut the hell up, little brats!
Sir.
I thought that the captain had left so I wondered whose voice I was hearing.
Greetings, Lady Zhou.
Come up.
I have something to say.
Gong.
Yes.
Please fix my husband's nameplate.
Yes.
Do you want to take a day off?
Of course, you can.
Give me your absence form and I'll sign it.
We're fine, Lady Zhou.
Your captain is my husband.
Do you want to replace my husband with the 9th Wing's leader?
This is a mutiny!
Give me your absence form now.
I'll sign it.
Let's take a day off to see the chief.
Okay?
The chief just summoned Zhi-jian over.
Maybe he's fired.
Our new planes were defeated by the 9th Wing.
Do you think he still can keep his job?
I gathered all squadron captains to sign a petition
to reject his candidacy as captain.
To request a new captain for the 11th Wing.
Then I passed it to the chief.
Wei-xun.
The entire wing will suffer because of your doing.
You're trying to dismiss Zhi-jian from his post.
Zhi-jian will lose his reputation.
Pilots are very sensitive.
How is he going to face the others?
I have another thing to tell you.
When you went to the prison to visit them,
that stupid guard allowed
the taxation bureau officials in to collect conscription tax.
I chased him away.
We're from a military family.
Why should we pay conscription tax?
Isn't conscription tax collected during wartime?
Are we going to war again?
If the situation changes, and a war really breaks out,
can Zhi-jian be competent like Wei-cheng?
Can he go out there and do a great job?
Can he come back home safely?
Your men are in prison.
They can't be in war.
You can sleep soundly, but I can't.
Zhi-jian is not good with words.
But I know he's struggling to take care of me and Mo-ting.
I just want him to be safe.
Lady Qin.
I'm sorry.
But I need you to move
to the next door.
Wei-xun and I are moving in to captain's quarters.
-It's not necessary... -It is.
If not,
my position is not justified
and I couldn't accomplish anything.
Because of Wei-cheng's matter, I forgot about it.
I only live here temporarily.
I'll pack up and move to your house in a couple days.
Qian-yi.
Here.
Follow me.
The chief came.
He asked me
to go for training to take up a desk job.
-He wants me to look out for myself. -I'm doing this for your own good.
It's not your place to decide whether or not I should be the captain!
Who are you to ask my squadron captains to dismiss me?
-I'm afraid that... -Afraid?
Would you treat Vice-Captain Jin the same if he were in my shoes?
Then who are you to treat me like this?
Do you want the truth?
Even the new pilots said that my ex-husband was better.
That my new husband is not good enough.
We have new planes for the entire wing, but we can't even beat the 9th Wing.
You can't even be compared with Wei-cheng and my ex-husband.
Fighting a war is what my ex-husband and Wei-cheng are good at.
You are just a combat officer! Are you happy now?
Wei-xun, stop it!
How could you look down on me?
What are you looking at?
Go away!
Sir.
I'm just a first lieutenant.
My autobiography only has two or three pages at most.
You can write stacks of it.
Why?
In 1939, you left aviation school and joined the Air Force.
Have you forgotten?
It has been too long, I forgot.
That's impossible.
Lady Qin had a miscarriage at that time, right?
I don't want to think about such sad stuff.
-Know yourself and behave! -Know yourself and behave!
-Salute, Chief! -Salute, Chief!
Wasn't there another slogan?
We change the slogan every month. Next month will be...
There won't be next month.
What's the other half?
Take responsibility and show repentance!
Show repentance?
You need to remember this line.
Are you done with those?
These are not the important points.
Do you have relatives that joined the Democratic Alliance?
Do you have relatives that joined the student's federation?
No, sir.
Attention.
All inmates are to be gathered in the field.
Your superiors from your former unit are waiting for you at the field.
Take responsibility and show repentance!
Report to your former superior now.
Hurry up and gather at the field.
You, get out!
You should thank the communists for saving you.
The battle in Dongbei has started.
All criminals are pardoned.
Return to your former unit and continue your job.
Understood?
Both of you
will remember this peaceful time in the future.
Here.
Wear your jackets and follow me.
Sir.
I still have seven years of a prison sentence.
After I'm released, I'll be a civilian.
Chief.
After I'm released, I'll bring Qian-yi back to her hometown.
I want to see her teach.
Then I'll find a job in the surveying team.
Reporting, sir!
It's the same for me.
I only have one year and a half left.
After that, I want to be a civilian, then get married and have children.
So both of you want to be civilians?
Do you know
that those bastards in the civilian prison
-Recognize yourself, take care. -are also sent to the Army?
Sir, I won't do it again.
Those who don't want to leave will be executed immediately.
-Order! -Hurry up!
Report to your superior at the field immediately!
Hurry up!
I forgot to say,
the military law is applicable during wartime.
If you disobey orders,
you will be killed on the spot.
Go.
Wear it.
Wear it!
You cowards!
You bastards!
Follow me!
Qian-yi!
Are you really moving out as Zhi-jian's said?
Stop it!
Zhi-jian is the captain now.
You should move into the house that's suitable for your position.
Lady Qin! Let me help.
Thank you, Gong.
Qing!
Why are you here?
Let's talk at home.
Hurry up.
We'll leave after you have a few words with her.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I was released from prison.
The battle in Dongbei has started.
The good days have ended.
I'm going back to the unit now.
That day,
I had a bad feeling.
Uncle Gong said
that if the rice isn't cooked properly, the Army will lose the battle.
Luckily, we're not from the Army.
But Gong also said
the back of the Air Force is the weakest.
Once the enemy catches up,
you'll need to return quickly.
If not, even the strongest pilot
will be defeated.
That day,
Uncle Jiang never looked back.
Greetings, Captain.
Vice-Captain, Zhi-jian Shao
Greetings, Captain.
Zhi-jian.
You don't have to go to prison.
This is the prison.
The only thing left is the slogan on the wall.
Take responsibility and show repentance.
This will be our new home.
Let's get married.
I've booked the New Society Club for our wedding.
When?
In a year and a half.
I can't wait for that long.
Listen.
I won't force you.
They released me
because there's going to be a war soon.
Are you willing to stay here with me?
Didn't we say that we're leaving together?
You can leave.
But I can't.
Then where can I go alone?
I'm sorry.
If you leave,
I'll be lost
without knowing where to land.
During the war,
I met you.
I saw the note that you wrote for me.
Right.
We met each other during the war.
Now, there's going to be war again.
But we never changed.
We never left too.
But this time,
maybe it'll be worthwhile.
This is our bridal chamber.
Ours.
Gong.
Ask your captain to pick up the phone.
Pardon?
I don't know which captain you're referring to.
Then I'll tell you the name.
His name is Wei-cheng Jiang.
Or just ask Zhi-jian Shao to pick up the phone.
The captain is getting the gun!
Didn't you say that you don't know who...
Lady Qin.
I want to change the date for my wedding dinner.
Change the date?
-I want to change... -There's going to be a war.
-What? -I can't wait anymore.
Lady Qin, I want to get married now.
Now, the military prison has emptied. Everyone's been released.
They've returned to their original posts to increase the military strength.
The captain and I didn't want to be released.
We wanted to finish our sentence.
But the chief wouldn't let us.
He fired two shots at us.
That means that Zhi-jian can't be the captain.
Is Wei-cheng the captain again?
-Wei-cheng is back to captain? -Good.
With Wei-cheng taking the lead...
No problem. We'll take care of your wedding, okay?
No.
Lady Qin.
I don't have any relatives anymore.
I'm only left with two sisters.
I'm not your relative.
I'm just staying here temporarily.
For seven years.
You don't have the right to decide.
Isn't Wei-cheng back now?
Now I'm the head of the village, right?
You can't bring that in here!
This is the captain's quarters.
I don't live here.
Reporting, sir.
It was Madam Zhou
who forced us to sign the petition
to dismiss Vice-Captain Shao.
Chief fired a shot at my coat.
I said I wanted to stay in prison.
The chief said
that I shouldn't disobey his orders.
Because military law is applicable during wartime.
Gang.
I'll give you a chance.
Go look for the other squadron captains
to sign a petition to dismiss me.
Do me a favor, okay?
I can't sign.
I can't help!
Good.
If you dare to plan with the others to overthrow your superior,
I'll kill you.
Why are you looking at me?
Why?
Vice-Captain!
I should've not overstepped.
Please punish me!
Vice-Captain's rank back then was Lieutenant Colonel.
Reporting, Captain!
Please punish me!
This is your punishment.
Gather the Wing.
The captain will give a speech.
Reporting, sir!
Lady Qin is looking for you.
She asked you
to go back and help her move.
At that time, I was not accepted as a leader,
and the Wing was a mess.
I was going to move in to the captain's quarters.
So I asked Lady Qin to move.
I know.
I don't blame you.
You missed the chance.
-Send the captain home. -Zhi-jian.
Thanks for your hard work, you can rest now.
I'll clean up the mess.
By the way,
the chief is coming over tomorrow.
It's for the handover ceremony.
He ordered me
to take charge of the 11th Wing again.
Sir.
You said you use your instinct to find out what your superior wants.
Now that you're back to your post,
and the military law has taken effect,
-what does your instinct say? -I just came back. I don't have any.
I want to focus on what I can handle now.
I don't want to worry about things I can't do anything about.
-Zhen. -Yes.
You'll be on duty, go gather up.
Lady Qin wants you back, sir.
Gather up!
In three minutes!
Same goes with the mechanic team! Form a two-three-one formation.
THE 11TH WING CAPTAIN, WEI-CHENG JIANG
JIANG'S RESIDENCE
Captain.
Qing.
I'm sorry.
How dare you!
Qian-yi waited for you the whole day! What happened to you?
What's with the gun?
Give it to me.
Go explain to Qian-yi.
Sir.
Can you do me a favor?
I want to get married, but Lady Qin won't let me.
Okay.
I'll talk to her.
Thank you.
During the war,
we moved all the time.
Yet, you never helped.
The photo makes the frame look better.
I was planning to take a new one
once you're released.
I'm released now.
How about tomorrow?
We'll go to the studio and take a new one.
Zhen said a war is coming.
He's just a squadron captain. He's narrow-sighted.
Don't listen to him.
The chief is a major general.
He must be narrow-sighted, too.
That's why he fired a shot at you.
I don't care how the chief treats me.
But you treat me the same way as him.
When the chief sent you back,
you were afraid to come here.
You didn't even look at me when you left. You didn't have the guts!
You left me alone.
Just one more year.
After I repay our debt and finish my duties,
I'll leave with you.
Go back to the Wing.
That's your priority.
Qian-yi.
Isn't this fine now?
Just like in the past.
I don't want to be like in the past.
Okay.
It won't be the same.
After a year,
we'll leave this village together.
I'll bring you back to your hometown.
It's so far.
I'm tired.
Dear Aunt.
When I visited last time, I didn't get to stay as Uncle's wish.
Now, Wei-cheng is busy with his military duty.
I'm feeling tired, too.
I just want to...
I took the gun back.
Mo-ting likes to play with random stuff.
It's not safe in Wei-xun's house.
And I got a new jacket for you.
Thank you.
I'm going back to the Wing now.
Please get some rest.
I'll have my breakfast there.
Wei-cheng.
Zhen asked us
to be the witness to his marriage.
Accept it.
We owed him that.
It's still peaceful.
And everything will be fine.
I'm leaving now.
Captain.
I have suited up.
Take your marriage registration form back for now.
When the time comes,
I'll give you seven days off.
Then you can go on your honeymoon.
Treat her right.
Captain and Vice-Captain.
Did you go on your honeymoon too?
We mistreated them.
Sir.
Qing and I
met each other during a war.
Now we're getting married during another war.
It's just nice.
I haven't even started writing the operation plan.
So the war hasn't started yet.
But getting married,
you have to take it slow.
Just like what Lieutenant Colonel said.
When the war begins, I'll be the first one to tell you.
It's not too late to get married then.
At that time,
we'll be on standby.
If you keep trying to stop me like this,
I won't be able to get married.
Vice-Captain and I
are doing this for your own good.
We need to worry about you,
when the day comes.
We're worried that you can't withstand it.
I want to be someone like you.
You always keep Lady Qin close to your heart.
Only then can I find my beacon
when I need it.
To land safely and return home.
Prepare to take flight.
Tell the 9th Wing to leave the target range.
The 11th Wing is going to have ground bombing training.
Five minutes is up.
Okay.
Dinner will not be provided
if we don't hit our target.
Understood.
Echelon formation.
The 1st Squadron will be the first.
Next is the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Squadron.
Yes.
Zhi-jian, let's have a competition later.
Let's see who will go down first.
There's no need for that.
When the vice-captain visited us in prison,
he already won once.
It's not the same.
The captain got shocked that he saluted with a loud voice.
Did your application got rejected?
They asked you to find three people who are not in the military
as witnesses.
Only then will they approve your marriage.
Lady Qin, why does this happen
when I want to get married?
Maybe your background check
revealed something about your father and the bank.
But hasn't the captain cleared my dad's name?
Maybe they think that your background is a bit controversial.
So they're looking for more witnesses.
Here.
You still need two.
Stop working. Come and sign this.
Lady Qin.
Zhen said
that the captain has approved.
The captain is in charge of the pilots.
And I manage the village.
I've been thinking about the date of your wedding dinner with Zhen.
It's best to do it a year and a half from now.
-Not now. -Qian-yi, that time already...
Lady Qin, the war will break out before we get married.
Qing.
Wei-cheng and I
have owed you too much.
But we don't want to owe you
your youth that nobody could return.
Lady Qin, I won't resent anyone.
I just want to get married as soon as I can.
Madam Zhou and I never resented anyone too.
Because we brought upon ourselves.
You still need one more signature.
I hope that your uncle could come to Nanjing
and sign it for you.
He's your relative.
Ask him to be the host for your wedding too.
I just want to be a guest.
Where's your uncle?
I sent a letter to Guangxi,
but he never replied.
Lady Qin.
My wedding application with Gang has been approved.
I wanted to ask
about the house that Qing currently lives in.
No problem.
Come, have a seat.
You can help Qing by signing on this paper.
Here.
Madam Zhou.
Signing documents before my wedding brings bad luck, right?
You're right.
You came here to ask
-about the house, right? -Yes.
Lady Qin and I haven't decided yet.
But don't worry.
We'll pick the best one for you.
What's that look for?
Is it because of the bad luck?
Don't sign it, leave.
It's not even her wedding night yet,
but she looks bitter already.
Qing.
Lady Qin has no idea now.
Let me show you what I can do for you.
Come here, girl.
Come here, my dear.
Write your name for me.
She's your daughter.
A family member can't sign it together.
If they find out,
there won't be a second chance.
Who would know that we're family?
We have three surnames in our family.
Her surname is neither Zhou nor Shao. Her surname is Jin.
It's just a formality.
As long as three different names are on the paper, it'll be fine.
See, it's done.
WITNESS CERTIFICATE
The Army has gone into the battle.
The Army is there now.
It's not an Air Force's business.
The rookies don't have to know about this.
It's better for them not to know the next step.
As for now, let's just keep the pace.
They'll be on leave.
Sir.
What is your instinct?
When I asked you before,
you said that it was too soon to say.
What about now?
Zhi-jian.
Go write the letters that you should've written.
My instinct
is that a war is coming.
I received your letter.
Zhan-xin.
I know that you're getting married.
I'm sending my blessings from Nanjing.
I still remember what happened.
You came here to find me, but I refused to see you.
I hope you forgive me.
I feel ashamed.
The cruising endurance is 950 miles.
It's 950 miles.
It needs six transitions.
I made some snacks.
Okay.
I'll eat with you when you're done.
Okay.
Let's eat.
We don't have any secrets between us.
This blue area
is the Army.
The red area is very small.
It's the communist's land.
They don't have the Air Force.
Their Army is inferior to ours in number.
Even if we want to go into battle,
there won't be our turn.
Because our Army will end the war
even before we take off.
Qian-yi.
Maybe Zhi-jian wants to go back home.
I need to replace him.
Qian-yi.
I need to let Zhi-jian go back home.
Okay?
We've been married for ten years, right?
It's been ten years.
Don't worry, I won't be far.
You'll wait for me to land, right?
I'll pick up the phone.
Now.
I'll follow Uncle's order, now.
I'll return home alone.
Please convince Uncle
to take me in.
Lady Qin!
Qing.
Did your uncle reply to your letter?
I just sent him another telegram.
But when I came back,
I couldn't find my luggage.
What do you mean?
The note that you wrote for me
and all of my belongings are gone.
Gong, don't turn off the engine.
Qing!
I knew you would be here.
You don't need to look for it anymore. Lady Qin took your luggage away.
She's waiting for you at the station.
I saw her taking your luggage
and she ignored me.
Let's go.
Gong is outside.
Qing.
TICKET OFFICE
This is a priceless lesson.
So, heed this.
After I was expelled from the college,
I was sitting at the train station alone.
The baby was still in my stomach.
It was a shame to my family.
So I didn't dare to go home.
But I had no place to go.
So I went to the train station
because of what a pilot said.
He said he'd wait for me there.
But he got transferred
so he couldn't make it.
Afterwards, a military officer came to the station
and gave me a telegram.
He sent it to the wrong place.
He thought I was still in the college.
There were only a few words on it.
He said he'd come back soon.
He wanted me to wait for him.
I asked the officer,
"Where did he go?"
He said it was classified information.
I didn't even know where I should go
when I bought the train ticket.
But I believe there are good things of marrying an Air Force officer.
I waited in the station for two days.
I didn't have any money.
I didn't eat or drink.
I borrowed some money from the military office.
I bought some food
to feed the baby in my tummy.
The destination is Zhejiang.
The train is leaving soon.
I bought a one-way ticket for you.
Just like marrying into the village.
You can't return.
Either you leave, or get married into the village,
it's your choice.
If the war in Dongbei breaks out, he won't be joining.
Do you want to be transferred?
I'm not leaving. I want to fight
alongside you, Captain!
If you want to leave,
you need to have the guts!
Can't you just scold me?
How can I ever repay the things that you've done for me?
Hurry!
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