"Jiao" "Sergeant" "Jiao" "Jiang" "Wait" "Wait" "Captain" "Listen to me" "I just heard the assembly bugle call" "Hedgehog" "My hearing is not good" "What did he say?" "He heard the bugle call" "You heard the bugle call?" "Assembly" "They played the assembly" "Who else heard it?" "Hedgehog" "Did you hear it?" "Tell me if you heard it" "I did" "Assembly was played" "It's been playing all along" "You're deaf, you didn't hear it" "Captain" "Let's go" "Get us out of here" "Did you hear the bugle call?" "The bugle call?" "When was it sounded?" "Who else heard it?" "Did you two hear it?" "Did you hear it?" "Political Officer" "Political Officer" "Tell Captain how many of us are left" "Thirty two dead" "Louder" "Thirty two dead" "Our company has fifteen men left" "Six are seriously wounded" "We're all who's left" "The two in the mine took care of themselves" "I have always listened to you" "Listen to me this time" "We have to leave" "If we don't go we'll all die" "He said we always listen to you" "Listen to him for once" "Let's get out of here" "If we don't we'll all be killed" "Wang Jincun" "You're the 9th Company's Political Officer" "I want to hear your advice" "Did you hear the bugle call?" "I didn't" "I didn't hear it" "Damn" "You want us all to die?" "Why don't I just kill you now" "I also didn't hear it" "What are you trying to do?" "Captain" "Are they still fighting across the river?" "Is our Regiment still there?" "All our troops retreated long ago" "If anyone dares run away my grenades will follow you" "Luo" "Since when did you become... so courageous?" "Back off" "Sergeant Jiao" "Sergeant wants us to make it out alive" "Sergeant Jiao" "Sergeant Jiao" "I never heard the bugle call" "I haven't heard a thing" "I can't order a retreat" "Sorry, guys" "Carry him into the mine" "Leave a space for me next to him" "Leave if you heard the call" "I won't stop you" "I didn't hear it, so I'm staying" "Let's get the explosives ready" "These were written by our dead brothers" "Some are martyrs" "The rest are mine" "Charge" "If you're scared, start yelling" "It works" "The entire 9th Company was sacrificed in the battle, only Gu Zidi survived." "The People's Liberation Army found Gu unconscious and heavily wounded." "As he was dressed in enemy's uniform, he was captured as a POW." "His wounds have healed well" "His hearing has nearly been restored to normal" "Two of the three broken bones have settled" "His shell shock is quite severe" "He is emotionally unstable" "Still unnerved from the trauma" "Over there" "Doctor Zhang" "Do you think he's telling the truth?" "Could he be lying on purpose?" "It's hard to tell" "But he's in a better mood today" "Wang, the noodles look good" "I told you already" "My name isn't Wang" "Okay, I'm sorry" "Then what's your name?" "Gu Zid" "As in "son of the army"?" "Gu Zid" "No, it means 'illet field'" "You should know" "The registration records are clear" "The 85th Army, 254th Division 2nd Battalion, 5th Company, Private Wang" "That wasn't my uniform" "The name on the uniform" "Has nothing to do with me" "It was never my uniform" "Then why were you wearing it?" "I already told you a thousand times" "It was too late to retreat" "I was hiding out in an old mine" "I climbed out to look for something to eat" "Didn't I have to change my uniform?" "While I was looking for food" "I also blew up their ammo transport" "You blew out those tanks" "Who saw it?" "What are you laughing at?" "You want to screw with me, too?" "Lucky for you we didn't meet in battle" "You're blessed by your parent's good deeds" "Go light incense for them" "What losers" "You were captured on the Wen River's south bank" "Will you admit to that much?" "I was in the advanced guard of the 139th Battalion" "I was ordered to secure the south bank" "I was with my troops" "You mean... before we took you prisoner the enemy had already taken you prisoner" "Is that right?" "Taken prisoner?" "Who?" "The unit you told me no longer exists" "All unit numbers were changed last year" "Didn't you know?" "The Central Plains Field Army changed to the 2nd Field Army" "This hospital belongs to the 3rd Field Army" "It was previously called the Eastern China Field Army" "We can't find the Division you said you belonged to" "We have no way to confirm what you say" "It's also not the hospital's duty to do so" "The 2nd and 3rd Field Divisions are all preparing the next campaign" "Do you follow me?" "What do you mean?" "Stop messing around" "I sympathize with you but it won't help" "Your wounds have mostly healed" "Get your travel pay and hurry back home" "The hospital will issue you a pass" "Travel pay and passes are only given to POWs" "You don't have to go home" "You can go look for your troops" "If you think you can find them" "I entered the army in 1939" "I fought the Japs and then the Nationalists" "Shit" "I'll be real blunt" "This field hospital can't verify your true identity" "You'll only be a burden to our hospital" "In addition" "What good would come of it for you?" "We've identified other men of your age" "Pretending to be a Private" "Some were Generals" "Others were Colonels" "I hope you'll recover soon" "Any artillery men?" "Has anyone served in artillery?" "You're all soldiers" "Reply" "Here" "I was in artillery" "How many years were you in artillery?" "Not that long" "But long enough" "What kind of artillery have you used?" "The normal kind" "Barrels are at least..." "What artillery do you have here?" "Are you from Central Field?" "That's right" "And you have done artillery?" "Sure have" "I've even blown up tanks" "He doesn't seem like it" "What's the traverse range of a howitzer?" "Minus five degrees, straight 45 degrees" "This is the range for what?" "How old are you?" "Twenty?" "Our Captain fought the Japs in 1940" "He's been in the army as long as you" "Lieutenant" "Give him some money" "Tell him to scram" "Yes, sir" "You old dog" "Come on" "What's he laughing at?" "He's asking you" "Why are you laughing?" "One of my men used to eat flapjacks like that" "He was always stuffing his mouth" "When the battle was over he ended up not making it" "Let him stay" "1951, Hoengsong-gun, North Korea" "Yes, sir" "Understood" "Understood" "Yes, sir" "The American tanks are assembling across the bridge" "The Division Commander ordered us to get behind the enemy line" "And post a lookout" "We'll blow them to pieces before the main attack" "Okay" "I'll go right over" "I need two men from the Scout Platoon" "The Scout Platoon is out locating the enemy's front line" "Then transfer over two guards" "I will go, too" "I can't do much with artillery" "I can be of more use as a foot soldier" "Okay" "Get the enemy's uniform then we can get up closer" "Understood" "The American's uniform?" "Would you pass as one?" "Get the South Korean's" "Shit" "I stepped on a mine" "Don't move" "Walk back along your footsteps" "Keep an eye on the road" "Don't come over" "It won't explode unless you move your leg" "Don't worry about me" "Continue on with the others" "I wouldn't know which way to fire" "They know" "A tank" "An American tank" "Just leave me" "Don't get yourselves killed" "Go" "Put the guns down" "Put them down" "We are the allied troops" "Er Dou" "Relax" "This uniform decides if we make it out alive" "Sir, look up ahead" "Hold your fire, hold your fire" "On our side, on our side" "Keep moving it ahead forward" "But we don't know how to speak Korean" "We don't speak Korean" "The Americans speak even less" "Where's Hoengsong-gun?" "How do we get to Hoengsong-gun?" "(Chinese gibberish trying to sound Korean)" "No, no" "Where is Hoengsong-gun?" "Hoengsong-gun?" "Yeah, yeah" "Hoengsong-gun" "Stop messing with him" "How do we get there?" "He stepped on a landmine" "He's on a landmine" "Don't move your foot" "It's not your lucky day" "Looks like a French anti-personnel mine" "If you're lucky" "Just the leg get blown off" "I know this will blow my leg off" "Well, good luck to you" "You're gonna need it" "Let's get out of here" "They have more important things to worry about than us" "Stay still" "Gu" "Stand still" "Stand still" "Lift up your foot" "Slowly" "What will happen?" "I've got a plan" "You are the eyes of dozens of cannons" "Lift your foot and walk away" "Faster" "It might cost me a leg" "But you'll be blown to pieces" "You know what?" "I can't even hear the artillery sound" "The assembly call keeps ringing in my ears" "It never stops playing" "All my men heard it" "I was the only one who didn't" "I might as well be dead" "Then I could see my 47 brothers" "Man" "You can't die" "Hurry the fuck up" "03, this is 01, over" "Order the battalion to blow up the bridge" "Aim at 475 075 to the right" "Fifth Company, four cannons" "Ready" "Fire" "Minus five 003 to the left" "Fire" "On my command" "All fire" "Fire" "Captain" "Let's go" "Lead us out of here" "If we don't go we'll all die" "If the bugle hasn't sounded even if you're the last man standing you must keep fighting" "1955, Wen River Battle Site" "Li Fucai" "Killed in action 700 catties of rice" "Here" "Man Di, Zhang Wancai, Xu Fugui, Zhang Shunxiang" "Missing in action 200 catties" "They're not missing in action" "They were war heroes" "Five men came from my village" "Three got killed" "Two are deemed heroes" "And my brother?" "Missing in action" "That's not fair" "Yeah, so unfair" "Comrade" "Please be fair" "My brother didn't come home from the war" "Wasn't he killed in action?" "He's still dead either way" "But he's got to die for a reason" "The family of a hero gets 700 catties of rice" "Families of the missing in action get 200 catties of rice only" "A difference of 500" "Sir" "What kind of gun is this?" "Haven't seen it before" "I wonder what this is" "Comrade" "Let me ask you a question" "Are you from the local military office?" "Yes" "Has anyone come looking for troops from" "Central Field's 2nd Special Division?" "Central Field's 2nd Special Division" "Liu" "This is your department" "Have there been?" "Central Field's 2nd Special Division?" "So many troops have come back" "I can't remember" "Hey, Comrade" "Take a look at this" "What kind of gun is this?" "British 77" "I used this in guerrilla warfare in Pingxi" "Hard to use" "My husband's name was Wang Jincun" "Troops from our town saw him in Yang village" "He was a teacher" "His letters said he didn't fight in the front line" "In war, it doesn't really matter whether you fought in the front line or not" "He's either dead, ran away, or taken prisoner" "That's why he's missing" "Comrade" "People from town keep gossiping" "And say he was executed by his own troops" "His mother died with shame" "Excuse me" "Your husband was Wang Jincun?" "Yes" "I was his Captain" "Battlefields lined both sides of the Wen River" "Hundreds of thousands of troops were assembled here" "And if all the reinforcements were added together they'd outnumber everyone in this county" "Of course" "Many people died" "This should be the place" "But it looks completely different" "Sir" "Any entrances to the old mine?" "There's one below, it collapsed" "Take me to it" "Let's go" "This isn't it" "Are there any other entrances?" "This is the only one left" "The others were destroyed in 52'" "Were any bodies found?" "Not that I heard" "My men were all lying inside" "You didn't see them?" "They were all lying inside" "Why couldn't you see them?" "Gu" "Calm down" "Did you find this helmet here?" "This?" "We've got tons of them" "The miners pee in them at night" "These were worn on the heads of soldiers" "And you pee in them" "Gu" "Miss" "Don't listen to them" "Your husband was a good man" "I can prove it" "I can prove it" "He shed his blood on this soil" "I can prove it" "Gu" "Gu" "I will prove that my brothers are buried under this mountain of coal" "I will prove it to them" "I'll prove it" "He was studying at the provincial teacher's college" "He left without saying a word" "His mother missed him so much" "She became ill and never got out of bed again" "At first we received letters from him" "After receiving his last letter on August 1 3, 1 948" "I never heard from him again" "He wrote to you everyday" "His clothes were filled with letters" "Please" "tell me how he died" "Please tell me" "He was very clean" "His hair was always perfectly combed" "He looked the same when he died" "He was hit by a tiny bit of shrapnel" "About this big... on a fatal spot" "You couldn't see the wound" "He looked as if he was sleeping" "His hair looked perfect" "Anonymous" "Gu" "There's no point in looking" "Not a single one has a name" "They're all anonymous soldiers" "Their parents gave them names" "How did they become nameless men?" "Where is he?" "Reporting, sir" "He's squatting over there" "Er Dou" "I've come to see you" "Of course, why else would you come?" "Easy does it, Flapjack" "You know you're going blind" "What if you fell into the river?" "Not so hard" "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" "Not so hard, you'll choke me" "Your troops are watching" "What are you smiling at?" "No smiling allowed" "Yes, sir" "Don't forget" "This is my blood brother" "Who is that?" "Come over" "Let me introduce you" "Sun Guiqin" "My Political Officer's wife" "Hello" "I'm Zhao Erdou" "Hello" "He's the Colonel I told you about" "He's just like me, uneducated" "In artillery school, he could never sleep" "He ended up getting kicked out" "I applied to leave" "Stop making things up" "She went to the County looking for her late husband" "How could she find him if I couldn't?" "I brought her here to ask for your help" "I know you can help" "How can I help?" "She has a fever" "Must have gotten sick from the rain" "Hurry and help get her stuff" "Zhao" "Get the car" "Is her temperature down?" "It's down" "It was over forty degrees" "Scary" "You haven't slept?" "I dozed off" "I had them make some noodles" "What are you laughing at?" "That's for the girl" "But you didn't bother to ask if I'm hungry?" "Take it" "I'll order some more" "It's no big deal" "Relax" "I'm just messing with you" "Flapjack" "I came to ask for three favors" "First get me another job transfer" "I'm not going home" "A retirement home for veterans was built by the Wen River" "Forget it" "You can't stay in a place like that" "It'll turn you into a ghost" "If you don't want to go back home transfer your work papers here" "You can stay with me" "You're not my son" "Why should I stay with you?" "You can be my godfather, okay?" "A piece of that landmine is lodged in your skull" "Sooner or later you'll go completely blind" "What will you do then?" "No more bullshit" "Stay here" "Stay with my regiment" "Do whatever you want here" "Look at your power" "Go on" "In North Korea, you made a promise to me." "You said you'd help me find my troops after the war" "Gu" "Millions of soldiers" "Troops who lost entered new units" "Even if we think the world of ourselves we're just like drops in a river" "Why would they care about us?" "They don't care" "We must care about it" "Tell me the truth" "That report I made" "Did you ever pass it up the line?" "Of course I did" "But I'll bet it just got stuck in the pile" "They said the headquarters received many letters like yours" "Hundreds of thousands of them" "They couldn't open them all" "Be patient" "Is she awake?" "Not yet" "Report when she's awake" "Yes, Colonel" "I've said the first two" "There's one more" "Brother" "I found a wife for you" "Who?" "She's down with a fever" "Stop kidding around" "How about it?" "You don't like her because she's a widow?" "Nonsense" "I'm no golden boy myself" "It's just not right" "Seems right to me" "I think you should be with her" "We're brothers" "So I'll be blunt" "A blind person doesn't deserve such a woman" "It wouldn't be fair to her" "Tell me" "What does her face look like?" "A beauty" "I can't see clearly what she looks like" "If she is so beautiful it's a waste to leave her with me" "Tell her what you should" "If you can't find the words" "I'll talk to her when she's better" "Listen to your brother" "She cherishes a loved one that's passed away" "She will devote herself to a living one" "Gu" "Yes?" "What do you want for dinner?" "Dumplings" "If during the holidays" "A few of us friends" "Can celebrate together" "We will remember" "All the memories we treasure" "A song filled with joy" "We will remember" "All the memories we treasure" "A song filled with joy" "At the end of the battle" "You were the only one left standing?" "That's right" "I was the only one left" "How'd you get the enemy's uniform?" "What?" "We need to know in detail the order of events" "After all this time you are still missing the point" "Since you claimed to be the only one alive" "Who is to verify your story?" "What else do you want to know?" "Just tell me" "I want to hear it out" "Suppose you intentionally snuck into the enemy's ranks" "How did you do it?" "Why did you do it?" "What were you thinking?" "Did you consider the consequences?" "We hope you will take these questions seriously" "The Party needs to make the record straight and you need to make the record straight" "Your employment is registered in our county" "It is our duty to review our cadres" "Comrade Gu Zidi" "Take your time" "Before you answer" "Think it through" "Try to remember" "No rush" "I've said all I can say" "What else do you want to know?" "Please answer the questions I just asked" "Fuck you" "What did you say?" "I said, fuck you" "Watch your mouth" "Comrade Gu" "You must calm down" "You are full of shit, and I am to be calm?" "You are responsible for your words and actions" "I've already died hundreds of time" "Who cares about this bullshit?" "Write this down" "Take down what he just said" "Don't just take down my words" "Write this down as well" "He can take care of himself" "This is outrageous" "Ridiculous" "Absolutely ridiculous" "He's got a bad temper" "Wang" "See the two officials off" "Give my regards to the Director" "Gu" "Try to cooperate" "Don't be like this" "It's not fair" "It's so unfair" "Gu" "You can't see your way around" "Don't come up here" "My eyesight is poor, but my nose is keen" "If the forest caught on fire you wouldn't see it but I'd be able to smell it" "Nice view" "Gu" "Gu" "Look towards the road" "Gu" "Gu" "They've been found" "What's been found?" "Er Dou just got the notice" "Gu" "They found your old regiment" "My girl" "Er Dou isn't fooling around with me?" "No, it's true" "You mustn't fool around" "It's true" "Come back with me" "What's wrong?" "Be careful" "It's true" "You must not fool around" "Memorial Cemetery for the War Heroes" "Director Qin" "Thanks for waiting" "Colonel Zhao" "Thanks for coming" "This is the person I told you about" "Our battalion's hero" "Volunteer soldier, Bronze Star" "Flapjack" "It would be better to say" "I'm the Central Plains Field Army's Special 2nd Division 139th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 9th Company, Captain Gu Zidi" "I've come to report to Colonel Liu" "This is Director Qin from the Chemical Defense Regiment" "He is handling the cases associated with the 139th Regiment" "Comrade Gu" "On behalf of the regiment's Political Officers" "I welcome you" "Your regiment is the same as the old 139th Regiment?" "Not entirely" "Our regiment now includes" "Part of the Western Henan's Training Corps" "And a part of the old 139th Regiment" "We haven't been able to handle all of the Regiment's cases" "We checked the MIA name list from the Wen River mission" "Your name was listed" "Colonel Liu was transferred to the Branch Military Cadre Academy as the Deputy Commandant" "After the Korean War started he re-entered combat duties as Deputy Commander of the 280th Division" "Gu" "Captain Gu" "You are?" "Me?" "I'm Liangzi" "I am managing the Memorial Cemetery here" "You don't recognize my voice?" "I was the regiment's Bugler" "You twerp" "You're still alive" "During the fifth campaign he led two infantry battalions to cover the division's retreat" "When it came time for our own retreat it was already too late" "More than five hundred men died" "Only thirty escaped alive" "His back was blown apart" "I had to carry him back" "He was in the hospital for more than half a month but he didn't make it" "Why not retreat earlier?" "The transmitter had been destroyed" "We never received the retreat order" "We couldn't do anything about it" "They could only keep pounding forward" "He's one tough son-of-a-bitch" "Trained by the old school" "Stubborn ass" "Liangzi" "No one sent to the old mine survived" "How did the Regiment evaluate this?" "After the battle," "He couldn't find anyone, dead or alive" "Everyone was listed as MIA" "My ears belong on pigs" "I never heard your assembly bugle call" "Some troops heard it but I never heard it" "I've always felt guilty about this" "But I never blew the assembly call" "They all heard it" "I never played it" "Gu" "I'll tell you one more time" "I never played the assembly bugle call" "Why not?" "The Regiment suddenly received the order to retreat" "At that time you were in the old mine holding up a lot of the enemy" "If we ordered your retreat the entire regiment may have been in serious trouble" "Perhaps even wiped out by the enemy" "Colonel Liu" "Never ordered the assembly call to be sounded" "You were afraid of being wiped out?" "You were afraid of being wiped out?" "What about us?" "The 9th Company" "Gu" "Liu" "Gu" "The Colonel felt terrible about this" "Even on his death bed he talked about nothing but you" "I was with the Colonel for more than ten years" "He was a good person" "Blame me instead" "I never played the Assembly" "Not for the Colonel nor for the 9th Company" "I'm so sorry" "Gu" "Liu" "The Colonel is dead" "The Colonel is dead" "You were afraid of being wiped out" "The entire 9th Company was wiped out" "Let me apologize for the Colonel" "I am the only one left I beg you" "Brothers of the 9th company" "Colonel Liu offers his deepest apologies" "I wish I was wiped out long ago" "Damn Liu" "I was waiting for your bugle call" "My men were always waiting for your call" "They died one by one." "Waiting for your call" "Gu Zidi" "Why can't you just let go" "People die, it's part of war" "Lots of soldiers died, not just your company" "Let me remind you" "I was Colonel Liu's bodyguard" "I still am to this day" "If you don't stop this nonsense" "I'll rip your head off" "What are you doing?" "This is the Memorial Cemetery" "I didn't want you to go down the road" "But you would not listen" "Aren't you just picking on your own wound?" "All his men died" "He's been searching for them all these years" "He won't hurt anyone by shouting" "What's done is done" "Don't bring it up again" "You, too" "Calm down" "Liu, my man" "I'm not..." "I can take the fact that the call wasn't sounded" "But all my men" "My forty seven brothers all fought to death bravely" "How could they be called MIA?" "You are buried here" "Who can prove what really happened?" "Repeat the orders" "By tomorrow twelve noon no matter what it takes we must secure the old mine on the southern bank" "What else?" "Always listen for the Assembly bugle call" "Fall back when you hear it" "Liu" "Have a good rest" "I'll bring you cigarettes and wine from now on" "We share the same fate" "You go first" "I'll catch up with you soon" "Just wait for me there patiently" "What are you digging for?" "Bodies" "What bodies?" "Dead bodies" "Do you have permission from the mine?" "Let go" "What are you really up to?" "Did you ask for permission?" "If you didn't, then you can't dig here" "Let go of me" "You can't dig here" "Let go" "This old soldier has lost his mind" "He's crazy" "This old man is crazy" "Comrade Gu Zidi" "You're obstructing the mine's economic development" "You are a decorated veteran" "You should know better" "It's been more than a month" "He keeps digging like crazy" "He's interfering with our schedule to store the coal" "Soon snow will cover the mountains" "We must finish storing the coal on time" "Gu" "You can report any issues to your superiors" "Just don't make trouble here" "I've written nine letters" "Asking others to help me dig" "No one responded" "Even if we all helped digging" "And removed the mountain of coal" "What if there's nothing underneath?" "Then just bury me there" "I told you he was crazy" "Let him be then" "Just don't let him get hurt" "Send him food at meal breaks" "Don't let him starve" "Okay" "Get back to work, hurry" "He lives here" "It's one of the miner's huts" "Is there heat?" "Fire." "Otherwise he'd have frozen to death" "This veteran must really be suffering" "Gu" "Gu" "Gu" "With Liangzi's help" "Er Dou found the 139th Regiment's Commissar Zhang" "He realized you were still alive" "And that your men were all killed in battle" "He wanted to meet you" "The military gave an official notice to the local government" "Your eyesight is poor" "I'll read it to you" "Wait" "Wait" "I have to wash my face first" "Wen River Military Official Notice" "Regarding the Central Field Army's Special 2nd Division 139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company" "Notification of the Martyrdom of Revolutionary Heroes" "The Local Government of Wen River County" "Wen River County War Hero Cemetery" "In accordance with the recommendation of our leaders" "The People's Liberation Army" "Formerly the Central Field Army, 2nd Special Division 139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company, Political Officer" "Wang Jincun" "Lieutenant Jiao Dapeng" "Soldiers Luo Guangtian" "Lu Kuangou" "Jiang Maocai" "Gong Liangguo" "Meng Shilin etc." "Forty seven soldiers" "In the Wen River Battle during the Civil War in 1948" "Honorably completed their field duty" "All died as heroes" "For the liberation of the Chinese people" "They sacrificed their lives" "Now they are posthumously decorated as revolutionary heroes" "Special Official Notification" "People's Liberation Army" "Wen River Military, Political Office" "December 19, 1956" "My brothers" "Why can't I find you?" "Come out for a breath of air, my brothers" "The 9th Company" "In three defensives against the enemy" "Destroyed two enemy tanks" "And killed many enemy troops" "Including Captain Gu Zidi" "Forty seven men" "All perished" "No survivors" "Political Officer" "Wang Jincun" "1 948" "The lunar calendar's 4th day of December" "The enemy is attacking again" "Captain" "Do we have any ammo left?" "I can't move my leg" "The enemy must not get their hands on our brothers" "Captain" "I didn't disgrace you, did I?" "We'll be brothers in our next life" "In the winter of 1958, a reservoir was built on the south bank of the Wen River for an irrigation project." "During the construction, the bodies of forty seven men were found inside a collapsed mine tunnel." "9th Company, Monument of 47 Soldiers" "Reporting, sir" "Central Plains Field Special 2nd Division 139th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 9th Company, Captain Gu Zidi" "Reporting" "My company was dispatched to the old mine on the south bank of the Wen River to intercept the enemy's 254th Division" "We destroyed three enemy tanks" "And killed many enemy soldiers" "Except for Captain Gu Zidi" "All forty seven men were killed" "Not one survived" "This concludes my report" "Thank you" "9th Company is assembled for your review" "In the battle of Wen River the 9th Company resolutely followed orders" "Honorably completing its duty" "All soldiers in the 9th Company are awarded" "Medals of Valor" "Heroes of the 9th Company" "You can all rest in peace" "Present arms" "Ready" "Fire" "Ready" "Fire" "Ready" "Fire" "Parade rest" "Bugler" "Yes, sir" "Sound the bugle call" "Yes, sir" "Guzidi passed away at the Wen River's Retirement Home at the age of 71." "When he was only three months old, his parents starved to death while fleeing from famine." "A shoemaker found him lying in a millet field (guzidi) and named him after the place where he was found, as he was left with no name."