"In July 1937" "Japan started the Marco Polo Bridge Incident" "Beijing and Tianjin fell one after another." "Huabei was in danger" "The Chinese nation's existence was at stake" "For the whole nation's interests" "CPC joined hands with KMT once again" "Red Army was recomposed into KMT's 8th Route Army" "Following the order of" "CPC's Central Military Commission l crossed the Yellow River and rushed day and night for the frontline against Japan" "Between Henan and Hebei is the Yellow River while between Shandong and Shanxi is Mt." "Taihang" "After we marched through Shanhaiguan from Manchuria the vast North China Plain is right in front of us" "As the Chinese saying goes" "He who has conquered Taihang will be invincible" "Shanxi is right between Mt." "Taihang and the Yellow River" "The goal for this army is to capture northern China via Shanxi" "How come the area and shape of Shanxi are so much like those of Japan?" "It is more like the spine of China" "Seizing Taihang is like breaking the back of the Chinese" "Chiang calls for 'resistance by burning the land'" "Yours must be more meaningful lf the land is burnt what is there to fight for?" "Defending the land is our main goal" "Resistance is just a way of achieving the goal" "Excellent..." "Sir, Zhu De is here" "My uniform" "My friend" "Your Excellency Commander Yan" "Zhu De is here to report for duty" "By no means..." "Please..." "Please..." "As your Party's declaration said the whole Chinese nation is being endangered" "We've been anxiously waiting for your coming I'm sorry to say that we're poorly equipped" "We may not be of much help to the war situation" "Help yourself..." "Get tea ready" "But all my soldiers vow to fight together with you" "Resistance by defending the land I hereby officially confirm to you that" "CPC has made the resolution to launch a campaign against the Japanese" "Please give your comment" "Pingxingguan is ideal for setting an ambush lt's the only route for Itagaki troops to enter Shanxi lt's the chance of a lifetime" "I wonder how many of you have got here in Shanxi?" "The CPC and Mao Zedong are aware that the Japanese army is bearing down upon here and ordered us to rush here even before the recomposition is finalized" "Lin Biao's 1 15th and He Long's 120th Divisions are at the frontline now" "Liu Bocheng's 129th Division is on its way there" "Together with HQs led by Peng Dehuai we've got 32000 men here" "Sir, tea is ready" "Please Please..." "Lin Biao, He Long, Liu Bocheng" "Peng Dehuai and you" "All the five red tigers are here" "Shanxi is honored, so is 2nd Theater and me myself too" "We're flattered" "But we really need your troops to help Lin Biao intercepting fleeing enemies" "Look out!" "Sure... lt's really good for setting an ambush here" "Will they really pass through here?" "Absolutely" "They've got so many supplies and gear" "They can't possibly fly over here" "We 1 15th Division is put in charge" "This is the first campaign of our 8th Route Army" "How should we beat them?" "We must build up confidence" "What if KMT troops don't cooperate?" "We need their cooperation" "But we can't count on them" "We have to fight, even without them" "Sir, here they are lt is an ideal place for an ambush" "But I wonder if you have sufficient men and power" "One enemy regiment overruns one of our army groups" "Your 1 15th Division is poorly equipped How can you fight?" "I personally appreciate your courage" "Human factor is more important lt's going to rain" "What if you can't get there on time?" "The main issue is whether we can count on your efficient support and cooperation" "Please rest assured I've mobilized my reserves" "We'll attack the Japs from the north to help you pinning them down" "That... will be wonderful" "Sir, HQ orders us to speed up" "Captain Yes, sir!" "Your company stays for rescue" "Yes, sir!" "Follow me, men!" "Stand up." "Go!" "Doc!" "Stop..." "Sir we met resistance from the Chinese ahead" "Get rid of them" "Yes, sir" "Charge!" "Charge!" "Fire!" "Sir we've smashed a team of KMT army" "March on" "1 15th Division is heading towards the location" "Any ltagaki scouts are seen over there?" "No, they are marching in a queue" "No scouting or covering forces" "The Japanese are still blindly arrogant lt shows our timing is good" "We've got to be cautious" "Ask Lin Biao to control the heights in the valley" "and make sure our flanks are secured" "02... come in 02, this is 01 , come in" "02... this is 01 , come in 02... come in" "02... come in 02... this is 01 , come in" "02... this is 01 , come in" "Get away!" "Get away" "The Japanese has got into our ambush" "Their vanguard has walked out of the valley" "Their supply vehicles are all within the range" "Go!" "It's up there" "Sergeant..." "Chinese army ambushing us?" "lmpossible!" "They must be guerrillas." "Wipe them out" "Yan Xishan?" "I know him the best" "He is my lmperial Military School classmate" "He doesn't have the guts" "Shall we ask for help from our air forces?" "No need" "Sir, do please give it a thought" "Ok, then" "The enemy's bombing is fierce" "Get our men down there to mix them up" "Charge...!" "The Japanese is taking Laoyemiao" "That's a height" "Tell Li Tianyou he mustn't lose it" "Colonel!" "Captain, reinforce the height" "Go!" "Yes, sir!" "Sir, Gao Guizi, Commander of 1 7th Army ordered his men to abandon their positions" "Lin Biao's troops are still fighting" "Their flanks are exposed lt's too dangerous" "What's to be done?" "He isn't under my control" "Shall we get our 71st Division to attack?" "so as to cover Lin Biao's men?" "Itagaki's reinforcement is coming from the north" "Yan's troops don't do anything 1 15th Division's flank is totally exposed" "Lin Biao is prepared for that" "He's deployed troops along Yimaling to check their reinforcements" "Ask him to finish the fight and get out of there" "Get the horses!" "To Pingxingguan" "We've got no ammunition" "Neither do I" "Let's go!" "Charge bayonets!" "Remove bullets" "Charge!" "Charge!" "Charge!" "What...?" "Bayonet charge?" "Who the hell are they?" "They must be 8th Route Army" "101 ... come in, 101 lt's their 1 1th charge now" "We have to fight with bayonets" "Hold it at all costs!" "Give up!" "No harm!" "Give up!" "No harm!" "Give up!" "No harm...!" "Get out of here" "Come here, he's still alive" "Coming" "Make sure to keep him alive" "No!" "Attention!" "At ease!" "At ease!" "Today, September 25, 1937 is a day that astonished the whole world" "that will be recorded into the history of China" "Because we defeated the most ferocious enemy the ltagaki's troops" "Who is this ltagaki?" "He is one of the plotters behind 9.18 incident" "He also made the last Qing emperor Puyi emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo" "Down with Itagaki!" "Down with Japanese imperialism...!" "You defeated the scoundrel today" "This is the most severe setback for the Japanese invaders since 1937" "To date back further it's their most severe setback ever since the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894" "Your confidence and braveness crushed the myth of Japanese imperial army" "Your willpower of iron and spirit of sacrifice declared to the world the Chinese people and nation can never be conquered" "Long live the Chinese nation!" "Long live the Chinese nation..." "Long live the Chinese nation!" "Long live 8th Route Army!" "Another compliment" "It's a pity I can't take the credit" "Now 8th Route Army stands firm in Shanxi" "Commander-in-chief..." "Comrade Rongzhen" "Look" "This is a Japanese military map" "This is where we are, Nanru Village" "But Yan's map is too simple to mark the village" "This map of China drawn by the Japanese is more detailed and accurate" "It shows their conspiracy existed long long ago" "How is the result of the campaign?" "Over 1000 enemy soldiers were killed" "Our casualty is about the same" "We've never had such kind of a fight" "They're really tough" "They were brain-washed by militarism" "Any POWs?" "We've checked it out, no POWs" "Not a single one?" "No" "Ren, can I interview Zhu De now?" "I'm afraid not" "Comrade Zhu De is now in command of the battle" "So he has no time for the time being" "He never has time, always busy" "When ever will I finish the biography?" "Commander-in-chief in common people's eyes lt can best show the truth of our people's army" "Ren, you're really a politician" "At such a critical moment you two agreed to be vice commanders of my 2nd Theater" "I really appreciate your support" "The fate of this nation is at stake I have to" "Mr. Chiang is afraid that the Japanese would go all the way to Sichuan through Shanxi and outflank from the southwest to take China" "So the Xinkou Campaign is vital lt can never be underestimated" "We wish we could be of some help to you" "Please..." "Please" "Since we are Chinese armies and we're all anti-Japanese we should break away with the systems and set up a united anti-Japan force to fight together" "Our armies will be mixed into three routes" "The east route will be headed by Zhu De" "The middle route by Lihuang" "And I'll take care of the west route" "What do you think?" "Ok, all forces of Central Army along the east route will also be given to Zhu De" "It applies to my Shanxi Army too" "You two can take our men on the middle and west routes" "There's no problem with that I only hope you can see if there is anything good about 8th Route Army it is that flexible as we are we can start guerrilla warfare behind enemies" "It is also our fighting principle and has been endorsed by the Generalissimo" "Of course..." "The treasure of Jinci is not the temple lt's the three fountains lt's rather peculiar" "Wherever originated they are merged here irrigating the vast farmland in central Shanxi" "So even three waters in Shanxi are united" "Yes, united" "To fight against the Japs" "Damned!" "Dare you come down here?" "is that Liu Bocheng?" "Judging from the taking off frequency there must be a Japanese airbase here" "Find it and blow it up" "Very good!" "We don't know how to deal with air bombings" "Chen Xilian blew up their entire airbase 120th Division led by He Long also had a marvelous ambush at Yanmenguan and cut off the enemy's supply" "Wei Lihuang will have an easier time guarding Xinkou" "Dare you come up here?" "Where are your planes?" "Are they hatching now?" "Chairman Mao believes the recovery victory is temporary" "Taiyuan will be lost soon" "Our army's principle is still the guerilla warfare" "Yan and Chiang have the same idea" "Both want to stick to Taiyuan and ask us for help" "Chiang's passive recovery will fail for sure" "But Yan's still fighting against the Japs we must help him" "Here is my idea" "Our main force will attack the Japs' rear to support KMT's recovery efforts" "As Chairman Mao said we'll also set up four bases in northeastern, southeastern southwestern and the border area of Shanxi" "Some family members of most of these women have died at the front" "And their Save-the-nation Committee organizes the villagers to make shoes for the Red Army soldiers" "Which kind of flower is it?" "They are lotus flowers" "But there is only one usually how come there is two?" "She said there should be only one flower instead of two" "They are twin-lotus-flowers ln the Chinese folk culture the twin-lotus-flowers are a symbol of love" "Of love?" "She made the pads for her husband" "But he's gone to the front only 3 days after their wedding" "Did he go willingly or was he forced to?" "Did he go willingly or was he forced to?" "I took him there myself" "He himself demanded to go to the front lt's no wonder" "All his family except himself were killed by the Japs" "Our victory at Pingxingguan crushed invaders' morale and stimulated that of all the Chinese" "The Resistance movement's spreading across the country" "Japan sent even more armed forces to China to attack Taiyuan a strategic city in North China" "At Yanmenguan and Niangziguan the two sides are engaged in vehement fights" "Guys, we'll die sooner or later" "Killed by Japs we are at least heroic martyrs" "Guys, charge!" "Charge!" "Please send reinforcements right now" "Hello..." "Taiyuan is lost..." "Commander He..." "More enemies are coming lt's the guarding gate of Taiyuan" "Your One-armed Colonel" "Get him up there" "Not a single enemy can be let go Yes, sir" "Colonel..." "He's up there already" "Sir" "Now you've seen for yourselves your Brigadier has died for the country" "I'll be taking his place now" "We must get Height 1 300 back lf someone backs off just one step my pistol will not tolerate" "Should I back off everyone of you can shoot me" "Tommy gun!" "No, you can't go up there" "You can't get through" "Right, you can't get through" "Please wait, sir!" "We'll go I'll fight to death together with you" "Yes, sir" "Tell Colonel to retreat" "Yes, sir" "Sir, we're ordered to retreat" "What?" "What did you say?" "Niangziguan was lost" "Why?" "This is the latest intelligence on the Japs" "They moved forward so fast that even before Yan's 2nd defense line was formed they've broken through" "Dispatch work groups to all the counties in Shanxi to set up anti-Japanese democratic regimes and train local guerilla teams just like hens laying eggs by making hen roosts everywhere" "Fu Zuoyi is a well-known defending general" "He won't give up Taiyuan easily I've persuaded him not to be too particular about the loss of one or two cities" "We are good at guerilla warfare" "But they are not so flexible" "Our HQs will move further south to be prepared for the loss of Taiyuan" "Sir, telegram from the Generalissimo" "Move to the south?" "People can move, what about properties?" "No Parties or Armies can be counted on" "We have to rely upon ourselves I will live or die with the city" "We can't afford to lose Taiyuan lf the city is lost so will the province be" "Sir." "Doihara's division is rushing here from the east while Tojo Hideki is coming down from the north" "Taiyuan is about to fall really soon" "Maybe we should have done as Zhu De said" "In Shanxi and North China the frontal warfare by KMT is over now" "Self-dependent mountain guerilla warfare by CPC will play major roles in the War" "From the telegram by Chairman Mao" "The Situation and Our Tasks After the Loss of Taiyuan" "Our experiences so far show that" "Chinese armies are still no match for the Japanese" "Sir, an unknown cadre is here to see you" "He mentioned a suicide team" "Just outside" "Suicide Team!" "Get him here" "Yes, sir Wait, I'll go and see him" "I'm here to see Commander Zhu I am Zhu De" "Commander-in-chief Zhu!" "I'm Bo Yibo, a CPC member I know who you are" "Before I left Yan'an, Mao mentioned you saying you're young and talented" "You set up a Suicide Team and an anti-Japanese base in the Wutai Mountains" "You're really something I'm embarrassed" "This is the first time I met you" "You're not what I expected" "You look just like an ordinary farmer" "Peng said our 3 divisions will go to the Japs' rear area I wonder what my suicide team is supposed to do" "You'd better evacuate from Wutai lt's not easy for you to set up the team lt's led by CPC but it's also a part of Yan's troops" "They're all youngsters from Shanxi" "We must make the best use of them" "Ok then take your team to southern Shanxi" "They are all from Shanxi" "They know how to stimulate the local people" "The North Bureau of CPC Command of 2nd Theater and Office of 8th Route Army need at least 3 to 4 days to evacuate from Linfen" "We decided that you take 2 companies to check southbound enemies on your way" "The Guard has only 3 companies I'll take just one with me" "One company is not enough" "With two you can have two defending lines" "But..." "They're more important to you" "You take two companies we're fine with just one and won't be exposed so easily" "Besides, the three companies will meet in a few days anyway I'll go right now Ok" "You take care" "Zhu, I've never heard such a thing as" "Commander-in-chief has no troops and vice chief of staff's striking in the battlefield" "Get ready and set out now" "Guo Yes, sir" "Hongdong County men reported that the Guangshengshang Temple in Huoshan houses a copy of 'Dazang Sutra'" "Tell Bo Yibo right now to have it remove to a safer place" "Yes, sir" "Commander" "Commander Zhu" "Xiaoping, Bocheng, how come you're here?" "386th Brigade will stay with HQs lt's too dangerous without guarding troops" "Chen Geng with 386th Brigade is here to report for duty" "No need, the harder you strike out there the safer we will be here" "Biaolishan River, Shanxi lt's easy to defend and hard to attack here I don't think so" "This Fenhe River Valley is in front of us lf we march along the valley once we're in the Taihang who can stop us?" "Our capturing Taiyuan shows their defending has crashed thoroughly" "They are fleeing to southern Shanxi to a small town called Linfen" "We can wipe them out right there" "The communists are guerilla guys" "They won't stay inside the town" "The KMT army has well been defeated" "So our focus is to eliminate CPC's 8th Route Army I'll go and capture Zhu De alive" "China's population is 450 million and 80% are farmers" "So far, none of the farmers has said to the world what he wants to say" "But you have become Commander-in-chief of 8th Route Army ln our 8th Route Army Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan are also guerrilla experts ln our 8th Route Army Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan are also guerrilla experts" "But it has been four days" "Zuo Quan hasn't come back from the battlefield yet" "But it has been four days" "Zuo Quan hasn't come back from the battlefield yet" "Please" "Where are our 3 divisions now?" "Zuo Quan is back" "Really?" "That's great!" "Well, I'll take you to Zuo Quan" "So you won't always interview me" "Please" "We have no photo studios here" "See handprints of our daughter Beibei" "My dear wife." "Got your letter" "Although you are not able to take a picture of our daughter I feel satisfied to see her handprints" "Back from the 4 days and 3 nights battle the first thing I did was to write to you lf l died in the battle I wouldn't have any regret for all my life except that I've never seen our daughter" "and done nothing for her as a father" "So please kiss her more since I can't" "Hi, Commander-in-chief Hi" "Ms. Smedley, Ms Zhang interprets" "Commander-in-chief" "Peng Dehuai's troops have started out" "We shall leave at once" "What about me?" "You'll be sent to Yan'an as arranged I wouldn't go anywhere" "It's hard for a woman like you on the way I didn't want to be a woman" "God made me one!" "I didn't want to be a woman" "God made me one!" "Ms. Smedley I hope you obey the orders" "Your biography will be named 'The Great Path' lt's not that great" "Actually it's a tortuous path just like this one under our feet" "Commander-in-chief of 8th Route Army is seeing off a foreign female journalist I'd say it's the son of Chinese peasants seeing off the daughter of an American miner" "Can I bid farewell to you as Americans do?" "We both are wearing uniforms of 8th Route Army and armbands too" "So we should bid farewell as soldiers do" "I love 8th Route Army" "The rear guard is fighting with over 1000 enemy soldiers" "Great" "Hold them down till dusk" "The more are attracted to us the safer HQs will be" "Got it" "The KMT men crossed the Yellow River" "Yan Xishan retreated to Qiulin, Shanxi" "Wei Lihuang to Luoyang, Henan" "We won't" "We'll be guerillas on Mt." "Taihang" "Planes are coming, go and hide" "Yes, sir" "Got it" "They bombarded Guzhen in Qinshui" "Guzhen?" "Leave here" "Follow up" "He is really a prophet lf he said they won't bomb, they won't lf he said they will, and here they are" "He knows their minds too well" "The town they're bombing is also called Guzhen lt shows their real target is us" "They bombed the wrong place so they'll come back" "Follow up" "He's really smart" "Hurry up" "Lie up" "Hurry up" "We knew 104th Brigade has got into the heart of 8th Route Army's base" "The Japanese national flag is flicking on the roof of their HQs I can imagine you're reading my telegram on Zhu De's chair" "We are exited about and jealous of this" "Where is Zhu De now?" "Sir, we've monitored radio signals near here lt must be Zhu De... lt must be Zhu De?" "Good" "Set out now" "Right turn!" "Eyes front!" "Guo Yes, sir" "Everyone will be given a bayonet, rifle" "Have they got them?" "Yes, sir Where's mine?" "Set out!" "Yes, sir" "Hurry up" "Lie up" "Load" "Bandits, you Japanese bandits" "Guo Yes, sir" "Telegraph to Liu and Deng to come and rescue local people" "Wait." "No telegraphing" "They've decoded our telegram so they're here so soon" "You Japanese bandits...!" "Let me out!" "Those can tell where their radio is can be released" "Yes, sir" "Listen carefully lf you tell us where their radio is I'll let you out" "Go and send it now!" "What are you waiting for?" "Turn it on, I'll talk to Liu and Deng" "I really mean talk, uncoded" "My classmate... I want to..." "What?" "What did you say?" "Commissar Deng" "HQ's talking, I can't understand" "to my classmate at Frunze lt's Zuo Quan I'm your classmate at Sun Yat-sen University ls Commander-in-chief safe now?" "I'm your classmate at Frunze" "Got it" "Ye's 772nd Regiment is close to you..." "Sir" "They're talking in an unknown language not Chinese" "What?" "I'll send Ye right now to close them in lt sounds like Russian" "Yes, it is Russian I wish I had a Russian Japanese dictionary" "You Japanese bandits!" "Hurry up" "You bandits" "Hurry up" "Let's go" "Retreat" "Ye Chenghuan's here" "Retreat..." "Spear Team is here to report for duty" "Ok, go and rescue them Yes, sir" "No, retreat" "Charge" "How about the local folks?" "They're safe now" "But Commander Ye was killed" "Go get them!" "Go get them now!" "Please" "Vice Commander-in-chief" "The Japs wanted to drive us across the River" "And we're having the meeting in their rear area" "Congratulations to you" "Let me introduce them to you" "Vice Commander of 129th Division Xu Xiangqian" "Commander-in-chief of Red 4th Army" "We fought but never met each other" "We now met each other and will never fight" "No discord, no concord" "Commander-in-chief Zhu I'm Zhu Huaibing I hope you won't be as stingy as Yan Xishan" "Better show us some secrets for resistance" "Mao's 'On Protracted War' is the secret" "Our enemy now is more powerful but we've got more people" "China is always on the side of righteousness" "As long as we count on the local people and adopt the right way of fighting we'll get them into stalemate depleting their forces and eventually win over Japan" "Excellent lt sounds like the best way for the time being" "Mao Zedong's 'On Protracted War' lsn't that guerilla thing?" "We're all armymen" "No military theory takes guerilla as tactics" "Protracted war is not merely a guerilla thing" "But to raise it to a strategical level is really something new I'm a veteran armyman" "I never care about the origin of a certain fighting method" "What do you care then?" "I care if it works or not lf it works, it is a good one" "Salute!" "This is Cui, head of local guerrillas" "What military school are you from?" "Sir, I have never studied l like 'Generals of the Yang's' I've enjoyed playing with spears" "When the Japs came I just do as what I played to fight with the devils, finished" "'Generals of the Yang's'?" "you militia can fight with the devils?" "If you civilians can fight what are we armymen supposed to do?" "If all the ordinary people can fight can the Japs stay here long?" "Cui, just show them some of your trophies" "Yes, sir" "Even more than we professionals have captured" "That's true" "Guerilla" "It really has a tactic of wasps" "They only sting the stupid horse of Japanese army its ass, its ears and even its penis" "Ok, you can pick up trophies for your own" "They're gifts from Commander Zhu for you" "This is a Japanese sword" "That's a 38' rifle" "Commander-in-chief Wei" "Do you know what I want most?" "A group of commissars from 8th Route Army" "Ok" "The scrap iron is donated by the local people" "Some women and kids even carried it here lt's really hard for them" "Those are from troops to be repaired" "Some are from 129th Division" "Good..." "We captured these mortars at the Xiangtangpu Campaign" "They're still in good condition" "Can we make them?" "No problem, we've got engineers old workers and students from Beijing" "No problem at all" "Wonderful" "Let's invite Commander-in-chief to give us a speech" "Thanks, comrades I'd like to thank you on behalf of all the soldiers" "With your wisdom and labor with the local people as our backing we'll win the people's war for sure" "You know lyrics of 'Song of Guerillas'?" "No guns, no cannons" "Our enemy will make for us" "We'll not only take what they made but also make them ourselves" "To achieve the final victory spears and swords are not enough landmines and grenades are not enough we have to make guns and cannons even planes and warships" "Bravo!" "Lieutenant General!" "We actually first met each other at a parade of 8th Division, is that so?" "Yes, I was Commander of 32nd Company of 16th Regiment of 8th Division I was a Captain" "Only two years passed and you are a lieutenant general" "This is peerless in the Imperial Army" "The credit goes to His Majesty Mikado I'm very honored to have you" "Senior General Hisaichi here I'd like to express our gratitude" "and wish Abe a sweeping victory" "Thanks" "Please prove that you're the pride of Japan I understand" "This is my super honor" "The honeymoon between KMT and CPC against us is over" "This is very helpful to Imperial Army" "Abe is about to attack Nie Rongzhen's troops I wish you success" "Cheers Cheers..." "At 6th Session of 6th Conference of CPC" "Comrade Mao Zedong's leadership in the Party has been reaffirmed" "The Central Committee praised 8th Route Army for its resistance against Japan" "Come on it and sit" "The session also made strategic plans of gaining the leadership of resistance" "Comrades the Committee ordered to arouse the local people and start up guerilla wars against the Japs" "A brand new phase is about to come" "CPC must bear the whole country in mind" "Mao Zedong asked the whole Party to be alert" "United front doesn't mean solidarity only" "Struggle is equally important" "We must be ready for KMT's anti-Communist attacks" "Hidenori Abe of Japanese army in Mongolia has been transferred to Hebei" "He's the mountain warfare expert" "Stop" "Buried there are 500 of our soldiers who were ambushed and killed in an encounter" "Cremate the bodies and take the ashes with us" "The guerilla thing of Zhu and Mao won't work with me I'll deal with you the same way as they deal with us" "You just swallow the bait" "Get rid of him" "Only days ago he got promoted" "Now he's attacking the heart of our base" "He's really ambitious" "The Japs got assistance" "Zhu Huaibing's attacking our base in northern Hebei" "Sun Chu's attacking our Suicide Team in southern Shanxi" "Yan Xishan befriended the Japs" "A Japanese called Kawada Daisaku was a senior staff officer in Guandong Army" "Now he is head of Shanxi industry Co., Ltd" "He is colluding closely with Yan" "Chiang's also manipulating forces to attack our bases in Yan'an" "We're under attack from both sides" "Go and rest early" "Right" "Ok, you too" "Who is this?" "Commander-in-chief" "It's frozen" "Warm it up" "Where are you from?" "Wutai" "Sorry, Yan Xishan is also from there" "What's there to be sorry for?" "Xu Xiangqian Vice Commander of 129th Division is also from that place" "I'm no match to him" "When did you join the army?" "Just two months ago" "At Nanru Village" "Yes, when our HQs were in our village" "Cold?" "Better now?" "Go and run for awhile" "No, I have to stand guard I'll do it for you" "Go ahead" "Horses are marching along the mountains ln October it is snowing on the mountains" "Soldiers are thinly clad" "They eliminate the Japs day and night" "We can't wait for them to shoot at us can we?" "They're not Japanese after all" "We must be patient now and won't shoot before they do" "Zhu Huaibing is here" "Show him in" "Please" "Commander Zhu, please sit down I'm not here for no reasons I'm here for getting Jinzhou back" "We're also fighting the Japs at the order of the Generalissimo" "We never borrowed this place from anyone" "How can we return it?" "I'm also following the orders of Chiang to combine military and governmental systems I can't give away my territory I have to get it back" "Good" "30 kms away is the Japanese occupied area lf you resolve to get it back we'll assist you at all costs" "This place used to belong to 97th Army I'll do anything to get it back" "For the sake of overall resistance situation you'd better do anything" "that'll please the Japs" "Save the crap" "There're only two options for you now" "To leave or to fight" "We'll never leave our resistance base" "To fight is your choice then?" "Should someone insist I'll be with him to the very end" "Aren't you afraid that your United Front policy will be wrecked?" "Eliminating those national traitors our United Front policy can be better carried out" "I'll see you on the battlefield" "Stop" "What do you want?" "You were talking to Vice Commander of 2nd Theater also Commander of East Route Army your direct superior" "You don't even know basic army protocols" "Aren't ashamed of yourself?" "Even a pawn dares to checkmate" "Because it is backed up by its king" "Tell His Excellency Hisaichi I've lured Nie Rongzhen's men to Huangtuling" "Please urge 26th, 1 10th Divisions and 8th Brigade to rush there and eliminate them" "We can't afford to lose the chance" "Sir we captured a Communist spy" "That's unusual" "Sir I'm Miki Kimura, a private with" "3rd Squad of 2nd Platoon under Captain Tsujimura" "Nonsense!" "Tsujimura's troops died for our country" "No, all of the POWs joined the League of Antiwar of Japanese Army Soldiers" "But I insisted to come back" "You're a real armyman" "Do you want to go back to your platoon?" "I..." "Speak out I want to go home" "Home?" "Where are you from?" "A small village at the foot of Mt." "Fuji" "You came here just to go back home" "Ok, you'll be gratified so that our hero can propagate patriotism back home" "Thank you, sir" "I'll leave the damned Mt Taihang at last" "Stop" "What did you say?" "My home is at the foot of Mt." "Fuji" "Why come to Mt." "Taihang in China?" "No, I..." "Ok I'll pardon you for your baby act and send you home for family reunion" "Thank you, sir i mean your bone ashes will be taken back" "Your family will be given special treatment since you'll be in the roll of honor" "No, sir" "Take him away Yes, sir" "Lieutenant General... 8th Route Army spared me but the Imperial Army won't" "Your Majesty, the Imperial Army is doomed" "This war is abosolutely wrong it makes no sense" "Mom" "Why?" "Why is that?" "As a Japanese edified by imperialism for so many years" "How come in just a few days you've been brainwashed by Communist propaganda?" "Why the hell is that?" "Emergent telegram from Chiang Read it" "We are ordered to retreat to east of Bai-Jin" "Major KMT forces are moving towards us ls Chiang helping the Japs or the Japs helping Chiang?" "This isn't an ordinary military struggle" "Defeating Abe can stimulate the morale of the Chinese" "Defeating KMT's anti-Communist troops will force Yan Xishan to hang on" "Chiang's got a merit lf you win, he will learn the lesson" "We're not artists after all" "Chairman Mao's theory of justification is the art of struggle" "We'll never shoot first" "But if he does we won't let him go easily" "Frictions... always frictions" "Get rid of him once all then he won't bother us anymore" "Counterattacking Zhu Huaibing is a political fight" "Commissar Deng'll be in charge" "It's a go!" "It's a go!" "Counterattack now!" "We've besieged Zhu Huaibing's army command" "What shall we do with him?" "First, don't kill him" "Second, don't capture him" "Third, escort him out of our base" "Violators will be executed" "Fourth, make it clear to everyone" "No retaliation what so ever" "Violators will be executed" "Halt!" "Left and right turn!" "Dress left and right, dress!" "Eyes front!" "Sir, under orders of Vice Commander-in-chief Zhu we're here to escort you out" "You're Cui..." "Cui Erdan" "Director, Commander Cui I'm honored..." "Salute!" "Sir, we failed to crush the Suicide Team" "Wei Lihuang didn't help at all" "A letter from Mao Zedong" "Read it lt's his personal letter" "He hopes the conflict in Shanxi be resolved peacefully" "CPC sincerely wants to fight against the Japs not here to expand their domain" "What about the telegram from the Japs?" "Keep it lf the resistance fails Shanxi'll belong to the Japs" "If we win, it'll be taken by KMT" "Chiang, the Communists, Japan they're all troublesome I'm dancing on three eggs" "None of them can be broken" "Really tough" "My friend" "Chiang appointed me to be the chief negotiator the most important reason is that he thinks we are personal friends" "But I told him the Communists care nothing about personal friendship" "No... we are not heartless and ungrateful" "I like to be direct" "Now the justice is on your side I have to beg you not to let me go back empty-handed" "At least some sort of fruit I know you're telling the truth" "I'll be equally sincere" "The map" "is this map of garrisons of both sides accurate?" "Very accurate" "The road from Linfen and Tunliu all the way to Changzhi Pingshun and Cixian will be our boundary" "Please say it again" "Along Linfen, Tunliu, Changzhi, Pingshun and Cixian, we can draw a line all our men south of it will be withdrawn to its north" "You said all of your troops?" "Exactly" "You won't even keep a bridgehead?" "Not a single one" "And you're asking for?" "Only one thing" "Don't overstep it to pick quarrels" "Resistance is more important" "My friend so now our negotiation is finished?" "Finished" "Do you mean it?" "I mean it" "Commander-in-chief" "Zhu De is a victor how come he gives away his territory?" "He's benevolent and uprighteous" "Telegram from Nie Rongzhen Ok" "Local farmers at Huangtuling said a Japanese general was spotted over there" "Something big lt's so nice of the local people" "Our way is to rely on the people" "This advantage can never be copied by our rivals" "Remind Nie Rongzhen to use all his men and power as well" "They've got captured mortars and what HQs sent them, enough" "107... it's a big fish 107 roger" "The guy dares to stare at me" "Get rid of him" "Front left, 793 Height" "Front left 793 Height is 8th Route Army's command" "Fire!" "Yes, sir!" "Get ready!" "Sir, we're all set" "OK" "All mortars, get ready, fire!" "East..." "'Asahi Shinbun':" "The Flower of a General Withered on Mt." "Taihang" "May, 1940 I went back to Yan'an as ordered" "Chairman Mao mentioned a stubborn old man in ancient times who removed Taihang saying Commander-in-chief Zhu is doing the same I'm not that capable" "Since September 1937 when we crossed the Yellow River" "2 years and 8 months have passed" "We've annihilated 1 30,000 Japanese soldiers while our own army has been expanding and has created a situation of stalemate in North China" "What are the secrets?" "First, we relied on Mao's military strategy thoughts" "Second, we relied on 3 divisions of 8th Route Army" "Third, we relied on the local people of Mt." "Taihang" "Chairman Mao also expected you to go back for the 7th National Party Congress and to take care of national military work in Yan'an" "I miss... I miss Mt.Taihang very much" "Half of my life I'd been engaged in wars but all civil wars only to fight against invaders in the last two years" "It's the responsibility of a veteran soldier to our nation"