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In 1934, under the erroneous leadership of
Bo Gu, Li De, and their "Left" dogmatism,

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the Fifth Counter-Encirclement
Campaign failed.

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The Central Red Army was forced to abandon the
Central Soviet Area, planning to rendezvous...

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...with the Second and Sixth Army Groups. Chiang
Kai-shek dispatched massive forces in pursuit.

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After five days and nights of
bloody fighting along the Xiang River,

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the Central Red Army and Central organs were reduced
from over 86,000 at departure to barely 30,000.

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These 30,000 sons of workers and
peasants were the spark of revolution...

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and now their survival
hung by a thread.

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Crossing

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The Xiang River
battle was devastating.

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Our entire platoon
was wiped out.

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All our comrades are dead.

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Why won't they let
Chairman Mao lead?

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Is there no one at the top
with the sense to speak the truth?

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This foreign strategist...

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copying positional warfare...
has nearly bled us dry.

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There is nothing wrong with
our strategy and tactics.

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If the soldiers had
followed our orders,

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the casualties would
not have been so severe.

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Who exactly are you
trying to convince?

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Every one of them is
cursing us in their hearts.

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The Battle of the Xiang River

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How many Red Army
soldiers have fallen?

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Forty thousand.

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Fifty thousand.

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Fifty thousand.

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Bo Gu, what are you doing?

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Let go of me!

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Dying is easy.

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Living...

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then what is your
brilliant plan?

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What use are my plans?

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I told you...

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positional warfare
cannot defeat encirclement.

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You refused to listen.

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I opposed crossing
the Xiang River.

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You still refused to listen.

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I opposed defeatist retreat.

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You refused even more.

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Mao Zedong...

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I must remind you, since 1932,

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you have held no
command over the Red Army.

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I...

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Comrade Li De, Comrade Enlai,

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our Three-Man Military Group

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is the leadership here.

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Enough.

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The enemy blocks us ahead,

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and pursues us from behind.

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This is not the
time for arguments.

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I know only this...

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death solves nothing.

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Only by living,

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by surviving with courage,

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Chiang Kai-shek will
surely anticipate

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that we intend to march
north to western Hunan

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to link up with the Second
and Sixth Army Groups.

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We cannot walk into his trap.

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I believe

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we must turn toward Guizhou.

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Our immediate priority
is to establish a base area

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and give these 30,000
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a chance to breathe.

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What is your assessment of
the Communist westward flight?

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Generalissimo,

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the bandit suppression campaign

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could have been airtight.

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Secretary-General, Nanchang Office, National Military
Commission... But the warlords each harbor their own schemes.

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Their blockades are
like beating a drum...

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all noise, no substance.

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Their pursuit is more
like a farewell send-off,

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which is how the
Communists escaped.

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Now these agitators

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have wandered
into our heartland.

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The warlords are of no concern.

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The Communists...

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they are the true threat.

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Drive the tiger
to devour the wolf.

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If the warlords feign
obedience while defying us,

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the Central Army can deal
with them along the way.

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Telegraph Xue Yue to prepare
for immediate deployment.

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We must ascertain the
Communists' movements.

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To Nanjing.

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In barely a month,

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she became like a
sister to Madame Chiang

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Chairman, Guizhou Provincial
Government... and brought back

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ten thousand silver dollars.

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And a thousand rifles.

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Madam,

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remarkable.

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The moment I left Nanjing,

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Xue Yue was at our
heels in Guiyang.

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On the surface, helping
us defend against bandits,

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but in truth...

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a cuckoo in another's nest.

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A necklace may be beautiful,

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but worn carelessly,
it can strangle you.

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So what if he is a strong dragon?
He cannot overpower the local serpent.

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Besides, I have money, I
have guns, and I have opium.

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Most importantly,

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the Wan family of
Tongren is Madam's own kin.

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They will certainly
stand behind me.

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Chiang Kai-shek...

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even if he wants to
pull us up by the roots,

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it won't be that easy.

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You fool.

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The Central Army and the Communists
are fighting like gods here.

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In the end, it's us
little devils who suffer.

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You'd better find out quickly

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where the Communists have gone.

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Guns...

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are not for killing Communists
on Chiang Kai-shek's behalf.

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They are for
protecting ourselves.

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Which unit are you from?

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We were guarding the
Wu River at Huilongchang.

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The Communists broke
through the crossing.

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The division commander fled.

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Our battalion commander...

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was killed in action.

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Our battalion commander
was from Zunyi.

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He wanted to be buried
at the ancestral graves.

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Your battalion commander...

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what was his name?

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Xia Dashan.

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Where did he live?

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Sir! Sir!

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Sir!

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Sir!

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Our battalion commander

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lived on Guanxiang Street,
Renhe Lane, Number 25.

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Huilongchang.

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Absolutely certain, sir.

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Doesn't sound right.

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Sir!

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Sir, what a tragic end!

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Sir!

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Without you to lead us,

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how are we to fight
the Communists?

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You never got a last
smoke before you died.

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Take this opium pipe with you.

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Smoke it on the road.

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Don't touch my pipe!

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It's my treasure!

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Wretched thing!

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Get out of my sight immediately!

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Tell them to leave.

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Go.

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I helped you.

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Give me a silver dollar.

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Don't look back.

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The Communists are here!

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Move!

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Careful!

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Don't run around.

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Open the city gate!

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Old Zhu!

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Open the gate... I'll cover you!

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Move!

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Charge!

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All they do is
give blind orders.

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If this goes on,

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the Red Army is truly finished.

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All they talk about
is the Comintern.

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Do they know anything about
China's mountains and rivers?

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Wang Jialie forced
the people of Guizhou

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to destroy their
grain and grow opium.

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There is not enough food here

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to sustain 30,000
Red Army soldiers.

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Only he can lead us out
of this deadly situation.

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You and I are both commanders.

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We know what the
soldiers are thinking.

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They trust us.

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We must be worthy of that trust.

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Comrades,

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military matters

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ultimately come
down to strength.

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We are too weak.

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The enemy is too strong.

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Those who constantly
spread dissent...

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I question their
loyalty to the Party.

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You...

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During the Fourth
Counter-Encirclement Campaign,

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my intestines were blown open.

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I would rather bleed

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than leave the ranks.

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That is proof enough of my loyalty.

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Bo Gu,

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Comrade Li De, you keep
citing objective factors.

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Tell me...

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can you command a battle

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by sitting in a room
studying maps with a ruler?

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I agree with Comrade Jiaxiang.

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Without capital, how can we fight?

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If this leadership continues,

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we cannot follow any further.

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I agree with Commander Zhu.

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I agree with Commander Zhu.

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This battle was
fought in confusion.

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Our soldiers bled
and died for nothing.

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You...

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have deeply disappointed
the comrades.

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Comrade Peng Dehuai,

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what is your attitude?

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Men are still
bleeding and dying.

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How am I supposed to
answer to the soldiers?

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Calm down, comrades. Calm down.

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Calm down.

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The Communists
have occupied Zunyi.

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The Red bandits are
like a diseased tooth.

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If not extracted, they
will become a mortal threat.

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What is this thing?

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You wouldn't know.

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It's dried prickly pear.

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When in Rome, you know?

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Three days without
something sour,

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and your legs won't
carry you straight.

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A bit of sour gives
you real strength.

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Liming.

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This character is read...

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Do you know how
to write "sleep"?

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"Sleep"...

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Get down here, you rascal!

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Young fellow,

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isn't this...

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you saved us that night.

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Good that you remember.

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Without me, you wouldn't
have made it into the city.

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Those double-gun soldiers
would have wiped you out.

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Those worthless lot...

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We Red Army soldiers could
handle them one-handed.

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Whatever you say.

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Your payment.

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I don't want money.

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You killed my boss, Ma Yousan.

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My hideout is gone.

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I've got nowhere to go.

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Ma Yousan?

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From Liping.

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A bandit.

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Burning houses, looting grain,

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sending half-grown
boys to stop bullets.

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He deserved to die.

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If that's the case,

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then thank me.

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Thank you? I'll
thank you to hell!

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All right, all right.

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You've seen for yourself...

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our situation right
now is rather difficult.

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People die in
marches and battles.

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I don't care.

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Whoever feeds me,
that's who I follow.

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You little...

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you're trying to latch
onto us, aren't you?

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From the Ningdu
Conference until now,

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we have taken too
many wrong turns.

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As for our future
strategy and tactics,

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I propose we hear
Comrade Mao Zedong's views.

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Comrade Mao Zedong...

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is his method of warfare
truly so brilliant?

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I say he

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relies on nothing
but two books...

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one is Romance of
the Three Kingdoms,

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the other is The Art of War.

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To be perfectly honest,

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I have indeed read
the Three Kingdoms.

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Sun Tzu, I have not.

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Since Comrade Kai Feng
is so familiar with it,

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may I ask...

272
00:16:28,508 --> 00:16:30,008
how many chapters does
The Art of War contain?

273
00:16:30,608 --> 00:16:32,408
The Art of War is
barely six thousand words.

274
00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:34,208
I am quite familiar with it.

275
00:16:34,608 --> 00:16:35,408
Which chapter would
you like to hear?

276
00:16:35,708 --> 00:16:36,508
I'll recite it for you.

277
00:16:40,808 --> 00:16:42,308
Since Comrade Enlai
has asked me to speak,

278
00:16:44,608 --> 00:16:45,608
I will not hold back.

279
00:16:46,608 --> 00:16:47,608
In military command,

280
00:16:48,008 --> 00:16:49,308
the errors our army
has committed include...

281
00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:50,508
in offense,

282
00:16:51,008 --> 00:16:51,908
adventurism;

283
00:16:53,508 --> 00:16:54,408
in defense,

284
00:16:55,608 --> 00:16:56,208
conservatism;

285
00:16:58,208 --> 00:17:00,208
in withdrawal, defeatism.

286
00:17:02,308 --> 00:17:03,708
Foreign strategy and
tactics may be sound,

287
00:17:04,208 --> 00:17:05,008
but applied blindly,

288
00:17:05,408 --> 00:17:06,508
they will not take root here.

289
00:17:07,108 --> 00:17:08,108
To fight in China,

290
00:17:09,408 --> 00:17:10,908
we must develop our
own way of fighting.

291
00:17:11,408 --> 00:17:13,408
We must not repeat the
mistakes of "Left" dogmatism.

292
00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:15,608
Comrade Xiaoping,
bring the map over.

293
00:17:15,908 --> 00:17:17,474
This map is more
precious than our lives.

294
00:17:17,508 --> 00:17:18,608
Don't scribble on it.

295
00:17:23,308 --> 00:17:23,508
The Second

296
00:17:24,408 --> 00:17:25,074
and Sixth Army Groups...

297
00:17:27,408 --> 00:17:28,208
the Fourth Front Army

298
00:17:28,608 --> 00:17:29,208
is in Sichuan.

299
00:17:30,408 --> 00:17:30,608
We

300
00:17:31,308 --> 00:17:31,808
are in Guizhou.

301
00:17:32,808 --> 00:17:33,608
Thirty thousand against
four hundred thousand.

302
00:17:34,508 --> 00:17:35,108
How do we fight this?

303
00:17:37,008 --> 00:17:37,508
The Sixth Army Group

304
00:17:38,308 --> 00:17:39,808
has just concluded the
western Hunan offensive.

305
00:17:39,908 --> 00:17:40,974
Only twenty thousand
troops remain.

306
00:17:42,008 --> 00:17:44,308
They face a counterattack by over
one hundred thousand Hunan troops

307
00:17:44,608 --> 00:17:45,974
and have no capacity to
advance west to meet us.

308
00:17:47,408 --> 00:17:48,608
As for the Fourth Front Army,

309
00:17:49,408 --> 00:17:52,408
after fierce fighting against Liu
Xiang's six-route siege in Sichuan,

310
00:17:52,808 --> 00:17:53,608
though victorious,

311
00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:55,308
they are severely depleted.

312
00:17:57,208 --> 00:17:58,008
Our Central Red Army

313
00:17:59,008 --> 00:18:00,708
can only rely on ourselves to
break through the encirclement.

314
00:18:01,608 --> 00:18:02,908
Our only option at present

315
00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:04,508
is to concentrate
superior forces

316
00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:06,108
and strike the
enemy's weak points.

317
00:18:06,408 --> 00:18:07,108
In mobile warfare,

318
00:18:07,508 --> 00:18:09,508
we must destroy the
enemy's vulnerable elements

319
00:18:09,808 --> 00:18:12,008
... part or all... one by one,

320
00:18:12,408 --> 00:18:13,408
until we achieve a
complete breakthrough.

321
00:18:14,908 --> 00:18:17,674
Comrades, our situation
is now extremely critical.

322
00:18:18,308 --> 00:18:19,408
The enemy is advancing
from four directions,

323
00:18:19,608 --> 00:18:21,008
closing in like an avalanche.

324
00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:23,374
Wang Jialie... we have
only three roads before us.

325
00:18:23,408 --> 00:18:24,108
Wang Jialie...

326
00:18:25,408 --> 00:18:28,008
Either north, or east,
or we stay and fight

327
00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:29,008
like a cornered beast.

328
00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,208
Whichever road they take,

329
00:18:30,708 --> 00:18:32,508
I will turn it into a dead end.

330
00:18:33,008 --> 00:18:33,608
Hear my orders.

331
00:18:35,508 --> 00:18:37,374
Central Army columns under
Zhou Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei...

332
00:18:37,408 --> 00:18:38,608
two columns, eight divisions...

333
00:18:38,808 --> 00:18:40,408
pursue the Communists
closely from the rear.

334
00:18:40,708 --> 00:18:41,408
In Sichuan,

335
00:18:41,808 --> 00:18:42,808
order Liu Xiang to
dispatch ten brigades

336
00:18:43,008 --> 00:18:44,374
to concentrate in southern
Sichuan by separate routes.

337
00:18:47,208 --> 00:18:47,908
Long Yun of Yunnan...

338
00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:49,208
send Sun Du with three brigades

339
00:18:49,308 --> 00:18:51,408
to advance northwest toward
the Bijie region of Guizhou.

340
00:18:52,308 --> 00:18:53,408
Wang Jialie's two divisions

341
00:18:53,608 --> 00:18:55,208
advance on Daobashui
and Laibannang.

342
00:18:55,408 --> 00:18:57,208
One division advances on Meitan.

343
00:18:58,608 --> 00:18:59,608
This is what we call

344
00:19:01,008 --> 00:19:02,308
an iron-bucket encirclement.

345
00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:04,208
Not even wings will save them.

346
00:19:07,708 --> 00:19:09,208
The Sixth Division of the Third
Army Group is in heavy fighting.

347
00:19:13,108 --> 00:19:13,508
What happened?

348
00:19:13,608 --> 00:19:14,808
Peng Dehuai of the Third
Army Group reports...

349
00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:16,008
Daobashui cannot be held.

350
00:19:16,208 --> 00:19:18,408
Wang Jialie's forces under Bai
Huizhang will reach Zunyi shortly.

351
00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:22,308
Comrades, we must
accelerate the conference.

352
00:19:23,608 --> 00:19:25,408
I propose the by-election
of Comrade Mao Zedong

353
00:19:25,608 --> 00:19:27,008
as a Standing Member
of the Central Politburo.

354
00:19:32,008 --> 00:19:32,808
The motion carries.

355
00:19:33,808 --> 00:19:35,008
It cannot be denied
that the Three-Man Group

356
00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:36,574
bears inescapable responsibility

357
00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:38,074
for the failure of the
Counter-Encirclement Campaign.

358
00:19:38,108 --> 00:19:39,808
I propose the dissolution
of the Three-Man Group.

359
00:19:46,008 --> 00:19:46,708
I agree.

360
00:19:47,608 --> 00:19:48,208
Carried.

361
00:19:49,308 --> 00:19:49,808
I propose

362
00:19:50,508 --> 00:19:51,908
that following the dissolution
of the Three-Man Group,

363
00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,208
Comrade Zhou Enlai retain
military command authority.

364
00:19:54,408 --> 00:19:56,008
Comrades Zhou Enlai and Zhu De

365
00:19:56,108 --> 00:19:56,808
shall be responsible
for military command,

366
00:19:57,008 --> 00:19:58,908
with Comrade Enlai
as the final authority

367
00:19:59,208 --> 00:20:00,608
on military decisions.

368
00:20:01,208 --> 00:20:04,008
Comrade Mao Zedong shall
serve as Comrade Enlai's

369
00:20:05,008 --> 00:20:06,008
military advisor.

370
00:20:10,608 --> 00:20:11,008
Carried.

371
00:20:12,008 --> 00:20:13,408
Guizhou is critically
short of grain.

372
00:20:13,808 --> 00:20:15,008
This is no place to linger.

373
00:20:15,708 --> 00:20:16,208
Agreed.

374
00:20:16,408 --> 00:20:17,608
Cross the Yangtze
northward into Sichuan

375
00:20:17,908 --> 00:20:19,108
and link up with the
Fourth Front Army.

376
00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:20,208
Agreed.

377
00:20:21,508 --> 00:20:22,508
Liu Xiang is no Wang Jialie.

378
00:20:23,208 --> 00:20:24,908
He will not easily allow
the Central Army into Sichuan.

379
00:20:25,408 --> 00:20:26,608
That also reduces

380
00:20:26,908 --> 00:20:27,574
considerable pressure on us.

381
00:20:31,408 --> 00:20:32,008
Look...

382
00:20:34,808 --> 00:20:36,208
the sky above this courtyard

383
00:20:37,508 --> 00:20:38,208
is so small,

384
00:20:41,308 --> 00:20:43,008
it can barely hold us all.

385
00:20:44,208 --> 00:20:45,408
But the sky beyond

386
00:20:47,608 --> 00:20:48,608
is boundless.

387
00:20:50,908 --> 00:20:52,008
It depends on whether
we have the courage

388
00:20:54,508 --> 00:20:55,608
to step out and forge ahead.

389
00:21:04,708 --> 00:21:06,608
The Communists marching
north is a grave threat.

390
00:21:07,208 --> 00:21:09,608
But I, if I play one bold move,

391
00:21:10,208 --> 00:21:12,208
can turn danger into safety.

392
00:21:14,108 --> 00:21:15,508
The Communists flee
northward in panic.

393
00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:16,708
I shall pursue
without striking...

394
00:21:17,308 --> 00:21:18,608
a show of force to rattle them.

395
00:21:19,608 --> 00:21:20,608
Simply scare them away.

396
00:21:21,208 --> 00:21:23,108
You have long been known for
your ties to the Communists.

397
00:21:23,208 --> 00:21:24,308
Everyone knows.

398
00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:27,308
In 1927, you personally
released quite a few Communists.

399
00:21:27,608 --> 00:21:28,808
The most famous of them

400
00:21:29,408 --> 00:21:30,208
was Chen Yi.

401
00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:32,808
Do you think the
Generalissimo will believe that?

402
00:21:33,108 --> 00:21:34,808
Then let the
Communists come and try.

403
00:21:35,008 --> 00:21:36,208
We shall see if
their teeth are harder

404
00:21:36,708 --> 00:21:38,208
or my bones, Guo
Xunqi's, are harder.

405
00:21:38,908 --> 00:21:40,308
But once the Communists
enter Sichuan,

406
00:21:40,808 --> 00:21:44,008
the Central Army will cling to us
like a bone disease, right on our heels.

407
00:21:44,308 --> 00:21:44,908
When that happens,

408
00:21:45,208 --> 00:21:46,908
you and I will be
the next Wang Jialie.

409
00:21:48,208 --> 00:21:49,508
We must still pursue.

410
00:21:50,508 --> 00:21:51,708
But at a measured pace...

411
00:21:52,408 --> 00:21:53,908
neither too close nor too far.

412
00:21:55,508 --> 00:21:56,508
Qinggangpo.

413
00:22:08,708 --> 00:22:10,174
The Sichuan Army is
preparing another assault.

414
00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:11,008
Hold the line, comrades!

415
00:22:15,008 --> 00:22:15,708
Hold!

416
00:22:16,008 --> 00:22:17,408
Comrades, forward!

417
00:22:25,708 --> 00:22:26,908
Heavy fire from Baima Mountain.

418
00:22:27,008 --> 00:22:28,208
There must be a
Communist leader there.

419
00:22:32,008 --> 00:22:32,608
Brigade Commander Pan?

420
00:22:33,408 --> 00:22:34,708
Take Jianshanzi immediately,

421
00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:35,908
then push west

422
00:22:36,208 --> 00:22:37,108
straight into Baima Mountain.

423
00:22:37,508 --> 00:22:39,308
Take Baima Mountain and
the first merit is yours.

424
00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:42,408
Brothers!

425
00:22:43,008 --> 00:22:44,008
The Communist headquarters

426
00:22:44,608 --> 00:22:46,008
is on that hill ahead.

427
00:22:46,208 --> 00:22:47,708
Their leader's head

428
00:22:49,408 --> 00:22:51,008
is worth a sack
of silver dollars.

429
00:22:52,308 --> 00:22:53,208
One wretched life

430
00:22:54,408 --> 00:22:56,408
for a lifetime of ease.

431
00:22:57,608 --> 00:22:58,808
Which brave brother

432
00:22:59,608 --> 00:23:00,508
will follow me

433
00:23:00,908 --> 00:23:01,808
to kill the Communists?

434
00:23:02,308 --> 00:23:04,808
Let's go!

435
00:23:06,608 --> 00:23:07,508
Centered on this position,

436
00:23:07,608 --> 00:23:09,108
establish three
defensive fire lines.

437
00:23:10,708 --> 00:23:12,808
Qinggangpo... we will
not yield a single step.

438
00:23:34,608 --> 00:23:35,608
Set up the machine guns!

439
00:23:45,208 --> 00:23:46,208
You bastards!

440
00:23:46,408 --> 00:23:47,908
I'll fight you to the death!

441
00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:03,474
Get the wounded to the rear!

442
00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:05,608
Move the wounded back, quickly!

443
00:24:20,608 --> 00:24:21,608
Was the intelligence wrong,

444
00:24:23,108 --> 00:24:24,708
or was my judgment flawed?

445
00:24:27,008 --> 00:24:28,608
If the enemy sent
only four regiments,

446
00:24:30,008 --> 00:24:31,008
they could not have
this many troops.

447
00:24:54,208 --> 00:24:54,708
Give me a rifle.

448
00:24:55,208 --> 00:24:55,508
Here.

449
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:02,608
Commander Zhu,
where are you going?

450
00:25:03,108 --> 00:25:04,208
If we cannot hold now,

451
00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,408
the enemy's encirclement
will close completely.

452
00:25:07,608 --> 00:25:08,808
Only by taking Yong'an Temple

453
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:10,008
is there a chance of survival.

454
00:25:10,508 --> 00:25:11,608
I know that terrain best.

455
00:25:12,408 --> 00:25:13,008
I will command there.

456
00:25:13,608 --> 00:25:14,808
Our intelligence must be wrong.

457
00:25:15,008 --> 00:25:17,108
We must reassess the
situation before deciding.

458
00:25:17,708 --> 00:25:19,308
But the enemy will
not give us time.

459
00:25:20,008 --> 00:25:21,108
As long as the Red Army endures,

460
00:25:22,108 --> 00:25:23,208
what is one Zhu De

461
00:25:23,908 --> 00:25:24,808
worth mourning?

462
00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:28,908
The enemy's bullets

463
00:25:29,408 --> 00:25:30,408
cannot find Zhu De.

464
00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:35,908
Chen Geng.

465
00:25:39,308 --> 00:25:39,908
Don't worry.

466
00:25:40,108 --> 00:25:41,808
We will hold the enemy at
the foot of the mountain.

467
00:26:07,408 --> 00:26:08,474
Commander Zhu is here!

468
00:26:09,008 --> 00:26:10,808
Hold on, comrades!

469
00:26:15,608 --> 00:26:16,608
Third Platoon, follow me!

470
00:26:19,308 --> 00:26:21,408
Comrades, drive the enemy back!

471
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:51,208
Enemy aircraft!

472
00:26:55,008 --> 00:26:56,808
Just when I was craving
milk, mother arrives.

473
00:27:42,608 --> 00:27:43,208
Xingshan!

474
00:27:51,908 --> 00:27:53,008
No!

475
00:28:04,008 --> 00:28:05,608
Xingshan!

476
00:28:06,708 --> 00:28:07,808
This is called
dried prickly pear.

477
00:28:09,408 --> 00:28:10,708
Three days without
something sour,

478
00:28:10,908 --> 00:28:11,974
and your legs won't
carry you straight.

479
00:28:12,008 --> 00:28:12,908
Old roads make
your feet stumble.

480
00:28:13,008 --> 00:28:14,708
A bit of sour gives
you real strength.

481
00:28:32,508 --> 00:28:33,608
Find cover quickly!

482
00:28:35,108 --> 00:28:36,608
Move! Find shelter! Hurry!

483
00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:38,308
Watch for artillery!

484
00:28:38,608 --> 00:28:39,508
Move!

485
00:28:39,908 --> 00:28:41,308
Hurry, hurry, hurry!

486
00:28:47,908 --> 00:28:48,808
Fall back!

487
00:28:50,808 --> 00:28:52,008
Xingshan!

488
00:29:01,208 --> 00:29:03,308
Get inside!

489
00:29:45,108 --> 00:29:46,008
We cannot keep fighting.

490
00:29:47,008 --> 00:29:48,208
Notify the front-line units

491
00:29:49,008 --> 00:29:49,608
to withdraw immediately.

492
00:29:50,208 --> 00:29:52,008
Adventurism in offense,
conservatism in defense,

493
00:29:52,608 --> 00:29:53,508
defeatism in retreat...

494
00:29:54,108 --> 00:29:56,008
this is your strategy
and tactics, Mao Zedong?

495
00:29:56,308 --> 00:29:57,208
From Ruijin,

496
00:29:57,508 --> 00:30:00,008
step by step, how did
we arrive at this point?

497
00:30:00,608 --> 00:30:01,708
Do you still not understand?

498
00:30:01,808 --> 00:30:03,174
Chiang Kai-shek is
desperate for victory

499
00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:04,208
and pursues us relentlessly.

500
00:30:04,608 --> 00:30:06,208
The enemy is forming a pincer.

501
00:30:06,608 --> 00:30:08,008
If we keep meeting
force with force,

502
00:30:08,608 --> 00:30:09,808
there is only one road... death.

503
00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:11,408
Only in mobile warfare

504
00:30:12,008 --> 00:30:13,008
can we find a way to survive.

505
00:30:13,408 --> 00:30:14,208
Do you understand?

506
00:30:18,808 --> 00:30:19,508
Remember this...

507
00:30:20,808 --> 00:30:22,908
it is not only Comrade Li
De and I who can lose battles.

508
00:30:25,208 --> 00:30:26,408
Mao Zedong is no different.

509
00:30:30,608 --> 00:30:31,008
I propose

510
00:30:31,808 --> 00:30:33,208
we shelve the plan to
cross the Yangtze northward.

511
00:30:33,808 --> 00:30:34,608
Before dawn,

512
00:30:35,408 --> 00:30:36,708
cross the Chishui River in full.

513
00:30:36,908 --> 00:30:38,108
This is our only way out.

514
00:30:38,208 --> 00:30:39,008
But this crossing point

515
00:30:39,308 --> 00:30:39,808
has no bridge.

516
00:30:40,008 --> 00:30:40,708
There is no time.

517
00:30:40,908 --> 00:30:41,508
No bridge...

518
00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,208
then we borrow one
from the people.

519
00:30:45,708 --> 00:30:46,808
Our survival

520
00:30:48,808 --> 00:30:50,008
depends on this single move.

521
00:30:50,808 --> 00:30:51,574
Once across the Chishui River,

522
00:30:52,008 --> 00:30:52,874
we aim to take
Xuyong and Shaquan.

523
00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:54,208
From there, march north

524
00:30:54,508 --> 00:30:55,708
and continue toward
the Yangtze crossing.

525
00:31:00,708 --> 00:31:01,308
Comrades,

526
00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:03,208
no matter how many obstacles

527
00:31:03,908 --> 00:31:05,008
lie ahead,

528
00:31:05,808 --> 00:31:07,508
we must fight our way through
with everything we have.

529
00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:09,408
As long as our feet keep moving,

530
00:31:11,308 --> 00:31:12,408
the flame will not
be extinguished.

531
00:31:14,608 --> 00:31:15,108
Hold your heads high.

532
00:31:31,508 --> 00:31:32,108
So sour.

533
00:31:32,908 --> 00:31:34,208
Why did Xingshan
love this so much?

534
00:31:38,608 --> 00:31:39,008
Old Guo,

535
00:31:40,008 --> 00:31:41,208
there is no more time.

536
00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:43,208
Headquarters has ordered
us to cover the engineer unit

537
00:31:43,408 --> 00:31:44,408
building the pontoon bridge.

538
00:31:44,908 --> 00:31:47,708
But right now, what they
lack most is boats and timber.

539
00:31:48,608 --> 00:31:49,408
We must find some quickly.

540
00:31:51,508 --> 00:31:52,008
Move!

541
00:31:52,608 --> 00:31:53,508
We have no time to waste.

542
00:31:54,408 --> 00:31:57,008
Zhao Defa, how can
your heart be so hard?

543
00:31:59,508 --> 00:32:01,308
Comrades around us have
fallen one after another.

544
00:32:01,908 --> 00:32:02,808
Only a few of us remain.

545
00:32:04,008 --> 00:32:05,108
Does your heart not ache?

546
00:32:19,408 --> 00:32:20,708
How could it not ache?

547
00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:25,008
But we cannot stop.

548
00:32:34,908 --> 00:32:38,708
Shicheng.

549
00:32:40,608 --> 00:32:41,708
I know where to find timber.

550
00:32:43,008 --> 00:32:44,508
If you don't want
to die, follow me.

551
00:32:49,708 --> 00:32:50,374
We are the Red Army.

552
00:32:50,408 --> 00:32:51,708
We'd like to borrow
your door panels.

553
00:32:52,108 --> 00:32:52,308
Of course.

554
00:32:54,308 --> 00:32:54,908
Be careful.

555
00:32:55,108 --> 00:32:55,908
Come help, brothers!

556
00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:56,374
This way.

557
00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:56,708
Hurry.

558
00:32:59,608 --> 00:33:00,008
Take it.

559
00:33:00,308 --> 00:33:02,008
Borrowed two door panels from
household head Zhang Erniu,

560
00:33:02,308 --> 00:33:03,474
for pontoon bridge construction.

561
00:33:03,508 --> 00:33:04,508
Twenty copper coins paid.

562
00:33:04,808 --> 00:33:05,408
Comrades,

563
00:33:06,408 --> 00:33:07,608
everything in our hands

564
00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:09,508
represents the
people's trust in us.

565
00:33:09,808 --> 00:33:11,908
We must treasure it doubly
and keep our promises.

566
00:33:12,808 --> 00:33:14,408
Door panels can be
removed and put back.

567
00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:16,308
But once people's
trust is broken,

568
00:33:17,408 --> 00:33:18,708
it cannot be restored.

569
00:33:19,408 --> 00:33:19,908
No good.

570
00:33:20,208 --> 00:33:20,408
Take it.

571
00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:21,408
Thank you.

572
00:33:22,008 --> 00:33:23,208
Sister, don't be afraid.

573
00:33:23,308 --> 00:33:24,908
We just want to
borrow your door panels

574
00:33:25,008 --> 00:33:26,208
and any wooden boards you have.

575
00:33:27,008 --> 00:33:29,174
If the double-gun soldiers
or militia find out,

576
00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:30,008
people will die.

577
00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:31,508
Then I'll add
another copper coin.

578
00:33:32,008 --> 00:33:32,774
Don't waste time with
her.... How about three?

579
00:33:32,808 --> 00:33:33,608
There's no time.

580
00:33:37,408 --> 00:33:37,908
What are you doing?

581
00:33:38,308 --> 00:33:39,208
Removing door panels.

582
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:47,408
Fang Er.

583
00:33:58,208 --> 00:33:59,508
Do you still think
you're a bandit?

584
00:34:02,308 --> 00:34:02,808
Old Zhao,

585
00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:03,708
mind the discipline.

586
00:34:04,608 --> 00:34:06,608
Sister, this is payment
for the door panels,

587
00:34:06,808 --> 00:34:08,408
and for the clay
pot we broke earlier.

588
00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:09,208
Here, take it all.

589
00:34:09,808 --> 00:34:10,174
No need.

590
00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:10,808
Please, take it.

591
00:34:16,308 --> 00:34:17,808
You've got strength
and nowhere to use it.

592
00:34:18,408 --> 00:34:19,908
I've got plenty of strength.

593
00:34:21,108 --> 00:34:22,608
Don't crush that
small frame of yours.

594
00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:24,308
Need a hand?

595
00:34:24,808 --> 00:34:25,508
No thanks.

596
00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:28,008
Still stubborn.

597
00:34:28,908 --> 00:34:30,408
This boy reminds me of you.

598
00:34:31,608 --> 00:34:32,308
Like hell he does.

599
00:34:34,508 --> 00:34:36,808
After we cross the Chishui
River, send A-Jin back.

600
00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:38,708
What tomorrow brings,

601
00:34:39,208 --> 00:34:40,108
no one can say.

602
00:34:51,778 --> 00:34:52,208
This way.

603
00:34:56,608 --> 00:34:57,708
Make haste.

604
00:34:58,008 --> 00:35:00,008
The pontoon bridge must
be ready before dawn.

605
00:35:00,608 --> 00:35:01,408
The Red Army's lifeline

606
00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:03,608
is in our hands.

607
00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:06,808
Hurry!

608
00:35:26,208 --> 00:35:26,908
Hold tight!

609
00:35:29,408 --> 00:35:29,908
Faster!

610
00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:42,208
Enemy reconnaissance
aircraft incoming!

611
00:35:45,008 --> 00:35:46,608
Everyone, hurry!

612
00:35:52,008 --> 00:35:52,608
Report, sir.

613
00:35:52,708 --> 00:35:53,408
According to aerial
reconnaissance,

614
00:35:53,608 --> 00:35:54,774
the Communists are
in the Tucheng area,

615
00:35:54,808 --> 00:35:55,408
crossing the Chishui westward.

616
00:35:56,308 --> 00:35:58,708
Make way! Make way!

617
00:35:58,808 --> 00:35:59,408
Make way!

618
00:36:00,608 --> 00:36:01,008
Make way!

619
00:36:01,608 --> 00:36:03,308
What's the situation? Report.

620
00:36:04,008 --> 00:36:04,808
A small enemy force

621
00:36:05,108 --> 00:36:06,208
is heading this way.

622
00:36:18,508 --> 00:36:18,808
Old Zhu,

623
00:36:19,308 --> 00:36:20,008
this is yours.

624
00:36:20,408 --> 00:36:20,708
Yes, sir.

625
00:36:22,008 --> 00:36:24,108
Guo Chuang, bring your
squad and follow me.

626
00:36:24,308 --> 00:36:25,608
Soldiers, follow me!

627
00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:42,208
Hurry!

628
00:36:42,908 --> 00:36:43,508
Make haste!

629
00:37:05,208 --> 00:37:06,208
The enemy has spotted us!

630
00:37:14,108 --> 00:37:14,708
Hurry!

631
00:37:14,808 --> 00:37:15,808
Move, move, move!

632
00:37:27,308 --> 00:37:28,208
Hurry! A-Jin! A-Jin!

633
00:37:28,508 --> 00:37:29,408
Patch the gap behind!

634
00:37:31,208 --> 00:37:32,008
Come, make way!

635
00:37:32,608 --> 00:37:33,108
Make way!

636
00:37:56,508 --> 00:37:56,808
Get up!

637
00:39:15,408 --> 00:39:16,508
Dodge!

638
00:42:10,008 --> 00:42:10,808
Zhao Defa.

639
00:42:11,408 --> 00:42:13,208
Comrades around us have
fallen one after another.

640
00:42:13,808 --> 00:42:14,808
Only a few of us remain.

641
00:42:15,808 --> 00:42:17,108
Does your heart not ache?

642
00:43:20,408 --> 00:43:21,208
Medic!

643
00:43:21,408 --> 00:43:22,208
Yes, Chairman?

644
00:43:27,208 --> 00:43:27,708
Gauze.

645
00:43:29,108 --> 00:43:29,608
Quickly.

646
00:43:35,608 --> 00:43:37,408
Chairman, the
enemy is closing in!

647
00:43:38,808 --> 00:43:40,508
Chairman, the enemy is
about to... Stand aside!

648
00:43:48,908 --> 00:43:49,608
All the wounded...

649
00:43:51,408 --> 00:43:52,308
take them all.

650
00:43:52,508 --> 00:43:53,108
Save them!

651
00:44:01,808 --> 00:44:02,908
Anyone still alive...

652
00:44:06,008 --> 00:44:07,008
not one shall be left behind.

653
00:44:08,408 --> 00:44:08,908
If we go,

654
00:44:10,208 --> 00:44:11,008
we go together.

655
00:44:24,408 --> 00:44:26,608
Our pontoon bridge
is almost ready.

656
00:44:27,408 --> 00:44:28,008
Push harder!

657
00:44:34,808 --> 00:44:35,708
The bridge is ready!

658
00:44:36,408 --> 00:44:38,208
Cross the Chishui River!

659
00:44:41,908 --> 00:44:42,608
Lower it!

660
00:44:46,408 --> 00:44:47,608
Move it forward, quickly!

661
00:44:51,008 --> 00:44:51,308
Hurry!

662
00:44:52,608 --> 00:44:53,108
Lower it!

663
00:44:57,008 --> 00:44:59,408
One, two, three... lift!

664
00:45:00,208 --> 00:45:00,708
Lower it!

665
00:45:07,008 --> 00:45:08,108
Push!

666
00:45:08,708 --> 00:45:10,608
One... two... three!

667
00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:12,608
Push the cannons into the water!

668
00:45:14,308 --> 00:45:16,008
Push the cannons into the water!

669
00:45:17,808 --> 00:45:18,408
Without them,

670
00:45:19,408 --> 00:45:20,608
what do we fight the enemy with?

671
00:45:22,008 --> 00:45:22,608
Sink the cannons?

672
00:45:23,408 --> 00:45:24,408
Sink me first!

673
00:45:24,508 --> 00:45:25,308
Do you have shells?

674
00:45:27,008 --> 00:45:28,008
Look behind me.

675
00:45:29,208 --> 00:45:30,708
So many men are bleeding.

676
00:45:32,008 --> 00:45:33,708
So many are waiting
for treatment.

677
00:45:35,408 --> 00:45:36,208
Without the cannons,

678
00:45:37,108 --> 00:45:38,408
we are still the Red Army.

679
00:45:39,608 --> 00:45:41,208
But without our people,

680
00:45:42,208 --> 00:45:44,008
what do we have to fight with?

681
00:45:45,208 --> 00:45:46,008
Survive.

682
00:45:46,608 --> 00:45:48,208
Only by surviving
do we have a chance.

683
00:45:49,408 --> 00:45:50,908
Only by surviving

684
00:45:51,008 --> 00:45:52,708
can we carve a path
through the blood.

685
00:46:00,708 --> 00:46:01,608
Sink the cannons!

686
00:46:02,308 --> 00:46:03,008
Sink them!

687
00:46:03,308 --> 00:46:03,708
Yes, sir!

688
00:46:04,208 --> 00:46:05,108
Push them in!

689
00:46:14,308 --> 00:46:14,908
Cross the bridge!

690
00:46:16,208 --> 00:46:16,908
Cross the bridge!

691
00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:17,608
Hurry!

692
00:46:18,408 --> 00:46:19,408
Everyone, follow!

693
00:46:19,608 --> 00:46:20,608
Cross the bridge!

694
00:46:22,208 --> 00:46:23,308
Hurry, hurry!

695
00:47:02,008 --> 00:47:03,208
Zhao Defa,

696
00:47:03,908 --> 00:47:05,308
why won't you take me?

697
00:47:06,108 --> 00:47:08,908
I am not a bandit.

698
00:47:09,408 --> 00:47:12,208
Ma Yousan said we were
nothing but his livestock.

699
00:47:13,808 --> 00:47:15,708
He never treated
us as human beings.

700
00:47:17,408 --> 00:47:18,608
I don't want to die.

701
00:47:19,608 --> 00:47:20,608
I want to eat.

702
00:47:21,208 --> 00:47:22,308
What's wrong with that?

703
00:47:24,908 --> 00:47:25,408
Old Zhao,

704
00:47:26,208 --> 00:47:28,108
how can you be so cold-hearted?

705
00:47:30,408 --> 00:47:30,908
Think about it...

706
00:47:31,208 --> 00:47:32,408
we don't even know
where we're going.

707
00:47:32,508 --> 00:47:33,408
Zhao Defa,

708
00:47:35,708 --> 00:47:37,108
alive today, perhaps
dead tomorrow.

709
00:47:37,408 --> 00:47:38,508
You want to bring
a child?...- I...

710
00:47:38,808 --> 00:47:40,108
Isn't he a burden?...
am not a bandit.

711
00:47:40,808 --> 00:47:41,608
I don't think so.

712
00:47:43,608 --> 00:47:44,408
He is not a burden.

713
00:47:46,908 --> 00:47:48,208
He will be a seed
of the Red Army.

714
00:47:56,208 --> 00:47:57,008
All right.

715
00:48:12,808 --> 00:48:13,774
I have only one condition.

716
00:48:14,208 --> 00:48:15,708
Red Army soldiers are not
allowed to call themselves 'Laozi'

717
00:48:16,008 --> 00:48:17,408
That is bandit talk.

718
00:48:18,708 --> 00:48:19,408
Understood.

719
00:48:20,608 --> 00:48:21,908
Old Zhao means well.

720
00:48:22,408 --> 00:48:23,374
He doesn't want you in danger.

721
00:48:28,208 --> 00:48:28,808
Fools!

722
00:48:29,008 --> 00:48:29,908
A pack of incompetents!

723
00:48:30,008 --> 00:48:31,608
I told you to keep the
Communists out of Sichuan.

724
00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:33,008
How did you let them in?

725
00:48:36,808 --> 00:48:37,308
He's back.

726
00:48:42,408 --> 00:48:44,808
Now that the Communists have
left, who knows where they've gone.

727
00:48:45,508 --> 00:48:46,808
Perhaps we should send scouts.

728
00:48:47,408 --> 00:48:48,508
Rest easy, Madam.

729
00:48:49,008 --> 00:48:50,808
If not Sichuan, then Yunnan.

730
00:48:51,208 --> 00:48:52,408
If not Liu Xiang's headache,

731
00:48:52,708 --> 00:48:54,008
then Long Yun's misery.

732
00:48:54,208 --> 00:48:57,908
It is their turn to treat
the Communists to a meal.

733
00:49:02,808 --> 00:49:03,208
What is it?

734
00:49:04,008 --> 00:49:05,908
Communist traces found
near Gulin, Sichuan,

735
00:49:06,208 --> 00:49:07,408
heading toward our Yunnan.

736
00:49:09,408 --> 00:49:10,608
Telegraph the Generalissimo.

737
00:49:11,208 --> 00:49:12,008
Tell him the Communists...

738
00:49:15,808 --> 00:49:17,508
Block the key
passes at Zhenxiong.

739
00:49:18,808 --> 00:49:21,108
Even if the Communists
tear the sky open elsewhere,

740
00:49:21,808 --> 00:49:23,208
we do not move an inch.

741
00:49:26,108 --> 00:49:26,808
Remember.

742
00:49:30,608 --> 00:49:31,708
Here.

743
00:49:32,608 --> 00:49:33,108
Take it.

744
00:49:34,708 --> 00:49:35,208
For you.

745
00:49:36,408 --> 00:49:36,908
You eat.

746
00:49:37,108 --> 00:49:37,308
Eat.

747
00:49:38,608 --> 00:49:39,208
You eat.

748
00:49:40,108 --> 00:49:41,108
The enemy is everywhere.

749
00:49:41,608 --> 00:49:42,808
Xuyong was not taken either.

750
00:49:43,008 --> 00:49:44,008
Where are we supposed to go?

751
00:49:45,508 --> 00:49:46,174
Here.

752
00:49:46,208 --> 00:49:47,208
This kid.

753
00:49:47,608 --> 00:49:48,108
Old Zhu.

754
00:49:48,808 --> 00:49:49,208
Here.

755
00:49:49,608 --> 00:49:50,108
What is it?

756
00:49:50,408 --> 00:49:51,008
Eat.

757
00:49:51,208 --> 00:49:51,808
What is it?

758
00:49:52,108 --> 00:49:52,608
Turnip.

759
00:49:55,108 --> 00:49:55,808
Where did you get it?

760
00:49:56,408 --> 00:49:57,408
It's not for you.

761
00:49:57,508 --> 00:49:58,408
None of your business.

762
00:49:59,808 --> 00:50:00,808
I'm asking where you got it.

763
00:50:00,908 --> 00:50:01,508
I'm talking to you.

764
00:50:01,608 --> 00:50:02,208
Where?

765
00:50:02,708 --> 00:50:04,208
The White Dogs' camp at
the foot of the mountain.

766
00:50:05,008 --> 00:50:06,408
I stole it from them.

767
00:50:06,508 --> 00:50:07,208
What?

768
00:50:08,008 --> 00:50:09,008
The White Dogs...

769
00:50:14,608 --> 00:50:16,608
Disobeying orders,
acting on your own...

770
00:50:17,008 --> 00:50:17,874
you've exposed our position.

771
00:50:17,908 --> 00:50:18,874
You could get everyone killed.

772
00:50:18,908 --> 00:50:19,508
Do you understand?

773
00:50:19,908 --> 00:50:22,608
Zhao, who is really
getting whom killed?

774
00:50:22,908 --> 00:50:25,008
We've been circling
this valley for days.

775
00:50:25,208 --> 00:50:26,208
No one knows where we're going.

776
00:50:26,508 --> 00:50:27,608
No food, no water.

777
00:50:27,708 --> 00:50:28,608
Worse than animals.

778
00:50:28,708 --> 00:50:30,408
You're even worse than
the bandit Ma Yousan!

779
00:50:30,808 --> 00:50:32,008
You... Come on!

780
00:50:33,408 --> 00:50:35,908
Right now, the fact that we
can still stand here breathing

781
00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:39,508
was bought with the
lives of so many comrades.

782
00:50:40,808 --> 00:50:41,508
Guo Chuang.

783
00:50:42,308 --> 00:50:43,408
Luo Xingshan.

784
00:50:43,808 --> 00:50:44,608
Gone.

785
00:50:46,108 --> 00:50:47,008
Have you forgotten?

786
00:50:48,708 --> 00:50:50,008
And so many more comrades

787
00:50:50,308 --> 00:50:52,808
who died at the Xiang
River, who died at Guangchang.

788
00:50:55,308 --> 00:50:56,808
I wish it were me who died,

789
00:50:57,908 --> 00:50:59,308
and they who lived.

790
00:51:01,408 --> 00:51:02,208
Do you understand?

791
00:51:04,808 --> 00:51:05,908
The New Year is coming.

792
00:51:07,208 --> 00:51:09,608
I just wanted them to
have something to eat.

793
00:51:17,108 --> 00:51:18,008
Take it.

794
00:51:23,008 --> 00:51:23,408
What,

795
00:51:23,708 --> 00:51:24,408
missing home?

796
00:51:30,008 --> 00:51:31,608
They're all long dead.

797
00:51:33,608 --> 00:51:34,508
Starved to death.

798
00:52:02,208 --> 00:52:02,808
Generalissimo,

799
00:52:03,508 --> 00:52:06,608
Japan's ambition to
swallow China is no secret.

800
00:52:08,208 --> 00:52:09,808
The entire nation... Hanqing,

801
00:52:10,208 --> 00:52:11,708
I understand your
feelings perfectly.

802
00:52:11,808 --> 00:52:14,274
But the nation is not yet
united under my command.

803
00:52:14,308 --> 00:52:15,608
What do I fight Japan with?

804
00:52:15,808 --> 00:52:17,608
Internal pacification must
come before external resistance.

805
00:52:18,908 --> 00:52:19,674
The Communists are currently

806
00:52:19,708 --> 00:52:21,008
our gravest internal threat.

807
00:52:21,208 --> 00:52:22,474
Throughout history,
when bandits and rebels

808
00:52:22,508 --> 00:52:24,108
reach their final
desperate stage,

809
00:52:24,408 --> 00:52:25,608
they flee to
Sichuan and Guizhou.

810
00:52:25,808 --> 00:52:27,808
The further west,
the closer to death.

811
00:52:29,008 --> 00:52:30,908
Once the Communists are destroyed
and the warlords eliminated,

812
00:52:31,008 --> 00:52:32,408
we can concentrate our strength

813
00:52:33,108 --> 00:52:34,008
against the Japanese.

814
00:52:35,508 --> 00:52:37,508
You men never stop once you
start discussing state affairs.

815
00:52:37,708 --> 00:52:38,208
It's the New Year.

816
00:52:39,908 --> 00:52:42,608
Today, let's not talk about
destroying this or that.

817
00:52:43,008 --> 00:52:43,708
Let us devote ourselves entirely

818
00:52:44,008 --> 00:52:45,308
to conquering the
feast on this table.

819
00:52:51,808 --> 00:52:52,408
Runzhi,

820
00:52:53,208 --> 00:52:53,808
eat something.

821
00:52:53,908 --> 00:52:54,508
I'm not hungry.

822
00:52:55,808 --> 00:52:56,608
Eat.

823
00:53:11,008 --> 00:53:11,608
Xiao Chen.

824
00:53:12,408 --> 00:53:12,908
Chairman.

825
00:53:13,408 --> 00:53:15,108
Take this to Comrade Zizhen.

826
00:53:15,208 --> 00:53:15,808
She needs the nourishment.

827
00:53:16,208 --> 00:53:17,008
Yes, Chairman.

828
00:53:21,208 --> 00:53:22,008
At Tucheng,

829
00:53:22,608 --> 00:53:24,008
the enemy lost three thousand.

830
00:53:25,608 --> 00:53:27,508
But that is three thousand
out of four hundred thousand.

831
00:53:28,208 --> 00:53:30,008
We also lost three
thousand soldiers.

832
00:53:31,508 --> 00:53:33,708
But that is three thousand
out of thirty thousand.

833
00:53:34,208 --> 00:53:35,708
An ambush turned into
a war of attrition.

834
00:53:37,008 --> 00:53:38,108
We lost the battle.

835
00:53:38,608 --> 00:53:40,008
Who has never lost a battle?

836
00:53:40,408 --> 00:53:41,608
In 1927,

837
00:53:42,008 --> 00:53:42,974
when Chiang Kai-shek
purged the Party

838
00:53:43,008 --> 00:53:44,108
and unleashed a bloodbath,

839
00:53:45,008 --> 00:53:46,108
was I not the same?

840
00:53:46,608 --> 00:53:49,208
From Shanghai, I barely
escaped with my life.

841
00:53:49,808 --> 00:53:50,408
Exactly.

842
00:53:51,908 --> 00:53:53,974
Back then, at the Sanheba
blocking action in Guangdong,

843
00:53:54,008 --> 00:53:57,374
was I not also... Commander
Zhu, that was no defeat.

844
00:53:57,408 --> 00:53:59,674
The division at Sanheba
preserved a vital spark

845
00:53:59,708 --> 00:54:01,374
for the revolution.

846
00:54:01,408 --> 00:54:01,808
Yes.

847
00:54:03,808 --> 00:54:04,708
Without Sanheba,

848
00:54:05,208 --> 00:54:07,208
there would have been no
rendezvous at Jinggang Mountain.

849
00:54:08,608 --> 00:54:10,108
You have all studied abroad,

850
00:54:11,208 --> 00:54:12,608
properly trained
in military science.

851
00:54:13,608 --> 00:54:14,608
Do you truly believe

852
00:54:16,508 --> 00:54:17,308
I can do this?

853
00:54:17,708 --> 00:54:18,308
Runzhi,

854
00:54:18,608 --> 00:54:20,008
from Jinggang Mountain to now,

855
00:54:21,208 --> 00:54:22,308
you and I have had
our disagreements.

856
00:54:22,808 --> 00:54:23,608
But facts have proven

857
00:54:24,008 --> 00:54:24,908
that in military matters,

858
00:54:25,408 --> 00:54:26,008
you have been right.

859
00:54:28,408 --> 00:54:29,408
You have always been right.

860
00:54:29,708 --> 00:54:31,808
Who can truly lead this force

861
00:54:32,108 --> 00:54:33,208
out of this crisis?

862
00:54:33,708 --> 00:54:34,608
Runzhi,

863
00:54:35,208 --> 00:54:36,908
you must believe in yourself.

864
00:54:37,508 --> 00:54:39,908
The world may think
we are finished.

865
00:54:40,608 --> 00:54:42,108
Thirty thousand against
four hundred thousand.

866
00:54:43,208 --> 00:54:44,408
But our thirty thousand

867
00:54:44,808 --> 00:54:46,008
wear straw sandals.

868
00:54:46,808 --> 00:54:49,008
Surely we need not fear
those in military boots.

869
00:54:55,108 --> 00:54:55,908
Pas à pas,

870
00:54:57,608 --> 00:54:58,908
nous irons loin.

871
00:54:59,208 --> 00:55:01,108
I just praised you for
your foreign education,

872
00:55:02,008 --> 00:55:04,308
and already you're bullying
this country teacher.

873
00:55:36,008 --> 00:55:37,208
An honest man speaks plainly.

874
00:55:39,808 --> 00:55:41,308
I have come to ask
you to step aside.

875
00:55:47,308 --> 00:55:49,374
Bo Gu, we must acknowledge

876
00:55:49,408 --> 00:55:51,508
that our adversary is
far stronger than we are.

877
00:55:51,808 --> 00:55:53,608
Chiang Kai-shek is unfathomable.

878
00:55:53,708 --> 00:55:55,174
I worked alongside him
at Whampoa for two years.

879
00:55:55,208 --> 00:55:56,408
I know him well.

880
00:55:56,808 --> 00:55:58,974
Whether in the factional
struggles within the Kuomintang

881
00:55:59,008 --> 00:56:00,908
or against the warlords great
and small across the nation,

882
00:56:01,008 --> 00:56:02,208
no one has been his equal.

883
00:56:03,408 --> 00:56:04,608
If we are to defeat him,

884
00:56:05,808 --> 00:56:07,108
we must find someone

885
00:56:07,408 --> 00:56:08,808
even stronger.

886
00:56:09,408 --> 00:56:12,208
Enlai, your prestige
in the Party is so great.

887
00:56:12,408 --> 00:56:14,374
I do not understand...
I truly do not understand

888
00:56:14,408 --> 00:56:15,574
why you are always willing
to sacrifice yourself

889
00:56:15,608 --> 00:56:16,974
for others.... At a
moment of life and death,

890
00:56:17,008 --> 00:56:18,408
what use is prestige?

891
00:56:20,208 --> 00:56:21,408
Extraordinary deeds

892
00:56:22,808 --> 00:56:24,708
require extraordinary men.

893
00:56:50,508 --> 00:56:53,708
The road ahead is
long and arduous;

894
00:56:54,008 --> 00:56:57,008
I shall search high
and low for the truth.

895
00:56:58,008 --> 00:56:58,908
These characters...

896
00:56:59,508 --> 00:57:00,308
you must pay attention.

897
00:57:00,408 --> 00:57:01,008
This character "Man"...

898
00:57:01,808 --> 00:57:03,408
Look at Old Zhu, so cultured.

899
00:57:03,808 --> 00:57:05,408
He studied abroad,
a university man.

900
00:57:06,208 --> 00:57:06,808
Old Zhao,

901
00:57:07,308 --> 00:57:09,008
I've taught you quite a
few characters already.

902
00:57:09,308 --> 00:57:10,608
Why not teach A-Jin?

903
00:57:11,208 --> 00:57:12,508
I won't learn from him.

904
00:57:13,208 --> 00:57:13,908
Listen well.

905
00:57:15,208 --> 00:57:16,008
This character is read...

906
00:57:17,408 --> 00:57:18,508
We are human beings,

907
00:57:18,808 --> 00:57:20,008
not another man's livestock.

908
00:57:20,408 --> 00:57:21,708
We must stand tall and upright.

909
00:57:22,008 --> 00:57:22,808
Understand?

910
00:57:25,208 --> 00:57:26,408
I'll teach you another.

911
00:57:33,308 --> 00:57:34,208
I know what you want to write.

912
00:57:38,108 --> 00:57:39,108
It's this character, isn't it?

913
00:57:39,508 --> 00:57:40,008
Yes.

914
00:57:40,508 --> 00:57:41,174
"Xin."

915
00:57:42,008 --> 00:57:43,308
This character is read "xin"...

916
00:57:43,708 --> 00:57:44,608
"new," as in New Year.

917
00:57:45,208 --> 00:57:46,208
Put the two characters together,

918
00:57:46,608 --> 00:57:49,308
and you get "new person."

919
00:57:49,908 --> 00:57:51,708
It represents
someone with a future,

920
00:57:52,208 --> 00:57:53,208
someone with hope.

921
00:57:53,808 --> 00:57:54,608
Hope?

922
00:57:55,608 --> 00:57:56,708
We are so few.

923
00:57:57,508 --> 00:57:59,808
The White Dogs chasing
us outnumber us ten to one.

924
00:58:00,408 --> 00:58:02,574
If they link arms in a
circle, we couldn't escape.

925
00:58:02,608 --> 00:58:03,508
What hope is there?

926
00:58:06,508 --> 00:58:07,208
Youngster,

927
00:58:09,208 --> 00:58:10,108
you are right,

928
00:58:10,708 --> 00:58:11,608
but also wrong.

929
00:58:11,708 --> 00:58:13,108
Chairman.

930
00:58:13,508 --> 00:58:14,408
You are...

931
00:58:15,708 --> 00:58:17,408
Zhao Defa, the boy
from Jinggang Mountain.

932
00:58:17,708 --> 00:58:18,108
Yes, sir.

933
00:58:18,608 --> 00:58:19,608
Former commander of
the Third Company,

934
00:58:19,708 --> 00:58:22,408
now platoon leader of the Second
Platoon, First Company... Zhao Defa.

935
00:58:22,608 --> 00:58:24,108
Combat casualties
have been severe.

936
00:58:24,208 --> 00:58:25,108
The Zhaxi reorganization...

937
00:58:25,708 --> 00:58:28,208
some companies have ten
commanders for a single squad.

938
00:58:29,008 --> 00:58:29,808
Reorganization

939
00:58:31,208 --> 00:58:33,408
is to make our forces
more mobile and flexible,

940
00:58:34,108 --> 00:58:35,208
and strengthen our
combat effectiveness.

941
00:58:35,808 --> 00:58:38,208
Zhao Defa, future
reconnaissance missions

942
00:58:38,308 --> 00:58:39,508
will depend on your company.

943
00:58:40,008 --> 00:58:41,808
Only then can we, under
this iron-bucket encirclement,

944
00:58:42,808 --> 00:58:43,608
carve a path through the blood.

945
00:58:44,808 --> 00:58:45,708
Our Red Army

946
00:58:47,908 --> 00:58:48,808
is here now.

947
00:58:49,008 --> 00:58:50,608
To the north, the Sichuan Army.

948
00:58:51,008 --> 00:58:51,808
To the west,

949
00:58:52,508 --> 00:58:53,308
the Yunnan Army.

950
00:58:54,208 --> 00:58:55,208
To the southeast,

951
00:58:55,608 --> 00:58:57,408
the Central Army
pursues us relentlessly.

952
00:58:59,108 --> 00:59:00,108
So where do we go now?

953
00:59:01,008 --> 00:59:01,908
Where do we go?

954
00:59:07,008 --> 00:59:07,808
I say...

955
00:59:09,608 --> 00:59:11,008
if the enemy will
not let us advance,

956
00:59:12,108 --> 00:59:13,008
then we simply

957
00:59:13,608 --> 00:59:14,408
retreat.

958
00:59:15,208 --> 00:59:16,608
Strike Wang Jialie once more.

959
00:59:20,608 --> 00:59:21,908
We cross the
Chishui a second time

960
00:59:23,008 --> 00:59:24,008
and return to Zunyi.

961
00:59:24,508 --> 00:59:25,608
Agreed.

962
00:59:31,208 --> 00:59:32,908
First, we send a
small force northward

963
00:59:34,408 --> 00:59:34,808
to make Chiang Kai-shek believe

964
00:59:35,508 --> 00:59:37,008
we still intend to cross
the Yangtze northward.

965
00:59:38,208 --> 00:59:39,808
But at the same
time, the main force

966
00:59:40,108 --> 00:59:40,908
marches east,

967
00:59:41,808 --> 00:59:43,908
seizing Taipingdu and Erlangtan,

968
00:59:44,808 --> 00:59:46,208
and crosses the
Chishui River once more.

969
00:59:48,008 --> 00:59:49,774
The Central Revolutionary
Military Commission issued from Gulin

970
00:59:49,808 --> 00:59:51,408
an open letter to all Red
Army commanders and fighters.

971
00:59:52,008 --> 00:59:53,408
Chairman Mao wrote
it brilliantly.

972
00:59:56,008 --> 00:59:56,808
The Red Army must

973
00:59:57,808 --> 00:59:59,208
constantly shift its
area of operations...

974
00:59:59,608 --> 01:00:00,308
sometimes east,

975
01:00:00,808 --> 01:00:01,708
sometimes west,

976
01:00:02,208 --> 01:00:04,808
sometimes by narrow trails,

977
01:00:05,608 --> 01:00:06,408
sometimes by old roads,

978
01:00:07,208 --> 01:00:08,408
sometimes by new paths.

979
01:00:08,808 --> 01:00:09,808
The only constant

980
01:00:10,108 --> 01:00:11,708
is to seek victory in battle

981
01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:13,308
under favorable conditions.

982
01:00:13,508 --> 01:00:15,208
Chairman Mao is
personally commanding again.

983
01:00:15,508 --> 01:00:16,174
Now we can breathe easy.

984
01:00:16,208 --> 01:00:16,974
Our hearts are steady.

985
01:00:17,008 --> 01:00:18,574
The Chairman we know
is back to lead us.

986
01:00:18,608 --> 01:00:20,408
Chairman Mao is ten times
sharper than Chiang Kai-shek.

987
01:00:20,508 --> 01:00:22,708
If the enemy wants to catch
us, it won't be that easy.

988
01:00:22,808 --> 01:00:24,008
Good. Comrades,

989
01:00:24,408 --> 01:00:25,008
gather round.

990
01:00:31,408 --> 01:00:32,808
Our target for this assault

991
01:00:33,608 --> 01:00:34,308
is here...

992
01:00:35,808 --> 01:00:36,308
the salt depot.

993
01:00:36,608 --> 01:00:37,508
The reactionary
militia hoards salt

994
01:00:37,808 --> 01:00:38,308
and exploits the people.

995
01:00:38,808 --> 01:00:40,074
For the poor, salt
is a New Year's luxury.

996
01:00:40,108 --> 01:00:41,408
We will open the stores and
distribute salt to the villagers.

997
01:00:41,808 --> 01:00:44,608
After that, we will
enlist the villagers' help

998
01:00:44,808 --> 01:00:46,008
to build our pontoon bridge

999
01:00:46,408 --> 01:00:47,808
and complete the second
crossing of the Chishui.

1000
01:00:54,008 --> 01:00:55,708
We will divide
into three squads.

1001
01:00:56,008 --> 01:00:57,608
First squad... frontal assault.

1002
01:00:58,208 --> 01:01:00,408
Secure the main
gate of the depot.

1003
01:01:01,208 --> 01:01:04,208
We will exploit the gaps
in their patrol schedule

1004
01:01:04,408 --> 01:01:05,108
to close in.

1005
01:01:05,608 --> 01:01:07,508
Their guard will
be weakest then.

1006
01:01:07,808 --> 01:01:08,808
Two men will suffice.

1007
01:01:09,108 --> 01:01:10,008
But remember...

1008
01:01:10,408 --> 01:01:12,708
use knives and rope.

1009
01:01:13,108 --> 01:01:14,808
Eliminate them without a sound.

1010
01:01:15,808 --> 01:01:16,408
Second squad...

1011
01:01:16,808 --> 01:01:17,808
flanking from the rear.

1012
01:01:18,008 --> 01:01:20,074
Near this depot there
is a water channel.

1013
01:01:20,108 --> 01:01:21,308
The channel has a small gate.

1014
01:01:22,208 --> 01:01:23,708
It is narrow, but

1015
01:01:24,108 --> 01:01:25,208
poorly guarded.

1016
01:01:25,308 --> 01:01:26,608
We slip in quietly

1017
01:01:27,008 --> 01:01:27,908
straight into the depot interior

1018
01:01:28,408 --> 01:01:29,008
and seize it.

1019
01:01:29,708 --> 01:01:30,308
Third squad...

1020
01:01:30,808 --> 01:01:31,408
the assault team.

1021
01:01:31,808 --> 01:01:32,308
Strike

1022
01:01:32,808 --> 01:01:33,608
the enemy command post,

1023
01:01:33,808 --> 01:01:36,208
sever their command
and communications.

1024
01:01:36,908 --> 01:01:39,808
Right now, the enemy
believes they are safe.

1025
01:01:40,508 --> 01:01:41,608
While they are complacent

1026
01:01:42,208 --> 01:01:42,608
and careless,

1027
01:01:43,008 --> 01:01:43,808
we take them down.

1028
01:01:45,008 --> 01:01:45,708
Understood?

1029
01:01:46,208 --> 01:01:46,808
Understood.

1030
01:01:47,308 --> 01:01:48,008
Good.

1031
01:01:54,008 --> 01:01:54,508
Move.

1032
01:02:10,408 --> 01:02:10,874
The Communists!

1033
01:02:10,908 --> 01:02:11,408
What's going on?

1034
01:02:11,608 --> 01:02:14,008
The Communists are here!

1035
01:02:56,408 --> 01:02:57,008
Who's there?

1036
01:03:02,008 --> 01:03:02,408
Go.

1037
01:03:21,808 --> 01:03:22,308
Hurry.

1038
01:03:27,408 --> 01:03:27,808
Take the salt.

1039
01:03:42,908 --> 01:03:43,608
Old Zhu,

1040
01:03:44,808 --> 01:03:46,408
why have they barred
the doors so tight?

1041
01:03:47,408 --> 01:03:48,708
Are they afraid of us?

1042
01:03:49,808 --> 01:03:50,508
Not afraid.

1043
01:03:51,408 --> 01:03:52,408
They don't dare believe it.

1044
01:03:54,008 --> 01:03:55,608
We're not here to take.

1045
01:03:55,708 --> 01:03:57,408
We're giving their
salt back to them.

1046
01:03:58,008 --> 01:03:59,408
They've been robbed
all their lives.

1047
01:04:01,008 --> 01:04:02,008
They've long
accepted their fate.

1048
01:04:03,108 --> 01:04:04,408
Now that we tell
them to take it back,

1049
01:04:05,008 --> 01:04:06,008
they can hardly believe it.

1050
01:04:06,708 --> 01:04:07,208
Move fast.

1051
01:04:07,308 --> 01:04:07,708
Quickly.

1052
01:04:08,008 --> 01:04:08,608
Hurry.

1053
01:04:22,408 --> 01:04:22,608
Go.

1054
01:04:23,108 --> 01:04:23,808
Move, move.

1055
01:04:24,908 --> 01:04:26,608
Pick up the pace. Move.

1056
01:04:27,808 --> 01:04:28,808
Sharp now.

1057
01:04:29,008 --> 01:04:29,608
Move.

1058
01:04:29,908 --> 01:04:30,974
You few, head that way.

1059
01:04:31,008 --> 01:04:31,274
Yes.

1060
01:04:31,308 --> 01:04:31,908
The rest, follow me.

1061
01:04:32,008 --> 01:04:32,408
Go.

1062
01:05:09,008 --> 01:05:09,274
Rifle.

1063
01:05:09,308 --> 01:05:09,608
Catch.

1064
01:05:26,808 --> 01:05:27,074
Some say

1065
01:05:27,108 --> 01:05:29,174
the Chairman's crossing
in and out was a gamble.

1066
01:05:29,208 --> 01:05:31,174
No one else would dare it.

1067
01:05:31,208 --> 01:05:32,608
That's because he's
never been chased by dogs.

1068
01:05:33,308 --> 01:05:35,208
If I were cornered, not twice...

1069
01:05:35,408 --> 01:05:36,408
three times, four times,

1070
01:05:36,708 --> 01:05:38,408
I'd wade back into the Chishui.

1071
01:05:39,808 --> 01:05:40,808
The real trials

1072
01:05:41,808 --> 01:05:43,108
likely still lie ahead.

1073
01:05:55,108 --> 01:05:56,608
How could the
Communists turn back?

1074
01:05:56,708 --> 01:05:57,608
That's walking into a trap.

1075
01:05:58,908 --> 01:05:59,908
Why not?

1076
01:06:02,208 --> 01:06:03,508
It must be Mao Zedong.

1077
01:06:05,208 --> 01:06:06,808
Only Mao Zedong would
make such a move.

1078
01:06:07,908 --> 01:06:09,208
But it defies logic.

1079
01:06:09,808 --> 01:06:10,574
It defies the art of war.

1080
01:06:10,608 --> 01:06:11,708
Whose art of war?

1081
01:06:12,908 --> 01:06:13,808
Baoding Academy?

1082
01:06:14,208 --> 01:06:15,108
Whampoa?

1083
01:06:15,808 --> 01:06:16,408
The Soviets?

1084
01:06:16,908 --> 01:06:17,808
The Germans?

1085
01:06:19,308 --> 01:06:21,008
He was always a wild
monkey from the mountains.

1086
01:06:21,208 --> 01:06:22,608
He cares nothing
for your art of war.

1087
01:06:26,508 --> 01:06:28,174
All Sichuan units
rush to the Chishui

1088
01:06:28,208 --> 01:06:29,408
to block the Communists'
northward advance.

1089
01:06:30,408 --> 01:06:31,608
The Central Army enters Songkan

1090
01:06:31,708 --> 01:06:33,408
to prevent a
northeastward breakout.

1091
01:06:33,508 --> 01:06:34,308
Telegraph Wang Jialie...

1092
01:06:34,708 --> 01:06:35,608
hold Loushan Pass.

1093
01:06:35,708 --> 01:06:37,108
Block the Communists
from entering Zunyi.

1094
01:06:37,708 --> 01:06:38,808
Await the
encirclement's closure.

1095
01:06:39,308 --> 01:06:40,208
Annihilate the Communists.

1096
01:06:41,608 --> 01:06:42,308
Mao Zedong...

1097
01:06:43,608 --> 01:06:46,208
let us see how you
escape my grasp this time.

1098
01:06:50,508 --> 01:06:51,008
Enlai,

1099
01:06:52,608 --> 01:06:55,408
Bocheng, the latest
intelligence from Bureau Two...

1100
01:06:56,308 --> 01:06:57,374
the Sichuan Army
and the Central Army

1101
01:06:57,408 --> 01:06:58,608
are tightening their fist,

1102
01:06:59,008 --> 01:06:59,908
trying to crush us.

1103
01:07:00,008 --> 01:07:00,908
This Chiang Kai-shek...

1104
01:07:01,208 --> 01:07:02,308
he moves too fast.

1105
01:07:02,608 --> 01:07:04,708
We must make a
decision immediately.

1106
01:07:05,208 --> 01:07:05,908
In that case...

1107
01:07:06,608 --> 01:07:08,874
rather than wound ten
fingers, better to sever one.

1108
01:07:08,908 --> 01:07:10,408
If we are to retake Zunyi

1109
01:07:10,808 --> 01:07:12,208
and seize the initiative,

1110
01:07:12,608 --> 01:07:14,408
we must break through swiftly...

1111
01:07:15,708 --> 01:07:16,508
Loushan Pass.

1112
01:07:18,808 --> 01:07:20,208
Loushan Pass is
treacherous terrain,

1113
01:07:20,408 --> 01:07:21,408
ringed by mountains,

1114
01:07:22,408 --> 01:07:24,808
guarding the throat
between Zunyi and Sichuan.

1115
01:07:25,408 --> 01:07:26,408
Take Loushan Pass,

1116
01:07:27,308 --> 01:07:29,408
and the gates of
Zunyi swing open.

1117
01:07:30,608 --> 01:07:32,608
The Guizhou Sixth Regiment
is entrenched on the main peak.

1118
01:07:33,808 --> 01:07:35,808
The Guizhou Tenth Regiment holds
the high ground at Dianjinshan.

1119
01:07:40,408 --> 01:07:44,108
Chiang Kai-shek's Hankow
Residence Tell Wang Jialie...

1120
01:07:45,308 --> 01:07:48,674
if he cannot hold Loushan Pass,
he answers for the consequences.

1121
01:07:48,708 --> 01:07:49,708
Comrade Peng Dehuai,

1122
01:07:49,808 --> 01:07:51,108
take Loushan Pass
before nightfall.

1123
01:07:51,608 --> 01:07:52,108
Any problems?

1124
01:07:52,208 --> 01:07:53,008
My Third Army Group...

1125
01:07:53,408 --> 01:07:54,708
all four regiments
engage simultaneously.

1126
01:07:54,808 --> 01:07:55,808
The Thirteenth Regiment
leads the vanguard.

1127
01:07:56,608 --> 01:07:57,908
The Twelfth Regiment
strikes the center.

1128
01:07:58,808 --> 01:08:00,608
The Tenth and Eleventh
Regiments flank left and right.

1129
01:08:01,808 --> 01:08:02,808
No reserve?

1130
01:08:07,108 --> 01:08:08,208
I am the reserve.

1131
01:08:44,008 --> 01:08:44,608
Fire!

1132
01:09:07,108 --> 01:09:07,808
If I had artillery,

1133
01:09:08,508 --> 01:09:09,508
I'd take that hilltop.

1134
01:09:10,208 --> 01:09:10,708
Charge!

1135
01:09:16,608 --> 01:09:17,574
Follow me.

1136
01:09:17,608 --> 01:09:18,208
Right.

1137
01:09:19,208 --> 01:09:19,808
Old Zhu,

1138
01:09:20,108 --> 01:09:21,008
come with me.

1139
01:09:21,208 --> 01:09:21,708
Yes.

1140
01:09:22,208 --> 01:09:22,608
Go.

1141
01:09:32,008 --> 01:09:33,608
The Thirteenth Regiment's
Third Battalion is stalled.

1142
01:09:34,108 --> 01:09:34,908
The battalion
commander is wounded.

1143
01:09:35,608 --> 01:09:36,608
The political
instructor is dead.

1144
01:09:36,808 --> 01:09:38,374
The Thirteenth Regiment's
First Battalion is advancing

1145
01:09:38,408 --> 01:09:39,608
but pinned down by enemy fire.

1146
01:09:40,208 --> 01:09:41,008
Heavy losses.

1147
01:09:41,108 --> 01:09:43,408
The Guizhou Fifteenth Regiment
at Banqiao supports Loushan Pass,

1148
01:09:43,608 --> 01:09:45,208
forming a pincer
with Dianjinshan.

1149
01:09:45,308 --> 01:09:46,608
The Communists
are stretched thin.

1150
01:09:46,808 --> 01:09:49,408
Our fire covers the
road below Dianjinshan.

1151
01:09:49,708 --> 01:09:51,608
Three Communist assaults
have been repelled.

1152
01:09:56,808 --> 01:09:57,508
This Guizhou force...

1153
01:09:57,908 --> 01:09:59,274
heavier firepower
than any we've faced,

1154
01:09:59,308 --> 01:10:00,408
and far more stubborn.

1155
01:10:00,908 --> 01:10:01,874
Our Third Army Group

1156
01:10:01,908 --> 01:10:02,874
has been attacking
uphill at Dianjinshan.

1157
01:10:02,908 --> 01:10:03,908
It's a grinding fight.

1158
01:10:04,208 --> 01:10:06,308
This battle is turning into
another war of attrition.

1159
01:10:10,608 --> 01:10:11,908
The double-gun soldiers' lives

1160
01:10:12,808 --> 01:10:14,408
hang on a pipe of opium.

1161
01:10:15,408 --> 01:10:16,808
They've fought all day.

1162
01:10:16,908 --> 01:10:18,608
They must be fading by now.

1163
01:10:20,008 --> 01:10:21,708
Send a strike force now...

1164
01:10:23,208 --> 01:10:24,908
climb the back of Dianjinshan

1165
01:10:26,208 --> 01:10:27,208
and close the pincer.

1166
01:10:34,408 --> 01:10:35,708
Hold tight. Climb toward me.

1167
01:10:36,208 --> 01:10:36,608
Over here...

1168
01:10:36,908 --> 01:10:37,808
there's a handhold.

1169
01:10:46,308 --> 01:10:47,508
One step at a time.

1170
01:10:48,108 --> 01:10:49,208
Don't rush.

1171
01:10:50,408 --> 01:10:51,208
Watch the rope.

1172
01:10:51,808 --> 01:10:52,608
Mind your footing.

1173
01:11:40,808 --> 01:11:41,308
Quickly.

1174
01:11:41,708 --> 01:11:43,108
Find a foothold.

1175
01:11:54,308 --> 01:11:56,208
Old Zhu, hold on.

1176
01:12:22,008 --> 01:12:22,908
What are you waiting for?

1177
01:12:23,608 --> 01:12:25,308
Climb to the summit
and complete the mission.

1178
01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:27,208
Move.

1179
01:12:27,408 --> 01:12:28,308
That's an order.

1180
01:12:28,808 --> 01:12:30,008
There are more tasks ahead.

1181
01:12:49,208 --> 01:12:49,808
Old Zhao,

1182
01:12:51,008 --> 01:12:52,108
get a firm grip first.

1183
01:12:52,708 --> 01:12:54,608
Once you're secure, pull me up.

1184
01:12:56,308 --> 01:12:58,008
All right. Hold on.

1185
01:13:07,408 --> 01:13:07,908
Don't worry.

1186
01:13:08,308 --> 01:13:09,208
I tied it as tight as I could.

1187
01:13:43,508 --> 01:13:44,808
Old Zhu!

1188
01:14:00,608 --> 01:14:01,808
Old Zhu!

1189
01:14:55,208 --> 01:14:57,608
Comrades, charge!

1190
01:15:19,808 --> 01:15:21,108
Charge!

1191
01:15:30,408 --> 01:15:31,308
Follow me.

1192
01:15:40,108 --> 01:15:41,308
Turn the guns around.

1193
01:15:42,908 --> 01:15:43,508
Shells.

1194
01:15:44,908 --> 01:15:45,674
Loaded.

1195
01:15:45,708 --> 01:15:46,408
Ready.

1196
01:15:48,708 --> 01:15:49,108
Fire!

1197
01:16:11,508 --> 01:16:12,008
Old Zhao,

1198
01:16:13,408 --> 01:16:15,208
temper that foul
temper of yours.

1199
01:16:16,608 --> 01:16:18,008
See the view from
the summit for me.

1200
01:16:23,208 --> 01:16:24,408
Dianjinshan is taken.

1201
01:16:25,008 --> 01:16:26,408
The objective of
taking Loushan Pass

1202
01:16:26,508 --> 01:16:27,708
is more than half achieved.

1203
01:16:28,408 --> 01:16:31,008
This is a major
victory for the Red Army.

1204
01:16:31,608 --> 01:16:32,508
Returning to Zunyi

1205
01:16:33,108 --> 01:16:34,208
is within reach.

1206
01:16:40,208 --> 01:16:41,108
Say that again.

1207
01:16:41,708 --> 01:16:44,008
The Communists have
taken Dianjinshan.

1208
01:16:44,408 --> 01:16:46,174
They are now assaulting
the Loushan Pass main peak.

1209
01:16:47,808 --> 01:16:49,408
The enemy still holds the
southern slope in trenches.

1210
01:16:49,608 --> 01:16:51,808
The Sixth Regiment has
fallen back to Heishenmiao.

1211
01:16:52,108 --> 01:16:53,208
Bureau Two reports

1212
01:16:53,808 --> 01:16:55,274
Wu Qiwei is racing north with
two Central Army divisions.

1213
01:16:55,308 --> 01:16:56,374
The Guizhou Army will
fight to the last.

1214
01:16:56,408 --> 01:16:57,974
They will hold and
wait for relief.

1215
01:16:58,008 --> 01:16:59,374
Comrade Peng Dehuai,
from this moment,

1216
01:16:59,408 --> 01:17:01,408
the First and Third Army Groups
are under your unified command.

1217
01:17:01,608 --> 01:17:03,408
Tomorrow will be
a fierce battle.

1218
01:17:03,508 --> 01:17:04,608
Yes, sir.

1219
01:17:05,008 --> 01:17:05,208
Yes.

1220
01:17:22,008 --> 01:17:23,174
Once you've had your opium,

1221
01:17:23,208 --> 01:17:24,508
you are invincible warriors...

1222
01:17:24,808 --> 01:17:25,574
impervious to blade and bullet.

1223
01:17:25,608 --> 01:17:26,808
The Communists'
machine guns and cannons

1224
01:17:27,408 --> 01:17:28,708
will mean nothing to you.

1225
01:17:29,208 --> 01:17:29,608
Prepare for battle.

1226
01:17:31,108 --> 01:17:31,708
Prepare for battle.

1227
01:17:32,808 --> 01:17:33,408
Prepare for battle.

1228
01:17:34,208 --> 01:17:34,808
Prepare for battle.

1229
01:17:41,708 --> 01:17:42,208
Does it hurt?

1230
01:17:42,608 --> 01:17:43,208
No.

1231
01:17:43,608 --> 01:17:44,408
Good. It shouldn't.

1232
01:17:44,608 --> 01:17:45,308
Get up.

1233
01:17:46,308 --> 01:17:47,408
Kill the Communists!

1234
01:17:52,808 --> 01:17:53,408
Fire!

1235
01:18:06,108 --> 01:18:07,208
The Guizhou Army is coming.

1236
01:18:07,508 --> 01:18:08,208
Grab your rifles.

1237
01:18:11,208 --> 01:18:11,908
Quickly.

1238
01:18:34,808 --> 01:18:35,508
Chairman.

1239
01:18:36,008 --> 01:18:36,908
Generalissimo.

1240
01:19:10,208 --> 01:19:11,508
Bureau Two
intelligence indicates

1241
01:19:11,608 --> 01:19:14,108
the Guizhou Fifteenth Regiment
will flank right around Loushan Pass

1242
01:19:14,308 --> 01:19:15,408
to strike our left.

1243
01:19:15,608 --> 01:19:16,808
Strike where they must defend.

1244
01:19:17,008 --> 01:19:18,708
Order Wang Jialie
to send a force

1245
01:19:18,908 --> 01:19:20,008
to hammer the
Communists' weak point.

1246
01:19:20,408 --> 01:19:21,074
Orders from the commander...

1247
01:19:21,108 --> 01:19:21,808
push through
Niuwangtun at speed,

1248
01:19:22,208 --> 01:19:22,808
flank the Communist left wing.

1249
01:19:26,608 --> 01:19:28,208
The enemy ammunition
depot is indeed at Banqiao.

1250
01:19:30,908 --> 01:19:32,408
The Communists are
critically short of supplies.

1251
01:19:32,608 --> 01:19:33,474
Commit everything.

1252
01:19:33,508 --> 01:19:35,208
Bleed the Communists'
fighting strength.

1253
01:19:40,608 --> 01:19:41,608
The enemy is
strong, we are weak.

1254
01:19:41,808 --> 01:19:43,608
Give ground one step,
then strike by flanking.

1255
01:19:43,908 --> 01:19:46,408
Send a detachment to
raid the enemy rear.

1256
01:19:57,108 --> 01:19:58,608
Charge! Forward!

1257
01:20:11,608 --> 01:20:12,908
Destroy the Banqiao
ammunition depot.

1258
01:20:13,108 --> 01:20:14,608
Cut their supply line,
break their morale.

1259
01:20:14,808 --> 01:20:16,774
Number Two gun in position.

1260
01:20:16,808 --> 01:20:17,574
Ready.

1261
01:20:17,608 --> 01:20:18,108
Fire!

1262
01:20:37,908 --> 01:20:39,208
Taking the pass is paramount.

1263
01:20:39,308 --> 01:20:41,208
The enforcement squad strictly ordered
the Guizhou Army to attack the enemy.

1264
01:20:41,408 --> 01:20:42,808
Any who retreat will be shot.

1265
01:20:44,408 --> 01:20:45,508
Reconnoiter the enemy positions.

1266
01:20:45,608 --> 01:20:47,708
Find their weakest
point and break through.

1267
01:20:48,008 --> 01:20:49,408
Then strike the vital point...

1268
01:20:50,008 --> 01:20:51,508
destroy the Guizhou
command post.

1269
01:20:51,608 --> 01:20:53,008
This battle we will win.

1270
01:22:43,008 --> 01:22:46,708
Gentlemen, today is
my mother's birthday.

1271
01:22:47,908 --> 01:22:48,208
Welcome.

1272
01:22:54,808 --> 01:22:56,008
Chiang Kai-shek and his lot

1273
01:22:56,208 --> 01:22:57,108
will be driven out
sooner or later.

1274
01:22:57,508 --> 01:23:00,608
Guiyang will still
answer to me, Wang Jialie.

1275
01:23:02,308 --> 01:23:03,608
Make way.

1276
01:23:05,208 --> 01:23:06,008
Make way.

1277
01:23:08,008 --> 01:23:09,574
Congratulations, Chairman Wang.

1278
01:23:09,608 --> 01:23:10,208
Chairman.

1279
01:23:11,608 --> 01:23:12,408
Chairman.

1280
01:23:13,808 --> 01:23:14,408
Make way.

1281
01:23:21,308 --> 01:23:22,108
The Communists...

1282
01:23:22,908 --> 01:23:24,508
The Communists are back!

1283
01:23:32,408 --> 01:23:32,874
Back?

1284
01:23:32,908 --> 01:23:33,808
They're back.

1285
01:23:35,008 --> 01:23:36,208
Why have they returned?

1286
01:23:37,208 --> 01:23:37,908
Move, move, move.

1287
01:23:38,208 --> 01:23:39,808
We'll take the trail
to Zhongzhuangpu.

1288
01:23:40,308 --> 01:23:42,008
Brother Wu, save me!

1289
01:23:42,208 --> 01:23:44,508
The Communists have taken Zunyi.

1290
01:23:45,808 --> 01:23:46,508
Look...

1291
01:23:47,108 --> 01:23:48,208
south of Zunyi

1292
01:23:48,608 --> 01:23:50,008
there are two high points.

1293
01:23:50,808 --> 01:23:52,008
One is Laoyashan.

1294
01:23:52,408 --> 01:23:53,308
One is Honghuagang.

1295
01:23:53,608 --> 01:23:55,308
Only by taking both hills

1296
01:23:55,808 --> 01:23:56,608
can Zunyi

1297
01:23:57,008 --> 01:23:57,774
be retaken.

1298
01:23:57,808 --> 01:23:59,808
What is the situation
on those two hills now?

1299
01:24:00,908 --> 01:24:02,008
In Communist hands.

1300
01:24:03,508 --> 01:24:04,208
Brother Wang,

1301
01:24:05,008 --> 01:24:06,208
go have a smoke and rest.

1302
01:24:06,608 --> 01:24:07,308
Set up a command post here.

1303
01:24:08,608 --> 01:24:09,608
We attack Laoyashan immediately.

1304
01:24:10,208 --> 01:24:11,608
Attack Laoyashan at once.

1305
01:24:15,908 --> 01:24:17,408
Enemy radio signals
have intensified sharply.

1306
01:24:18,208 --> 01:24:19,108
They're at Zhongzhuangpu.

1307
01:24:19,208 --> 01:24:21,008
Chen Guang... I need
you to move at full speed,

1308
01:24:21,208 --> 01:24:23,408
flank around, find Wu
Qiwei's command post,

1309
01:24:23,808 --> 01:24:24,708
and drive a blade
straight into it.

1310
01:24:25,908 --> 01:24:28,408
Peng Dehuai at
Laoyashan can barely hold.

1311
01:24:30,108 --> 01:24:30,608
Where is Lin Biao?

1312
01:24:31,208 --> 01:24:32,008
What position has he reached?

1313
01:24:32,508 --> 01:24:33,774
Back in the Soviet
area, they used to say...

1314
01:24:33,808 --> 01:24:34,974
the Third Army Group's flanking,

1315
01:24:35,008 --> 01:24:36,008
the Fifth Army Group's sabers,

1316
01:24:36,108 --> 01:24:38,208
and the First Army
Group... what was it?

1317
01:24:38,408 --> 01:24:39,408
The First Army Group's...

1318
01:24:40,408 --> 01:24:41,208
charge.

1319
01:24:43,408 --> 01:24:44,608
Corps Commander, we...

1320
01:24:46,108 --> 01:24:46,808
Steady.

1321
01:24:47,708 --> 01:24:48,574
Wait a little longer.

1322
01:24:55,408 --> 01:24:56,208
It's Chen Guang.

1323
01:24:56,408 --> 01:24:57,608
He's found Wu
Qiwei's headquarters.

1324
01:24:57,708 --> 01:24:58,308
But Wu has fled.

1325
01:24:58,408 --> 01:24:58,908
Pursue?

1326
01:24:59,008 --> 01:24:59,308
Pursue.

1327
01:25:00,208 --> 01:25:01,008
How far?

1328
01:25:03,608 --> 01:25:04,508
A hundred li.

1329
01:25:05,908 --> 01:25:06,608
Five days.

1330
01:25:06,908 --> 01:25:07,808
Only five days.

1331
01:25:08,708 --> 01:25:09,374
A rabble in rags

1332
01:25:09,408 --> 01:25:10,908
routed two divisions
and eight regiments.

1333
01:25:11,208 --> 01:25:12,308
Wang Jialie was
always soft, fine.

1334
01:25:13,208 --> 01:25:15,308
But even Wu Qiwei was
sent fleeing in disgrace,

1335
01:25:15,808 --> 01:25:17,908
staging a suicide
scene at the Wu River.

1336
01:25:18,608 --> 01:25:19,608
Disgraceful.

1337
01:25:19,808 --> 01:25:20,808
An utter disgrace.

1338
01:25:22,008 --> 01:25:22,408
Attention.

1339
01:25:22,808 --> 01:25:23,574
Telegraph all units...

1340
01:25:23,608 --> 01:25:25,008
I, the Generalissimo, have
established command in Chongqing.

1341
01:25:25,208 --> 01:25:26,874
All forces in
Sichuan and Guizhou

1342
01:25:26,908 --> 01:25:28,408
shall be under my
unified command.

1343
01:25:28,608 --> 01:25:29,608
No unit shall advance
or retreat without orders.

1344
01:25:29,808 --> 01:25:31,208
All forces

1345
01:25:31,308 --> 01:25:33,008
shall attack the bandits
at Zunyi with full strength.

1346
01:25:33,208 --> 01:25:34,208
Yes, sir.

1347
01:25:36,008 --> 01:25:38,308
It seems Wang Jialie
has been stung hard.

1348
01:25:38,608 --> 01:25:40,608
He's holed up in Daguxinchang
and refuses to come out.

1349
01:25:40,808 --> 01:25:42,608
The other armies are
all dragging their feet,

1350
01:25:42,708 --> 01:25:43,408
watching from the sidelines.

1351
01:25:44,008 --> 01:25:45,874
Only Zhou Hunyuan remains on
the north bank of the Wu River,

1352
01:25:45,908 --> 01:25:46,608
not moving an inch.

1353
01:25:46,908 --> 01:25:48,308
Send a detachment
to feint and lure...

1354
01:25:48,408 --> 01:25:49,908
harass his Xiao
and Xie divisions,

1355
01:25:50,008 --> 01:25:50,808
draw the snake from its hole.

1356
01:25:52,608 --> 01:25:53,808
If both snakes come out,

1357
01:25:54,108 --> 01:25:54,474
which do we strike?

1358
01:25:54,508 --> 01:25:55,908
Since they are snakes,
we need not fear them.

1359
01:25:56,108 --> 01:25:57,108
One comes, we strike one.

1360
01:25:57,208 --> 01:25:58,608
Two come, we strike both.

1361
01:25:58,808 --> 01:26:00,108
Destroying the enemy
in mobile warfare...

1362
01:26:00,208 --> 01:26:02,008
that is our greatest strength.

1363
01:26:02,808 --> 01:26:03,608
The more restless
Chiang Kai-shek becomes,

1364
01:26:04,208 --> 01:26:05,508
the more advantageous

1365
01:26:05,808 --> 01:26:07,608
it is for us.

1366
01:26:13,808 --> 01:26:15,374
We nearly fell for
Mao Zedong's trick.

1367
01:26:15,608 --> 01:26:16,174
Notify Zhou Hunyuan...

1368
01:26:16,608 --> 01:26:17,908
halt the advance immediately.

1369
01:26:18,108 --> 01:26:18,874
Fortify his positions.

1370
01:26:20,408 --> 01:26:21,208
Remind him

1371
01:26:21,908 --> 01:26:22,708
to be like Guo Huai...

1372
01:26:23,208 --> 01:26:23,908
steady and methodical.

1373
01:26:24,808 --> 01:26:25,808
Not like Xiahou Yuan.

1374
01:26:36,608 --> 01:26:37,808
This Mao Zedong...

1375
01:26:39,708 --> 01:26:40,508
he is no simple man.

1376
01:26:40,808 --> 01:26:41,608
What is it?

1377
01:26:43,008 --> 01:26:44,808
This is the latest
from Bureau Two.

1378
01:26:45,208 --> 01:26:47,208
Zhou Hunyuan has
fallen back to Lubanchang

1379
01:26:47,408 --> 01:26:48,408
and is building blockhouses.

1380
01:26:48,608 --> 01:26:49,974
The surrounding enemy forces

1381
01:26:50,008 --> 01:26:51,508
are still employing
the old tactics

1382
01:26:51,608 --> 01:26:53,008
from the encirclement campaigns
against the Soviet Area...

1383
01:26:53,108 --> 01:26:55,174
scorched earth, closing
in on us layer by layer.

1384
01:26:55,208 --> 01:26:57,008
They mean to starve
us to death here.

1385
01:26:57,608 --> 01:26:59,408
Comrades Lin Biao and
Nie Rongzhen suggest

1386
01:26:59,808 --> 01:27:02,208
we might consider striking
Wang Jialie again...

1387
01:27:02,508 --> 01:27:03,708
taking Daguxinchang.

1388
01:27:04,008 --> 01:27:04,608
That would give us

1389
01:27:04,908 --> 01:27:06,208
much-needed supplies.

1390
01:27:06,508 --> 01:27:08,808
Wang Jialie is already a
bird startled by the bow.

1391
01:27:09,608 --> 01:27:12,174
In our experience,
we could likely take it

1392
01:27:12,208 --> 01:27:13,208
without firing a shot.

1393
01:27:13,508 --> 01:27:14,308
However,

1394
01:27:14,908 --> 01:27:17,208
always picking on
Wang Jialie alone

1395
01:27:17,308 --> 01:27:19,008
hardly seems a worthy victory.

1396
01:27:23,908 --> 01:27:24,508
Generalissimo,

1397
01:27:25,208 --> 01:27:27,408
should we not guard
against the Communists

1398
01:27:27,908 --> 01:27:29,574
raiding Daguxinchang?

1399
01:27:29,608 --> 01:27:30,708
In our previous campaigns,

1400
01:27:31,208 --> 01:27:32,908
even with an iron net cast,

1401
01:27:33,408 --> 01:27:34,608
there was always one gap.

1402
01:27:37,008 --> 01:27:37,874
The Communists always find

1403
01:27:37,908 --> 01:27:39,808
the weakest point in our defense

1404
01:27:40,208 --> 01:27:41,608
and slip away.

1405
01:27:45,808 --> 01:27:47,508
Now our forces
advance step by step.

1406
01:27:49,008 --> 01:27:50,174
The Communists will soon be

1407
01:27:50,208 --> 01:27:51,208
out of ammunition and grain.

1408
01:27:51,808 --> 01:27:52,908
A hungry man

1409
01:27:53,208 --> 01:27:54,174
cannot think clearly.

1410
01:27:54,208 --> 01:27:55,208
At that point,

1411
01:27:56,108 --> 01:27:57,874
I dangle Wang Jialie
before them like a fat prize.

1412
01:27:57,908 --> 01:27:58,908
Let them come.

1413
01:28:03,608 --> 01:28:05,008
If they dare come,

1414
01:28:10,808 --> 01:28:13,408
staying cooped up here
is no solution either.

1415
01:28:13,808 --> 01:28:14,808
A fight is feasible.

1416
01:28:15,208 --> 01:28:16,608
Only movement brings victory.

1417
01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:18,008
As for how to fight...

1418
01:28:18,608 --> 01:28:19,608
the front-line political
commissar decides.

1419
01:28:20,208 --> 01:28:20,874
I execute.

1420
01:28:20,908 --> 01:28:22,708
Very well. Let us
put it to a vote.

1421
01:28:25,208 --> 01:28:26,208
I disagree.

1422
01:28:28,708 --> 01:28:30,608
Then tell us... why
can we not attack?

1423
01:28:30,808 --> 01:28:32,208
If we strike Daguxinchang,

1424
01:28:32,808 --> 01:28:33,908
Zhou Hunyuan's forces

1425
01:28:34,208 --> 01:28:35,474
will certainly close
in from the flank.

1426
01:28:35,508 --> 01:28:37,208
You worry over nothing.

1427
01:28:38,708 --> 01:28:39,608
Runzhi,

1428
01:28:41,608 --> 01:28:42,308
very well.

1429
01:28:42,408 --> 01:28:43,408
Who agrees with me?

1430
01:28:46,808 --> 01:28:47,408
It seems

1431
01:28:48,008 --> 01:28:50,608
only Enlai supports
Runzhi's view.

1432
01:29:11,608 --> 01:29:13,008
Since you all disagree with me,

1433
01:29:22,308 --> 01:29:23,808
then what purpose does
this front-line commissar

1434
01:29:25,208 --> 01:29:26,408
still serve?

1435
01:29:27,608 --> 01:29:28,208
I resign.

1436
01:30:48,408 --> 01:30:51,008
The decisions a man makes
often hinge on small details.

1437
01:30:51,308 --> 01:30:52,608
You served alongside
Chiang Kai-shek.

1438
01:30:53,508 --> 01:30:54,508
What manner of man is he?

1439
01:30:55,608 --> 01:30:56,708
Chiang Kai-shek...

1440
01:30:58,008 --> 01:30:59,974
even at Whampoa, he had
already risen to prominence,

1441
01:31:00,008 --> 01:31:01,008
commanding considerable respect.

1442
01:31:01,708 --> 01:31:02,608
He keeps a diary.

1443
01:31:03,608 --> 01:31:06,008
No matter how
busy, he makes time

1444
01:31:06,208 --> 01:31:07,808
to reflect and record each day.

1445
01:31:08,008 --> 01:31:09,608
For over twenty years,
without a single break.

1446
01:31:10,808 --> 01:31:11,608
I often think...

1447
01:31:12,208 --> 01:31:14,208
a man who persists in one thing,

1448
01:31:15,008 --> 01:31:17,808
even a small thing,
is a formidable man.

1449
01:31:18,508 --> 01:31:19,508
At this very moment,

1450
01:31:19,808 --> 01:31:21,308
while you study him,

1451
01:31:22,208 --> 01:31:24,108
he may well be studying you.

1452
01:31:26,008 --> 01:31:26,808
Runzhi,

1453
01:31:27,308 --> 01:31:28,508
your eloquence is unmatched.

1454
01:31:29,108 --> 01:31:31,108
Why did you not press
your case at the meeting?

1455
01:31:31,808 --> 01:31:32,908
I believe you could
have prevailed.

1456
01:31:33,008 --> 01:31:38,208
Enlai, secrecy brings success;

1457
01:31:39,608 --> 01:31:40,808
loose tongues bring ruin.

1458
01:31:41,308 --> 01:31:43,808
You are the final authority
on military decisions.

1459
01:31:45,208 --> 01:31:46,608
Some things I can
only say to you.

1460
01:31:47,808 --> 01:31:48,808
Daguxinchang

1461
01:31:49,508 --> 01:31:50,174
must not be attacked.

1462
01:31:50,808 --> 01:31:52,208
Commander Zhu was right.

1463
01:31:53,408 --> 01:31:55,208
In military matters,
you are right.

1464
01:31:56,108 --> 01:31:57,508
And you have always been right.

1465
01:31:58,908 --> 01:31:59,708
Look...

1466
01:32:08,008 --> 01:32:09,408
these two intelligence
reports in my hand

1467
01:32:10,208 --> 01:32:11,608
were just decrypted
by Bureau Two.

1468
01:32:11,808 --> 01:32:13,408
Chiang Kai-shek's
latest dispositions.

1469
01:32:14,708 --> 01:32:16,608
If we attack Daguxinchang,

1470
01:32:17,108 --> 01:32:18,508
the forces facing us head-on

1471
01:32:19,008 --> 01:32:20,174
would be the Guizhou remnants

1472
01:32:20,208 --> 01:32:21,608
and Yunnan reinforcements.

1473
01:32:21,708 --> 01:32:23,274
Flanking us from
the side and rear...

1474
01:32:23,308 --> 01:32:24,408
the Central Army
and the Sichuan Army.

1475
01:32:27,008 --> 01:32:27,608
Comrades,

1476
01:32:28,608 --> 01:32:30,008
attacked from front and rear...

1477
01:32:30,108 --> 01:32:31,908
nine deaths, one survival.

1478
01:32:35,208 --> 01:32:36,608
We now put it to a vote...

1479
01:32:37,408 --> 01:32:38,708
shall we rescind

1480
01:32:39,108 --> 01:32:40,908
the proposal to
attack Daguxinchang?

1481
01:32:46,708 --> 01:32:47,808
Good. Carried.

1482
01:32:49,008 --> 01:32:49,908
Now then...

1483
01:32:50,708 --> 01:32:51,608
shall we restore

1484
01:32:53,108 --> 01:32:53,908
Mao Zedong

1485
01:32:55,208 --> 01:32:56,208
to his post as
political commissar

1486
01:32:56,908 --> 01:32:57,808
of the Front Command?

1487
01:33:05,208 --> 01:33:06,008
Carried.

1488
01:33:11,408 --> 01:33:12,308
I have a plan.

1489
01:33:16,608 --> 01:33:18,008
We concentrate our forces

1490
01:33:18,508 --> 01:33:20,174
and strike Zhou
Hunyuan at Lubanchang.

1491
01:33:20,708 --> 01:33:22,774
Once Chiang Kai-shek's
armies converge,

1492
01:33:23,408 --> 01:33:24,608
we cross at Maotai

1493
01:33:24,908 --> 01:33:25,874
... the third crossing
of the Chishui.

1494
01:33:25,908 --> 01:33:26,974
The entire army goes to ground.

1495
01:33:28,808 --> 01:33:29,408
Then we send one regiment

1496
01:33:30,208 --> 01:33:31,374
with a high-power radio set,

1497
01:33:31,408 --> 01:33:32,574
disguised as the main force,

1498
01:33:32,608 --> 01:33:34,174
to assault Gulin county seat.

1499
01:33:34,208 --> 01:33:35,408
The Communists have
withdrawn from Lubanchang.

1500
01:33:35,608 --> 01:33:36,274
They've vanished.

1501
01:33:36,308 --> 01:33:38,108
What do you mean, vanished?

1502
01:33:38,408 --> 01:33:40,408
Because we still cannot
break their cipher,

1503
01:33:40,608 --> 01:33:42,708
we can only rely on their
transmission frequency

1504
01:33:42,908 --> 01:33:45,408
and location to estimate the
Communist central command's position.

1505
01:33:46,008 --> 01:33:48,774
But since yesterday, the
Communist central radio

1506
01:33:48,808 --> 01:33:50,208
has maintained complete silence.

1507
01:33:50,608 --> 01:33:52,508
Therefore, we cannot trace them.

1508
01:33:52,808 --> 01:33:54,408
Is their cipher
truly that advanced?

1509
01:33:54,908 --> 01:33:56,108
Why can we not break it?

1510
01:33:58,808 --> 01:33:59,974
The Communist cipher

1511
01:34:00,008 --> 01:34:01,408
employs a
double-encryption system.

1512
01:34:01,908 --> 01:34:03,008
Within a single message,

1513
01:34:03,408 --> 01:34:04,374
the same code yields
different characters,

1514
01:34:04,408 --> 01:34:05,408
the same character
yields different codes.

1515
01:34:05,808 --> 01:34:08,508
The difficulty of decryption
is therefore immense.

1516
01:34:08,608 --> 01:34:09,808
If the problem cannot be solved,

1517
01:34:10,408 --> 01:34:12,908
can we not eliminate
the man who created it?

1518
01:34:13,408 --> 01:34:15,008
Who designed their cipher?

1519
01:34:16,608 --> 01:34:18,408
This cipher is
called the Hao Cipher.

1520
01:34:20,208 --> 01:34:22,208
The man who designed it is

1521
01:34:23,608 --> 01:34:24,608
Zhou Enlai.

1522
01:34:32,808 --> 01:34:33,208
Report.

1523
01:34:33,708 --> 01:34:34,774
Aerial reconnaissance reports

1524
01:34:34,808 --> 01:34:36,508
Communist main forces
spotted near Maotai.

1525
01:34:54,708 --> 01:34:55,308
Bear with it.

1526
01:34:55,508 --> 01:34:56,208
Almost done.

1527
01:35:00,408 --> 01:35:01,308
Easy, easy.

1528
01:35:02,008 --> 01:35:02,808
The stairs are slippery.

1529
01:35:03,008 --> 01:35:03,508
Take it slow.

1530
01:35:03,908 --> 01:35:04,508
Careful.

1531
01:35:05,808 --> 01:35:06,308
Boss,

1532
01:35:07,708 --> 01:35:08,508
did they pay?

1533
01:35:08,608 --> 01:35:09,008
Sir,

1534
01:35:09,408 --> 01:35:10,008
they did.

1535
01:35:10,708 --> 01:35:11,508
I've long heard

1536
01:35:11,808 --> 01:35:14,008
that the Red Army never
runs a tab wherever they go.

1537
01:35:14,808 --> 01:35:15,708
Selling this liquor to you

1538
01:35:16,208 --> 01:35:16,808
was well worth it.

1539
01:35:17,408 --> 01:35:18,008
Good.

1540
01:35:19,008 --> 01:35:21,008
Maotai is renowned
for its fine liquor.

1541
01:35:21,508 --> 01:35:22,808
The reputation is well earned.

1542
01:35:23,808 --> 01:35:24,308
Boss,

1543
01:35:25,008 --> 01:35:25,808
your liquor...

1544
01:35:26,408 --> 01:35:27,808
it will be even
more famous someday.

1545
01:35:31,608 --> 01:35:32,908
Thank you, sir.

1546
01:35:34,008 --> 01:35:36,008
Young comrade, let me take that.

1547
01:35:36,408 --> 01:35:37,208
Thank you.

1548
01:35:48,608 --> 01:35:49,708
Chairman, it's all right.

1549
01:35:50,008 --> 01:35:50,508
Let me.

1550
01:35:56,308 --> 01:35:57,808
We've never had enough gauze.

1551
01:35:59,808 --> 01:36:01,408
Before, we could
only boil it in water,

1552
01:36:01,808 --> 01:36:04,008
but some soldiers still
suffered reinfection.

1553
01:36:04,408 --> 01:36:05,008
Now, at last,

1554
01:36:05,608 --> 01:36:07,008
we can disinfect with liquor.

1555
01:36:09,008 --> 01:36:09,808
Wonderful.

1556
01:36:50,208 --> 01:36:52,108
The Third Crossing
of the Chishui

1557
01:36:57,908 --> 01:36:59,108
I don't know why,

1558
01:36:59,708 --> 01:37:01,208
but every time I
see you, I get angry.

1559
01:37:03,608 --> 01:37:04,508
Old Zhu said

1560
01:37:05,408 --> 01:37:06,708
you remind him of
his younger self.

1561
01:37:08,808 --> 01:37:09,508
Like hell I do.

1562
01:37:20,908 --> 01:37:21,708
I'm the same as you.

1563
01:37:22,508 --> 01:37:24,008
Since I was small, I was
treated less than human.

1564
01:37:24,908 --> 01:37:26,008
Plenty of whippings.

1565
01:37:26,908 --> 01:37:28,408
Until I met Old Zhu.

1566
01:37:29,808 --> 01:37:30,708
He told me...

1567
01:37:34,108 --> 01:37:35,408
only by joining the Red Army

1568
01:37:40,408 --> 01:37:42,374
can we protect people like us,

1569
01:37:42,808 --> 01:37:43,808
and help the poor stand up.

1570
01:37:45,008 --> 01:37:46,608
The Third Company that
set out from Ruijin...

1571
01:37:47,208 --> 01:37:48,208
I'm the only one left.

1572
01:37:48,808 --> 01:37:49,808
These past two nights,
when I close my eyes,

1573
01:37:51,108 --> 01:37:53,008
all I see is Old Zhu,
smiling, saying...

1574
01:37:55,808 --> 01:37:57,708
every one of us
soldiers is a seed.

1575
01:37:57,908 --> 01:37:59,008
As long as the seed endures,

1576
01:38:01,208 --> 01:38:02,208
the Third Company endures.

1577
01:38:08,208 --> 01:38:09,008
Why are you crying?

1578
01:38:09,908 --> 01:38:10,408
Hold it in.

1579
01:38:12,508 --> 01:38:13,908
In war, men die.
That's how it is.

1580
01:38:27,008 --> 01:38:28,408
Have we taken a wrong turn?

1581
01:38:31,008 --> 01:38:31,808
Just keep walking.

1582
01:38:32,608 --> 01:38:33,408
We'll know soon enough.

1583
01:38:34,008 --> 01:38:34,408
Move.

1584
01:38:35,208 --> 01:38:37,508
Remember what Old Zhu said
about Chairman Mao's tactics?

1585
01:38:37,908 --> 01:38:40,008
Sometimes west,

1586
01:38:41,408 --> 01:38:41,908
Generalissimo,

1587
01:38:42,208 --> 01:38:44,008
Mao Zedong is cunning by nature.

1588
01:38:44,508 --> 01:38:47,308
This crossing was done in broad
daylight, with great fanfare.

1589
01:38:47,608 --> 01:38:50,308
It seems deliberate.

1590
01:38:51,008 --> 01:38:52,008
You do not know Mao Zedong.

1591
01:38:52,608 --> 01:38:55,008
His greatest skill is...
when false, make it seem true;

1592
01:38:55,608 --> 01:38:56,808
when true, make it seem false.

1593
01:38:57,008 --> 01:38:58,008
Crossing in daylight

1594
01:39:00,308 --> 01:39:01,608
is a performance.

1595
01:39:03,608 --> 01:39:04,008
Orders...

1596
01:39:06,108 --> 01:39:07,508
concentrate all
intelligence resources

1597
01:39:08,208 --> 01:39:10,208
to monitor Gulin in
Sichuan and the Xuyong area.

1598
01:39:10,808 --> 01:39:12,408
Second, telegraph the air force.

1599
01:39:12,608 --> 01:39:13,608
Order them to intensify
reconnaissance.

1600
01:39:14,108 --> 01:39:15,408
If all goes as expected,

1601
01:39:16,608 --> 01:39:17,608
within three days,

1602
01:39:18,308 --> 01:39:19,208
we will have results.

1603
01:39:26,308 --> 01:39:27,908
Guangshi Li Qing Shengdi
Kesheng Shi Chongqing Zhuguo

1604
01:39:28,008 --> 01:39:29,208
Daodian

1605
01:39:32,208 --> 01:39:32,808
Report.

1606
01:39:33,308 --> 01:39:34,208
In the Gulin, Zhenlongshan area,

1607
01:39:34,408 --> 01:39:36,508
the Communist central command
radio has been detected transmitting.

1608
01:39:40,208 --> 01:39:42,208
Just as you predicted.

1609
01:39:44,008 --> 01:39:45,708
The Generalissimo's
foresight is unmatched.

1610
01:39:50,108 --> 01:39:50,608
Orders...

1611
01:39:51,208 --> 01:39:53,408
Zhou Hunyuan and Wu
Qiwei pursue toward Gulin.

1612
01:39:53,708 --> 01:39:54,308
Sun Du at Bijie,

1613
01:39:54,608 --> 01:39:56,108
Wang Jialie intercepts
north of Jinsha.

1614
01:39:56,408 --> 01:39:56,908
In Sichuan,

1615
01:39:57,008 --> 01:39:59,508
Pan Wenhua dispatches five
brigades to block at Gulin and Xuyong.

1616
01:39:59,608 --> 01:40:02,174
The Fifty-Third Division
advances from Shiqian toward Zunyi.

1617
01:40:02,208 --> 01:40:03,208
All columns
construct blockhouses

1618
01:40:03,908 --> 01:40:04,708
to form a blockade line.

1619
01:40:04,808 --> 01:40:05,608
Yes, sir.

1620
01:40:06,608 --> 01:40:07,008
Prepare the car.

1621
01:40:07,808 --> 01:40:08,208
Generalissimo,

1622
01:40:08,508 --> 01:40:09,208
where are you going?

1623
01:40:09,608 --> 01:40:10,808
To Guiyang, of course,
to direct operations.

1624
01:40:11,708 --> 01:40:12,508
The success of the
bandit suppression

1625
01:40:13,408 --> 01:40:14,308
hinges on this moment.

1626
01:40:51,708 --> 01:40:52,008
Madam,

1627
01:40:52,308 --> 01:40:54,008
Madam Wan Shufen, wife of Wang
Jialie, requests an audience.

1628
01:40:56,808 --> 01:40:57,208
Refuse her.

1629
01:41:02,408 --> 01:41:08,708
Chiang Kai-shek was conferred the rank of Special-Class General, becoming
the only officer in National Government history to formally hold this rank.

1630
01:41:10,908 --> 01:41:11,208
Move aside.

1631
01:41:15,008 --> 01:41:15,608
Generalissimo,

1632
01:41:16,308 --> 01:41:17,308
forty li outside Guiyang,

1633
01:41:18,608 --> 01:41:19,408
Communist forces
have been sighted.

1634
01:42:10,608 --> 01:42:11,308
I have a plan.

1635
01:42:11,808 --> 01:42:13,808
Step one... strike Zhou
Hunyuan at Lubanchang.

1636
01:42:14,008 --> 01:42:16,108
If we cross the river right
under Zhou Hunyuan's nose,

1637
01:42:16,408 --> 01:42:17,808
he will certainly
send troops in pursuit.

1638
01:42:18,008 --> 01:42:21,408
But if we hit him hard at
Lubanchang, hurt him enough,

1639
01:42:21,608 --> 01:42:23,608
he will bolt his gates
and dare not sally forth.

1640
01:42:23,708 --> 01:42:24,608
Then step two...

1641
01:42:25,408 --> 01:42:26,408
cross in broad daylight.

1642
01:42:27,408 --> 01:42:28,408
The third crossing
of the Chishui.

1643
01:42:30,708 --> 01:42:31,608
But Chiang Kai-shek

1644
01:42:32,108 --> 01:42:33,308
is suspicious by nature.

1645
01:42:33,908 --> 01:42:34,508
Doing this

1646
01:42:35,108 --> 01:42:35,608
may not

1647
01:42:36,208 --> 01:42:37,208
deceive him.

1648
01:42:37,408 --> 01:42:39,608
Crossing in daylight
is a performance.

1649
01:42:39,808 --> 01:42:41,608
Monitor Gulin and
Xuyong in Sichuan.

1650
01:42:42,308 --> 01:42:43,108
Telegraph the air force.

1651
01:42:43,308 --> 01:42:44,408
Order them to intensify
reconnaissance.

1652
01:42:44,808 --> 01:42:47,408
The purpose of all this is
to make him believe our plan

1653
01:42:47,708 --> 01:42:49,608
is to continue marching
north and cross the Yangtze.

1654
01:42:49,808 --> 01:42:51,308
Let him redeploy his own forces,

1655
01:42:51,608 --> 01:42:53,408
tearing open a gap for us

1656
01:42:53,608 --> 01:42:54,508
in his iron wall
of encirclement.

1657
01:42:54,608 --> 01:42:57,008
And if he continues to dig
in deep and refuse to move?

1658
01:42:57,608 --> 01:42:58,008
Then good.

1659
01:42:58,808 --> 01:42:59,908
We proceed to the next step.

1660
01:43:06,008 --> 01:43:06,808
We send him a surprise force.

1661
01:43:07,008 --> 01:43:08,208
Have we taken a wrong turn?

1662
01:43:08,908 --> 01:43:09,508
Just keep walking.

1663
01:43:10,208 --> 01:43:11,208
We'll know soon enough.

1664
01:43:13,308 --> 01:43:14,374
Raise the torches high.

1665
01:43:14,408 --> 01:43:15,408
Let them see us clearly.

1666
01:43:15,808 --> 01:43:16,808
Yes, sir.

1667
01:43:26,608 --> 01:43:27,208
The fish has taken the bait.

1668
01:43:27,608 --> 01:43:28,408
Grab your weapons. Move.

1669
01:43:29,408 --> 01:43:31,008
In strategy, we must
despise the enemy.

1670
01:43:31,408 --> 01:43:33,608
But in tactics, we must
take the enemy seriously.

1671
01:43:33,808 --> 01:43:34,308
This strike force

1672
01:43:34,408 --> 01:43:36,808
may not be enough to move
Chiang Kai-shek's grand army.

1673
01:43:39,808 --> 01:43:40,208
Step four...

1674
01:43:40,708 --> 01:43:42,808
this strike force
carries the central radio.

1675
01:43:43,108 --> 01:43:45,408
All other unit radios
maintain complete silence.

1676
01:43:48,608 --> 01:43:49,008
Report.

1677
01:43:49,508 --> 01:43:50,508
In the Gulin, Zhenlongshan area,

1678
01:43:50,708 --> 01:43:52,708
the Communist central command
radio has been detected transmitting.

1679
01:43:53,708 --> 01:43:55,108
The Generalissimo's
foresight is unmatched.

1680
01:43:58,008 --> 01:43:59,708
Once Chiang Kai-shek
has redeployed his forces,

1681
01:43:59,908 --> 01:44:01,908
we begin the next
phase of our plan.

1682
01:44:02,508 --> 01:44:04,408
Are the pontoon bridges from
the second crossing still intact?

1683
01:44:04,608 --> 01:44:05,908
You mean Taipingdu
and Erlangtan?

1684
01:44:06,608 --> 01:44:08,608
We use them to march east...

1685
01:44:09,108 --> 01:44:09,808
the fourth crossing
of the Chishui.

1686
01:44:11,508 --> 01:44:13,208
We can shake off the
enemy's pursuit entirely.

1687
01:44:13,408 --> 01:44:14,108
What comes next

1688
01:44:14,408 --> 01:44:15,408
depends on whether this army

1689
01:44:15,808 --> 01:44:17,608
can stand united, high and low,

1690
01:44:17,808 --> 01:44:19,408
each devising
their own stratagem.

1691
01:44:23,808 --> 01:44:25,008
Comrade Peng
Dehuai telegraphs...

1692
01:44:25,208 --> 01:44:26,808
he recommends we turn southwest.

1693
01:44:27,008 --> 01:44:28,408
Great minds think alike.

1694
01:44:28,808 --> 01:44:29,808
We must play our part well.

1695
01:44:29,908 --> 01:44:31,808
The Ninth Army Group continues to
disguise itself as the main force,

1696
01:44:31,908 --> 01:44:32,908
drawing the enemy north.

1697
01:44:33,008 --> 01:44:34,008
Meanwhile, we

1698
01:44:34,408 --> 01:44:35,408
lead the main force

1699
01:44:35,708 --> 01:44:36,608
southward.

1700
01:44:37,008 --> 01:44:37,608
That won't work.

1701
01:44:38,008 --> 01:44:40,008
The Central Army is
very close to us now.

1702
01:44:40,108 --> 01:44:41,808
A head-on collision
would be disastrous.

1703
01:44:43,608 --> 01:44:45,208
Comrade Zeng Xisheng
has a brilliant idea.

1704
01:44:45,408 --> 01:44:47,208
Bureau Two can mimic
Chiang Kai-shek's tone

1705
01:44:47,608 --> 01:44:49,008
and the Nationalist
Army's transmission style

1706
01:44:49,308 --> 01:44:50,208
to send telegrams
to the Central Army,

1707
01:44:50,808 --> 01:44:52,208
altering their marching route.

1708
01:44:59,108 --> 01:44:59,608
Change direction.

1709
01:44:59,808 --> 01:45:00,808
Panshui, Xinchang.

1710
01:45:12,708 --> 01:45:14,674
We put a hundred li between
us and Wu Qiwei's forces,

1711
01:45:15,108 --> 01:45:16,108
and we can march south safely.

1712
01:45:19,008 --> 01:45:19,908
We are here.

1713
01:45:20,108 --> 01:45:21,208
And Chiang Kai-shek?

1714
01:45:22,008 --> 01:45:24,108
Useless at everything
else, but first in meddling.

1715
01:45:24,208 --> 01:45:25,308
Couldn't stay in his nest,

1716
01:45:25,608 --> 01:45:26,408
had to come poking out.

1717
01:45:26,808 --> 01:45:28,408
To Guiyang, of course,
to direct operations.

1718
01:45:29,008 --> 01:45:29,908
The success of the
bandit suppression

1719
01:45:30,608 --> 01:45:31,408
hinges on this moment.

1720
01:45:34,408 --> 01:45:35,308
For the next move,

1721
01:45:36,208 --> 01:45:38,208
perhaps we can
play it this way...

1722
01:45:39,108 --> 01:45:40,774
swing wide into Yunnan.

1723
01:45:41,408 --> 01:45:42,608
That's good, but

1724
01:45:43,608 --> 01:45:46,374
Sun Du's Yunnan Army
guards that key route.

1725
01:45:46,408 --> 01:45:48,208
Getting past them won't be easy.

1726
01:45:48,308 --> 01:45:50,208
This iron turtle keeps
its head in its shell.

1727
01:45:50,708 --> 01:45:52,108
We must find a way
to draw him out.

1728
01:45:53,608 --> 01:45:54,808
I've been watching
them for some time.

1729
01:45:55,408 --> 01:45:55,908
Director Zeng,

1730
01:45:56,208 --> 01:45:57,874
the combat units captured
a batch of radio sets.

1731
01:45:57,908 --> 01:45:59,308
The Chairman sent
me to deliver them.

1732
01:46:00,008 --> 01:46:00,608
Many thanks.

1733
01:46:02,008 --> 01:46:02,808
The Chairman also said

1734
01:46:03,008 --> 01:46:04,908
to keep a close watch on
the Yunnan Army's movements.

1735
01:46:05,708 --> 01:46:07,808
The Yunnan Army's whereabouts
we have always tracked.

1736
01:46:08,008 --> 01:46:08,708
In this world,

1737
01:46:09,008 --> 01:46:09,708
only one man

1738
01:46:10,608 --> 01:46:11,408
can draw them out.

1739
01:46:11,808 --> 01:46:12,208
And that man

1740
01:46:13,608 --> 01:46:15,208
happens to listen
to us most readily.

1741
01:46:18,408 --> 01:46:18,808
Move.

1742
01:46:19,908 --> 01:46:21,108
We give him a move...

1743
01:46:22,408 --> 01:46:23,408
army at the gates of Guiyang,

1744
01:46:24,208 --> 01:46:24,808
check the general.

1745
01:46:25,708 --> 01:46:26,408
Take the chariot.

1746
01:46:34,608 --> 01:46:36,608
Telegraph Wu Qiwei, Zhou
Hunyuan, and Sun Du...

1747
01:46:36,908 --> 01:46:37,508
come to Guiyang at once.

1748
01:46:38,008 --> 01:46:38,408
Immediately.

1749
01:46:39,208 --> 01:46:41,208
Generalissimo, the aircraft
and airfield are ready.

1750
01:46:41,308 --> 01:46:42,408
Please depart at once.

1751
01:46:43,608 --> 01:46:44,808
Guiyang is not Zunyi.

1752
01:46:46,208 --> 01:46:47,208
If Zhu and Mao take it,

1753
01:46:51,008 --> 01:46:52,308
it will damage our
standing abroad.

1754
01:46:58,108 --> 01:46:59,108
You wretches,

1755
01:46:59,608 --> 01:47:02,208
run faster! Run!

1756
01:47:07,008 --> 01:47:08,408
Commander! Commander!

1757
01:47:09,008 --> 01:47:11,108
Chairman Long ordered us to
hold the Yunnan-Guizhou border.

1758
01:47:11,208 --> 01:47:11,908
Should we move?

1759
01:47:12,508 --> 01:47:13,508
You fool.

1760
01:47:15,008 --> 01:47:16,908
Since ancient times,
what merit is greatest?

1761
01:47:17,508 --> 01:47:18,808
Saving the sovereign.

1762
01:47:19,408 --> 01:47:20,408
If I don't seize this credit,

1763
01:47:20,708 --> 01:47:23,008
am I to hand it to Zhou
Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei for nothing?

1764
01:47:29,008 --> 01:47:29,408
Generalissimo,

1765
01:47:29,808 --> 01:47:30,608
Brother Zhizhou,

1766
01:47:31,108 --> 01:47:32,008
you've come at last.

1767
01:47:32,208 --> 01:47:33,808
I heard the Communists
threatened the Generalissimo.

1768
01:47:34,008 --> 01:47:34,908
I was consumed with worry.

1769
01:47:35,308 --> 01:47:36,508
Four hundred li in four days.

1770
01:47:38,208 --> 01:47:39,808
Seeing the
Generalissimo unharmed,

1771
01:47:40,608 --> 01:47:42,308
I can finally rest easy.

1772
01:47:43,808 --> 01:47:46,008
You've gone to great
trouble. Great trouble indeed.

1773
01:47:47,608 --> 01:47:47,908
Quickly...

1774
01:47:48,808 --> 01:47:50,174
reward Commander Sun with
thirty thousand silver dollars.

1775
01:47:50,208 --> 01:47:52,208
Also telegraph rewards
for each regiment...

1776
01:47:52,708 --> 01:47:53,808
two hundred jin of pork,

1777
01:47:54,108 --> 01:47:55,208
sixty silver dollars in cash,

1778
01:47:55,808 --> 01:47:56,908
one hundred dollars in notes.

1779
01:47:58,608 --> 01:47:59,908
Saving the sovereign pays well.

1780
01:48:00,308 --> 01:48:01,708
Sun Du has struck it rich.

1781
01:48:02,008 --> 01:48:03,608
Comrade Bocheng,
you miss the point.

1782
01:48:03,908 --> 01:48:05,574
This iron turtle
guarding the western pass

1783
01:48:05,608 --> 01:48:07,208
has finally crawled
out of its shell.

1784
01:48:07,408 --> 01:48:08,508
Naturally, the
Generalissimo must pay us

1785
01:48:09,008 --> 01:48:10,708
a little errand fee.

1786
01:48:10,908 --> 01:48:12,208
A little errand fee.

1787
01:48:14,208 --> 01:48:16,108
A pity our forces are too few.

1788
01:48:16,408 --> 01:48:17,808
We could only give the
Generalissimo a fright.

1789
01:48:20,208 --> 01:48:21,608
But he will never guess

1790
01:48:22,408 --> 01:48:23,608
what we truly intend.

1791
01:48:24,008 --> 01:48:24,808
Bypass Guiyang,

1792
01:48:25,108 --> 01:48:26,008
feint eastward.

1793
01:48:26,508 --> 01:48:28,374
Leave a detachment
north of the Wu River

1794
01:48:28,408 --> 01:48:29,808
as a decoy to pin the enemy.

1795
01:48:30,008 --> 01:48:32,008
Once Chiang's main force
swings east to chase us,

1796
01:48:32,208 --> 01:48:33,208
we turn immediately

1797
01:48:33,608 --> 01:48:35,408
and race toward Yunnan,
straight for Kunming.

1798
01:48:35,808 --> 01:48:37,908
As long as we break out of the
four-hundred-thousand-strong encirclement,

1799
01:48:38,308 --> 01:48:39,208
that is victory.

1800
01:48:39,308 --> 01:48:39,808
Move out.

1801
01:48:46,808 --> 01:48:47,208
Comrades,

1802
01:48:47,808 --> 01:48:48,908
these are orders from above.

1803
01:48:49,508 --> 01:48:50,808
We are to draw the enemy

1804
01:48:51,108 --> 01:48:52,408
and cover our main force

1805
01:48:52,808 --> 01:48:53,808
as it withdraws safely.

1806
01:48:54,008 --> 01:48:55,208
These two days of forced marches

1807
01:48:55,708 --> 01:48:57,208
have worn the enemy down.

1808
01:48:57,808 --> 01:48:58,708
You've done well.

1809
01:48:59,708 --> 01:49:02,008
But we cannot stop.

1810
01:49:02,308 --> 01:49:03,208
After a brief rest,

1811
01:49:04,108 --> 01:49:05,208
we march on.

1812
01:49:06,008 --> 01:49:06,208
And

1813
01:49:06,708 --> 01:49:09,008
every minute we hold
the enemy, the main force

1814
01:49:09,408 --> 01:49:10,708
is safe for one more minute.

1815
01:49:10,908 --> 01:49:12,708
And I have good
news for you all...

1816
01:49:13,008 --> 01:49:13,508
the main force

1817
01:49:13,808 --> 01:49:16,008
has left the enemy far behind.

1818
01:49:16,208 --> 01:49:18,608
And for that, we
deserve full credit.

1819
01:49:18,808 --> 01:49:20,108
Good.

1820
01:49:21,808 --> 01:49:23,008
Chairman Mao said before

1821
01:49:23,308 --> 01:49:24,408
the White Dogs couldn't trap us.

1822
01:49:24,708 --> 01:49:25,608
I didn't believe it then.

1823
01:49:26,408 --> 01:49:27,608
Who would have thought,
after all that circling,

1824
01:49:28,208 --> 01:49:29,608
we actually shook them off.

1825
01:49:30,208 --> 01:49:31,508
You still have much to learn.

1826
01:49:32,408 --> 01:49:33,208
All talk, no practice.

1827
01:49:33,808 --> 01:49:35,208
These past days it's
been nothing but walking.

1828
01:49:35,408 --> 01:49:35,908
Old Zhao,

1829
01:49:36,308 --> 01:49:37,408
how many characters
do you owe me?

1830
01:49:39,008 --> 01:49:40,008
Prepare to move out.

1831
01:49:40,208 --> 01:49:40,708
Yes, sir.

1832
01:50:02,808 --> 01:50:03,208
Old Zhao,

1833
01:50:04,808 --> 01:50:06,408
temper that foul
temper of yours.

1834
01:50:07,308 --> 01:50:08,708
See the view from
the summit for me.

1835
01:50:25,608 --> 01:50:26,408
Chairman Long,

1836
01:50:26,708 --> 01:50:28,408
the Communists are
now near Kunming.

1837
01:50:29,008 --> 01:50:30,608
You must block their path.

1838
01:50:30,808 --> 01:50:33,208
Generalissimo, my
elite main forces

1839
01:50:33,308 --> 01:50:34,308
are all with Sun Du.

1840
01:50:34,708 --> 01:50:35,974
They've all gone to protect you.

1841
01:50:36,008 --> 01:50:37,508
I don't care what
method you use...

1842
01:50:38,208 --> 01:50:39,008
hold them back.

1843
01:50:39,608 --> 01:50:40,608
Hold them at all costs.

1844
01:50:55,508 --> 01:50:56,408
The fog is too thick.

1845
01:50:56,908 --> 01:50:58,408
Yunnan's terrain is
the most treacherous.

1846
01:50:59,708 --> 01:51:00,808
We don't even have a map.

1847
01:51:00,908 --> 01:51:02,008
Rushing into the
mountains like this...

1848
01:51:02,208 --> 01:51:03,308
it's like a blind
man on a blind horse.

1849
01:51:03,408 --> 01:51:04,708
We can't keep going in circles.

1850
01:51:04,808 --> 01:51:06,808
We barely won a chance
to catch our breath,

1851
01:51:07,008 --> 01:51:08,108
and we're squandering it.

1852
01:51:22,608 --> 01:51:22,908
Report, sir.

1853
01:51:23,408 --> 01:51:24,308
We've captured a truck.

1854
01:51:24,408 --> 01:51:26,008
Inside are gifts from
Long Yun to Xue Yue.

1855
01:51:26,408 --> 01:51:29,208
Xuanwei ham, Pu'er tea,
and the finest Yunnan Baiyao.

1856
01:51:42,208 --> 01:51:44,208
We were just dozing off, and
someone delivered a pillow.

1857
01:51:45,608 --> 01:51:47,108
A military map, scale one
to one hundred thousand.

1858
01:51:47,808 --> 01:51:48,508
This is a treasure.

1859
01:51:48,608 --> 01:51:49,608
When Liu Bei entered Sichuan,

1860
01:51:49,908 --> 01:51:50,608
Zhang Song presented him a map.

1861
01:51:51,108 --> 01:51:51,408
Diao Zhishang...

1862
01:51:51,508 --> 01:51:53,008
Now we pass through
Yunnan into Sichuan,

1863
01:51:53,208 --> 01:51:54,308
and Long Yun presents us a map.

1864
01:51:54,608 --> 01:51:55,608
A good omen.

1865
01:51:56,308 --> 01:51:56,908
Chairman,

1866
01:51:57,208 --> 01:51:58,208
this Art of War...

1867
01:51:58,308 --> 01:51:59,508
I don't know if you're
well versed in it,

1868
01:51:59,708 --> 01:52:00,908
but this Romance of
the Three Kingdoms...

1869
01:52:01,008 --> 01:52:02,808
you must know it by heart.

1870
01:52:03,208 --> 01:52:05,174
Order Long Yun and Liu
Wenhui to burn every boat.

1871
01:52:05,208 --> 01:52:06,208
Cut off the Communists'
river crossing.

1872
01:52:06,408 --> 01:52:07,108
Burn them all.

1873
01:52:07,408 --> 01:52:08,108
Report, Commander.

1874
01:52:08,208 --> 01:52:09,108
They've all been burned.

1875
01:52:09,408 --> 01:52:10,008
Not one left.

1876
01:52:10,608 --> 01:52:11,008
Come here.

1877
01:52:12,008 --> 01:52:13,974
Brother, I've got
some scarce opium here.

1878
01:52:14,008 --> 01:52:16,608
If you can help me
get it across the river,

1879
01:52:16,908 --> 01:52:18,408
you'll be well rewarded.

1880
01:52:20,608 --> 01:52:22,308
Commander, no problem
at all. Come, come.

1881
01:52:22,608 --> 01:52:23,808
This way, this way.

1882
01:52:27,508 --> 01:52:28,008
You see?

1883
01:52:33,108 --> 01:52:33,908
Don't move.

1884
01:52:36,608 --> 01:52:37,808
You...

1885
01:52:54,208 --> 01:52:54,808
Bocheng.

1886
01:52:56,208 --> 01:52:57,608
The people of Sichuan
call you a dragon.

1887
01:52:58,408 --> 01:52:59,474
Without you, the Dragon King,

1888
01:52:59,508 --> 01:53:01,808
borrowing these seven
boats, this Jinsha River...

1889
01:53:02,208 --> 01:53:03,108
would truly be
impossible to cross.

1890
01:53:04,108 --> 01:53:05,308
What dragon am I?

1891
01:53:05,608 --> 01:53:07,008
These boatmen are
the real dragons.

1892
01:53:08,308 --> 01:53:09,808
Wherever the Red Army goes,

1893
01:53:10,208 --> 01:53:12,108
we rely on the
support of the people.

1894
01:53:13,708 --> 01:53:14,608
Commander Zhu,

1895
01:53:15,108 --> 01:53:17,008
we've shaken off
the pursuers for now.

1896
01:53:17,208 --> 01:53:18,308
Why do you still
look so troubled?

1897
01:53:19,608 --> 01:53:20,108
Do I?

1898
01:53:23,408 --> 01:53:24,908
I've been frowning so long

1899
01:53:25,408 --> 01:53:26,608
I've forgotten how to relax.

1900
01:53:28,808 --> 01:53:30,408
Thirty thousand against
four hundred thousand.

1901
01:53:31,408 --> 01:53:32,308
And yet this battle...

1902
01:53:35,808 --> 01:53:37,208
Our soldiers lack
food and clothing.

1903
01:53:40,208 --> 01:53:41,508
Our soldiers have no supplies.

1904
01:53:42,608 --> 01:53:44,708
Right in the middle of battle,

1905
01:53:45,308 --> 01:53:46,808
their stomachs still
growl with hunger.

1906
01:53:50,308 --> 01:53:51,008
Come, come.

1907
01:53:51,308 --> 01:53:53,608
To our health.

1908
01:53:53,808 --> 01:53:55,208
Not only are our bellies empty,

1909
01:53:55,708 --> 01:53:57,008
our hands have
no weapons either.

1910
01:53:59,208 --> 01:54:00,508
What are weapons for?

1911
01:54:02,408 --> 01:54:04,008
They're for
protecting ourselves.

1912
01:54:04,108 --> 01:54:05,008
To buy weapons...

1913
01:54:05,308 --> 01:54:06,208
that takes money.

1914
01:54:06,408 --> 01:54:07,508
Do we have any?

1915
01:54:11,908 --> 01:54:13,708
These are gifts from the
Generalissimo to you both.

1916
01:54:15,808 --> 01:54:17,108
He requests your
presence in Hankou.

1917
01:54:18,208 --> 01:54:19,108
Guizhou...

1918
01:54:19,908 --> 01:54:21,008
think no more of it.

1919
01:54:23,408 --> 01:54:26,508
The one thing we
never lack is enemies.

1920
01:54:27,408 --> 01:54:28,608
An enemy at the
height of its power,

1921
01:54:29,508 --> 01:54:30,508
a formidable enemy.

1922
01:54:31,008 --> 01:54:31,708
Wire Xue Yue:

1923
01:54:31,808 --> 01:54:33,408
march through the night.
Continue the pursuit.

1924
01:54:34,208 --> 01:54:36,408
Order Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui
to hold their lines at all costs.

1925
01:54:41,208 --> 01:54:43,008
I want Mao Zedong to meet
the same fate as Shi Dakai...

1926
01:54:43,808 --> 01:54:44,608
at the Dadu River,

1927
01:54:45,208 --> 01:54:46,608
total annihilation.

1928
01:54:49,408 --> 01:54:50,808
They've been relentless
in their pursuit,

1929
01:54:51,608 --> 01:54:53,208
determined to wipe
us out entirely.

1930
01:54:54,308 --> 01:54:55,208
Now the road is wide open.

1931
01:54:55,408 --> 01:54:56,074
Each goes his own way.

1932
01:54:57,208 --> 01:54:58,108
Generalissimo Chiang,

1933
01:54:59,108 --> 01:55:00,608
there's no need to see us off.

1934
01:55:05,808 --> 01:55:06,174
Enlai.

1935
01:55:07,008 --> 01:55:07,608
What are you thinking?

1936
01:55:09,808 --> 01:55:10,608
I was thinking...

1937
01:55:11,308 --> 01:55:13,008
we've crossed so
many rivers together.

1938
01:55:14,008 --> 01:55:16,408
We've shaken off Chiang Kai-shek's
four hundred thousand troops.

1939
01:55:18,708 --> 01:55:19,208
And then?

1940
01:55:24,408 --> 01:55:25,608
We crossed the Xiang River.

1941
01:55:26,908 --> 01:55:28,108
We crossed the Chishui River.

1942
01:55:29,208 --> 01:55:31,508
Now we cross the Jinsha River.

1943
01:55:33,208 --> 01:55:34,108
One day,

1944
01:55:35,408 --> 01:55:36,808
we will cross the Yellow River,

1945
01:55:37,808 --> 01:55:38,608
cross the Yangtze,

1946
01:55:40,308 --> 01:55:42,308
even scale the highest
mountains and cross the seas.

1947
01:55:44,208 --> 01:55:45,108
When that day comes,

1948
01:55:46,708 --> 01:55:47,808
all of China...

1949
01:55:50,008 --> 01:55:51,408
will be a new world.

1950
01:55:53,308 --> 01:55:53,908
Let's go.

1951
01:55:57,808 --> 01:56:00,408
The Four Crossings of Chishui
lasted over three months.

1952
01:56:00,608 --> 01:56:03,108
The Central Red Army broke free of
the enemy's encirclement and pursuit.

1953
01:56:03,408 --> 01:56:05,508
It shattered the enemy's plan
of encirclement and annihilation.

1954
01:56:06,108 --> 01:56:07,608
At the most critical
juncture of the Long March,

1955
01:56:08,108 --> 01:56:09,974
the Red Army turned from
passivity to initiative,

1956
01:56:10,008 --> 01:56:12,074
from defeat to victory.

1957
01:56:12,108 --> 01:56:14,708
It laid a solid foundation
for the northward march

1958
01:56:14,908 --> 01:56:16,608
to resist Japan
and save the nation.

1959
01:56:18,508 --> 01:56:21,308
Mao Zedong once said the
Four Crossings of Chishui

1960
01:56:21,608 --> 01:56:25,108
was the finest stroke of
his entire military career.

1961
01:56:45,408 --> 01:56:47,208
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