All language subtitles for ACE TROOPS Episode 35

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[ACE TROOPS]

[Episode 35]

Finally, our family

don't need to squeeze in this tiny house anymore.

I'm willing to squeeze in here.

I'd rather squeeze in here

than letting you take off this military uniform.

Jiang,

how's everything going with Gao?

He's still undergoing rehabilitation training.

He's hanging in there,

but with no passion.

It's like he's a different person now.

Jiang,

this is

a little something prepared by

all the officers and soldiers of Second Battalion of Special Forces.

Please take it.

I salute you

on behalf of all the officers and soldiers.

You've been through a lot.

At ease!

Attention!

Right-dress!

Eyes-front!

Battalion commander, we will always wait for you.

Battalion commander, we have been trying hard.

Battalion commander, let's try together.

Battalion commander, we are by your side.

No matter life or death.

Everyone, ready!

♫China catches my heart♫

Set! Sing!

♫China catches my heart♫

♫No one can break us apart♫

♫Fresh-faced, we had the cutest giggles♫

♫No matter where I travel♫

♫My friend, do you remember♫

♫We promised to have each other's back♫

♫Never retreat, even if we fall♫

♫There will always be laughter and tears mingled with wind and rain♫

♫Time is the monument of friendship♫

♫We promised to have each other's back♫

He is a soldier.

He loves his men.

He loves his training field.

He loves the resonance of their voices.

And more, their unique affection.

Listening to them singing,

he feels like he is back in them.

He found himself,

and came back to life.

Good timing.

Help me take all the trash out.

Dad,

these are your painstaking efforts.

How can you call it trash?

The Cold War has been over for almost ten years.

These things

should be buried in the history garbage dump.

There's no need to study it anymore.

It's a pity that

this computer

has only been bought a few years ago.

I intended to

input my decades' study achievements

in it.

See,

I have only put in less than one third of it.

No need to do it anymore.

This computer

can only be used for card games from now on.

Dad,

let me help you type.

Got time?

Yes.

Want to talk about it?

If not, you don't have to.

I intended to

transfer to civilian work.

But just now,

I changed my idea.

I was thinking

if I can be transferred back to college.

I can stay by your side,

no matter what I do.

Why?

I want to finish study with you.

I can be a typewriter,

or an assistant, whatever is fine.

Several days ago,

Hu Yang spoke metaphorically to me

that studying the Cold War is your eldest son.

Then it's my older brother who's in trouble now.

As a younger brother,

I have to show up.

This metaphor

is quite interesting.

I will consider it.

Dad.

I know you are writing a book.

I have plenty of time lately.

How about this.

I will leave my thirty years from now

all to you.

With this length of time,

it's enough for us to

study the Cold War over and over again.

You can feel assured that

I will definitely

finish writing this book.

No matter if it is abreast of the times,

or if anyone else will read it.

At the worst,

we will be the only two reading it.

No,

there is Xiaofei.

I will try my best

to let Xiaofei be the third reader.

Dad,

the box of books outside the room

is also yours, right?

Yes.

So cruel.

On those books,

there are small figures I drew.

I remember back when I was little,

you often beat me for those drawings.

How about this.

I will bring the books back,

and let Xiaofei

draw small figures for you.

Go ahead.

[Chinese Embassy in the Federal Yugoslavia hit by three NATO missiles]

The Chinese Government issued a statement

that China lodges the strongest protest

over the bombing of the Chinese Embassy by NATO.

The statement pointed out that

this atrocity constituted a gross encroachment upon China's sovereignty.

The US-led NATO

has to assume full responsibility for this.

The Chinese Government reserves all the rights

for further reactions.

At midnight, at least three missiles

were fired from different angles and directly hit the embassy building.

The missiles went through the roof of the 5-story main building

directly to the basement.

The roof of the Ambassador's residence

beside the main building

was also torn off.

Heavy smoke billowed inside the embassy.

At the time of the bombing,

there were about 30 personnel

and Chinese journalists posted in Yugoslavia

inside the embassy building.

It has been confirmed that Shao Yunhuan, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency,

Xu Xinghu of Guangming Daily

and his wife Zhu Ying died heroically.

Other embassy personnel have evacuated

to the Intercontinental Hotel.

[Bayi]

After the attack took place,

Pan Zhanlin, Chinese Ambassador to Yugoslavia

stood in front of the damaged embassy ruins...

Gu Yiye.

Gu Yiye.

Here.

I'm telling you,

you are the best of my works in my life.

Officer of People's Liberation Army,

Gu Yiye.

When the motherland and the people need you the most,

you have to stick to your post.

Bear it in mind,

as long as you don't want to go,

no one will ask you to leave the troops.

As long as you don't give in.

no one can defeat you.

Yes!

I can stand up by myself.

[Group Army A][Army Headquarters]

Army Commander.

The processing of Gu Yiye's transfer to civilian work

was reported by the Party committees level by level.

I can't let anything happen to

a troop like our Division 234.

We can't afford it.

Different levels of Party committees?

Yes.

How much did your decision weigh in this?

I...

My decision...

No.

I didn't get you, Army Commander.

Let me ask you, Chen Dashan.

What is it about Yu Sizhe?

He is just a leader at the platoon level.

Was it necessary that you, a division commander,

transferred him from the office

to the company for acting capacity?

He can't even do

pull-ups.

And yet,

he went to First Battalion of the Red,

the top training model battalion

to work as platoon leader.

And a merit citation class III was given away to him.

With this career experience

and military medal,

he can rightfully

be promoted in advance

for the next step, right?

You have calculated so well.

But this military medal

is too heavy.

It was at the cost

of a primary-level cadre's hand.

Army Commander.

Yu Sizhe had an upper-level connection.

It was the Chief's instruction.

I swear,

I have no selfish motives in this.

I did this for Division 234,

and also for the long-term construction of the army.

I have done my research.

Yu Sizhe's father is a real estate agent.

Got deals with him?

This can't count as a deal.

There has to be a price for a deal.

How much is it?

It has nothing to do with money.

This is nothing about money.

Chen Dashan.

Please, ask for the price for me.

What...what price?

Come here.

Chen Dashan.

I want you to ask the Americans for me,

that how many benefits

or how much money shall I give them

to stop them from bombing us?

[Strong condemn against the encroachment by the US-led NATO]

Tell me,

how much

shall we pay to redeem the three lives of Chinese people?

How much

is enough to remove

the dark clouds pressing down on the 2.5 million Liberation Army?

[Strong condemn against the encroachment by the US-led NATO]

How much

is enough to buy the tears and humiliation

suffered by 1.2 billion Chinese people?

Let me tell you, Chen Dashan.

Division 234

is the old troop for Xiao Changsheng and me.

For social connections,

you placed unqualified people in here,

and kicked out the qualified one.

Are you doing deals,

or making long-term plans?

No.

You are poaching from Division 234.

You are poaching from the Liberation Army.

You are poaching from the Chinese people.

You betrayed them.

Army Commander.

It's all my fault.

I will bring Gu Yiye back.

I will not dismiss you.

Thank you, Army Commander.

I will correct my faults.

I will kick you out.

You are not even qualified

to be an ordinary soldier here.

You don't deserve it.

Go.

Yes.

I have lived in this yard

for more than ten years.

I'm about to move away.

Here.

I brought here

roast sweet potatoes

and fried rice-flour noodles.

Do you remember the last time we had these?

Yes.

It was back when you were company commander,

and we ate these before you took me to the battlefield.

I couldn't eat.

You forced me

to eat them all.

You said that

we can only fight the enemy when we have strength from the food.

I remember that

it was my first time seeing action.

I was a little afraid.

But you kept on encouraging me.

Later, we charged forward,

took the highland

and won.

It was you

who gave me courage.

Chen Dashan.

During fights,

you always take the lead.

I remember you were promoted on the battlefield.

After that,

you served longest as a battalion commander

and the longest as a colonel.

Do you hate me?

I never hated you.

You are nice to me,

so I'm willing to serve you with my life.

I'm willing to complete every mission you assigned

with all my capacity.

I don't want to embarrass you.

You didn't take possession of

the fund given by the real estate investor.

You used it to

rebuild the Division History Museum

and build the culture corridor.

Did you do all these

to show the leaders?

I, Chen Dashan,

have not one bit selfish motives

in front of our country and our army.

I spent every penny

of that money

on troop construction.

Sit down.

If you did take possession of the money,

would you still be sitting here today?

Do you know

why I have to let you go this time?

It was written in the yard of Division 234

"The first battle with me".

Yet, you put someone

with absolutely no military skills

on the artillery position.

For the sake of a relative family's kid,

you kicked out the battalion commander

who had the deepest study on modernized war

in our division.

It seems that

you, Chen Dashan, has no idea

of the ace troop Division 234's

construction directions.

We have to replace you

as a commander.

Army Commander.

I was...

The foundation of troop traditions and work style

is the quality of soldiers.

What is an army for?

If we can't win in the battlefield,

then we are nothing.

There has been major military revolution in the world these years.

I lost count on how many times

the military equipment has evolved.

At this critical time,

we have to foster

and make good use of primary-level cadres

to prepare for troop construction

and military struggle,

to provide new military talents

and intelligence support for them,

to raise the troops' fighting capacity.

Division 234 has been focusing

too much on living these years,

with ack of fighting capacity.

Chen Dashan,

you have drifted off course.

You even became a bystander during battle preparation.

You lost

the vigilance of war during peaceful times.

Army Commander.

If me leaving the troop

is the best way

to shoulder my responsibility for those commanders

who love the troop

and are ready for battle

at all times,

I, Chen Dashan,

am willing to do this.

[Six months later]

Chen Dashan has transferred to civilian work.

What Zheng did

was just like Fight fire with fire in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Chen Dashan used to be

his beloved man.

I know what it felt like to take off the military uniform.

It hurt.

Division Commander Chen transferred to civilian work.

I was quite sad about it.

Actually, he had always tried hard

to be a good soldier.

Yes.

But I have to say that

to the troop,

Chen Dashan's leaving is a good thing.

I had never seen my father

cry silently for anybody like this before.

Yiye.

The expensive sovereign remedy

that Hu Yang sent every month from abroad,

you asked her to do that, right?

No.

She offered to send it herself.

For free.

Why would she do such a nice thing?

Because of this military uniform,

she treats you like

a special patient to her.

To be frank,

I'm quite impressed,

with great respect for her.

Do you think I should thank her,

or thank my military uniform for this?

Thank yourself first.

Kiss yourself

in the mirror for three times.

With clear sound.

No problem.

Then Nanzheng,

you know how to thank her, right?

You don't need my help.

Look at you, alright,

teach me how to thank her.

You bad boy.

Double time-march!

Left right left.

Left right left.

Left right left.

Halt.

Left or right turn.

Right-dress.

Eyes-front.

At ease.

Attention.

Report to you, Battalion Commander.

From all the officers and soldiers of Second Battalion of Special Forces.

Welcome back to the training field, Battalion Commander.

Welcome back to the training field, Battalion Commander.

Please review, Battalion Commander.

Please review, Battalion Commander.

Gao Liangmi.

Stand up.

You can do it.

Salute!

Gao Liang really stood up.

But his body has a permanent disability.

He said to me that

he is a disabled person now.

He doesn't have the strength to chase after me anymore.

I should fulfill my promise

to let him leave after he stood up.

This reason was dumbfounding to me.

When Gao Liang said it,

his eyes

were resolute

and serious.

Even a little bit calmness there.

That was something I had never seen before.

He was strange to me.

I think

we both need to face

and accept ourselves going through changes.

Bearing each other in mind

keeps us from feeling lonely.

In our busy lives,

we will march forward hastily,

and become leading figures in each other's fields

for this rapidly-developing troop.

I believe

we will meet again.

[Three years later Group Army A Headquarters]

Comrades,

let's welcome

Chief Zheng of the Military Command

to give instructions for us.

Stand up.

Comrades.

First, I'd like to congratulate you

on completing the mission of this drill.

You were very passionate about the drill.

Individual actions

were completed perfectly.

Tactic movement coordination

were also seamless.

Having seen this,

I'm very pleased.

However,

I have experienced this kind of pleasure

for many years.

[Song Jianshe Division 234's commander, Troop A]

I want to say that

the way to test military training results

[Qin Hanyong Captain of Special Operations Battalion, Troop A]

[Li Shaobing Chief of Division 234, Troop A]

should be changed.

Battlefield

is the only standard

to testify if a troop is capable for fighting.

On a real modern battlefield,

will you survive or not,

will you win again?

Half a month later,

there will be a military drill in the Military Command

which will be very similar to actual combat.

Those who participate

will be selected from the troops of each group army.

Comrades from different offices

and military executives at division and regiment levels

will form an observation team

and operate full-on observation

as observers.

I have seen your plan.

We have to make adjustments to it.

Combat won't wait for anybody,

and it won't start according to your schedule.

As soon as the gunshot was fired,

our troops have to rush out.

There's no time for you to tie your ties.

Qin.

Zheng suddenly

announced the drill will be ahead of schedule.

He seemed to be disappointed about our report this time.

He was just promoted to Chief of the Military Command.

It seems that the training style will be changed in the command.

The report performance was very good-looking,

but how much essence is in there,

don't we know clearly?

We were courting death

trying to fool Zheng with this.

But

we have been testing all the old training stuff over the past few years.

No wonder Zheng was pissed off.

But even if we change the training stuff like recipe,

we can only switch radish to green vegetables,

but we can't change the salt.

The Regiment 700 of Division 234

is just like salt to Army A.

No matter what you change, you have to fight with me.

Is there a possibility that

our Special Operations Battalion

won't get together with you "salt"?

We won't follow the trail of

you focusing on the besiegement and us focusing on fortified positions.

We can imitate Zheng

and let Special Operations Battalion and Regiment 700 fight against each other.

It's very likely.

Let me make it clear.

I hate you Special Operations Battalion.

The elites of Regiment 700

were all stolen by you.

Judged by status,

we can say we Regiment 700 gave birth to Special Operations Battalion.

No matter where you go, you have to call me father.

All the benefits came to you.

You should be the son,

while you took everything away.

Alright.

The desolate father is still a father.

Who wants to defy?

I welcome your challenge.

Tell me when.

I totally understand you, Li.

But I have to remind you that

you are the Chief of Division 234 now.

Don't act like a colonel.

You are focusing on the small picture, you know?

On the position of a Chief,

you should turn in

some dent with great vision.

Don't play innocent in front of me.

If we don't achieve some good results,

then you, the only captain in the Military Command

in the post of deputy division commander,

won't have a good time either.

Let's both

lose no time

and count down.

[Operation Azure Drill Director Department]

Comrades,

the Military Command has approved

[Idea Map of "Operation Azure" Island Capture Drill]

our drill plan.

[Chief Determination Map of Troop A Qiaotou Island Capture Action Defense Layout of Qiaotou Island]

The drill plan

has been assigned to each troop three days ago.

Now,

the deputy leader of the drill Director Team

Xia Lin

will elaborate

the conception of the drill.

This drill

[Idea Map of "Operation Azure" Island Capture Drill]

[Chief Determination Map of Troop A Qiaotou Island Capture Action Defense Layout of Qiaotou Island]

is composed of the Red and Blue Army,

fighting against each other.

The two sides are

Regiment 700 and Special Operations Battalion.

From midnight of the 16th,

the drill will officially begin.

The site

is Qiaotou Island,

[Defense Layout of Qiaotou Island]

which is 12 nautical miles from the naval training field.

The content of the drill

is to capture and control the island.

The length of the drill

is 48 hours.

The drill code

is "Operation Azure".

The Red Army

is the one to attack and capture the island.

Its major force

is an enhanced regiment.

The Blue Army

is the one to defend the island.

Its major force

is an enhanced battalion.

We have enhanced both sides.

As long as the armed forces are allocated reasonably,

The tactic missile...

I will definitely capture the island.

naval vessel support team...

Who told you

you will be the one to capture the island?

-If you get all the main attacks, -Chief Zheng of the Military Command

should Regiment 700 live on air?

will lead the united observation team

-If we don't get it, you will? -to get on the island and observe.

Go away.

What are you two murmuring about?

Gao Liang.

Here.

If you will command the fight,

how will you do it?

Report.

All the chiefs are here,

so I will do whatever

the chiefs ask me to.

Sit down.

Yes.

Gu Yiye.

Here.

What about you?

According to different operational needs

and different targets,

we should adopt different operational modes.

Naval sabotage operations

require the use of all measures

to control, attack and hit the target.

However, for island scramble,

I think we should adopt the way of

attack without destroy

to achieve the goal of making it work for me.

I don't understand.

Tell us how can you make it work for you?

Qiaotou Island

was once used by the Japanese troops as the naval fortress.

[Defense Layout of Qiaotou Island]

They sent mass engineer corps

and labor workers

to build in three years

a solid fort

with a shooting angle of 360 degrees

on the island.

Also, they built a fortification system

deep down the ground.

There's also a freshwater factory under the cliff.

Bunkers were all over the island,

so it was basically hollow.

An island like this

can't be blown up.

Last year,

I went on the island

with Deputy Navy Commander Zhu,

and visited the underground fortifications.

The facilities were basically in good condition.

After the Nationalist Party fled to Taiwan,

they once used this island

as the outpost of counterattacking the main land.

They upgraded and rebuilt

the fortifications left by the Japanese troops.

They accredited

a thousand-people army there.

In the early 50s,

our army once took this place

as the top capturing target

in the coastal island capture battles.

After several times of

three-dimensional attacks of amphibious forces,

the battle commander

still couldn't give the command

to operate attack.

Instead, he took the detour

and spent six years of battle.

The food source was cut out on the Qiaotou Island,

so the defense troops' confidence was crashed,

and they had to leave the island on vessels.

You studied this period of history?

This is the research topic

of my father's study.

The Chief Director

of this island capture drill

referred to this exact period of history.

Go on.

The military tactic is

to surround the enemy with ten times of forces and attack with five times.

The major force of Red and Blue Army has a gap of less than five times,

therefore, if we Regiment 700

will be defending the island,

we won't lose

Qiaotou Island

in two days.

How come only two days?

In five days,

Special Operations Battalion

can't even take one piece of stone from the island.

I won't need 48 hours

to grasp all of your people.

Wait a second.

The Drill Command decided

to let Regiment 700

defend the island,

while Special Operations Battalion captures.

Yes.

For what reasons?

Special Operations Battalion operated island capture training

earlier than other troops.

They are experienced.

Regiment 700

has always operated positional warfare.

So they are confident about this.

If I may say, we should switch it.

Let the pig-butchers go lasso a horse,

and let the hunters go sheep-herding.

Let Special Operations Battalion defend the island,

and Regiment 700 capture it.

Make them step out of their comfort zone.

Chief.

[Defense Layout of Qiaotou Island]

Special Operations Battalion has always

shouldered the mission of special operations.

It may not be suitable for them

to defend the island.

This drill is to expose our problems

and raise the real fighting capacity of the troop.

Any more questions?

Chief.

You said that

the observation team will go on the island.

Members of the team

are composed of leaders from Military Command offices

and the troops participating in the drill.

The executives will be above regiment level.

Any attack operated by the Red Army

shall not harm the safety of the observation team.

The Blue Army will assure the safety of the observation team

beside the normal drill missions.

If there's a violation by either side,

it will be regarded as defeat.

We will all be busy fighting,

how can we keep an eye on them?

The drill is not only to solve problems in the troops,

but also the commanding capacity.

Put it in this way,

the island capture operation

is not only a combat between the Red and Blue Army,

but it involves the whole Military Command.

We have to put brains in it.

We won't be discussing this anymore.

It's settled.

If there's no other opinions from the Red and Blue Army,

the Director Department will make changes

according to the original attack and defense settings.

And we will operate

according to the current plan.

Wait a minute.

What did you say?

You will be busy fighting?

The Blue Army should follow the battalion system,

why are you, a captain,

gettin involved in here?

What I meant was that...

Chief,

the drills have always been like this.

The commanding office will raise a level.

This is what I hate

about your pretentious drills.

You take training as performance.

You let commanders at different levels

compete to go on stage and grab the microphone.

Those who really fight a battle

have no right to command at all.

Change the drill settings.

You have already changed them.

Yes, chief.

The commanding rights will be delegated to the regiment level.

You will pick out

the regiment-level commanders on each side

to be real commanders.

It will be fine with the Blue Army.

But the Red Army has

the enhanced regiment settings now.

I'm afraid...

Afraid of what?

It won't happen because you are afraid?

No one wants wars.

No one wants to fight.

Do you think you can just dodge that?

Take it as

the commanding office of the Red Army has been destroyed.

The commanding rights are delegated.

Stop following me.

Go back and assign missions.

Division commander, without your instructions,

Yiye can't make his decisions.

Yes, Division Commander.

Our regiment needs division instructions.

Without the backbone of Division Commander,

we are just clueless.

We don't know where to attack at all.

Right.

From now on,

the commanding rights of the Red Army

will be handed to Gu Yiye.

Yes.

Stay out of it.

As you instructed, Division Commander.

Yiye.

I won't say more

about the importance of this drill.

However,

bear it in mind that

it's not important to make impressions,

just don't make mistakes.

Put the safety and stability of the troop

as priority.

Yes.

Division Commander,

you are so right.

Before the drill,

I motivated the troop in person

on the topic of

assuring the safety and stability of troops

under the new circumstances and features in the new era.

Stay out of it, will you?

Don't you understand the Chief?

We will let the youngsters shoulder great responsibilities

to train the troop.

What are you getting involved for?

Here.

It's so hot.

Look at you, so happy.

With no one covering for you now,

are you satisfied?

Or you can just dismiss me,

if you don't care about win or lose.

Special Operations Battalion isn't afraid of defeat anyway.

Stop it.

Can you bear your leg injuries?

I have participated in countless tryouts with the injuries,

and I never had a bad result.

My leg will only be lame

when there's no outsider here.

It works fine in other cases.

Alright.

Then let's talk about the observation team.

About the observation team, I feel...

Just let Mule Gu take care

of the observation team.

They have rear services and better conditions.

How do you know Regiment 700

will assign him as commander?

Get ready.

The division will fully support you.

If you need anything, personnel or facilities, just name it.

Thank you, Chief.

Please be assured.

I will definitely plant the flag of Regiment 700

on the main peak of Qiaotou Island.

48 hours.

We still need to add half the time.

Can't you see from the drill settings?

You haven't practiced island capture,

while Special Operations Battalion hasn't practiced positioned warfare.

Chief Zheng wants to dash the babies.

Only after the babies get hurt from the dash,

they can run around.

It's such a brutal move.

I made my move first

and studied Qiaotou Island.

Gao Liang hasn't done it yet.

He is still confused.

Do you think you are the landmine buried in Division 234

by the Chief Command War Department?

How do you know your opponent is Gao Liang?

Except for Gao Liang,

no one can stop me from getting on the island.

Special Operations Battalion

won't risk it.

We have already

assigned high-level lieutenant,

who will they assign to get beat?

Look at you, all cocky.

Don't get carried away.

The observation team won't participate in commanding

after they get on the island.

So they won't stand in your way.

Plus,

stop hating leaders from now on.

You should establish your determination

to love and respect your leaders.

Well,

it should be patience.

Same.

If there's no patience, there won't be determination

Patience will be nothing without determination.

I'm telling you,

I don't encourage you to approach

ther leaders,

but Chief Zheng is in charge of

the observation team.

Play it by ear.

Oh my god.

Just dismiss me already.

It's much harder than defending the island.

When did you become such a coward?

Is it that you recovered physically,

and got damaged mentally?

Hurry up.

You only have two days

to investigate terrain on the island in advance.

Ship the facilities onto the island

and claim two days' food and fresh water.

In twelve hours,

you have to turn in your defense layout

to the Drill Director Department.

[Oath-taking Rally of "Operation Azure"]

This time,

we are having an island attack-defense drill

unitedly joined by multiple forces of the Military Command.

This is the drill

closest to our operational missions.

On the design of the military forces

and weapons of both sides,

the Director Department

made greatly advanced configuration

according to the needs of future warfare.

The setting of difficulty and intensity

surpasses any coordinated training we had

by far.

Therefore,

I'm asking all of you

to take this drill

as an actual combat.

Fight out your vigor.

[Qin Hanyong Xia Lin]

Fight out your capacity.

Fight out your achievements.

Do you have the determination?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Oath-taking Rally of "Operation Azure" Decisive battle to win, Heroic and tenacious]