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Synopsis: War feasts upon death. Its greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor. A weathered witness of war's insatiable appetite, Guzidi, Captain of the Ninth Company, will struggle his entire life to return honor to his forty six men and their self-sacrifice. The year 1948 witnessed the launching of the Huaihai Campaign during the Chinese Civil War. In one of Chinese history's deadliest battles, thousands from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Nationalist Army (KMT) fell in the battle that took place between Xuzhou and Bengdu. It was amid this bloody fight that Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission. His orders were to fight the KMT Army until the retreat assembly call was sounded. Yet, after many long hours of painstaking resistance, Gu watched powerless as the ammunition ran out and the scant ranks of the Ninth Company g
Director(s): Xiaogang Feng
Production: Metrodome Distribution
  25 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Year:
2007
124 min
92 Views


But now

The defensive area has expanded

l can't spare the troops

Are you following?

Say something

Damn delicious

Look

Only girls wear down their shoes here

When will you learn to walk like a man?

Stop messing around

Tell me what you need

l'll do whatever l can

What you want?

ln that case

l don't have enough artillery

l need Maxim machineguns

l'll.

Give you two machine guns

And three thousand rounds

l want to keep that mountain gun

Shells are hard to find

The quartermaster will check

You can take whatever he finds

My troops are good in the trenches

Especially with explosives

You've got to let me take all l want

Go ahead

Take as much as you can carry

l don't have enough men

Give me thirty more

No way

After all, l'm the provisional

captain of the advanced guards

How about twenty more men?

No way

Five?

That's not a lot to ask

The regiment's troops are all deployed

l can't spare a single man

Gu

There really are no men left

The Colonel's bodyguard is dead

And there is no replacement

l now serve as the Bugler and his bodyguard

lt's the truth

Fine

Then just give me one person

l need a Political Officer

You've only got half a company

What you need a Political Officer for?

ln the last battle

lf the Political Officer hadn't died

l wouldn't have made that mistake

Now you know

You can be your own Political Officer

Can we.

Keep the helmets and boots

we took from the POWs?

What?

Okay, keep them

Liangzi

Get the stuff for him

Liangzi

What are the goodies?

Yellow Dragon cigarettes.

The Colonel won't even smoke them himself

Why is there only half a carton left?

Give the rest to him

You're always so stingy

Giving half a pack at best

What's so special this time?

Gu

How many of us are left?

l mean from the old guerilla unit?

You. Me

Anyone else?

Okay

Have the troops get ready on the double

The defensive position

Has already been built by the 2nd Battalion

You.

Take good care of yourself

l have one last request

l'll find myself a Political Officer

You can't say no

l want my cellmate

He'd be shot anyway

He might as well die in battle

Liangzi

That bent up bugle dangling on your butt

ls it busted?

No

lt is fine

You better blow as hard as you can

Don't worry

You've heard my bugle call before

My ears are already wide open

Repeat the orders

By tomorrow twelve noon

No matter what it takes

We must secure the old mine on the southern bank

What else?

Always listen.

for the assembly bugle call

Fall back whenever we hear it

lf you don't hear the bugle call

Even if you're the last man standing

You will keep fighting

Yes, sir

ln this open area

lt's impossible to last even four hours

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