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Episode 30

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The Kuomintang and the Communist Party have become enemies

The offices in Nanjing, Shanghai, and Peking

are withdrawing

I must go as well

I'm counting on you to take care of Ghost Child

Your only job now

is to get in touch with Ghost Child

I understand

I'll risk my life to protect Ghost Child

You must take care of yourself, too

Because your safety is the safety of Ghost Child

I know

Also

The matter with Zhao Hengxuan

was glossed over way too easily

I can't shake the ominous feeling that there's more to it

You must stay vigilant

and stay safe

I'll stay alert and play it by ear

The organization has completed Melanie’s background check

and I'll be meeting with her soon

Then we will have a stronger team

We are about to embark on

even harsher undercover and secret work

The Party Central Committee attached great importance

to the Lunan Campaign

and clearly instructed that

the Lunan Campaign had a bearing on the overall situation

The Central Committee made careful plans for how it would be fought

Command Headquarters, Xuzhou

On the Southern Front, under Ou Zhen's command

Ou Zhen

the eight reorganized divisions

and twenty brigades will serve as the main assault group

It will be divided into three lines

Tai'erzhuang

From the line of Tai'erzhuang, Xin'anzhen and Chengtou

Chengtou

Xin'anzhen

Linyi

the attack on Linyi will be launched

Our troops on this front are expected to be

only eight hours away from Linyi

The East China Field Army

the capital of the Shandong Liberated Area

Gu Zhutong, General Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Force of the National Government

Good, Linyi

A decisive battle in Linyi is our objective

The East China Field Army

The strongest of the Communist Army

Defeating them in Linyi

and turning the situation around in Shandong

will be the breakthrough we need for the entire country

On the Northern Front

and currently under Li Xianzhou's command, the 73rd

Li Xianzhou

The 73rd Army

46th, and 12th Armies

The 46th Army

The 12th Army

will be supporting the main assault group

They have already moved toward the Xintai area

Xintai

Linyi

to support the Southern Front

Good

The Chairman attaches great importance to the Lunan Campaign

Chief Chen will personally supervise the battle in Xuzhou

We will settle for nothing less of a full victory

The leadership of

the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of National Defense

had been undecided

Today, I have with me a letter of appointment

from the Ministry of National Defense

I hereby announce

The position of Chief of the Strategic Planning Department

of the Ministry of National Defense will be filled by

Lieutenant General Li Xiaoru

Lieutenant General Li Xiaoru

Yes, sir

Receive your appointment

I thank the party-state for their trust in me

Thank Commander-in-Chief Gu for training me

Thank all my colleagues for your cooperation

Thank you

First Deputy Chief: Lieutenant General Liu Feiyun

Second Deputy Chief

Lieutenant General Liang Tong

Chief Liu. Congratulations

Strategic Map of Xuzhou War Zone

Thank you

General Liang. Congratulations

Having the chance to go to the front line

with my esteemed colleagues from the Strategic Planning Department

and command this campaign in Shandong

makes me feel incredibly honored

Sir Gu is the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Force

I hope you'll all work hard under his leadership

to win the campaign

and chase the Communist Army across the Yellow River

and out of Shandong in one fell swoop!

Yes, sir!

With the two factions of Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi

going at each other measure for measure

Gu Zhutong, as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Force

took advantage of the chaos

and put Li Xiaoru

a Lieutenant General who had never fought in an actual war

in the coveted position of the Chief

of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of National Defense

Liu Feiyun found this unexpected

while Liang Tong felt the irony

But they both saw the long and arduous task ahead

Ms. Yang's house is empty

Why don't you guys move here now?

We're just following Chief Chen's arrangement

Chief Chen takes good care of you?

I wanted to move my family

back to my hometown

But the Chief didn't agree

You're in a sensitive position

Safety is the priority

It's great that Xiugu is here to help with the children

with all the elderly and the young in the family

Our Xiugu

has been a member of your family for a while now

Father

Why have you lost so much weight?

I'm so tired from school and studying

You seem to be in good spirits, though

We're not allowed to drink

The Japanese are very strict with us

Japanese?

The instructors, they're Japanese

At first, I was furious

but you know what

I actually learned some new things

that helps getting my spirit up

Mr. Zhou

The Japanese are giving you lessons?

Yes

Our instructor

He was a major general in the army

He went to the same school as Yasuji Okamura

Japanese Military Academy

Didn't you study there too?

His name was Tsuji…

Masanobu Tsuji

Why isn't Dad eating?

Mind your own business

I'll be right back

Mr. Zhou

I have a score to settle

Who with? Give me their name

I'll take care of them

The one you just mentioned, Masanobu Tsuji

He's the one behind Liang Tian's death

What?

That son of a bitch!

Take care of it in private

I know

Taking out an instructor

is not going to be easy

I'll figure out a way as soon as I can

If I don't do it sooner

I won't be able to pull off the friendly act

for too long

You have to be very careful

This man is more dangerous than he seems

I know

I'm taking care of it

there's no need to worry

I heard that Zhao Hengxuan is dead

That's what Zeng Guangxi said

That son of a bitch

He's lucky. He didn't end up in my hands

If he had

he'd be praying for a quick death

But I have my doubts about this

Let's not overthink it

About Masanobu Tsuji

if you're less than confident

I can get help from the U.S. Embassy

You mean Miss Melanie?

Yes

She's in negotiations with the National Government

about the extradition of Japanese war criminals

Got it

By the way

With the battlefield in Shandong all riled up

how are you free to come back to Nanjing?

I came back with Minister Chen

to report to Nanjing

I'll be heading back to Xuzhou first thing tomorrow

Got it

Let's go in

Go

Go

Whoa

How are things?

I've met General Chen

What did he say?

General Chen said to pass his greetings

Get to the important stuff

How is this battle going to work?

Come and see

This is the target

right here

That's a big appetite

Can our three armies take it all in one go?

We...

We're in the Southern Front formed with Ou Zhen's Corps

We will be moving forward together in dense formation

It'll be hard to break us down one by one

But Li Xianzhou's group on the Northern Front

has three lone armies in echelon formation

So there's a chance there

General Chen said

to give up Linyi

and avoid the Ou Zhen corps

so as to fight a battle of annihilation at Laiwu

From Linyi all the way to Laiwu

that's a difficult act to pull off

It's too difficult to manoeuvre

They need to make the Ou Zhen Corps think

that the decisive battle will be fought in Linyi

while secretly moving their main forces to Laiwu

Such a movement will be hard to hide

General Chen knows it would be very difficult

But he's also very determined

General Chen wants us to

sacrifice the 86th Reorganized Division

to hold back the Ou Zhen Corps

If the 86th Reorganized Division is wiped out

Everyone will think

Linyi is the main battlefield

We just need to hold back Ou Zhen Corps

for the East China Field Army

to gain as much time as possible to close the siege

The 86th Reorganized Division is not a sack of potatoes

The two regiments under the Guangxi Clique

are each equivalent to a division

All American-style equipment

Their fighting strength is not weak

I can't just order them to surrender, can I?

I'll think about it

Let me think about it

Congratulations from the bottom of my heart today

Attention!

Graduation Ceremony

I now invite the National Government‘s

General He Yingqin of the Military Commission

to award the graduation medals to the generals

It's like…

It's like we're back in the days at the Japanese Military Academy

Those were the days

They're not coming back

When…

When will we be able to work for our country again?

To train our own generals?

I miss…

I miss my homeland

I miss everything

everything back home

everything

Masanobu

Don't be too distraught

Even now

we work for the interest of our motherland

Just remember this one thing

No one in Japan wants China

our biggest neighbor

to become a communist red state

Yes

I heard the instructor say

that you've been belt-whipped

Brother

isn't this place better fun than the Elder Brothers Society

For sure

They say nothing is scarier

than a gangster who can read

Master, I'll do it

Stay where you are

Wait on the side

I'm still a student here

Aside

General Zhou

Do you remember your promise?

Don't go back on your words

I've made more than one promise

Which do you mean?

You said you'd buy everyone a drink if you graduate

We all remember that, right?

Yes, we do

We remember

I remember. Me too

Did I say that?

How come I don't remember?

We remember what you said

Everyone, tell him

Let me

Take my belt

I'll graduate if it's the last thing I do

Bullshit

You forget who you're talking to

I call the shots in Sichuan

How can I be worried about graduating from school?

That's bullshit

Nevertheless

you said what you said

You're not getting out of this one

It's just a drink and a meal

I can afford it

Okay, okay, okay

Listen

I'll treat you guys to dinner, no problem

But if I'm buying dinner

I'm making it official

This is a graduation drink, right?

According to our Sichuan custom

A graduation drink is a thank-you drink to our teachers

So we have to invite all the instructors who taught us

Including the Japanese

I don't care if they're Japanese

or Chinese

As long as they've taught me

they're my teachers

and I'm inviting them all

That's reasonable. I don't have a problem with that

What about everyone else?

No problem. All right

All right then

You take care of the bill, we'll do the work

It's a deal

All right

You do the invitation, I cover the bill

Okay. Great

We have a deal

Don't back out, General Zhou

It's a deal!

We're waiting for a drink

Come, come

Bottoms up. Bottoms up

Come on. This is good liquor

Come. Drink up. Drink

Have a drink

Pour it for the instructor

Master

Your luggage has been delivered to General Liang's house

Good

Stand outside and keep watch

Yes, sir

Go on

Come on

Let's try some of this

See?

General Zhou, what is this drink?

Vodka

General Zhou

Here comes the serious stuff

Come on, come on

This is the good stuff

Mr. Tsuji, I know that

you fought with the Russians in the Northeast

Didn't you?

Yes

That's why I've prepared for you today

the Russian's favorite drink, vodka

Good liquor

Come on, pour it, pour it

Here you go

This won't do

We're having this

Come on

You're not drinking?

Then we'll drink it ourselves

Pour it out

Come on, come on

Here, a toast to you

Pour it for the teacher

Bottoms up!

Drink! Drink! Drink!

Not bad, not bad. You're a good drinker

We Chinese have a custom

It's called "good deeds come in pairs", right?

Yes

So drink two

Good

Drink up!

Teacher, you're a good drinker

That's right

Make a toast to the teacher, come on

-Toast -yes

That's right

Come on, keep going, keep going

Come on. To the teacher

Come on!

All right

Teacher, you're a great drinker

Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!

Right!

Come on, drink up!

Come on!

Pour it up! Pour it up!

Pour it. One more

Mr. Tsuji, I'm telling you

When we met on the battlefield before

I wasn't able to win all the time

But today, on the drinking table, I'm not going to lose

Come on, drink up!

You haven't had enough

Come on!

Come on, come on

Bottoms up! Bottoms up!

Come on, keep going

Go on!

Drink up!

Great drinker!

Drink, drink, drink

Drink, drink, drink!

Mr. Tsuji, can you still drink?

Drink

Can you still drink?

Drink

General Zhou, we've had a complete victory

That's bullshit

Revenge, we got revenge

I'll take him to sober up and wash his face

Let's go

Come with me

Drink. Drink

Aside

I can do it alone

You guys keep drinking. Drink up

Come on, come on

Let's keep drinking

Let's go

Right

Slow down, slow down

Instructor Okamura, you're not being nice today

You didn't drink

You're not showing me respect

You've had too much to drink

What did he say?

Let's go

It's time for the two of us to finish up

Come on

Watch this

Let's go

I'm taking you to a great place today

Right here

Do you know?

Mr. Tsuji, Mr. Dead

in Sichuan dialect

those two words sound the same?

You liked whipping me, didn't you?

I'll give it back to you today

I'll make you Mr. Dead today

You dare to whip me?

Huh? Did you?

This whip is for Little Tian

This is for my brothers

You son of a bitch

Use my belt. Send him to hell!

Yes, sir

Harder!

Master, he's dead

Son of a bitch, not as tough as you look, huh?

Throw him into the Qinhuai River and feed him to the fish

Yes, sir

Have a cup of coffee

Thanks

How is it?

Smuggled, isn't it?

Good food, good drink and good life

That's all I'm looking for

Don't you think that us from the Guangxi Clique

have the worst luck?

You're too sensitive

As long as we're all serving the party-state

Let's not talk about the grandiose

Let's talk about your wife's case

The murderer, Zhao Hengxuan, was already caught

Then he just drops dead

And we had to take the fall for the case

Now even Zhao Hengxuan's death

is on us

The truth will come out sooner or later

General Liang

We won't carry this blame forever

Your wife's death should not be left unexplained either

We are not talking about it

Let's talk about how to fight this war

Liu Feiyun thought

that he must follow his superiors' requests

and control the position

of the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

We're both just deputies here

What's the point anyway?

I'm beginning to think that

If we continued to be in disagreement

if we continued to fight...

it wouldn't be all bad

The chief will make the final decision anyway

We'll just be setting off his brilliant leadership

Don't you think so?

General Liang, you're a smart man

If you like the coffee

come to me and get more, anytime

The Lunan Campaign was not looking good

The outcome may require someone to take responsibility

Liu Feiyun was undoubtedly sending the signal

to join forces against Li Xiaoru

Liu Feiyun was brazen

in showing his motives

Who did he represent?

But nevertheless, only with Li Xiaoru out of the way

could new opportunities come

Ou Zhen's regiment on the Southern Front has breached Linyi

Yes!

Did Hu Ziqi's 11th Reorganized Division

go in the first?

Sir

it was Wu Mengxiang's 86th Reorganized Division

Wu Mengxiang...

The 86th Reorganized Division

is the backbone of the Southwest native troops

Give Wu Mengxiang credit

Yes, sir

Gentlemen

The Communist East China Field Army is too damaged

to fight us any longer

Order Li Xianzhou's troops to move south quickly

Have them join Ou Zhen's group

to destroy the East China Field Army in the area north of Linyi

Yes

Linyi was conquered so easily

It was beyond Liang Tong's expectation

At that point, thinking back to Li Xianzhou's corps

and their three armies in echelon formation

Liang Tong suddenly realized

that Li Xianzhou's troops were walking into a trap

set by the East China Field Army

To swallow the whole Li Xianzhou troops

was East China Field Army's true intent all along

If that was indeed the case

as a professional soldier, Liang Tong

was impressed by the Party Central Committee's boldness and vision

Wu Mengxiang

I'm not convinced

One, two, three, shoot!

Shoot!

Shoot!

Fine, you win

Get the liquor

Your helmet

Wu Mengxiang drank from his helmet

and said goodbye

to his comrades, and to this world

To complete the mission given to him by the organization

he was ready to die

with the 86th Division

It's like you're riding on a cannonball

with your promotions

You got up the ladder quicker than any of us

My troops and I fought our way up

Next time you'll give that chance to me

Nah, I'm keeping the chance to die first

Don't talk like that!

I mean, big bro

We are always in battle

I'm actually worried that one day

we'll never see each other again

Huzi

We're in battle all the time

But tell me, what are we fighting for?

What do you think?

Faith

U.S. Embassy, Nanjing

Come in

Miss Melanie

Comrade Fang

He Meihui

I've been looking for you so hard

Please sit down

I heard that Linyi was lost

There was a lot of publicity on the radio this morning

Didn't Chairman Mao say

"We are not fighting the Kuomintang

over any single city, any single town"?

Perhaps, one day

we'll give up even Yan'an

for them to take

We'll destroy the enemy's living forces through mobile operations, yes

But there's still a disparity of power

I'm a bit worried about that

You're not the only one who's worried

Even Comrade Stalin

and the Soviet comrades are worried about us

But we'll make them believe

with our actions

We're old acquaintances, to put it mildly

But as comrades

this is our first official contact

Comrade He Meihui

Welcome back to the Communist Party of China

Thank you

And...

I'd like to thank you

for training Ghost Child

I knew you'd mention him

How's he doing now?

He is now in the KMT Xuzhou Headquarters, giving the command

to the siege of our Shandong Liberated Area

I know you two are very close

But you can't be reunited yet

Because you each have your own work to do

I do regret telling you this

I understand

I have my feelings in check

Good

But in times of need

you must try to help him and protect him

Our office is about to withdraw to Yan'an

In the future, you'll have more chances to see him

than I will

Is there really no room for peace negotiations?

Think about it

They're attacking Yan'an on the one hand

and our Shandong Liberated Area on the other

How does that translate to

a gesture of peace?

What was our request?

That KMT stop the expansion of the civil war

and their oppression of the people

This was our basic request

What do you think Chiang Kai-shek's answer is going to be?

I'm here today

to say goodbye to Ambassador Leighton Stuart

We are polite and respectful people

Regardless of where the Chinese and Americans stand tomorrow

as friends or as enemies

Leighton Stuart and we were, undoubtedly, once friends

Since the office has been withdrawn

we owe him a goodbye

Take me to see Leighton Stuart later

I've arranged for your meeting

For our future

You may have to live

in the dark for a while

For our future

Little Tian

Uncle Kui took care

of that Jap Masanobu Tsuji for you

You can rest in peace now

Liang Tian

Father avenged your death

Rest in peace

Master

Minister Zeng's men from National Security Bureau are here to see you

General Zhou

Minister Zeng instructed me

to pay respects to Mr. Liang Tian first

He also wanted me to tell you this

He should have been the one to exact the revenge for Mr. Liang Tian

That's the message

I'm sorry

but you have to come with me to the Bureau

to be questioned

Let me grab my hat

Melanie

Lead the way

National Revolutionary Army 10th Reorganized Division,

Division Commander

Zhou Yingkui, reporting to Minister Zeng

General Zhou

Please sit down

Yes

This belt is yours, isn't it?

Masanobu Tsuji is not dead

He's alive and breathing

When Yasuji Okamura got off the boat

he realized Masanobu Tsuji was missing

He took his men and searched the coast

They searched until dawn

and they found him

Masanobu Tsuji was rescued

by a boatman on a lightship

Masanobu

What happened to you?

Hang in there!

Hang in there!

He's a Japanese?

I shouldn't have saved him

Masanobu

What happened?

This is actually my belt

You don't know this

but in my class

there's a story about my belt

Oh, I know the story

Don't look at me like that

Killing a man and leaving my own belt at the crime scene

so that evidence can be found against me later?

Am I that dumb?

I was drunk that night

I didn't know where the belt went

You know me

If I wanted to kill a Jap

I wouldn't be going about it all secretive

Right?

Someone must be trying to frame me

Yes

I am so relieved

to hear your explanation, General Zhou

Let me get you a glass of water

I went to see Masanobu Tsuji at the hospital

He can't testify against anyone

I'm afraid he won't be able to talk for the rest of his life

He's a vegetable now

He can't speak, he can't think

He can't even control his bowel movement

What a pity

He was our instructor, after all

He was alive and kicking the other day

General Zhou, my room is not bugged

There's no bug

You are a suspect now

But there is no evidence to prove

that you did it, despite the belt

Oh, yes, the Commandant is angry

but there's also nothing he can do about it

You know that the Japanese are a sensitive issue right now

They're doing everything they can

to avoid a war trial

The Americans have been asking for delivery of war criminals

So if they put you on trial for attempted murder now

it'll expose all those Japanese instructors

Minister Zeng

why don't you just let me out of here then?

I don't need a sympathy dinner or anything, just let me go

Alrighty

I'll think of something right away

Outside Linyi, Shandong

If we take Linyi

the whole of Shandong will be ours

The victory in Linyi means a lot

The Military Commission has issued some commendations

You've done a great job

Awesome!

Come on, let's take a picture

as a souvenir

Ziqi, come

I don't think this battle is as simple as it seems