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GA LUU TRIEU

ALL FOR THE BELOVED SOUTH

- I'm going now.
- With peace, we'll meet again.

Please remember to take
care of our parents for me.

Don't worry.

I'm sorry.

Miss!

K3!

- Cuong!
- Mother!

Good thing I made it back in time.

Were you really going to leave like that
without saying goodbye to your mother?

The Tchaikovsky Conservatory
over there is waiting for you.

The whole country is being
mobilized, everyone is going to the front.

All your friends have already gone.

How could I bear to stay behind alone?

But I promise.

When the war is over...

I will return to the conservatory.

The war is about to end.

Mother believes so!

Take care. I'm leaving now.

Stay healthy.

The National Defense Corps once departs

Complete victory, glorious
Mark the day of return

Go forth, go forth to preserve
the rivers and mountains

Go forth, go forth, rather die than retreat

- That's my girlfriend.
- She's that pretty?

Hey. Looking at you, the enemy might
think our side has run out of people,

sending kids to the battlefield.

I may be small in stature,
but I'm "big" in other ways.

Where? What? Let's see.

Fight a few battles
first, then I'll show you.

When there's peace, please come back.

When there's peace, please come back.

ONCE WE GO, WE ARE DETERMINED TO WIN

When there's peace, I will return.

Wait for me, sister.

Remember to name the
child Hoa Binh (Peace), okay?

Wait for me here.

Hello, young master.

Hello, Mr. Quang.

Mother.

QUANG

I just lit incense for the ancestors.

I asked for a sign, but
it was not favorable.

I was thinking of calling the
Deputy Chief of Staff General

- to ask for help for you...
- Mother.

Please don't mention those corrupt
generals in front of me anymore.

Many go to the Outpost
1 area, but few return.

You are the only son, if
something happens to you...

Today I came home to say
goodbye, not to ask for your opinion.

I want to live a life worthy of a man.

The feeling of facing the
enemy, smelling gunpowder...

it stimulates my brain like crazy, Mother.

I hope you understand.

Goodbye, Mother.

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MILITARY FORCES
FRONT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS

I am duly authorized by the President,

to inform General Hoang Xuan,

that you are relieved of your responsibility as
Commander of Military Region 1 and 1st Corps.

- By your command!
- Losing Quang Tri,

a strategic area, is a disgrace.

A disgrace for the Americans...

and for us.

And from this moment, your replacement
will be General Ngo Quang here.

I will do my utmost to serve the President.

The President is very angry.

At all costs, we must retake Quang Tri.

And the strategic attack point
is the town and Citadel area.

This is the most crucial point

to prevent Hanoi from advancing
south and having a pretext to bargain

in the so-called... Paris Talks.

So after a 4-year interruption,

we are here again. This
time with all four parties.

We are forced to compromise with
the US on this to demand from them

to accept more fundamental provisions.

Whether this round of
talks succeeds or fails

depends greatly on the
situation on the battlefield.

Especially the battlefield in Quang Tri.

Report, Comrade Commander,
there's an urgent message.

Okay.

The situation between us
and the enemy is as follows.

We have 3 divisions,
holding the entire province.

Within the Citadel perimeter, the K3 battalion
will be responsible for holding the position.

Comrade Thanh, the regimental commander,
will directly command the battalion.

Understood, Commander.

Currently, three sides are enemy-held.

We only have the Thach Han River side

as the sole direction for support, supply,
troop movement, and casualty evacuation.

Due to the narrow operational area,

the surgical station
will be set up right here.

Comrade Le, the head
doctor, what do you think?

Report, Comrade
Commander. As in recent days,

30 cases are manageable.
But if it's 300 cases or more

we'll have to stack them like fish.

And we can't salt them for preservation.

It's okay to say it here,
but don't spread it around.

- The soldiers might get demoralized.
- Alright.

According to the latest
information, in just the coming days,

they will attack more fiercely

to retake the Citadel in
the shortest possible time.

If this recapture fails,

you gentlemen, and even
I, will have no way to retreat.

They want to reclaim this land at all costs

to use as a basis for bargaining with us.

As for our side, we are
determined to hold this front

to block their intentions.

The whole country and world
public opinion are watching this area.

- Units, go prepare.
- Understood.

This is our honor, our history.

The President decided to deploy all
the most elite general reserve forces

of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.

The Airborne Division, the Marine Division,

3 Ranger groups, 1 Armored Brigade,

2 Artillery Brigades, 1 Air Division

will directly participate in the battle.

Everyone, run...

Grandma!

Damn, my hands are all dirty.

Mother!

Damn, this is so embarrassing.

I wonder how those generals trained their
troops, they fell apart before even fighting.

In this chaos, go South with your
parents to stay with your grandparents.

Let's go!

When I'm done here, I'll join you there.

Go on! Remember to
take care of our parents!

Hurry!

Go.

Stop!

Hey, Miss!

Stop crying.

I'm here with you.

- Shh. It's okay.
- You're wounded.

Let me get you and the child out of here.

Get in the car.

My love, why do you harm me so

I am like cold rice

To ease your hunger when it comes

If I hadn't known, I wouldn't mind

But now that I know, each of us

In different places, only sorrow grows

I can only take you this far.

There's a church over there.

You can go there and ask
the nuns to tend to your wounds

and leave the child. The
nuns there are very kind.

Thank you for your help.

May I know your name?

Oh, so beautiful.

So beautiful.

Your drawing is also beautiful.

When you return, please give me one.

I'll show it to the elders back home.

I'm afraid if I just tell them, they
won't be able to imagine it properly.

Okay?

Surely someone will return.

Squad 1, prepare to move out.

Orders to cross the river.
Stay close, move fast.

Get to the south bank as soon
as the shelling stops, copy?

Copy!

Be careful, comrades.

- Careful.
- Hurry up, comrades.

Hurry up.

Sit down.

Hold on tight.

- So incredibly beautiful.
- Indeed...

beautiful like a goddess on the river.

Duck down!

Stay still!

Can't swim!

Row!

Quick!

Help... Help...

Mother!

Take cover! Enemy
artillery is hitting again!

Enemy artillery is hitting again!

Go.

Hurry up.

Alive. They're all alive, brother.

You're wounded.

It's nothing. Just a scratch.

What a tough guy! Didn't even make a sound.

Let me keep this scarf with me
until the end of the campaign, okay?

Squad.

Hurry up. Move into the
Citadel. They're shelling again.

Hope all comrades are safe.

- Let's go, brother.
- Everyone, cast off.

Go.

DINH CONG TRANG

Hurry up.

- Squad 2, follow me over here.
- Yes.

Hurry up!

I'm handing the troops over to you.

Reinforcements?

I'm Ta. From now on,
I'll be your squad leader,

directly in charge of you guys.

We are new soldiers, please guide us.

Guide what? On the battlefield,
you see the enemy, you shoot.

If you don't shoot them, you're dead.

You're new and still have
energy, get to work right away.

Here. Add more earth to the
trenches. The thicker, the better.

If you're careless, the first
barrage will blow everything away.

Hey, what kind of training is
that? Your rifle is on backwards.

Time to eat, comrades.

- Comrades.
- Thank you.

Comrade.

Keep it up.

Hey you.

Newbie? Take care of yourself.

DINH CONG TRANG

Put your rifle back on.

Here.

Once you're here, drop that
petit bourgeois picky eating habit.

Try to fill your stomach.

If something happens to you,
you'll become a hungry ghost.

I suggest you don't demoralize the men.

Demoralize what?

Just accept that once you're here...

you can die any moment,
makes it easier on the mind.

My Squad 1, the main assault squad,

we just met, greeted each other...

and more than half are already gone.

Hey.

It's all just dirt, what
are you looking for?

I'm trying to see if there's any
underground drainage tunnel.

Because according to construction
principles, there should be one.

Drainage tunnels at a time
like this? Get back to your spot.

Nonsense.

Let's do a squad roll call to be sure.

So when the fighting gets chaotic later...

we know who's who to report as dead.

I'm Ta, from Thanh Hoa, nearly 30,

100% farmer, 7th grade education.

One wife, one child.

I'm Sen, 24 years old.

My father died during the resistance against the
French, at home I have my mother and a younger sister.

I'm a reconnaissance commando.

Commando?

Good. Every infantry battle needs
commandos involved to be effective.

What about you?

My name is Hai, from Quang Nam.

Back home, I followed my father fixing and
installing electrical wiring for people.

Your electrical skills will
definitely be useful here.

Good. And you, young man?

I'm Binh, originally from Saigon.

But I moved North with my
parents during the regroupment.

I was in my third year at
the Hanoi Fine Arts University

when the general mobilization order came.

You're used to holding a brush,
can you manage holding a rifle now?

I'm Cuong, a third-year student
at the conservatory, from Hanoi.

I've studied some Wing Chun and judo.

Impressive.

What about this kid here?

- Kid!
- Yes?

- You.
- I'm Tu.

My parents are also regroupment cadres.

I'm about to graduate high school.

"About to"?

Do you think this is a
military academy for minors?

Tomorrow I'll send you back behind the lines.
Go back out there and continue your studies.

Please, no.

I had to write an application in
blood for them to let me come.

Carrying one painter, one
musician, one kid with a runny nose.

How are we supposed to fight?

Just let us go into battle,
you'll have your answer.

A big fight is coming.

You guys are students, but you also have to
throw yourself into a battle like this...

it feels like a bit of a waste.

But that's war.

In combat, we'll rely on each other,

and eventually, we'll all get used to it.

Our squad now has people
from the North, Central, and South.

Good!

The whole country is in the fight!

Shelling!

Get in the bunker!

- Get down!
- The shelling is so intense.

- What comes after the artillery?
- Infantry. That's our turn.

Try to keep your head down.

Move to fighting positions!

Hey, take your hand off,
little brother. Leave it alone!

Wait until they get closer to open fire.

Fire in two-round bursts.
Don't spray the whole magazine.

Remember to conserve ammo.

- Enemy!
- Fire!

Hurry up. Be quick.

Seriously wounded, get on the boat.

Lightly wounded, hold onto a
flotation device and swim across.

Why don't you call in
artillery, Lieutenant?

They're about to reach the shore.

In war, killing the wounded is cowardly,

it violates the Geneva Conventions.

Lieutenant, war is also no
place for infatuation with women.

Especially a woman from the other side.

Stop snitching on me to
the higher-ups, you hear?

Doing that is really cowardly.

Stop! That's enough for today.

- The Airborne Rangers forbid sneak attacks.
- Yes, sir.

Dismissed.

Brother Sen, I managed
to collect some of this.

Cuong, take a sip.

Pass it to Ta.

Brother Ta, have a sip of water.

Give it to the youngest.

No, you guys drink.

I've been passing ammo all morning.

- You drink.
- Drink.

- Let's save it.
- Just drink the last sip!

Damn, the 10th battle today.

Seriously.

Just a few dozen days and we've
replaced troops over a dozen times.

Losing half each day.

Damn, lucky the old guys are still here.

Yours.

Always pulling up your pants.

Ruining the image of the
Liberation Army soldier.

What are you doing?

I miss my engraving craft.

I'm taking the opportunity to engrave
everyone's name and hometown onto this

and put it inside a penicillin vial.

In case we die, there'll be
something to mark our graves.

Like the date of death, the
survivors can engrave it later.

That's a good idea. How about...

you engrave mine first, so I can
send it home to my wife and kid.

So I should prepare
my mind for that, right?

Come on, brother.

Where have Hai and Cuong
disappeared to since morning?

Tu, go find those two.

Yes.

I've finished engraving yours.

I even added some
extra star designs for you.

When they bury it with
you, you'll look really cool.

Brother Sen, what design do
you want me to engrave for you?

Don't you have anything better to ask?

I saw Brother Cuong up on the Citadel
wall, helping with casualty evacuation.

As for Brother Hai, I don't
know where he's hiding.

But I found this little bird.

It was wounded, stuck
in a corner of the trench.

I felt sorry for it, so I brought it
back to raise. Not sure if it'll survive.

This is a life-and-death battlefield,
what's this about a bird? Let it go.

Birds flying in, fish jumping out.
It's bad luck. Get rid of it for me.

You guys might be
superstitious, but I'm not.

Please let me keep
it. It brings a bit of joy.

Joy my foot!

We can't even guarantee our
own lives from one day to the next,

let alone a bird.

Continue your report.

Yes, reporting...

This underground drainage system
is laid out in a herringbone pattern

along the edge of the
Citadel, and it's very discreet.

Troops can move through
it quickly and safely.

Consider it a surprise tunnel.

Is it really a surprise? If the
enemy discovers that tunnel

and detonates explosives in it,
the losses would be unpredictable.

Reporting. I think...

even so, it's still better than the shallow,
makeshift communication trenches on the surface.

The higher command's policy is to
counterattack and advance, not to defend.

- Do you understand, comrade?
- Reporting.

Given the characteristics here,
just attacking would be suicide.

I believe the spirit of attack is
different from the tactics of attack.

Who are you, what unit,

what is your rank, to speak so recklessly?

I am just a soldier, and I am
speaking with a soldier's honesty.

That's enough.

This is an important issue.

All of us need to seriously consider it.

Thank you, comrades. You may go.

Yes, sir.

Go.

What is the Airborne spirit?

It's swift attack, swift victory.

It's courage and decisiveness,

not fighting slowly like
other types of troops.

Our eyes and ears are your
Airborne Ranger company

commanded by Lieutenant Quang here.

Yes, sir.

I have received a message
from higher command.

Relay the order.

Within 20 days, the
Citadel must be recaptured.

The Quang Tri Citadel must
become a hellish inferno.

Exactly 5 AM tomorrow,
burn out all the communists.

- Yes, sir!
- Move out.

Enemy!

Spread out.

Tu!

Leave him, they'll shoot us all now!

Damn it.

Quickly, brothers.

Hurry up. There are more people up here.

Hurry up.

Keep your heads down.

Hang in there.

It's all gone.

Damn! No anesthetic left.

Hold on, comrade.

Comrade, let me help you.

Are you okay?

Brother Cuong, are you okay?

You know my name?

The boat is full, let's cross!

Take care.

When the campaign ends, I'll take
you across the river. Back to that side.

Then I'll give this scarf back to you.

Where did these guys all go?

Just because you keep your head down in
the trench, does that make you a commander?

Who keeps calling? I'm busy!

Yes. Yes, sir.

Who was calling?

Who?

The General, the
Commander-in-Chief, is calling.

I am Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thanh,
Commander of the Citadel, requesting...

Go ahead, report.

- Reporting!
- Re... Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief.

The Citadel Commander
has been shouting too much,

his ears are ringing, he's lost his voice.

No. "Everything is fine.
The soldiers' morale is high."

Yes, the Citadel remains...

secure.

- But casualties are heavy.
- Oh god.

Each day... hundreds are lost.

We can't replace them fast enough.

Yes, General, please give the order.

Yes, sir!

As long as K3 Tam Son remains,

the Citadel remains.

All soldiers will hold the Citadel...

to the last breath.

What did the General say?

The General commended our fighting spirit.

And informed us that most likely tonight,

they will send a probing team
to sneak in and plant their flag.

Then take pictures and spread
news that they've taken the Citadel

to gain an advantage
at the negotiating table.

At all costs, we must neutralize them

because tomorrow morning the Paris
Conference will officially reconvene.

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM

Agreeing to a conference
including all four parties

demonstrates our good
faith and desire for peace.

Therefore, you should also accept

that South Vietnam currently has two
governments, two territories, and two armies

as a matter of course.

One country cannot have two suns.

There can only be one.

And that is us.

Is this the President's idea or your idea?

It doesn't matter whose idea.

In a little while, you
will see the results.

Are you perhaps referring
to the Quang Tri battlefield?

- Nothing has been decided yet.
- Alright. Then we'll wait.

Why are you so sure
they'll plant the flag here?

This is the highest point.

Nobody boasts of their
victory from a muddy hole.

Wait until they properly
plant the flag, then open fire.

Brother, I think we should
split into multiple directions.

- In case they try to mislead us.
- Okay.

Hai, Binh.

Go around the back.

Brother Cuong.

Brother Cuong!

Brother Cuong!

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Brother Cuong.

Sen!

Hold on.

The Citadel front remains firmly held.

The soldiers holding the Citadel

have fought with great
tenacity and courage.

Nothing has changed,

UNITED STATES

we can begin.

Brother Cuong.

On the train coming here,
do you remember what I said?

I may be young,

but my courage to fight the enemy...

is not small.

Right, brother?

Tu!

Mother...

Your husband is doing much better today.

Go see him.

He's been waiting for you.

How are you feeling?

Do you have any news...

about the comrades inside the Citadel?

With this heavy rain, the comrades
inside must be having a hard time.

Hurry up so he can eat.

Quang's favorite is chicken
porridge with century eggs.

Quang!

If I stay in bed one more minute...

I'll go crazy.

That communist soldier's gaze...

haunts me.

Just like the smell of gunpowder and blood.

Every time I close my eyes,

it's like it's lurking somewhere.

If this continues, I'll go crazy.

My son is delusional.

But it's true, Mother.

We are being led into a war

by a bunch of generals...

and American advisors.

I'm delusional, Mother.

Quang.

Quang.

HOANG

Son...

My son.

Go.

Miss. Is there a wounded
soldier named Cuong

from D18, Citadel, being treated here?

Yes. He's in the shelter
over there. The last bed.

Thank you.

- I'm here.
- The Commander sent you a message.

Soon you will be transferred to the
North to recover from your wounds.

What do you think?

- Rest up.
- Okay.

I'm leaving.

Are you feeling better?

Can you get me a can?

Let me help you sit up.

Please... turn around.

You're so seriously wounded...

what are you shy about?

Let me help you.

It feels... strange every time.

It's not right.

You're a seriously wounded
soldier, and I'm a nurse.

It's just my job.

When peace comes,

let's go North together
to visit your mother.

DINH CONG TRANG

Cuong!

I thought you were being transferred North.

I was happy for you, why did you come back?

All our brothers are still
here, how could I go North?

You little rascal.

What about Tu?

He died on the river, didn't he?

His body has probably
drifted out to sea by now, right?

Life is cruel. So many barrages,
burying hundreds of lives,

but Tu's bird is still alive and kicking.

I tried to set it free, but it wouldn't go.
Just lingers in that corner of the bunker.

The whole company, over a hundred
soldiers, now only a handful left.

Ah, forget it.

We'll fight with however many are left.

What's there to fear?

Where is Brother Sen?

His bunker was hit by artillery.

Buried him. Took all night to dig him out.

Brother Sen.

He's lucky to be alive.

Lift him up.

Easy.

Brother Sen, hang in
there. We're almost out.

Hai, go over there.

Evacuate the wounded!

There's someone alive over here!

- Help!
- Someone's alive.

Evacuate.

Hurry.

He's in a daze like that now.

Why didn't you send him to the rear?

He struggled and refused to go.

Besides, having him here is kind of nice.

He helps with small tasks occasionally,

except for holding a rifle.

Well?

We've doubled the time and
still haven't advanced an inch?

General, the opponents we are facing

are the toughest we've ever encountered.

But we cannot afford to lose.

Therefore, I have decided

to deploy the Marine Division.

- Yes, sir.
- The Airborne Division

will temporarily withdraw to consolidate
and fight on the outer perimeter.

The Ranger group will
continue to hold Junction 1

as a strong reserve echelon
should the situation arise.

- Understood?
- Yes, sir.

If they're going to fight, just
fight. All this lurking and waiting.

I don't know what they're planning.

I want to fight to forget this itch...

This itch that makes me want
to tear this skin and flesh off.

Better if it just stayed quiet.

If people have forgotten, why bring it up?

It itches.

- What's that?
- Here!

Oh my god.

Why are you alone?

Yes.

Last night, nine of us crossed the river.

Just as we were nearing the shore,
enemy machine guns opened fire.

Everyone was killed, only me left.

I was so scared, tired, and hungry,

that I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I hurried here immediately.

- Name?
- I'm Tan, a student.

I've had some training. Please guide me.

I'm "Ta", and you're
"Tan" - sounds impressive.

But weighing about 40 kilos soaking
wet like that, how are you going to fight?

"Which unit trained you?
Your rifle is on backwards."

Okay.

Okay.

He looks a bit like Tu, doesn't he?

I'm joking... I need to pee but I dare not.

If I pee here and then die here...
my body would stink so bad.

But I really need to go.

Enemy attack!

- What's that sound?
- Damn, they're attacking!

Move to fighting positions!

- Sen!
- Brother Sen!

Get down, Brother Sen!

Damn it...

Brother Sen!

Damn you!

Sen, get down!

- Brother Ta!
- Brother Ta!

Brother Ta.

Because we don't want your body to be torn
apart by bombs and shells on the ground,

we ask permission to
give you a water burial.

We hope your spirit lives on,

protecting us,

those of us still alive,

so we can complete our duty to the country.

Farewell, brother.

Farewell, brother.

"Your wife and child miss you and love you,

I am about to leave..."

This time...

I will probably go far away forever.

So...

I will never see you and our child again.

I miss him so much.

When I left,

our child told me to remember
to buy a blue hair clip.

Please buy one for him in my place.

Brother Ta?

My duty to repay the country is done.

I only feel sorry for you.

If later someone truly loves you,

you should stay with them.

That way...

down here I can be at peace.

On the day of victory,

if you still think of me,

take the train to Quang Tri,

go down the Thach Han River,

find An Hoa village.

MARTYR'S GRAVE
IDENTITY UNKNOWN

They pulled me out,

buried me there.

There's a piece of aluminum with my
name engraved, inside a penicillin vial,

remember.

Well? Accepting defeat, are we?

General,

please ask the President
to give us more time.

The communists inside are exhausted.

The President has extended
the deadline 8 times.

How many more extensions
do you gentlemen want?

The President orders,

you have exactly 3 more days.

During those 3 days, the
Americans will provide you

with heavy weapons never
used anywhere before.

Use all your strength and finish it.

- Wake up.
- Enemy?

Change of guard.

What are you drawing so
secretly? Your sweetheart?

Get up.

Time to change guard, everyone.

Sleep a bit more to ease the longing.

Suddenly I miss home and my mother so much.

You're lucky you can still draw.

Since Brother Ta died, my
mind has been in shambles.

I haven't had the inspiration
to write another musical note.

Even now, we still cherish our lives.

Because we haven't held anyone's hand,

haven't known what a first kiss is like.

Not like some people, having
someone hold them up to pee.

Brother Cuong, let me ask you seriously.

Was it nice back then?

Maybe that moment gave
you enough inspiration to write

something on a "symphonic" level, right?

The rain has stopped.

Should we get out and get some fresh air?

Get out of the trench for a bit?

We've been soaking in
water so long, we're numb.

Alright, let's go up.

As long as K3 Tam Son remains, the
Citadel remains. What's there to fear?

- What's "K3 Tam Son"?
- It's the unit's callsign.

- K3 Tam Son remains.
- The Citadel remains.

K3 Tam Son remains, the Citadel remains!

- K3 Tam Son remains.
- The Citadel remains.

Enemy! Enemy approaching!

Take positions!

Get down!

Brothers, grab your weapons and fight!

Retreat!

- Get into the drain!
- Go down, I'll cover you.

- Why are you coming back up?
- The drain is blocked.

I don't know which side you're on.

But for the sake of those still living,

I'm sorry.

Everyone, pack your gear neatly,

- wait for the order to cross the river.
- Yes.

They're starting their full-force assault.

All companies with wounded and
sick, prepare to move to the riverbank.

On my order, we will cross.

- Yes.
- Yes.

Tan.

- Go to the bunker and pack Brother Sen's things.
- Yes.

Hai has disappeared without a trace.

- Let me go find him.
- No.

Brother Sen is about to leave.

Only the three of us are left.

Honestly, I don't want
to lose anyone else now.

Listen up, communist soldiers.

In just one or two more days,

under the ferocious
attack of the most elite units

of the Republic of Vietnam's
general reserve forces.

Surely none of you will survive.

- You bastards.
- Food for the fish of the Thach Han River.

You have all entered a
dead end with no way out.

Your awakening...

will bring you back to your
wives, children, families

and the national cause.

Now witness with your own eyes.

One such awakening.

Come on, friend, save yourself.

Just say exactly what I just said.

Our mission is to hold the Citadel.

If we go up now, we all die.

Speak.

Speak!

I'll give you one more chance.

Speak.

- Retreat, you guys!
- Brother Sen?

Brother Sen!

Retreat!

What are you looking for?

I think I hear crickets here.

Must be a whole bunch to make that sound.

With them shelling us
this many times a day,

even worms can't
survive, let alone crickets.

Your ears are ringing, cover them.

It keeps chirping, it's scary, brother.

Ringing ears aren't as
scary as the hunger pangs.

Haven't had anything to eat for days.

My vision blurs when I hold my rifle.

Seeing one enemy as
two is the real scary thing.

Here, a little bit to keep going.

Here.

Everyone have a little to keep going.

Every swallow... feels so good.

My ears aren't ringing anymore.

Here. The youngest, priority.

Get down!

Brother, I'm so hungry.

So hungry I don't want to move at all.

I know.

The enemy has been harassing
the riverbank these days,

nothing can get through to us.

The wounded and sick are having limbs
amputated and operated on without anesthesia.

What's that?

What are you doing?

I'm hungry.

I'm afraid I won't have the
strength to fight this afternoon.

Cuong, hold this for me.

Whoever is still alive, bring them back.

What's that strange sound?

Never heard it before.

- Planes! Run!
- Run quickly!

- Binh!
- Binh! No!

Binh!

Binh?

Binh!

Binh!

Ladies and gentlemen.
After many months of debate,

with moments of tension, moments
of genuine misunderstanding,

today, the terms for peace in Vietnam

have been drafted with the
consensus of all four parties.

As the presiding delegation,

the Delegation of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam

invites the Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs to officially read the agreement.

Please, Madam.

PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM

Paris, September 1972.

These are the basic terms of
the peace agreement on Vietnam.

Article 1: The United
States and other countries

respect the independence, sovereignty,

unity, and territorial integrity of Vietnam

as recognized by the 1954 Geneva Agreements

on Vietnam.

Article 2:

A ceasefire shall be observed
throughout South Vietnam

as of the said date and time.

The United States will
cease all its military activities

against the territory of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam

by all forces on land, in
the air, and on the sea,

wherever they may originate.

The complete cessation of
hostilities mentioned in this Article

is firm and without time limit.

4 kilometers of the town, over 250
thousand square meters of the Citadel,

and more than 80 days and
nights of desperate defense.

Thousands of soldiers have sacrificed.

With the densest concentration of
bombs and shells in world war history.

Each of our soldiers...

endured over 100 bombs
and over 200 artillery shells.

Now is the time for us to
let our comrades withdraw.

Withdrawing now could
still preserve a small force.

But there is no official order.

All our soldiers...

have completed their mission gloriously,

at the ultimate cost of sacrifice...

and loss.

But this matter is
too big, it's not simple.

I, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thanh,

commander responsible
for the defense of the Citadel,

ask to take full
responsibility, solely on myself.

If someone must take responsibility, I,

the Political Commissar of the Citadel, will be the
one to bear the highest and primary responsibility.

Goodbye, comrades.

We are leaving.

"Peace."

"Peace, come back home with me."

"Admonition", is it
spelled with a "d" or a "gi"?

Brother Ta, back home, just
receiving a letter is enough to be happy.

Who cares if the spelling is correct?

But...

when the children and grandchildren
open it, they'll laugh at me.

Brother Ta, there's a whole army of lice!

Oh god. Disgusting!

No wonder my scalp itches so much.

Getting lice is maddening.

Binh, did you return those paper
scissors you borrowed for your drawings?

Too busy fighting, I don't
remember where I put them.

Here you go!

Dirty joke.

You, in Tu's place, return it to freedom.

Doctor Le.

You and Political Commissar
Tan are in charge of this group.

Take the boat back,
I'll go on the last one.

I'll stay with you.

That's an order.

Hurry.

- Quick.
- Hong!

I'm sorry.

Move quickly.

I was so worried I wouldn't get to see you,

wouldn't keep my promise to
take you back to the north bank.

I promised that when peace comes, we'd
go North together to visit your mother.

After that time,

the time you were wounded,

I already considered you...

my husband.

Comrades. Attention.

Currently, there is a Marine battalion

combined with enemy Airborne Ranger forces

advancing towards us.

They are trying to block
our troop movement.

I need comrades willing to join me
in a suicide mission to intercept them

and ensure the safe crossing
of the evacuation group.

- Me!
- Me!

- Me too!
- I can fight too!

Just cast off the boat. Don't wait for me.

I will come back to you.

But if I don't return, please
give this to my mother for me.

I love you.

I'll wait for you!

Comrades! Spread out!

Hold the line!

Hold the line!

- Brother Thanh!
- Brother Thanh!

Brother Thanh!

Go back to the riverbank
and help the others.

I have to deal with this bastard myself.

QUANG

You fight well.

If it weren't for this chaotic wartime,

you and I could have
been friends worth keeping.

But now...

let's have a fair fight.

Let's end this.

THAI

You bastard!

HOANG

Hoang, I'm begging you.

A coward like you
deserves to die like a dog!

Hoang!

Mother...

Mother.

Comrades.

Is there anyone left on the south bank?

My love.

My love!

My love!

THE RED RAIN SYMPHONY
COMPOSER: VU KIEN CUONG

RED RAIN

FLESH AND BLOOD SPILLED,
EARTH AND SKY RECORD THE NAMES

But I promise.

When the war ends,
I will return to the conservatory.

MARTYR: VU KIEN CUONG
DIED: 16/9/1972

GRAVE: NGUYEN PHUC QUANG
DIED: 16/9/1972

81 DAYS AND NIGHTS

FLESH AND BLOOD SPILLED,
EARTH AND SKY RECORD THE NAMES

"Admonition", is it
spelled with a "d" or a "gi"?

By then, maybe you'll
have to write something...

on a "symphonic" level, right?

- Here, catch some lice!
- Oh god, so gross.

Dirty joke.

What are you drawing so
secretly? Your sweetheart?

When peace comes, let's go
North together to visit your mother.

Translated by: Minh Quoc (22/11/2025)

THE END