All language subtitles for Defying The Storm EP31

[Defying the Storm]

[Episode 31]

Minister Tang,

what does it mean?

Do you have any evidence

to prove that I stopped them?

I've always been extremely disciplined.

And I'll get to the bottom

of the smuggling case!

Deputy Director Shao,

your account in Hong Kong, China,

takes in 150 grams of gold every month.

I figured

Vice Captain Fang gives you the money, right?

Tang Shizhen, you're a mad dog.

You even dare to mess with me.

Sit down.

Let's calm down.

Airplanes bring in big profits.

We're both hanging on by a thread.

Remember,

as long as I take you as my friend,

I'll try my best to defend you.

Why do you think the president's wife

looked for the catspaw several times,

but you're still alive and kicking?

Supervisor Bai,

you know exactly

which side you should take.

I'll personally ensure

the Yunnan Army is fairly treated.

Set your mind at rest.

Tang Shizhen.

You've got a silver tongue,

but you don't get a vote.

It's two to one.

You've lost.

You know

I went to Chongqing the other day.

It's obviously not easy

to get Director Huang's written instruction.

Nianqiao.

You don't have to worry too much.

Captain Zhang took full responsibility for that.

Even if the court rules against us,

Chongqing will have the final say.

Relax.

My father thinks highly of Hanguang Squadron.

He will do something.

Lieutenant Li,

thank you.

Don't thank me.

I'm not just trying to save you.

If you keep pampering Zhang Qi,

one day,

he'll be your doom.

I must warn you that

never warm a snake in your bosom.

Report!

Minister.

Urgent telegram.

Yesterday,

Japanese navy

launched a surprise air attack
on the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet.

Today,

the U.S. and the U.K.

officially declared war on Japan.

Japan's national policy has always aimed at

the domination of Asia and mastery of the Pacific.

Over the years,

China has resolutely
resisted Japan's aggression,

regardless of suffering and sacrifice.

The Chinese Government hereby
formally declares war on Japan.

The Chinese Government

further declares that

all agreements and contracts

regarding relations between China and Japan

are and remain null and void.

We just declared war.

So what were we fighting for

in the past ten years?

Now we're officially at war.

If America and Britain didn't do so,

I doubt whether our government

would dare to declare war on Japan.

Now that the U.S. joins the fight,

will this affect Zhang Qi's case?

Zeng,

where are you going?

Somewhere I... I can't be blown up.

You're running again?

I am not.

This is called repositioning.

Alright, fine, go on.

Be careful.

Zhang Qi.

The verdict from Military Commission came out.

My father told me

the Americorps would be reorganized.

One group of our fighters

and one group of our bombers

will be incorporated

into the 23rd Destroyer Brigade of the U.S.

under their command.

The U.S. will supply

298 war planes within three months,

which means,

we will get aircraft and also pilots.

So you're saying

Hanguang Squadron

and our captain are no longer needed.

Nianqiao.

There's a co-pilot position open

and you can work for a big shot.

Would you like to consider it?

According to investigation,

Zhang Qi, Captain of Hanguang Squadron,

made great achievements in war,

but has got a perverse and arrogant personality.

He violated military rules,

and sympathizes with the communists.

He's no longer suitable

to continue serving in the air force.

From this day on, he's still
an active-duty member in the Army,

but his military ranks and titles are stripped.

He shall be transferred
to the Machinery Department,

continuing to receive political investigations.

All members of Hanguang Squadron

are incorporated into other brigades.

Hawk III Fighters in service

will retire successively.

You will be transferred from Kunming

and stay away from Lu Ziyi.

Remember what I'm going to say.

If he investigates you, respond in kind.

He's not clean himself.

We can bring him down.

If you find any evidence, let me know,

and I'll take care of the rest.

Yes.

I've kept in mind.

Minister.

I've followed you for seven years.

I don't know

when we'll meet again.

I'm leaving.

Minister,

take care.

Big guy,

you're retiring, too.

How I wish we could fly one last time.

Sorry for making you worry all the time.

Don't say that.

It's not your fault.

You're not fully recovered yet.

And western Yunnan is humid.

This time,

can I go with you?

I cook and do laundry.

I can take care of you.

While I'm around,

I'll do all the chores.

I want my Haitang

to always be the happy little girl

who makes a declaration of freedom.

Zhang Qi has left?

Those who fall in love with an eagle

are destined to get used to separation.

[Three years later]

[Recruiting Youth Intellectuals]
We would devote the last blood

to safeguarding our magnificent homeland!

Safeguard our magnificent homeland!

Everyone,

since Fuhua University

moved south from Peiping,

it had valued meticulous scholarship.

In the midst of war,

we still shouldn't give up studies.

Only by learning

can we achieve

national rejuvenation after the war.

Chongqing government

can't use students as cannon fodder

in their battles.

Have they ever

considered the future of our country?

The school officials

encourage students to join the military.

The war is raging.

If they don't go to the front,

our country will have no future.

You...

Guys.

Chongqing government is keen on civil war.

Therefore,

the school recommends us

to join Alpha Forces.

We'll fight in Burma

or join the translation team

as an Army translator

for the U.S. Air Force.

It'll both be joining the military,

but the result might be different.

Listen,

you have to think it through.

You're still young.

Your job now is to study.

That's the priority.

Alright, enough.

No matter what it takes to fight the invaders,

I'll do it.

You...

Sir, count me in.

OK.

Me too! Me too!

Calm down.

My surname is Li.

Guys.

Guys, calm down.

Guys.

Dairong, have you decided?

You're too old

to join the Youth Army.

Senior.

I never said you were old,

but now you're judging me.

I didn't mean that.

I'm just saying

you're being overly impetuous.

Senior.

Why are you like the Chongqing government

who only knows to discourage people?

We've been losing the battles.

The way I see it,

it's because of the corrupted government

that our army becomes vulnerable.

Now we also have advanced weapons

from our allies.

I'm convinced that if more intellectuals

can pick up the guns and go to war just like me,

our troops

are likely to change,

so is our military situation.

I know, I get that.

But

teaching is your specialty.

You aren't good at fighting, are you?

Why not rethink it?

True, I'm a teacher.

But I have to do my part

to defend our country.

Lanshan.

Here are the flowers.

You're sending flowers again.

They look lovely today.

Oh, when are you leaving?

Tomorrow.

That soon?

Hold on.

I saw your pen was leaking,

so I bought you a new one.

Great!

I was just going to get a new pen.

Thanks.

Chen.

You used to send me flowers every week.

You're going to war tomorrow.

Take these flowers with you.

Thanks.

After we part,

I don't know when I'll see you again.

Take good care of yourself.

To be honest, my feelings for you

are the same as the way I feel

about our country.

I want nothing in return

and the passion will never fade.

Let me give you a salute.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

[December 1944, Western Yunnan]

Enemy planes! Take cover!

Zhang Fugui.

Zhang Fugui.

Li Jin.

Li Jin.

Freeze.

Don't move.

Zhang Qi?

Perfect.

I've got a notebook over there.

Take it to Mr. Kang for me.

Stay where you are.

You're stepping on a blast mine.

Keep the pressure on your foot.

If I ask you to move,

immediately pull your foot out of your shoe.

That doesn't work.

Then what do you do?

It will explode once the pressure changes.

Pull out on the count of three.

One.

Two.

Three.

Take off your belt.

Here.

Use a knife

to dig out the earth around the mine.

OK.

Done.

Now

use your belt

to get through the mine slowly.

Remember to be slow.

When you get it through,

use the belt

to put pressure on the mine.

Make sure the pressure is strong enough.

A little bit less,

and the mine will explode.

Can you do it?

Yes.

I can.

Zhang Qi, I'm ready.

Give me your order.

I count to three,

and we let go together.

Alright, alright.

One.

Two.

Three.

Zhang Qi.

I didn't know you could disarm landmines.

Aren't you a pilot?

I'm not a pilot anymore,

but a mechanic.

I've been fixing planes for almost three years,

so I've become flexible.

And before,

I studied blast mines.

Why are you here?

Long story.

By the way,

have you got quinine with you?

What's wrong?

Are you ill?

Or you aren't recovered from the last injury?

It's not me.

It's someone else.

Who is it that needs quinine?

Have some water.

Father.

Father.

Is he having malaria?

I don't have quinine.

This disease is hard to be cured.

What happened to you?

A month ago...

[Zhijiang Air Base]

We can get some good stuff

when we fly over the humps.

Still flying planes?

Not anymore.

I've applied to return

the Sino-American Mixed Brigade.

From today,

we can spend time together again.

Then I'll take care

of your plane.

Deal.

Well,

now we've taken Bhamo,

it won't be long

before we take the China-India Air Route back.

What matters most now is Mongyu.

Once we take it,

Ledo Road

and Burma Road can be connected,

and oil can be moved between
China and India through the pipelines.

We'll never be short of combat fuel anymore.

I remember,

Lieutenant Li

asked you to be the co-pilot for a big shot,

but you refused.

Instead,

you've been flying over humps for three years.

Now you still get this lofty spirit.

The superiors have approved the proposal

to establish a temporary
underground party branch

for The Air Force Officer School.

I got the order

to come and meet you.

Though the nationalists were defeated
in the campaign, Operation Ichi-Go,

having lost 146 cities,

and seven air bases,

the Japanese suffered heavy losses

from the Battle of Leyte Gulf,

and never sailed to battle like that.

On the battlefields in Yunnan, Burma and India,

our armies launched counter-attacks
and yielded fruitful results.

So the main task for the moment

is to assist the NRA in the fuel oil project,

restore the air power,

and take back our control of air.

Speaking of fuel oil,

last week,

Plane P-51 2253 of Zhijiang

exploded on its way back.

The plane crashed and the pilot was killed.

For three years in a row,

this is the 25th accident

if we count the 428 Aerial Battle.

I checked the remains of the fuel tank

and found that the antidetonator

by Cox Company in America with stable performance.

But why did it still explode?

Is it because of the antidetonator or the fuel oil?

I did some research,

and found one thing in common in these 25 accidents.

The fuel they used

were all imported from Jing'an Oilfield in Myanmar

by a trading company called Evergreen.

Jing'an again?

Yes.

Jing'an again.

They replace the expensive high octane fuel

with the cheap low octane fuel,

and pocket the wide trading spreads.

If that's true,

even though the antidetonator is fine,

our war planes

still have a risk of exploding.

So you're saying

my father's calculation was right?

Yeah.

I did the math over and over again.

Mr. Zeng can't be wrong.

I haven't found

the registration of ownership
of Jing'an Oldfield.

But I found out something else.

The general manager of Evergreen

is named Lu Zhaoming.

He's also

Lu Ziyi's cousin.

Lu Ziyi?

It's him again.

What do you have in mind?

Evergreen trading company

dissolved in this June.

And the last oil depot in the country exploded.

I didn't get the sample.

I suspect

this Evergreen trading company

changed the name

and kept supplying our planes with fuel.

If this is the case,

such accidents that Xishan and 2253 had

would happen again.

If Lu Ziyi is behind all these,

we have to get a sample

of the fuel oil for analysis.

We need to go to Jing'an.

I was going to fly Hongshi.

I'll fill out an application

so we can go to Jing'an together.

Let's leave tomorrow.

Before we crashed,

we were above the Yemang Mountain.

Yemang Mountain

is like a mass grave.

The magnetic field is chaotic.

It sure deserves the name.

We're back to where we were.

The mosquitoes here

are even larger than P-40.

Let's go.

Do you feel better?

This is malignant malaria.

I know about this disease.

It will relapse.

Where are we now?

Oh,

where's my bag?

Here.

The files for Mr. Zeng.

Protect them well.

Take a rest.

Let's keep going in a while.

OK.

Zeng Nianqiao.

A Chinese pilot.

There! Catch them alive!

You guys go search over there.

The rest of you follow me.

Captain.

There should be

one last bullet in my gun.

Give it to me.

I didn't know you're still sober.

Give me.

Give me.

Give me.

Give me the gun.

No Chinese pilot can be taken prisoner.

This isn't the last minute.

Don't give up and die like this.

Comrade Zhanlu.

Comrade Zhanlu.

They're here.

Search!

Comrade Zhanlu.

We can't both die here.

I now command you
as the Party Secretory

of the temporary underground party branch

of The Air Force Officer School,

leave right away with the documents.

When have I followed

any unreasonable commands?

Captain.

Captain, Captain.

How about this? Listen.

Let's flip a coin.

If you lose,

get... get out of here, okay?

If you don't leave,

I'll shoot myself now.

Ding!

Same old rule.

We're both soldiers.

Be a good loser.

OK.

Let's take the chance.

Alright.

This is Ding's coin.

You can't fool me.

Use mine.

The head.

And the tail.

Choose one.

Flip it.

OK.

I choose...

I choose neither.

Search along the river bank.

Nianqiao.

It's all right.

I'm fine.

I'm not gonna die, Captain.

You were good.

Captain, put me down.

Why didn't you follow my command?

My biggest regret is that

I couldn't bring Ding back alive.

Do you think

he can still see us now?

Yes.

I haven't asked you.

So

how did you respond to Qianying?

Nianqiao.

Do you like me?

I do.

In the same way as a brother likes his sister

or as Qi likes Haitang?

Qianying.

Actually, I...

I haven't had time

to tell her the answer.

If we could make it out of Yemang Mountain alive,

I'd definitely tell her.

Yeah.

If we could leave here alive...

Qianying, Qianying.

Qianying.

How time flies.

In my memory,

they are still a group of lovely children.

How I wish the war would end.

Under the shady trees,

beside the raging river,

in the lost June and July,

and on the deserted hills,

your bodies are still struggling to return home.

Nameless wildflowers are blooming on your heads.

The hunger,

the flash floods,

the poisonous insects,

and the miserable nights,

you couldn't stand them

and got stories to tell.

But now,

lush green trees have covered this place.

The past is behind us.

Before,

you fought for lives.

You sacrificed

so the living people could survive.

[May 1925 to July 1944]

They are the young soldiers
who died in the Battle of Western Yunnan.

In the Battle of Mount Song,

7,000 people died.

The youngest among them
was only nine years old.

♫ A high wind is brewing. Ripping the thorns ♫

♫ Seize every day to seek justice ♫

♫ Shed tears to our sweet love ♫

♫ The date of return is yet to come ♫

♫ The faith and zeal in heart ♫

♫ Life and death hanging by a thread ♫

♫ Sincerity blooms all over the land ♫

♫ See the man of iron raise his gun ♫

♫ The pursuit in the words of scholars ♫

♫ Guard every inch of our territory with life ♫

♫ Look back in the end. My love for my homeland stays ♫

♫ The faith and zeal in heart ♫

♫ Life and death hanging by a thread ♫

♫ Sincerity blooms all over the land ♫

♫ See the man of iron raise his gun ♫

♫ The pursuit in the words of scholars ♫

♫ Guard every inch of our territory with life ♫

♫ Look back in the end. My love for my homeland stays ♫