Drawing Sword
Drawing Sword is a 2005 Chinese historical and Second Sino-Japanese War based TV series directed by Zhang Qian and Chen Jian, written by Du Liang and Jiang Qitao, and starring Li Youbin, and Zhang Guangbei. It is based on the novel Drawing Sword by Du Liang. The series was first broadcast on CCTV-1 in China from 13 September to 28 September 2005.
In 2013, the large-scale real-life stage drama "Light Sword - Dabie Mountain" based on Tulliang's novel "Light Sword" premiered at the Poly Theater in Beijing.
Storyline
The film is based on Du Liang's "Bright Sword", which tells a historical event in the background of China's modern history, from the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Second Nationalist-Communist Civil War to the Korean War. In such a time span, it shows a group of army generals under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party led by Li Yunlong who fought bloodily and made outstanding war achievements. Li Yunlong praised the achievements of the Chinese army in the front battlefield and affirmed the anti-Japanese achievements of the Chinese National Party.The TV series only filmed the first half of Du Liang's novel "Bright Sword", and episodes such as Li Yunlong's suicide during the Cultural Revolution were not involved.
Introduction to grading
Episode 1
This episode is about the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937. Li Yunlong, Commander of 386th Brigade's 1st Regiment 129th Division, led his troops to fight with great courage and to scare the enemy. In an engagement with the Japanese Sakata Regiment, he successfully broke out from the front and took out Sakata. Meanwhile, Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Kuomintang Jinsui Army, took notice of the extraordinary Li Yunlong. As Li Yunlong resisted orders, his superiors decided to let Ding Wei, the 28th regiment commander, who was preparing to go to Yan'an to study, replace Li Yunlong in his former post, and instead transfer Li Yunlong to the rear as the head of a quilt factory. The Japanese sent a combat unit to raid the Independent Regiment, and the regiment suffers heavy losses due to the poor command of the regimental commander Kong Jie.Episode 2
On the road, the former regiment commander Kong Jie briefed Li Yunlong on the battle situation and pointed out that this time the Japanese were fighting differently than before. They fought in groups of three and were also shooting specifically at people's heads. After understanding the situation, Li Yunlong appointed him as deputy regiment commander. Thanks to the efforts of the two men, the brigade commander drank the wine offered by Kong Jie and gave them another chance. The regiment's morale was boosted by the defeat of the army. When the Japanese use Chinese prisoners for training, Wei Dayong, who has practiced kung fu at the Shaolin Temple, asks for battle and strikes out, taking out the ghost officer with his bare hands, seizing his gun, and leading the prisoners to escape. Zhao Gang is appointed political commissar of the Independent Regiment. On his way back to the regiment he rescues Wei Dayong, a monk who has just escaped from the tiger's mouth. After providing information to Li Yunlong about the ghosts' use of POWs for unarmed killing training, Wei Dayong is invited by Li to stay in the army.Episode 3
Following Ding Wei's hint, Li Yunlong finds the KMT cavalry battalion and sends Kong Jie to lead a battalion in a sneak attack on Wanjia town. Zhao slowly begins to understand Li Yunlong's actions. With the arrival of Sun Desheng, the elite cavalry company commander, the cavalry company began to train and take shape. 1940 saw the second phase of the war against Japan as Japanese reinforcements advanced into Jinchaji. The Japanese North China dispatch area brigade commander Yamazaki Yehira deviated from the intended direction of travel during a troop march and stumbled upon our army's arsenal. The Japanese army suffered heavy losses and the headquarters issued an order to surround and destroy Nagasaki's brigade. The 386th Brigade was eventually sent out as an independent regiment.Episode 4
Li Yunlong led his troops to dig trenches and throw grenades from the bunkers. Li Yunlong's right-hand man from the New First Regiment, Zhang Dabiao, led an assault team to take advantage of the opportunity to advance and wiped out Yamazaki's brigade in a gun and knife fight. The cavalry company suffered 13 casualties, leaving Li Yunlong heartbroken. The two generals behind the Japanese commander of the First Army in Shanxi, Oatuka Yoshinobu, both lost to Li Yunlong, which made him a man he dared not underestimate. With the help of Zhao's political commissar, Li Yunlong began to learn about culture and led the soldiers in one-on-one combat training.Episode 5
As an incentive, Li Yunlong stewed a large pot of meat and found soldiers with excellent martial arts skills throughout the regiment to form a reinforced platoon. The Japanese army was also ordered by Chief of Staff Miyano to pay more and more attention to the training of special forces. The Japanese were also ordered by Chief of Staff Miyano to put more emphasis on special forces training. He gives a gun to Li Yunlong and the two of them become friends. Li Yunlong learns through his investigation that the soldiers and officers of Baijia Village are in collusion with the devils and decides to catch a big fish in the name of collecting noodles. But the cunning Yamamoto is afraid that there is something fraudulent in the situation, and in the process of discussing military matters, Li and Zhao and Chu bridge the gap. At the same time, Zhang Dabiao reports that flour has been raised in Baijia Village. The headquarters finds the Japanese 9th Brigade moving forward and sends out men to investigate what has spurred them on.Episode 6
The next day, Li Yunlong was about to set off when he received a call from headquarters. Zhao had already reported Li Yunlong's decision to his superiors, who realised that the enemy's situation had changed. He immediately ordered the plan to be cancelled and sent an independent regiment to ensure the safety of the headquarters, while Li Yunlong stayed behind with a battalion. A surprise attack on the headquarters broke the Japanese plan and the Japanese Observer Regiment was wiped out on the way to attack the headquarters, while Zhao Gang's 2nd Battalion, which was guarding the headquarters, was strongly besieged by Japanese special forces. The second battalion of Zhao Gang's battalion, which was defending the headquarters, was strongly besieged by Japanese special forces.Episode 7
In 1942, the Japanese commander-in-chief of the invasion of China, Okamura Ningji, carried out a brutal raid on Jinzhong. The commander of the First Army in Jin was ordered to develop a highly targeted A battle plan, the Eighth Route Army troops suffered heavy losses. Afterwards, the 8th Army developed a strategy to combine with the militia, using tactics such as sparrow warfare, mine warfare and tunnel warfare to fight them off. Li Yunlong's troops also suffered heavy losses in the battle, with the cavalry company fighting to the bitter end with no bullets. The Independent Regiment was left with less than a company of men to fight the last defensive battle against the devils at Xinzhuang. The enemy's sense of smell was becoming more and more acute and they were pushing their headquarters. Zuo Quan, the deputy chief of staff of the 8th Route Army, died heroically while commanding his troops.Episode 8
The main content of this episode: Li Yunlong fell ill, Zhao Gang presided over the work, in order to save Li Yunlong life monk Wei Dayong even roughed up the groom to cure the disease, Li Yunlong inside because of war worries, independent regiment to cover the people for the first time in this situation. The Japanese also at this time to discuss the program and prepare a second counter-attack, they target locked independent regiment. The Japanese also discussed their options at this time and prepared for a second counter-attack. Li Yunlong changes his strategy and decides to engage in guerrilla warfare. They are helped by the head of the Women's Aid Society, Xiuqin, and Li Yunlong loses a gun to Xiuqin in a bet.Episode 9
When Li Yunlong falls ill, Zhao Gang takes charge. In order to save Li Yunlong's life, the monk Wei Dayong even gets a doctor to treat him. Li Yunlong is worried about the war, and for the first time, the Japanese are discussing plans for a second counter-attack to protect the people. Their target is the Independence Regiment, and they appoint a specialist to study Li Yunlong, the man who is giving them a headache. Li Yunlong changes his strategy and decides to engage in guerrilla warfare, with the help of Women's Relief President Xiuqin. Li loses a gun to Xiuqin in a bet, and the gun saves Xiuqin's life later.Episode 10
The Japanese capture Zhu Ziming, who confesses his identity under the intimidation of the Japanese. The meeting between Qian Bojun and Zheng Qianyi is quite meaningful. The Japanese army is advancing step by step, but Qian Bojun's team has anomalies. The Japanese army is taking a step-by-step approach to the war. He is not convinced by his decision, but Qian has his own reasoning. He is not able to understand his feelings, but Qian has his own way of thinking. He quickly prepares for the battle, which he naturally wins, and Chu decides to take care of Qian Bojun himself and clean up the mess. On the other hand, Li Yunlong is again approached by Xiuqin, who asks him to give a lecture to the Women's Aid Society. The two of them are in a tug-of-war, making it even more difficult for Li Yunlong.Episode 11
When Yamamoto reported the battle situation to Shinozuka Yoshio, he pointed out: Chu Yunfei's strategic thinking cannot be ignored, and Chu Yunfei is also worthy of attention. Because he is a professional soldier who will not passively avoid battles but will only take the initiative to attack. In the middle of the night, Xiuqin took the initiative to find Li Yunlong, confessed her heart to him and asked Li Yunlong to marry her as a wife.Li Yunlong said to wait until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but he couldn't help but hugged Xiuqin. Yamamoto called Youzuka Yoshio, saying that he had investigated the terrain and defense capabilities of various ministries around Zhaojiayu Village, and was waiting for the opportunity to raid Zhaojiayu.
Li Yunlong and Wei Dayong disguised themselves as businessmen and went to the city to meet Chu Yunfei in secret. In the city, I ran into Duan Peng, who was good at kung fu, and recruited him to his subordinates.
When Li and Chu met in the teahouse, Chu Yunfei wanted to get back the equipment that Li Yunlong confiscated during the mutiny in Lijia Town, but Li Yunlong refused. Facing Li Yunlong's repudiation, Chu Yunfei also felt helpless.
Li and Chu got the information almost at the same time that Gendarmerie Captain Hirata Ichiro was going to celebrate his birthday with a banquet in Juxianlou that night. Faced with this information, the two hit it off, and rushed to the meeting and jointly killed Ichiro Hirata and all the Japanese officers attending the meeting.