Garland under the Mountain

Liang Sanxi (played by Lu Xiaohe), the commander of the ninth company stationed in Guangyuan, Sichuan, postponed his family leave for Zhao Mengsheng (played by Tang Guoqiang), an instructor transferred from the Military Political Department. However, Mengsheng, who came from a high-ranking family and could not endure hardship, planned to work for only a few months and leave. In 1979, Zhao's mother Wu Shuang (played by Liu Yansheng) learned that Meng Sheng's troops were going to Vietnam to fight, and stepped up supervision of the transfer. The upright artillery platoon leader Jin Kailai (played by He Wei) was furious when he heard about it and threatened to go to Beijing to file a complaint at his own expense. The troops headed to the Yunnan border, and Wu Shuang made a desperate move and asked the commander Lei Zhen (played by Tong Chao) to transfer Meng Sheng back to the rear...