Black Forest Drums

In early 1950, Aini Mountain, where the Aini people, a branch of the Hani ethnic group in Yunnan Province, lived, was liberated. The Woguli gang hiding in the virgin forest had a premonition that the end was coming, and attempted to break out of the black forest and fight to the death with the kind-hearted Aini and Red Han people. Under the orders of Platoon Leader Xiao of the People's Liberation Army, the captain of the joint defense team, Zagli, left his beloved wife Lanna and his youngest son, Li Ge, and went to a mountain inn to pick up a batch of guns and ammunition. On the way, he met the gangster Labundu. He learned the enemy's signal from Labondu's confession, and a battle plan was devised to lure the bandits into the mountains and catch them all in one fell swoop. Guolong, the grandson of the hunter Duba, assisted Zagli in transferring the gun. He encountered a tiger in the forest and hurriedly ran into the cunning bandit Duopiao while escaping. Guolong and Duopiao started a fight, and finally both fell on the river beach. Zagli secretly followed the bandit Qiao La and found out the true and false status of the Woguli gang. Qiao La was injured by Wo Guli. Zagli carried the seriously injured Qiao La and broke into the shack of the bandit Zhuang Tie. He informed Zhuang Tie to beat the wooden drum to convey Wo Guli's order: gather at the edge of the forest at five o'clock tomorrow morning. The sound of wooden drums echoed throughout the forest. This drum sound was the death knell of the Wogul gang and the trumpet of victory for the Aini people. With excitement and joy, Zagli