Fighting the Invaders

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Commander Li (Li Yan) of a certain unit of the Volunteer Army ) received instructions from his superiors and led his troops to the enemy's forward position, waiting for an opportunity to attack the enemy directly with friendly troops. After arriving at the designated position, reconnaissance found that there were minefields on three sides of the enemy's front, with only an open space directly in front. Commander Li ordered deputy commander Cui Kai (played by Yu Chunmian) to lead a troop to lurk. Before departure, the motherland consolation group came to visit the frontline commanders and soldiers. Commander Li unexpectedly discovered that the leader of the consolation group Mei (played by Hu Hui) was the widow of an old comrade. Her son Ding Dayong (played by Zhang Liang) was in the lurking team that was about to set off. Commander Li asked Ding Dayong to stay with his mother, but his mother insisted that his son go to the front line to lurk, and ordered his son to fight the enemy hard. While lurking, the enemy's incendiary bomb hit the grass beside Ding Dayong. He endured the severe pain of burns and persisted until the troops launched a general offensive... This film is adapted from Song Zhi's drama "Defending Peace".