步入辉煌
抗日战争时期,东北抗联司令员杨靖宇将军率部被日军重重包围,杨将军命令主力突围,自己只带三名战士——常怀忠、汤福禄和朱二十八留在山上吸引敌人重兵。二十九师师长程斌叛变投敌,使我突围部队损失残重,杨将军感到无限悲痛。程斌回家探亲遭母斥责,程妻愤然举枪处决了丈夫。常怀忠的恋人周凤兰上山为将军送粮,与常怀忠重新相见。日本人以高官厚利诱降杨将军,遭到痛斥。日军进攻,常怀忠和汤福禄阵亡,凤兰也与敌人同归于尽,烈士的头颅被悬挂在城头,许多百姓因向英烈叩头而遭屠杀。抗联主力派人去接应杨将军,却未能冲过日军封锁线。一位百姓为将军送粮也被日军杀死。杨将军和朱二十八终于闯出了敌封锁线,朱二十八身负重伤,不愿拖累杨将军,饮弹自尽,临死要将军以他的肉充饥,保持抗日大旗不倒。杨将军含悲掩埋了战友的尸体。他拖着精疲力竭的身体向山下爬去。饥饿无情袭来,杨将军扯出棉絮,和着雪吞进肚里。他又一次被民族败类出卖,陷入日寇包围。三木充满敬意劝降杨将军。杨将军大义凛然,怒斥敌酋,甘愿热血染我中华山河,不与日寇并立于世。日寇的子弹,向杨将军疯狂射来,杨将军中弹十三处,依然怒视敌寇,挺立不倒。三木折服了,面对如此强硬的对手,他脱下军帽,诚惶诚恐地鞠躬致敬……残酷的日寇为解疑虑,解剖了杨将军的遗体。结果发现,将军的胃与常人无异,所不同的是,将军的胃里没有粮食,有的只是棉絮和草…
血战小朱庄
1944年8月,为策应中原战役,破坏日伪调兵计划,恢复津浦路西革命根据地,新四军四师在师长彭雪枫率领下,越过津浦铁路,挺进路西。当时,盘踞在萧县以南的国民党顽固派王传绶部1500余人,以小朱庄为据点,与刘子仁、刘瑞岐、吴信元等部结成所谓“东方战线”,企图阻止新四军西进。 骑兵连长周大勇奉命前去侦查敌情,半路遇见日军正欺凌百姓,遂率队挥刀突击,引开了日军。王传绶手下朱虎半路设伏,欲打黑枪,却被女游击队长苏梅打伤了手腕,吓得抱头鼠窜。 苏梅扮作普通百姓,骗过顽军吴信元部的岗哨,顺利来到新四军驻地,这时才得以和周大勇相认,原来他们从小一起长大,并定了娃娃亲。 吴信元本与王传绶等人与杀兄之仇,奈何人单势孤,只能忍气吞声。苏梅得知此情后,主动请缨前去劝降,并趁吴信元前往相山庙求签之时,将彭雪枫亲笔信递交给他,二人正在密谈,朱虎突然破门而入,苏梅机警地假称是吴的表妹,并随之来到王传绶的老巢。 王传绶为试探苏梅身份真伪,派人抓来相山庙方丈,逼苏梅开枪毙之。方丈为救苏梅,抱住王传绶欲同归于尽,吓得王自己开枪打死了方丈,闹得不欢而散。 吴信元回到营地,击毙了朱虎,正式宣布起义,就地改编为新四军队伍。 彭雪枫故意安排在《拂晓报》上刊登假消息,王传绶果然上当,放松了警惕。 8月23日下午一时,突然发起总攻。 王传绶部腹背受敌,很快溃不成军。他见大势已去,竟将几个姨太太关在地下工事里,亲手往里投了一颗手榴弹,然后率领残部拼死突围。 狭路相逢,激战中,苏梅中弹倒地,周大勇亦身负重伤,但他仍强忍伤痛,挥刀将王传绶劈死在了土坝上,然后将苏梅抱在怀里,二人相拥牺牲。 小朱庄战斗获歼敌全胜。
余战2024
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds.                                                                      But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them?                                                                      Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made.                                                                      The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
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