In 1943, in order to save the fate of inevitable defeat, the Japanese invaders invaded Changde, a strategic military town in northwestern Hunan. The 57th Division of the 74th Army of the Nationalist Army stationed locally was ordered to do so. Eight thousand soldiers codenamed Huben, led by the division commander Yu Chengwan (played by Lu Liangwei), prepared to fight to the death with an enemy several times their own.