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In the winter of 1937, the smoke of the Japanese Army's "Eight-Road Siege" enveloped Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. The First Division of the 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was ordered to rush to the rescue. After the initial victory in Wentang and other places, it was ordered to open up a new area north of Zhengtai Road and mobilize the masses. It was against this background that a new army, the Independent Regiment, was born in the Yuxian and Pingshan areas. The regiment leader Zhang Tiesheng, a backbone of the Red Army who had experienced the Long March, shoulders the important task of taking root behind enemy lines and igniting the beacon fire. However, the newly founded independent regiment suffered successive setbacks in Niucun and Wentang. Political commissar Chen Heping and other key members shed blood on the battlefield, and the troops suffered heavy losses. In a desperate situation, Zhang Tiesheng led his troops to move to mountainous rural areas, relying closely on the masses to rebuild the base area. The turning point appeared at Yelang Slope. The local bandit leader Du Ping, whose survival was endangered by the atrocities of the Japanese army, led his troops to harass the Japanese puppets. When the bandits' stronghold was about to be annihilated by the Japanese army, Zhang Tiesheng extended a helping hand, not only repelling the Japanese army, but also incorporating this armed force full of martial arts with a broad mind. A special unit composed of the backbone of the Eighth Route Army, bandit sharpshooters, and martial arts masters - the "Special Forces" was born and became a sharp knife in the hands of the independent regiment. However, the struggle is far crueler than imagined. The Japanese commander Masao Nakamura was cunning and cunning, and used traitors to maintain the chairman Li Rengui and instigated the rebellion of the newly formed first battalion commander Chen Weidong and deputy battalion commander Liu Guohua of the county brigade. The rebels were familiar with the situation in the base area and brought devastating blows to the county brigade and district team, which once made the base area precarious. With the support of his superiors, Zhang Tiesheng reorganized his troops, merged the special operations team and the armed forces behind enemy lines into the "Sharp Knife Company", and launched a thrilling battle.