Footprints

Early life of Senior General Geng Chen of the People's Liberation Army

First part of the two series about Senior General Gen Chen of the People's Liberation Army

1950, PLA scout Tai Zeng disguises himself as a Taiwan agent to defeat the bandits in West Guangxi province.

Set in the China civil war period in 1940s. A KMT pilot finishes his study in US and returns China to join KMT air force. But he is disappointed with the behavior of KMT and joins CPC army.

After being swindled out of his land by a local landlord in 1930s China, a grandfather commits suicide. His son burns down the landlord's house in a fit of rage, then escapes to join the PLA. His grandson later joins the PLA too in the 1940s to avenge his father, grandfather and mother.

In 1946, Chiang Kaishek commits 200,000 troops to an attack on the Communist-held central plains of China. After the PLA main force in the area retreats, the Nationalists also capture the area around the Dabie Mountains. County Party Committee Secretary Liu and county organizations department director Mo Wenjie lead a guerrilla troop against the KMT forces. Will the film belief of the revolutionary cadre be able to overcome not only the enemy, but cold, hunger and betrayal?

1943, the Japanese Army is falling back to the Pacific, leaving only collaborationist troops. Commissar Yang Xiaodong is sent to inflitrate the provincial capital.