At the beginning, Gu Zidi led more than 500 soldiers on horseback, crossing the river mouth and reaching the central Huai River in East China. Prior to this, they had engaged in fierce battle with the KMT's 168th Division at the alley entrance, leaving only over a hundred survivors in the entire company (about ten minutes of footage was deleted). Then, while pushing into the alley, the military committee issued an order to the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion to launch an assault on the KMT forces in the middle and end of the alley. This led to the scene in the mainland version's opening where the enemy is persuaded to surrender with the offer of dumplings. [Comment: This part is actually very exciting, with over 500 people fighting to the death and only over a hundred remaining—it was extremely brutal, not inferior to a blocking action.]