It tells the story of villager Zhao Xiaotian's awakening of patriotic consciousness. Under the high pressure of the Japanese invaders' burning, killing, and looting, he, who initially wanted to survive, inadvertently got involved in the struggle against the Japanese army. Zhao Xiaotian was originally a wild, mischievous rural youth, delicate, warm-hearted, and weak, lacking heroic qualities. His initial purpose for joining the anti-Japanese forces was merely to take revenge for his family and marry the girl he loved as soon as possible. With the help of Jiang Dajiang, the captain of the New Fourth Army's guerrilla team, Zhao Xiaotian gradually grew, understood the national righteousness, strengthened his revolutionary beliefs, and eventually became a strong revolutionary soldier. He and his comrades used homemade landmine tactics to strike multiple times against the Japanese invaders looking to sweep through the area, ultimately exterminating all the Japanese troops stationed near Zhao Family's gathering, becoming a well-known anti-Japanese hero.