During the war of resistance against Japan, according to the edge village Zhao Jia Zhuang and surrounded by several villages in Jiaodong Anti Japanese, often by the Japanese and puppet troops attack and "mopping up", suffered heavy losses. To this end, the District Military Commission and director Lei Zhao Jia Zhuang militia captain Zhao Hu rely on the masses, come up with countermeasures. They regard some village militia defense, strengthen the armed forces; hand made with soil mines closed the puppet stronghold surrounded, so as to effectively combat the arrogance of the japanese. In order to cope with a minefield, wild Japanese army captain moved from Qingdao to the engineer, with Zhao Jia Zhuang, wantonly burning and looting. Zhao Jia Zhuang militia, summarizes the experience, continuously improve the mine technology, so that the enemy cannot afford the thunder. Wheat harvest season, puppet army by defense militia rush in the harvest of wheat opportunity, once again attacked Zhao Jia Zhuang, off a part of the villagers. They have captured the mines in front, again to attack Zhao Jia zhuang. Zhao Hu led the militia skillfully placed landmines, composite Lei, chain lightning, thunder, lightning, iron nails gravel Lei, hair clip to various soil made mines play according to the film adaptation of the comic book hit the enemy. In conjunction with the Eight Route Army main force, after a fierce battle, finally rescued the captive masses, wipe out the invading enemy.
The film took teaching and narrative double narrative technique, it is now is some avant garde. In 1942, is the most difficult times during the war of resistance against japan. The description of the film, was in Jiaodong Anti Japanese base events. At that time, the Japanese bandits constantly to our anti Japanese to nibble, mopping up the. The military in order to smash the enemy encroachment policy, intensify the struggle against the enemy edge area, specially from the main force from a number of cadres, organization and leadership over the armed militia; at the same time, also in training a group of militia backbone, learning to use mine ability, called on people to start mine warfare of Japanese bandit. The plot of the movie, the director to organize lively moving, Huang Cun militia in Megatron enemy display one's skill to the full bladder mine warfare in history for the material, process simple and flexible. The militia hero brave, clever, cunning, and refuse to be cowed or submit the dangerous and cruel forming sharp confrontation, and to demonstrate own image features in the repeated game. The film also can set off the Jiaodong rural scenery, not only brought a certain aesthetic value, but also a positive role to the embodiment of people's war thought.