 That night the guerrilla fighters, led by Zhongmin, blow up the Japanese headquarters, killing the officers, and retrieve the father's body for burial.To avoid reprisals the guerrillas help the villagers escape to the mountains, but they send Sufen and her ailing mother-in-law and the baby, back to Shanghai by boat.Meanwhile, the Japanese, disregarding the laws of war, have massacred Zhongliang's medical corps.