After the declaration of war between Japan and the United States, Lin Chenhui stops his studies in Japan and returns to his hometown, Taiwan. In order to welcome his son back, Lin's colleagues invite his family and friends to celebrate together. Chen Hui and his fiancée Xiu Lan dance and sing a Taiwanese folk song, "Looking at the Spring Breeze". Suddenly, the head of Baojia barges in with a Japanese officer and beats him up without explanation. His nephew, Weiguo, nods his head hurriedly and the Japanese officers leave. The firecrackers go off and Chen Hui and Xiu Lan are officially engaged. People blessed them, but only Weiguo's smiling face lurks in the shadows, it turns out that Weiguo also adores Xiu Lan and fantasizes about Xiu Lan as his wife. Wei Guo finds a gangster, Hou Junzheng, and asks him to make a move. They bribe the Japanese to arrest Chen Hui to become a soldier, and pretend to sympathize with him so that they can escape. Chen Hui and Xiulan have just traveled a short distance by boat when they are stopped by a Japanese patrol boat and Chen Hui is captured. Wei Guo forces Xiu Lan to marry him and is flatly refused. Hou Junzheng takes over the property of the Lin family, and Lin Tongren dies of anger. The housekeeper, Uncle Ah Yong, also loses his eyesight. Xiu Lan is forced to work as a waitress in Cui Hua House, where she is humiliated and stabbed to death by Weiguo. A-hwa, a drinking girl, died under Hou Junzheng's gun to cover Xiu-lan's escape. Chen Hui was captured by soldiers and sent to the Philippines to fight against the United States. During a battle, he was seriously wounded and was saved by an indigenous elder and his daughter Ruo Nan. The Japanese soldiers want to take Ruo Nan to the barracks, Chen Hui and the indigenous father and daughter fought with the Japanese soldiers, but Ruo Nan was killed by the Japanese soldiers' bullets. At night, Chen Hui and an old man blow up a Japanese oil depot, and the old man dies with the Japanese in order to cover his evacuation. Chen Hui finally returns home and he is determined to take revenge. Hou Jun is watching a village drama in front of the Mazu Temple. Suddenly Chen Hui appears on the stage, he draws his gun and shoots hate bullets, the crowd under the stage is in chaos, Hou Jun is retreating under the cover of his fighters. Chen Hui fires his gun again and the fighters fall down one by one. Hou Junzheng ran into the Mazu temple, Chen Hui chased into the temple, and finally ended up with the evil Hou Junzheng, avenging the death of his loved ones. As the sun sets, there is the sound of the harmonica of the song of the Spring Lookout. Xiu Lan and Mother Li come along with Lin Chen Hui, supporting Uncle Ah Yong, who is blind. The former happy and happy family was torn apart, when will that beautiful day come.