新入伍的战士李正良（赵矛 饰）从小就有英雄情结，他对水手长陈福海（孟庆良 饰）日常训练的苛求彼有意见。一次参加演练，由于李正良脑子里没有敌情观念，受到水手长批评，心里很不服气。解放大东岛的战斗开始了，李正良立功心切，艇长让他跟水手长一起接应我侦察小组，行动之前，水手长告诉他此次任务一定要沉着冷静，万不可惊动敌人，否则后果难测。但缺乏经验的李正良过早暴露了目标，召致敌人火力围攻，关健时刻，水手长果断吸引敌人火力，使李正良安全脱险，李正良大为感动。水手长不顾个人安危的革命英雄主义品质在实战中教育了李正良，他开始思索个人英雄主义给战斗带来的危害......

新入伍的战士李正良（赵矛 饰）从小就有英雄情结，他对水手长陈福海（孟庆良 饰）日常训练的苛求彼有意见。一次参加演练，由于李正良脑子里没有敌情观念，受到水手长批评，心里很不服气。解放大东岛的战斗开始了，李正良立功心切，艇长让他跟水手长一起接应我侦察小组，行动之前，水手长告诉他此次任务一定要沉着冷静，万不可惊动敌人，否则后果难测。但缺乏经验的李正良过早暴露了目标，召致敌人火力围攻，关健时刻，水手长果断吸引敌人火力，使李正良安全脱险，李正良大为感动。水手长不顾个人安危的革命英雄主义品质在实战中教育了李正良，他开始思索个人英雄主义给战斗带来的危害......

This movie is adapted from the novel Heroes in Tongbai. Xiao Hua, a sister of Zhao Yongsheng, is deserted by her poor family. He Xiangdong, a woodworker, adopts her and rename her He Cuigu. To steer clear of arrest by the enemy, Dong Hongguo, offspring of a revolutionary family, is renamed Xiao Hua so as to be adopted by her adopter. Later, Zhao Yongsheng's parents are killed by the enemy, he joins the Liberation Army. In 1947, when Zhao Yongsheng returns to his own village Tongbai, his sister Xiao Hua happens to find her brother. Doctor Zhou who works in the hospital of the army, adopts Xiao Hua without knowing she is her own daughter. He Cuigu has become a well-known guerrilla hero after she grows up. She doesn't recognize her brother Zhao Yongsheng when she carries him on the stretcher. After the war, Zhao Yongsheng, Xiao Hua and Cuigu meet each other happily; Dong Xiangkun and Doctor Zhou also feel happy to reunite with their own daughter after 17 years of departure.