Nina, 30, a Ukrainian language teacher who can't leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii, 17, is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war. They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police after hanging the Ukrainian flag from the roof of his ...。19世纪末20世纪初,世界格局发生巨大变化。在资本主义风行的时代,古老的东方再也无法沉睡。鸦片战争撞破了清王国的大门,沿海硝烟四起,百姓流离。大批青壮年被临时征兵,这些原本只想争得一点儿钱的村民,却在总兵俞荣一声令下开拨前去抵抗英法联军。
这支临时组建的“左营炮队”毫无经验,军心涣散,甚至其中一名士卒冯玉舒还是女扮男装。国难当头,他们被迫走到历史的前沿,打响了抵抗英法侵略者的第一炮……。