Yao Shougang was a film director for Xi'an Film Studio. He is now infamous due to the film 'Dog King' in which a trained military dog was killed on camera with explosives.
Despite opposition from the gymnastics team director, a coach proves the success of a new training plan.
A young soldier must balance the difficulties of being a military dog handler with his own personal life.
After his wolfdog Hailong sacrifices himself and saves his family from an explosive trap, Erlin takes Hailong's pups to the army so that they can be trained as military dogs to fight the Japanese.