San Mao Joins the Army (Chinese: 三毛从军记) is a 1992 Chinese comedy film directed and co-written by Zhang Jianya and starring Wei Zongwan and Jia Lin.
The film follows the story of San Mao and his comrade-in-arms Laogui in the Battle of Shanghai.
In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out.
San Mao (Jia Lin), a wandering orphan, joins the army, where he meets his comrade-in-arms Laogui (Wei Zongwan), they participate in the Battle of Shanghai led by Feng Yuxiang, Chen Cheng and Zhang Zhizhong in Shanghai.
One day, a plane flies over the jungle and scatters numerous leaflets.