Mati sheng sui (1987)

During the historic 1935 Long March by Chinese communists, a power conflict between communist Liberation Army chiefs causes a faction to break away from the march in order to set up bases along the Chinese-Tibetan border in Sichuan province. Sent out from this dissident regiment on a misguided mission, a platoon of eight female soldiers finds itself isolated. Trying to rejoin the troops, they endure all kinds of extreme hardships and physical danger, including death.