This drama deserved more recognition. It's close to perfection. In my opinion, this is Yang Yang's best drama so far. He has always been a good actor but in this drama, he was no longer a mere 'good actor' but he became 'an extraordinary actor'. He carried his role as the main lead so amazingly. Not only him, but all the other casts were also did a great job.

Yan Po Yue, he is actually one of the most stubborn male lead I've ever seen in a drama. No matter what happened or what kind of opinion other people had on him, he firmly held onto his principle and beliefs. He is arrogant and self-centered. In fact, none of his superiors had a favorable impression towards him despite him being one of the most hardworking and strong soldier in the training.

''Yan Po Yue is too obsessed with individual heroism. He might be the strongest among his teammates but he is not suitable to be called as the best soldier yet because for him, his comrades are not more than just a tool to complete the missions'' - That's how the captain of Cheetah Commando, Qin Feng described Yan Po Yue.

If I remember correctly, it's not until episodes 35-38 that Yan Po Yue completely realized that the belief that he strongly had before was the biggest flaw in his life. Due to him being over-confident with his skills, his friend cum his old comrade, Xuo Tian from Kitchen Squad (the first unit that he was assigned for), sacrificed himself to protect Yan Po Yue. The death of Xuo Tian was the turning point in Yan Po Yue's life. From then on, he reflected on himself and thus, a 'new' Yan Po Yue was reborn. Well, he's still the same Yan Po Yue as before as in his appearance, his strength and intelligence but with a lot more humble personality. His superiors could finally felt relieved that Yan Po Yue had finally changed his mindset.

Xiao Yun Jie. He is the 2nd most noticeable character in this drama after Yan Po Yue. He is Yan Po Yue's best friend. They've known each other since their school days. No one understands Yan Po Yue better than him. He and Yan Po Yue were known by the entire military camp as 1+1. Whenever these two were together, they would always make trouble. A real troublemaker duo. I really like his character. He spoke up for Yan Po Yue every time Yan Po Yue got caught into some troubles. In fact, Xiao Yun Jie was willing to sacrifice himself for Yan Po Yue's sake. Whenever Yan Po Yue's life was in danger, he might be the first person to step forward and demand to exchange Yan Po Yue's life with his. It's the same with Yan Po Yue too. He was ready to do anything for Xiao Yun Jie's sake. When Xiao Yun Jie got badly injured by a mortar shot by the enemy, he went incredibly angry and ran straight up towards the enemy's mortar base. With amazing speed and skills, he single-handedly destroyed that mortar base thus, alerting the enemy that there was a 'crazy and wild soldier' out there who's on his way to kill them.

Guo Xiao Xiao, a sniper. Originally used to work alone but after joining Cheetah Commando, she slowly started to accept her comrades. Yan Po Yue and Guo Xiao Xiao were especially had the best chemistry with each other. When Yan Po Yue bravely took actions upfront, Guo Xiao Xiao would cover his back. She was an exceptional sniper and Yan Po Yue was an exceptional fighter so that's why I said their chemistry is the best in this drama. They worked so well together. There were multiple times that when Yan Po Yue thought that he was so hopeless and he might die, but Guo Xiao Xiao always managed to appear before him and saved him.

There are many other characters too that were equally important in this drama such as Staff Officer Ai, a female officer who cared a lot about Yan Po Yue. She was the first person that Yan Po Yue opened up to about his past and thus, making her as one of the people who Yan Po Yue could depend on emotionally. Then, we have Yan Po Yue's comrades in Cheetah Commando. Bai Long, Cao Ben, Xiao Yun Jie, Guo Xiao Xiao, Xu Yang, and Yue Kong. They went through so many things together. They're like Yan Po Yue's family. My eyes were brimming with tears when one of them died during the mission. Next, we have Qin Feng, Li Xiang, Lu Tu, Fan Jin, and Zhang Yin Ting. They were Yan Po Yue's superiors. Qin Feng was Cheetah Commado's captain. He was the one contributed the most to Yan Po Yue's growth as a soldier. Li Xiang was the commander of Yan Po Yue's original company when he first enlisted. He always gave a cold shoulder to Yan Po Yue but deep inside, he wanted him to grow up and learn how to become the best soldier. Lu Tu was instructor and vice-captain of Cheetah Commando. He saw Yan Po Yue's potential and he always gave his best in teaching him. He would also speak up for Yan Po Yue because he did not want him to fall behind. Fan Jin was the squad leader of Kitchen Squad. He was Yan Po Yue's first ever mentor aside from his father. He took Yan Po Yue as his student because he knew that Yan Po Yue's dream to become the strongest soldier. In fact, everyone knew that Fan Jin was the first person who managed to tame Yan Po Yue's stubbornness. Zhang Yi Ting was the squad leader for Special Service Unit, the unit that Yan Po Yue was in after Kitchen Squad. His leadership won Yan Po Yue's trust and Yan Po Yue put a lot of trust in him. Last but not least, we have Luo Xiao Tian, a soldier from Kitchen Squad and also a part of the troublemaker trio (with Yan Po Yue and Xiao Yun Jie). Like I've said before, his death was the turning point in Yan Po Yue's life. It create a Yan Po Yue that was a lot stronger physically and mentally.

I wrote such a long essay about Yan Po Yue and people around him because I am very impressed with all characters. Every single one of them are memorable including the villains. Overall, I am very satisfied with this drama and I appreciate the efforts of all the casts and the production teams in creating this masterpiece.