文革期间，医学专家陈雨莳被批斗时不忍羞辱自杀，妻子廖静做为“反动学术权威”也险些被整死，幸得转业军人袁长喜帮助才逃过一劫。随后陈家房产被瓜分，住进了文革造反起家、同为医院职工的李美娣和救命恩人袁长喜两家。
姥爷赵寰李，是留日学习机械专业的优秀人才。日军的重重紧逼终于激起了他抗争的决心，与共产党人携手粉碎了日本人建造武器工厂的计划，却也因此失去了未婚妻、女儿、小妹等人。姥爷心灰意冷，只想了此残生。在被日军追杀时，被街头卖笑女小红所救，并意外卷入日军的“西部计划”危机中。为了挣扎求存和为被日军灭口杀害的一百多工人复仇，揭穿日军暗杀民主爱国人士的阴谋及获取南京大屠杀的证据。姥爷赵寰李在地下党的帮助和军统特工的暗中支持下，与日本特高课名宿展开了激烈斗争。姥爷以其高超的智慧和出类拔萃的机械专业技巧，终于营救出民主爱国人士，并协助八路军制作了山炮，毁掉了日军的“西部计划”秘密基地，获取了南京大屠杀的证据，为抗战胜利和东京大审判立下了不可磨灭的功勋。
"Because the artillery suddenly 'dumb fire', Later, it was said that it was the same as position 169, because the ammunition consumption was too large and too many shots would be supplied for a while. It was not wrong to say so, because at the peak of the attack, the number of the two strange things released by the Vietnamese army below was too large to count. Have you ever seen ants crossing the river? That's what it feels like, If they are piled together, The density is almost a "ball", So in this case, The firepower of the artillery group is especially strong, Ammunition consumption far exceeded previous expectations, After all, no one expected to meet such a thing at that time, We didn't know how to describe it when we sent back messages on walkie-talkies at the front line. Anyway, it just said that the number of enemies was very large. Hit them hard, It was also the most intensive shelling I have ever seen. In the blink of an eye, It is normal to drop 4-6 shells on an area of about one square meter or even at the same time. The entire position 142 trembled under the shelling, At last, I felt that the ground under my feet would be overturned. Now think about it. If it weren't for the artillery comrades' hard support for us, the dozen or so people and the guys in our hands at that time could not withstand the attack of so many strange things. If they were called to rush up, they would have to tear us up and chew us up.
该剧通过两位由于强烈的母性引起冲突的女人，展现了两位强大母亲之间的友情。
