In December 2007, the movie "The Gathering Number" became the brightest new star, it tells a story that takes place during the Liberation War, the protagonist Gu Zidi is a company commander of the People's Liberation Army, he received orders, after the assembly horn sounded, he retreated, after the death of 47 people in the whole company, the assembly number still did not sound, Gu Zidi lost contact with the large troops, and embarked on a lonely journey to find and prove.
This story brought many people to tears, and the character of Gu Zidi is not completely fictional, his story is based on the warrior Chang Menglan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > bloody battle to the end</h1>
Chang Menglan's story is somewhat similar to Guzidi, but there are also many differences. Chang Menglan was not a company commander, but a platoon commander of the eighth company and two platoons of the third battalion, the thirty regiments of the 4th Column and 10th Brigade of the People's Liberation Army; in the winter of 1948, the troops and the enemy encountered each other, the enemy was menacing, the large troops decided to move, and the task after the break was handed over to the eighth company, and the company commander gave the most advanced blocking task to the second platoon.
They knew in advance that this was a lot of evil, but even if they knew, they still accepted the task, the realm of the PLA soldiers was very noble, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice themselves in order to survive more fighters. Therefore, from the very beginning, Chang Menglan joined this fierce battle with the belief that he must die.
However, they also have a glimmer of life, if the battle goes well, they can still get time to retreat, the company commander told Chang Menglan, if the rallying call behind the mountain sounds, the troops will withdraw, but if the trumpet does not sound, they will have to fight until the last moment, and they cannot retreat one step, otherwise, everyone's efforts will be wasted.
The battle soon began, the enemy was more powerful than expected, the seven warriors around Chang Menglan were all selected from the sharp knife squad, all of them were heroes, Chang Menglan took these seven people to guard the pass, and at the same time he let a small warrior stand aside, at any time to contact the company commander.
It was a deadly battle, and the enemy not only had fierce firepower, but also sent out several tanks. But the bullets in the hands of Chang Menglan and the others were quickly exhausted, and they could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the densely packed enemy, and several people hung up on their bodies, taking advantage of the gap between breathing, Chang Menglan asked the little soldier: "Did you hear the assembly number?" The little soldier shook his head and said no, so Chang Menglan said, "Comrades, keep fighting!" ”
The enemy launched three attacks in succession, all of which were beaten back by Chang Menglan and others, but the more they consumed, the smaller the chance of their survival, Chang Menglan looked at the murderous enemy and thought, This is probably his last battle. When the enemy charged again, Chang Menglan said to everyone: "Keep fighting!" If the trumpet does not sound, we will not be able to withdraw, and the violators will enforce discipline on the spot! ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > alone</h1>
There was no one who was a deserter, even if everyone was exhausted, they were still nailed to the position like nails, the soldiers fell one by one, Chang Menglan was also seriously injured, he felt that the sky was spinning, the rallying call did not sound from the valley, was the company commander still there? Did they defeat the enemy?
Chang Menglan thought that he would die, but he actually became the only living mouth, in the battle, he and the enemy entangled together, and when he endured the pain to solve all the enemies, he found that his comrades had lost breath, and he himself stood on the empty position, overwhelmed.
After Chang Menglan buried the body of his comrades-in-arms, he decided to look for the large troops, but everyone seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, there were very few contact methods in that era, and once the troops were transferred, it was possible that they could not be found for a lifetime. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chang Menglan ran to Beijing to ask, but there was no news even in Beijing, was everyone gone?
It wasn't impossible, but Chang Menglan had a glimmer of hope, and he decided to keep looking. He continued to run all over the country, his source of livelihood depended on picking up rags and doing odd jobs everywhere, and in Chang Menglan's heart, finding a large army became his spiritual pillar, and he wanted to find those people in the past, they were his comrades, and he could not give up.
Who expected that this search was exactly 48 years, Chang Menglan became an old man with white hair, but his large army still did not know where it was, he had no home, the soldiers of the Shijiazhuang Army Academy learned of his story, they sympathized with the veteran, so they left him living in the house next to the training base, which became Chang Menglan's half home, seeing those young soldiers, Chang Menglan thought of his own year.
Time did not make Chang Menglan give up, but made him more and more determined, a life is so long, he wants to realize his wishes, give himself an account, but also give an account to the dead comrades-in-arms.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > is difficult to complete</h1>
In 1996, Chang Menglan finally got the good news, his troops found, it turned out that after liberation, the number of the troops changed, so Chang Menglan has not been able to inquire. But this is good, not only found the original column, their regiment also exists, when everyone could not contact Chang Menglan's company, and thought that they were all sacrificed, but Chang Menglan was still alive, 48 years later, he stood in front of the current regiment leader and told the story of these 48 years.
But Chang Menglan still has to continue to look for, the old company commander they still have no news, but the time is not waiting for anyone, his life is coming to an end, in 2005, 80-year-old Chang Menglan died with regret.
Everyone felt sad and lost for Chang Menglan, but what they didn't expect was that three years after Chang Menglan's death, "The Gathering Number" was released, and the old company commander of that year actually appeared! He saw the movie and only then did he know about Chang Menglan, and when he was old, he contacted the reporter and appeared in front of everyone.
After the bloody battle that year, the entire company had few living mouths left, Chang Menglan could not contact the troops for 48 years, and the company commander faced the same situation, these living people could not find the large troops, could not find comrades-in-arms, and eventually scattered everywhere, and could not see each other for a lifetime.
The company commander talked about the rallying call that everyone had never known the answer to, in fact, the rallying number had never sounded, they had not been able to win the time to retreat, the company commander very much wanted to blow the rallying call for everyone to retreat, but if the trumpet sounded, maybe they could get out of danger, but the whole large army had to be sacrificed.
The company commander made a difficult choice, for the sake of a large army, he could only sacrifice the company and himself. Looking at the scene in the movie, the old company commander blushed, and he murmured, "Chang Menglan, a good soldier..."
The hero is gone, the hero's blood stains the ground under his feet, and people hope that Chang Menglan can find his old comrade-in-arms, but the final ending of the story is full of regret. The war is far away, and those who died, those who left, have always lived in people's memories.