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Published: 20-08-1708:56
"Heroes and Children" is a very good film in the 1960s. It is based on Ba Jin's novel "Reunion", based on director Wu Zhaodi and screenwriter Mao Feng. It reflects the story of the volunteers' battles, lives, and "Wang Fang" and her brother met on the battlefield and "reunited" with her biological father and adoptive father before the second condolence group of the Chinese people left the volunteer army unit at the end of November 1952 before the second condolence mission to the DPRK left the volunteer army unit at the end of November 1952.
▲ Stills from the movie "Heroes and Children"
Through this film, the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea and the heroic and tragic scenes of our army's soldiers on the battlefield have left a deep impression on the hearts of the whole army and the people of the whole country.
The movie interlude "Hero Hymn" is widely circulated, and there is a poem in the film that also makes people move, especially the heroic feat of hero Wang Cheng shouting "Fire at me" in battle and rushing into the enemy with a blaster in his hand is shocking!
However, exactly who the prototype of Wang Cheng's heroic character is has long been debated.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the writer Ba Jin went to North Korea twice for interviews, through which he learned many touching stories of volunteer soldiers who could sing and cry. In North Korea, Ba Jin successively wrote articles such as "Living among Heroes", "The Hero's Story", and "Meeting Commander Peng". He continued to accumulate creative materials to lay a solid foundation for writing good war-themed novels in the future.
▲ Barkin
In 1961, after seven or eight years of precipitation, Barkin finally wrote the immortal masterpiece "Reunion". In this novel of just over 20,000 words, Barkin takes a first-person approach, using "I" to hear and witness, telling the reader the story that took place on the Korean battlefield.
After the novel "Reunion" was published, it attracted the great attention of Mao Dun, Xia Yan, Huang Coal and others, and after Xia Yan, who was vice minister of culture at the time, read it, he instructed the Changchun Film Studio to adapt it into a movie. Changying also attached great importance to "Reunion", and they immediately formed a creative team headed by the famous director Wu Zhaodi and began to adapt the novel.
After watching "Reunion", Wu Zhaodi was deeply attracted by its storyline full of family and friendship, and he felt that this was a good book. He hired Mao Feng as a screenwriter. Before the adaptation, the two made a special trip to Shanghai to meet Ba Jin, who told them what he had seen and heard in North Korea and introduced the deeds of the volunteer heroes they had interviewed, and the three of them quickly reached a consensus on the future film.
In Ba Jin's novel "Reunion", about Wang Cheng, a heroic character, the final ending is not much ink. The sacrifice of "Wang Cheng" in the novel is written as follows: "... It's just that Wang Cheng didn't come back, and he bravely sacrificed himself at the top of the mountain." When the director and screenwriter were compiling and directing the film "Heroes and Children", according to the prototype of Wang Cheng in Ba Jin's novel "Reunion", they highlighted the original face of "Wang Cheng" in the original work, referred to the heroic deeds of Zhao Company Commander and correspondent Xiao Liu in the novel, concentrated the deeds of many volunteer heroes, and shaped the tall image of "Wang Cheng" in the film.
After the first draft of the script was written, Barkin was very satisfied, because the film script added many plots and characters that did not appear in the original novel. In particular, the shaping of Wang Cheng's image is more specific and plump. After the film was filmed and released, it was a great success. "Wang Cheng" became a typical image of everyone's favorite volunteer hero.
▲ Ba Jin and others in North Korea
It should be said that Wang Cheng created a vivid and touching artistic image after concentrating the glorious deeds of many volunteer heroes, including special hero Yang Gensi and others. But among them, the most important prototype is the hero of the 65th Army of the Volunteer Army, Zhao Xianyou Martyr.
Zhao Xianyou, a native of Laoting, Hebei Province, was born in 1928, and before his death, he was the deputy political instructor of the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion, 582nd Regiment, 194th Division, 65th Army of the Volunteer Army. He joined the army in 1947 and joined the party in 1949. He participated in dozens of battles to liberate Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Ningxia, etc., fought bravely and well, and made meritorious contributions three times. In February 1951, he entered the Korean War. While defending The 67th Heights, although he was seriously wounded, he still did not go down the line of fire, and with only two people left, he held his position and repelled 17 enemy attacks and annihilated 562 enemy troops. Finally, he shouted out, "Commander, the enemy is coming up, let's fire and shoot", until he was honorably sacrificed and posthumously honored by the volunteer army headquarters for special merit.
▲ Martyr Zhao Xianyou
The leader of the regiment that Zhao Xianyou shouted was named Zhang Zhenchuan. Zhang Zhenchuan was at the regimental command post at that time and witnessed the heroic sacrifice of Zhao Xianyou and others.
On October 2, 1952, the fifth company captured the 67th hill, repelled the enemy counterattack, and handed over the position to the sixth company to hold. The enemy's counterattack was mainly aimed at the 67th Heights, and the 1st South Korean Land War Regiment reorganized into the First Japanese Anda marine division was Syngman Rhee's ace unit in the land battle, and launched a fierce attack on the 67 heights held by Zhao Xianyou's sixth company. The officers and men of the Sixth Company fought very hard, suffered heavy casualties, and the instructor and deputy company commander were injured and carried off their positions, and deputy instructor Zhao Xianyou took on the command task of the company. In three days of fighting, 6 companies repelled 18 enemy counterattacks and annihilated a large number of enemies.
On October 5, the enemy first strafed and bombed the heights with aircraft, and then hundreds of artillery pieces from several artillery groups fired tens of thousands of shells, bombs, and napalm shells at the small heights, turning the entire position into a sea of fire. The enemy then charged into position with a battalion of troops, under the cover of 8 aircraft, 12 tanks and 3 Spitfire tanks. When the battle reached the point where only Zhao Xianyou and the correspondent Liu Shunwu were left, the situation was urgent, and Zhao Xianyou, who was five wounded on his body, ordered Liu Shunwu to report to the regimental command post with a walkie-talkie that the enemy had rushed to our position and demanded that the regimental artillery directly "fire at my position!" ”
At that time, the atmosphere in the regimental command post was very tense, and the heroic spirit of Zhao Xianyou and Liu Shunwu firing at us for victory greatly shocked the hearts of regimental commander Zhang Zhenchuan and others. Our comrades are still in the position, so how can they order cannons to be fired at our own people? Zhang Zhenchuan saw the figures of Zhao Xianyou, Liu Shunwu and the enemy fighting at the observation post, and at the critical moment, he heard Zhao Xianyou's hoarse but firm voice coming from the walkie-talkie: "Commander, the enemy is coming up, let's shoot." Soon, after a rush of grenades and submachine guns ranging from the direction of the concealment of the 6th Company, the position was quiet. Our hero Zhao Xianyou fulfilled his oath before going to the position: "We resolutely hold the position, people are in the position, and we will never take a step back!" ”
The regimental commander Zhang Zhenchuan was so excited that he turned his heart sideways and ordered the artillery to fire at the enemy on the position. After our army recaptured its position, it was found that Zhao Xianyou and Liu Shunwu had died with the enemy, and the bodies of more than twenty enemies were lying in front of them.
After our army occupied the position, the US negotiators were very frustrated and came up with a sentence of "It is really incomprehensible!" "Never dare to compete with our Warriors of Highland 67 anymore. After the war, it was discovered that the commander of the first regiment of the enemy's land war was removed from his post due to defeat, and the commander of the first battalion committed suicide.
Li Kenong, head of our delegation, who was currently negotiating with the US military, immediately after the war listened to Zhang Zhenchuan's regimental combat report, visited Zhang Zhenchuan's regiment twice and commended him, and encouraged the troops to win more battles. Li Kenong once said to Zhang Zhenchuan: "Your outstanding command and victory in heroic battles have effectively supported our negotiations and struck a blow at the arrogance of HARRISON, the NEGOTIATOR of the US army." On behalf of the negotiating delegation, I would like to extend my warm congratulations and thanks to you, who are worthy of being the glorious defenders of Kaesong. Negotiator Qiao Guanhua said: "The better you play, the more we scold." ”
In the battle of highland 67, only Zhao Xianyou led six companies to hold their positions for 57 hours, they repelled 17 enemy counterattacks, carried out 2 counter-attacks, and annihilated 562 enemy troops. After the war, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army gave Zhao Xianyou and his six companies special meritorious service, and was awarded the honorary title of "heroic and tenacious steel company like Mount Tai". The 19th Corps made first-class meritorious service to Liu Shunwu and eight other comrades.
Why is it said that the hero Wang Cheng in the movie has more shadows of Zhao Xianyou?
First of all, Ba Jin went to Korea twice, and both times he arrived at Zhao Xianyou's 65th Army. On the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the National Day, Ba Jin and other writers and musicians came to the 65th Army of the Volunteer Army for interviews. In the defense of Kaesong counterattack, the 65th Army held a celebration meeting, which was attended by Ba Jin, Wang Xin, Xin Mang and others.
On October 5, 1952, the news of the heroic sacrifice of Zhao Xianyou and other martyrs spread throughout the army, and an article published by the 19th Corps of volunteers, the anti-AMERICAN front, reported the actual battle on the 67th Highlands. Among them, Zhao Xianyou, deputy instructor of the Sixth Company, and Liu Shunwu, a small correspondent, also reported on the deeds of two martyrs who, at a critical moment, asked their artillery to "fire at me" and die with the enemy. Inbajin's return to China was imminent, only to see the report of the 19th Corps.
Chen Yafu was then the political commissar of the 194th Division of the 65th Army (in February 1951, he entered Korea with the troops), and after five battles, he was transferred to the director of the political department of the 65th Army (January 1953). In August 1953, Ba Jin went to Korea for the second time to interview, and Chen Yafu, director of the Political Department of the 65th Army of the Volunteer Army (the former political commissar of the division of the martyr Zhao Xianyou), specially introduced him to the deeds of the martyr Zhao Xianyou. Later, Ba Jin and other comrades went to the 582 regiment to interview Zhang Zhenchuan, the regiment leader and political commissar, to understand the heroic deeds, and lived in Liulian for a month to experience life. Ba Jin came to the team of martyr Zhao Xianyou to interview until the unit returned home.
Zhang Zhenchuan, commander and political commissar of the 582nd Regiment (later commander of the Hebei Provincial Military Region), recalled in an interview: "I remember that after our army won a comprehensive victory in defending Kaesong's counterattack operation, the writer Ba Jin personally visited the Kaesong front in North Korea to conduct a field interview with the 582nd Regiment of the 65th Army of our volunteer army. I briefed Ba Jin on the heroic and tenacious fighting style of the comrades in the battle of attacking and defending the 67th Highlands and the three dozen 'Red Mountain Bags' battles. In particular, zhao Xianyou, deputy instructor of the sixth company of the second battalion of our regiment, and his comrades-in-arms showed heroic deeds of not being afraid of danger, treating death as a homecoming, and finally making heroic sacrifices in the battle of holding on to the 67 highlands. After listening to my introduction, Ba Jin was deeply touched by the heroic feats of Zhao Xianyou and other heroes who disregarded their personal safety and took the initiative to call for artillery fire and swear to coexist and die with the position, and said with deep feeling: "Your regiment fought on the 67th highland and three dozen red mountain bags, and fought very beautifully. The Americans have strong weapons and our morale is strong. In the end, based on the tragic deeds of Zhao Xianyou and many other volunteer heroes, Ba Lao germinated the creative inspiration and wrote the famous novel "Reunion", which is a unique song for thousands of years. ”
In 1961, Ba Jin wrote the novel "Reunion" based on the stories of Chen Yafu and Zhang Zhenchuan and the deeds of other heroes he interviewed. Later, the film "Heroes and Children" was based on this novel.
That is to say, in the novel "Reunion", Chinese the heroic deeds of Wang Cheng's sacrifice are not written in a very specific word, and when the film script is adapted, it is well enriched into the screen through Ba Jin's introduction and the re-creation of the director and screenwriter. Whether it is Ba Jin, or the director and screenwriter, they all shouted at the radio before dying to the Zhao Xianyou who died on the battlefield: "Shoot at me!" "And the feat of coexisting and dying with the position was greatly appreciated. In the novel "Reunion", "the heroic deeds of Zhao Lianchang sung by Wang Fang" and "the heroic deeds of correspondent Xiao Liu", as well as "Wang Cheng bravely sacrificed on the mountain", are the true portrayals of Martyrs such as Zhao Xianyou and correspondent Liu Shunwu.
The writer Ba Jin once made a statement about the prototype of "Wang Cheng", "Wang Cheng is the image of many heroes." Since the volunteer heroes who "bravely sacrificed themselves at the top of the mountain" are all the prototypes of "Wang Cheng" in Ba Jin's pen and the combat heroes of the "Wang Cheng" style, then the martyr Zhao Xianyou who was specially interviewed by Ba Jin and personally wrote an inscription for the martyr Zhao Xianyou is even more undoubtedly the prototype.
In fact, in the 1990s, a group army of the Beijing Military Region erected a statue of the martyr Zhao Xianyou, and Ba Jin wrote an inscription for the martyr: "Wang Cheng-style combat hero - zhao Xianyou, a special meritorious hero." Therefore, not only in the eyes of everyone, but also in Mr. Ba Jin's own view, the martyr Zhao Xianyou is definitely one of the main prototypes of "Wang Cheng", worthy of the name and deserved.
In fact, the novel "Reunion" or the movie "Heroes and Children" reflect the story of the 19th Corps, the 3rd Corps and the 47th Army of the Volunteer Army. And this was exactly the unit where Zhao Xianyou was before he died. The prototype of "Wang Cheng, who fired at me", is actually very close to Zhao Xianyou.
In the minds of the former cadres and soldiers of the 65th Army, everyone believes that Chen Yafu is the prototype of "Director Wang Wenqing" in the movie, and Zhang Zhenchuan is the prototype of "Zhang Zhenhua Regiment Leader" (although he himself modestly denies it), so Zhao Xianyou and Wang Cheng are still very related. According to Zhang Zhenchuan's recollection, one of the prototypes of "Wang Cheng" in the novel "Reunion" is Zhao Xianyou, a special meritorious hero.
Zhao Xianyou's sentence "Commander, the enemy is coming up, let's fire and fight" is no different from Wang Cheng's classic battle cry in the movie, "For victory, shoot at me".
The selfless sacrifice and dedication of the martyrs of the volunteer army have inspired many soldiers of our army to become invincible warriors. Even when our army carried out a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the must-see movies for all the units participating in the war before the war were "Heroes and Children."
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