This year's Spring Festival file has a relatively unpopular but not low box office movie - Zhang Yimou's "Sniper".
Like "Chosin Lake", it is also about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which is based on a real historical figure - Zhang Taofang, a sharpshooter.
He once single-handedly annihilated 214 enemy soldiers and destroyed the top soldier king of the US army....
Today we will talk about this "China's strongest sniper" -
Sniper Hero Zhang Taofang
Douban 7.8
Recommended reason: Restore the real historical story
Duration: 96min
Referral Index: ★★★★
On the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, many combat heroes emerged.
One of them, who killed and wounded 214 enemies with 442 rounds of ammunition in 32 days, set a record for the highest number of cold shots killed by the Chinese Volunteers on the Korean battlefield.
He is also the prototype of the protagonist of "Sniper"——
"King of Sniper" Zhang Taofang.
Zhang Taofang was born into a peasant family in 1931, when he had never even touched an earthen gun.
In 1952, Zhang Taofang joined the Korean War with the 24th Army.
He received training for recruits to shoot, but after entering the DPRK, he rushed every day, and as a company correspondent, he did not have time to think about guns.
It was not until they entered a small village in Wonsan, North Korea, that they had the opportunity to participate in target training.
Zhang Taofang did not show talent at once.
During training, all three bullets went off target, and he was punished to burn the fire in the gang room to cook.
But Zhang Taofang was not satisfied with this result, so she began to compete with the gun.
After that, comrades-in-arms often saw Zhang Taofang holding a gun in a daze.
After being in a daze, I made a lot of training plans for myself.
I made my own sandbags with bed sheets to strengthen my arm strength, and later practiced to hang more than a dozen kilograms of sandbags on both arms, and I could pull the trigger without any difference.
During the day, I practice aiming and empty hair, and at night I practice my eyesight against oil lamps, stars, and the moon.
Zhang Taofang and his comrades studied shooting tactics
This method of self-practice looks clumsy and has unknown results.
It was not until January 11, 1953, when the 24th Army took over from the 15th Army into the Shangganling position, that Zhang Taofang had the opportunity to show her skills.
At that time, the Korean battlefield had reached the second half.
However, the US military still attacked from time to time with its own sophisticated military reserves, and the American soldiers at that time were even more fearless in playing poker on the position to bask in the sun.
Therefore, the volunteer army at that time had the "cold gun and cold cannon" tactics, and Zhang Taofang was selected into the sniper group.
On February 10, Zhang Taofang shot 7 and began to show her head.
By the end of February, Zhang Taofang had killed and wounded 71 enemies with 274 rounds of ammunition, and the results had reached the military headquarters.
At that time, Commander Pi would be suspicious after learning the news, did the company really have a recruit egg who was a sharpshooter?
So Commander Pi sent a staff officer with a new pair of leather boots to find out, and also instructed that if it was fake, he must bring the boots back.
As a result, Commander Pi never saw the boots again.
Zhang Taofang's excellent sniper ability, in addition to hard training, is due to his good eyesight.
He fired twice in a row from 800 meters away, setting a record for the farthest shot of a Volunteer rifle.
Even in her 70s, Zhang Taofang can still see at a glance the small sesame dots on the outer wall of ten meters away.
Otherwise, with an old-fashioned Soviet rifle without any optical aiming equipment, no one can become a generation of "sniper gods".
Soon, Zhang Taofang became a thorn in the enemy's eye.
At this time, on the enemy position, let alone dancing, basking in the sun, and soaking urine have become luxuries.
They didn't know Zhang Taofang's name, only that there was a Chinese sniper, which was very frightening.
In order to fight back, the US troops who lived in fear all day specially sent snipers to try to end Zhang Taofang.
From this, an extremely wonderful duel was also born.
One day in 1953, Zhang Taofang was hit by a shuttle when she went to the sniper station.
He realized that something was not going well and hurriedly lay down in the traffic trench.
Then, he used an abandoned steel helmet next to him in an attempt to test the position of his opponent.
But the other party is obviously also a veteran and has not been deceived.
Obviously, this is a contest between masters.
But at this time, Zhang Taofang has been exposed to the position and is at a disadvantage.
Zhang Taofang rose from the trench and rushed to another sniper position, and there was another burst of dense machine gun fire;
When he was about to reach his position, he leaned forward and fell into the bunker like a bullet;
This fake fall action made the other party think that he was really terminated and stopped shooting.
Zhang Taofang quickly changed positions and covertly extended the muzzle of the gun.
The moment he pulled the trigger, a row of machine gun bullets hit the ground in front of him, and he was thrown in the face by the splashed debris.
And the bullet he fired successfully hit the opposing sniper.
After that day, Zhang Taofang's name resounded throughout the volunteer army.
No one can imagine this young warrior who has not received systematic tactical training;
The actual firing time was 32 days, the ammunition consumption was 442 rounds, and 214 enemy were killed or wounded, creating the highest record for the cold shooting of the enemy by our army on the Korean front.
And the gun he used was not a sniper rifle at all, not even a scope.
In 1953, Zhang Taofang was awarded the special merit of the Chinese Volunteer Army and was awarded the honorary title of "Second-class Sniper Hero".
Why wasn't he named a Tier 1 Sniper Hero?
Probably because the old man was not injured in any way, and even the skin on his body was not broken.
Later, many military fans included Zhang Taofang in the world's top ten snipers along with Simon Haye, the "white death god" of Finland, and Ivan Sarynko of the Soviet Union;
He is also recognized as the best sniper in China's military history.
After winning such an honor, Zhang Taofang did not stop.
In 1954, the Volunteer Army selected fighter pilots, and 198 fighters of the 24th Army registered and passed the primary election, but only Zhang Taofang was left.
And he also began his career as a pilot of the first generation of fighters in New China...
In 2007, Zhang Taofang died.
The old Soviet rifle, quietly displayed in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, witnessed a legend and showed people the faith and glory of a soldier.
More than half a century later, the story may not have been known to many young people.
But fortunately, our film will recount and polish this legendary history
Because of him and them, he deserves to be remembered by everyone