"Chosin Lake" has been popular at the National Day box office all the way to the gratifying.
However, many viewers feel that although the "Chosin Lake" movie lasts as long as three hours, they always feel that they have not watched enough, because the Seventh Company has only fought two battles on the Korean battlefield, and Wu Wanli, played by Yi Qianxi, has just entered the role of a warrior from a new soldier egg.
In fact, "Chosin Lake" has always had a rumor, the plot of the film is divided into two parts, the legend is, the upper part is "Chosin Lake" and the lower part is "Watergate Bridge".
This article summarizes five reasons why Chosin Lake should still have a lower part.
1. The time of the Battle of Chosin Lake
The historical Battle of Chosin Lake lasted nearly a month from November 27, 1950 to december 25, when volunteers occupied Hingnam Port.
In the movie "Chosin Lake", the main plot ends on November 30, that is, the volunteer army eliminates the polar bear regiment in Xinxing, and at the end of the film, only a brief explanation of the retreat of the First Marine Division from Hagaru-ri and the occupation of Xingnan Port by the volunteer army are briefly explained.
Spanning a month of the Battle of Chosin Lake, the result is that the movie "Chosin Lake" only filmed the first three days of the battle, which is obviously not enough, so from this point of view, "Chosin Lake" should still have a lower part.
2. The Battle of Pratunam Bridge
In addition to the destruction of the polar bear regiment in the Battle of Chosin Lake, there is another famous example, that is, the volunteer army", "three bombs of the Watergate Bridge".
Once the Watergate Bridge is stuck on the retreat route of the US First Marine Division, once the Pratunam Bridge is bombed, the First Marine Division north of the bridge cannot retreat, the US Troops south of the bridge cannot be reinforced, and the First Marine Division will be destroyed.
As far as the volunteer army is concerned, the "three explosions of the Watergate Bridge" on the one hand embodies the spirit of our army's perseverance and courage to sacrifice, and on the other hand, it also objectively reflects the difficulty of the Korean battlefield.
If placed in the general battlefield, it may only need one blow up the Watergate Bridge, but when the opponent is the US army, not only is one bomb not enough, but even three bombs cannot stop the retreat of the other side, which really makes us aware of the gap in comprehensive national strength and can stimulate us to accelerate the construction of the motherland.
For the US military, they were still able to escape under the severe situation of the three bombings of the Watergate Bridge by the volunteers, which is a thing worth remembering and boasting in any case, which is one of the reasons why the Battle of Chosin Lake on the Eastern Front of the United States is more famous than the Western Front, after all, they have no examples of war on the Western Front.
A model of the Pratunam Bridge appeared in the roadshow before the movie "Chosin Lake", which shows that the film did film the plot related to the Pratunam Bridge.
However, from the perspective of time, the seven companies that participated in the siege of the Polar Bear Regiment could not catch up with the first bombing of the Watergate Bridge in any case, but they could reinforce the second and third explosions of the Watergate Bridge, and after the three-bombing of the Watergate Bridge, the volunteer army resisted the attack of the US army near the Watergate Bridge for three days, in other words, the Seventh Company will face a great test at the Watergate Bridge, and the degree of danger will definitely exceed the siege of the Polar Bear Regiment.
The story of the third and seventh consecutive companies is not finished
The Seventh Company has accumulated a lot of unfinished stories to be continued on the way from the whole assembly to the Korean battlefield, and in "Chosin Lake", except for Lei Gong's sacrifice to make his story end, others still have suspense that has not been solved.
Whether Wu Baili's sacrifice is really like what Wu Qianli said, whether Pinghe has other things that have not yet been told to Wu Qianli, and whether he will bring Wu Qianli and wu Wanli brothers a story about Wu Baili in the next plot.
Wu Qianli was bent on building a large mansion for his father and mother after the war, could his plan be realized?
Wu Wanli secretly followed his second brother to join the army, Wu Wanli took care of him along the way hoping that his brother could return alive, can Wu Wanli see his father again?
Instructor Mei Sheng has a happy family, his wife cries all the way to send him back to the army, Mei Sheng is thinking of his daughter, can he go back alive to be a good husband and father?
The former company commander of the Seventh Company, TanZi, felt sorry for the current Wu Qianli, according to the number of the two of them joining the army, they should be veterans who had fought together for a long time, was there any other story between them?
In short, the story of Qilian is not finished in "Chosin Lake", and there are still many suspense waiting for the final cracking.
The history of the Fourth and Seventh Lians is wonderful
One of the screenwriters of the movie "Chosin Lake" is Lan Xiaolong, and his existence also means that Qilian must have a very wonderful history.
According to Lan Xiaolong's work, the earliest history of the Seventh Company can be traced back to the TV series "Life and Death Line", in which the Four Winds and Ouyang Shanchuan together established the anti-Japanese guerrilla group "Four Winds" in Guning, Jiangnan Province, and later Ouyang Shanchuan led the Four Winds guerrillas to join the Eighth Route Army, which is the earliest Seven Company.
Therefore, Luo Jingmin said that the four winds should be the first soldier of the Seventh Company, and Ouyang Shanchuan may be the earliest company commander of the Seventh Company.
In "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", Meng Fu finally joined the Seven Company, numbered 600, and the name of the Dragon article itself comes from the Four Winds.
That is, this seventh company participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and successively participated in the siege of the Polar Bear Regiment and the reinforcement of the Watergate Bridge, please note that in the real history, the seven companies from the 240th Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army who fought fiercely with the US army and blew up the bridge were from the 27th Army.
Later, in "Soldier Assault", the Steel Seventh Company reappeared, and the protagonist Xu Sanduo became the 4956th soldier of the Seventh Steel Company.
In Lan Xiaolong's four works, the Seventh Company has always been an obvious or hidden existence, in other works, the history of the Seventh Company has always been very exciting, then in "Chosin Lake", Lan Xiaolong will also give the Seventh Company a glorious history and wonderful story, just the siege of the Polar Bear Regiment is obviously not enough.
Fifth, the origin of the seventh interspersed company and the steel company
In 2018, Lan Xiaolong and Kang Honglei cooperated to prepare to shoot a TV series "Winter and the Lion", telling the story of Wu Qianli, the commander of the seventh reconnaissance company of a certain army, who returned home to visit his relatives in the autumn of 1950, and his brother Wu Baili had been sacrificed.
On the Korean battlefield, the Seventh Company and the brother troops lurked deep behind the enemy lines, fought with the American troops in the cold winter, after the battle they were separated from the main force, in the process of searching for the main force they entered the Pratunam Bridge battlefield, only more than thirty people remained in the Seventh Company completed the feat of blowing up the bridge but suffered heavy casualties, Wu Wanli ...
In the 2006 TV series "Soldier Assault" cooperated by Kang Honglei and Lan Xiaolong, there is such a line:
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Seventh Steel Company was almost completely killed and cancelled, but the three soldiers who were covered by the whole company returned from nine deaths, and they brought back the last wishes of one hundred and seven martyrs, and this last wish was to rebuild the Steel Seventh Company on these three soldiers whose average age was less than seventeen years old.
From "Soldier Assault" to "Winter and lions" to "Chosin Lake", you will find that the Seventh Company is actually a unit that has always existed, and the story of "Chosin Lake" should be born out of the first half of the plot of "Winter and lions".
That being the case, then, with the story of "Chosin Lake" halfway through, we have reason to expect the "Chosin Lake" crew to continue the story of the Seven Companies from "Chosin Lake" to "Soldier Assault".