The advent of "Brave Death Island" in 1996 also made a foreign special forces surface for the first time in the movie - a reconnaissance and search company.
Because these people are all elite people, when Hammer led more than a dozen of his men to occupy Alcatraz Island, their opponents were also like great enemies, and finally brought in Navy SEALs, which also triggered that shocking bathroom shootout.
But when I saw this scene back then, I believe many people would be puzzled.
1. In that fratricidal duel, more than a dozen rebels confronted ten commandos, and the two sides were almost one-on-one.
2. Compared with the rebels, most of whom are armed with M16A1 automatic rifles (as well as XM177 automatic rifles, etc.), the commandos who infiltrated the island mainly used MP5A3 submachine guns and shotguns, and the latter's firepower was far suppressed by automatic rifles. However, considering that the distance between the two sides is less than 10 meters, there is no unilateral suppression between the two sides in terms of firepower.
But the next shootout surprised the audience, the commando team was completely annihilated, and only one person from the reconnaissance company was killed. With a loss ratio of 1 to 10, which link did the commando lose?
At least before the shootout broke out, both sides had already given a preview of the outcome of the shootout.
Hammer: You're down there, and we're up there, you're in the wrong room!
A commando (talking to himself): We're done!
Obviously, from these conversations and self-talk, both sides already know what the next outcome will be, what kind of advantage does the rebel army occupying above have?
The area held by the commandos was the site of the bathhouse, while the area occupied by the rebels was the area that the early guards had condescended to monitor. Since it is in the monitoring position, there is naturally a fatal flaw below - there are no dead spots or obstacles that can really be avoided.
Above the rebels, a low wall at least half a meter long blocked most of their bodies, and multiple stone pillars could cover all of them. Before the shootout was launched, the rebels had already gained a defensive advantage.
During a confrontation with guns, both sides aim their guns at the closest person in order to take down the closest opponent. But this also means that once a shootout breaks out, the rebels above can choose to retreat or hide behind the stone pillar at the first opportunity. Leaning on low walls and stone pillars, they will quickly disappear from the sight of their gun-wielding opponents as fast as they can.
As the person above changed position, their gaze could instead see the commando farthest below the bathroom. At this moment, the commandos in the distance below were exposing their weakest backs or sideways to the other side - because at this moment they were confronting the rebels in the other direction.
After figuring out these elements, everyone can deduce the next gunfight in advance.
After the shootout began, the mutineers above quickly ducked behind the obstacles, and the commandos trapped below instantly lost their shooting targets. But at the same time, a series of bullets flew from his back or side. Because the obstacles under the bathroom could not achieve 360-degree protection, even if the commandos dodged the first round of fire in the first place, they would fall to the ground one after another under strafing from other directions.
Under the rendering of tragic music, we see this picture:
1. Since the rebels above had already taken refuge behind the low wall, a commando standing in the corner of the wall tried to climb up because he could not hit the target above. As a result, under the sneak attack from behind, the team member was shot and killed on the spot.
2. Captain Anderson, who was shot and fell to the ground, also climbed under the wall at the last moment, but this so-called blind spot became an excellent target for shooting in the field of vision of the rebels on the opposite side, and he was immediately killed by supplementary fire.
3. The last member of the team who rushed up from the underground shaft, because there was no shelter around him, fired an easy point shot, and the commando was killed on the spot.
In actual combat, it is difficult for this shootout to last more than 30 seconds, because the next battle is not an equal duel, but a one-sided suppression. It is possible that the only rebel killed in the shootout was the first to be shot by the commandos below.
Because the entrance and exit of the bathroom floor is too narrow, it can only accommodate one person at a time, and in such a short period of time, it is difficult for the commandos to take the opportunity to escape.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that if the first time the shootout broke out, most of the commandos with a sense of tacit understanding voluntarily stayed at the scene to block the guns, so as to cover the escape of a few people from the underground wellhead, theoretically one or two people could still rush out. But the question is, in the face of the comrades around him who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, who wants to survive?