As the saying goes: "Although the play is small, the role is not small." "Although group performances are only small roles, they are an indispensable part of film and television dramas. Without them, the lens would lack that vivid and flavorful atmosphere. These photos are very interesting, a few group performers in various military uniforms, eating in a restaurant. Looking at their outfits, you can tell in minutes which is the National Army, which is the Japanese Army, and which is the Communist Army. Everyone is in the middle of the scene and plays their role with dramatic tension. It's like moving the chaos of the warlord melee and the internal strife between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the Anti-Japanese War to a small restaurant to recreate it. There is a sense of comedic dislocation when you look at it, which is weird and interesting.
The "Eight Roads of Dirt" in the Liberated Areas
Judging from the photos, the group performance in old cotton and linen military uniforms and felt hats is undoubtedly playing the famous "Eighth Route Army". The Eighth Route Army was the main force of the People's Liberation Army led by China during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it can be described as an invincible force. Back then, the Eighth Route Army was the "Eighth Route Road" where rural dolls carried rag bags into battle. Some of them were bare-chested and barefoot, and they wore this kind of cloth shirt with four walls; Some only wore a single blue, and didn't even have shoes. However, these "extremely poor" poor boys have exercised extraordinary wisdom and courage in a difficult environment, and have become an iron fist weapon for grabbing cities and lands on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.
The "gendarmerie" of the New Fourth Army
The group performances in blue cloth uniforms next to them seem to be playing the "New Fourth Army". The three red peak hats on their heads are particularly conspicuous, like the "gendarmerie" in the New Fourth Army back then. Don't underestimate these barefoot babies, they are the real iron buddies. After the incident in southern Anhui, the New Fourth Army was "missing arms and legs", but as a result, these tenacious guys completed the miracle of "tiger standing on the dragon plate". They rose from the desperate situation of losing the territory of the warlords and transformed into an anti-Japanese force behind enemy lines, fighting wits and courage against the Japanese invaders. Without the tenacious encirclement and suppression war of the New Fourth Army, the Japanese devils would not have wanted to settle down in Jiangnan.
The National Army doll suffered
The most eye-catching thing in the photo is the "National Army" group performance in military uniforms and leather shoes with double horsehair. They wore the most regular military uniforms of the National Revolutionary Army back then, and they were indeed a pile of money and an eye-catching existence. Don't look at their clean clothes, in fact, the soldiers of the national army back then were also a "poor and sour appearance". When the battle really started, it was hit by artillery fire in the east and swords and guns in the west, which was even worse than the Eighth Route New Fourth Army. Although they are wearing handsome military uniforms like horse anchors and arrows, if they are really shot by the Japanese devils, they will all have to pay for their lives.
The betrayer's "praying mantis catches the cicada"
Finally, let's talk about the group performance in the Japanese pseudo-military uniform. At first glance, they looked like the "Peace Building Team" led by Wang Jingwei, with a grim face and a dirty temperament. These Wang Jingwei wastes were the most unproductive guys during the Anti-Japanese War. They became the minions of the Japanese and fooled a large number of poor people. It's a pity that even if he betrayed us, he still suffered the consequences in the end. Even the Japanese looked down on them and were exterminated after the East Window Incident.
The ultimate "feast comedy."
The people in the photo seem to be secretly holding some "secret meeting" of "warlord melee". The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army had serious faces, and they were all sitting in their corners; The National Army is still the leader of the glorious clothes, sitting in the main seat with a big belly; The Japanese army and the puppet army rubbed to the side in a gloomy manner, trying to roll up some "money" left by the warlords. What a living comedy scene! Those warlords who fought against each other and fought to the death in those days would have gone crazy with joy if they saw this scene. Maybe even the old people who fought to the death in the civil war will burst out laughing when they see this scene.
The road to Japan is bright
The flames of war in those years were undoubtedly a deplorable historical crime. Those old-timers who participated in the civil war will definitely find this scene very ridiculous and pathetic. The civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has led to too much senseless bloodshed and sacrifice, and this is the Chinese nation itself mutilating itself. However, the older generation may also be able to see a glimmer of hope and solace in this comedy scene. Today's Chinese descendants have suddenly become enlightened, and being able to reproduce that unbearable history in a playful way just shows that we have let go of hatred and walked out of the haze.
Now the country is strong, the people are united, and there will be no more civil strife. Now we have long learned to be tolerant, tolerant, and understand each other. We love peace and cherish the warmth of the big family, which is the most precious wealth. We should cherish the happy moments of the present. Don't repeat the mistakes of the past, but look back on that humiliating history with an open-minded heart. Use a comedic way to dissolve the hatred in your heart, inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the nation. Only in this way can the tree of our Chinese civilization maintain its deep-rooted spiritual strength forever.