1. The deviance during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression attracted attention
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the enemy's aggression footprints almost covered the entire land of China, and the warriors of the Eighth Route Army defended the dignity of the motherland and the safety of the people with incomparably heroic spirit.
However, the character with Zhang Weijian as the protagonist in the play shows a completely different face from ordinary people, he turned into a female instructor of the Eighth Route Army, who was supposed to lead the soldiers to bravely resist the enemy, but he was indulged in drunkenness, intoxicated with wine all day long, and his behavior was like a large-scale living Lei Feng.
One day, on the battlefield of bullets, Zhang Weijian sat there leisurely, gulping strong knife wine. It's hard to understand. Seeing that the artillery fire of the enemy plane was about to fall down, Zhang Weijian did not take any action, but instead showed a triumphant smile at the camera, and loudly praised: "The explosion is awesome! It is also very wonderful!" Seeing this situation, the people around him could not help but show shocked expressions.
At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army risked his life, holding a wine jug in his hand, and galloped in the rain of bullets. He came to Zhang Weijian, handed over the wine jug as if offering a treasure, and excitedly shouted: "People are in wine, people are dying!" In the face of the bloody battle scene of the soldiers around him, Zhang Weijian did not hesitate to take the wine jug, raised his head and poured a big mouthful, expressing warm appreciation for this bold statement.
The appearance of this soldier of the Eighth Route Army undoubtedly provided a plausible excuse for Zhang Weijian's alcoholism. In his eyes, a jug of fine wine is worth far more than a military order or a battle plan.
For the sake of a sip of wine, he can even ignore his personal life and death, and for Zhang Weijian, he turned a blind eye to it, not only did not stop it, but praised it lavishly.
2. Review the love process of your youth
If we rewind the time to the era of peace, Zhang Weijian in his youth was undoubtedly a suave figure. Whenever his colleagues recalled those years, he always boasted that he was the celebrity of the time, boasting: "Since I was twelve years old, there have been as many girls pursuing me as the sky is full of stars."
Hearing such bold words, everyone else was amazed. Once, when Zhang Weijian was talking to a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, he gushed about his love history.
After hearing this, a look of envy immediately appeared on the soldier's face, and he asked Zhang Weijian how many girl friends he had made.
Zhang Weijian's self-praise shows that he has a high level of confidence in personal charm, and he is full of pride in his ability to conquer women. However, what is deeply disturbing is that even though he does have many romantic affairs, playing the role of an instructor of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War, degrading his image so lowly, and openly showing off the fact of love history is a thing that damages his identity and dignity.
However, if you look at this matter from a different perspective, perhaps Zhang Weijian is using these actions to boost morale and try to inject a touch of lighthearted humor into this brutal war.
Whatever the motives, the demeanor he shows in the play is indeed too presumptuous, far from the original image of the teacher and commander that the character should have.
3. The madman talks to himself without holding back
A long period of bohemian life has made Zhang Weijian have no taboos in terms of verbal expression, like a madman talking to himself. At one point, he closed his eyes and muttered to himself, muttering an incomprehensible "bird language": "OOSSPPP, DDJJ I PPP!" Even the soldiers around him could not understand the meaning.
What is puzzling is that the female warrior standing next to her suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, and praised, "What a poem!" Was she deliberately pandering to her superiors, or did she really think it was a beautiful poem?
What's even funnier is that Zhang Weijian boldly declared: "I like to shoot myself to see how elastic my muscles are." Such meaningless and irresponsible remarks will undoubtedly make people laugh.
When the writers designed this scene, they probably also wanted to add some comedic effect to the characters.
Another time, Zhang Weijian walked up to a group of soldiers with a shovel on his shoulder, first glanced at them arrogantly, and then arrogantly threatened: "Yesterday Lao Tzu drank too much, and he beat and scolded whom, don't hold grudges."
This arrogant tone makes people wonder if Zhang Weijian has gone insane. As an instructor, he should lead by example and be strict with the fighters. However, he was idle all day long, his mouth was open, and his wild words made people cry and laugh.
Fourth, enjoy the war years of lavish feasts
In that era of extreme scarcity of materials, a female soldier of the Eighth Route Army walked into Zhang Weijian's room with a basket full of eggs.
Listening to those affectionate words, everyone present felt extremely shocked. According to common sense, in the arduous years of the Anti-Japanese War, egg resources were extremely scarce.
Even if there is a small amount of counterattack from time to time, it should be fairly distributed to each heroic soldier to meet the basic survival needs, however, Zhang Weijian enjoys this rich gift alone, which is really against the moral code of common sense.
What's even more shocking is that on the battlefield where the war is raging, Zhang Weijian actually tastes the delicacy of six dishes and one soup with shrimp sauce and chicken leisurely. At that time, he led a female warrior to the city to rest for a while, and ordered a table of delicious food.
In addition to the six main courses, there are also rich side dishes such as shrimp and chicken rack with sauce, and such a luxurious pomp is really jaw-dropping. Such a scene, I am afraid that even the nobles of the upper class at that time would sigh to themselves.
At that time, Zhang Weijian may have made up his mind to enjoy himself at the last moment of his life and have a luxury.
However, in the midst of a war-torn environment, his actions were undoubtedly contrary to common sense of morality. How should a commander feel in their hearts when they are so extravagant, and other soldiers are starving in the trenches and doing their best to protect him and enjoy the pinnacle feast of life? Zhang Weijian's behavior is undoubtedly a kind of indifference and contempt for all front-line soldiers.
5. Summary and evaluation
After reading this, I believe that readers will have deep doubts about the plot depicted in this TV series. Zhang Weijian, an anti-Japanese general, not only indulged in alcohol all day long, looking for flowers and willows, but also spoke openly and unscrupulously made arrogant remarks, which is really ridiculous.
It must be known that the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a critical moment for the survival of the country. At that time, when the enemy was frantically sweeping, how could a member of the Eighth Route Army have such an opportunity to indulge himself? This kind of plot description that is extremely detached from reality is really hilarious.
Zhang Weijian drank liquor in the midst of the raging war and turned a blind eye to the oncoming artillery fire; while he enjoyed a luxurious meal of eggs and six dishes and one soup alone, the other soldiers could only suffer hunger in silence; he even uttered wild words, claiming that he would "shabu mutton" among the soldiers, and so on, he was simply a bohemian drunkard.
Therefore, some critics believe that this TV series can be called "the most thunderous anti-Japanese drama", which is truly worthy of its name. It completely subverted people's traditional perception of anti-Japanese generals, which was a big surprise.
Undoubtedly, such an outlandish and fascinating plot design makes one wonder: have the screenwriters become addicted to comedy elements and can't help themselves?