Old Zhou
Abstract: In recent years, the most popular domestic film and television dramas are the spy war theme, spy war dramas have sprung up, and they have almost become the hottest theme that dominates the screen, but there are basically no high-level masterpieces, most of them are made up nonsense, not only there is no real historical prototype, but also there is no logic and common sense at all, and even completely violates the 16-character struggle policy of the underground party back then.
In recent years, the most popular domestic film and television dramas are the spy war theme, spy war dramas have sprung up, and they have almost become the hottest theme that dominates the screen, and in 2023, there will be "Lurker", "Infernal", "Thin Ice", "Thrilling Strings", "Beehive" and other dramas will be launched, and in less than half a year this year, there will be "Wind Chaser", "Harbin 1944", "Night and Dawn", "When the Stars Shine" and other dramas will be launched, and then "Dream Bund", "Lonely Boat" and other dramas will also be launched soon. However, there are basically no high-quality masterpieces, and the vast majority of them are fabricated nonsense, not only do they have no real historical prototypes, but they also have no logic and common sense at all, and even completely violate the 16-character struggle policy of the underground party in those years.
Speaking of which, some people will definitely say that so many spy war dramas are worthless by you, so there are no good spy war dramas?
Of course, Lao Zhou thinks that there are two spy war dramas that can be called "masterpieces", which are the ceiling of domestic spy war dramas.
One is directed by Jiang Wei in "Latent", which was launched in 2008, starring Sun Honglei and Yao Chen. It tells the story of how Yu Zecheng, who commanded the Tianjin Station of the military command, was instigated to rebel and provided intelligence to the underground party. Especially in the plot design, because of the accident, a guerrilla leader had to be arranged to be Yu Zecheng's partner, so it led to a lot of comedy conflicts, which made the whole show have more humor in a tense and thrilling atmosphere. And the stories in the plot all have historical prototypes, but they all converge on the fictional character Yu Zecheng. Yu Zecheng is a character who has no prototype in history that can basically be seated. And the most important thing is that the whole drama is logically flawed. This should have been the minimum requirement for spy war dramas, but now it has become a ceiling that most domestic spy war dramas can't reach.
The other is "Kite", which was launched in 2017, directed by Liu Yunlong, starring Liu Yunlong and Qin Hailu. Liu Yunlong is known as the "Godfather of Spy War", and has directed and acted in several spy war dramas, Lao Zhou believes that "Kite" can be called the pinnacle of Liu Yunlong's spy war drama. It is about an undercover agent who has been lurking in the military command for many years, but he has lost contact with the upline, and it is difficult to confirm his true identity even after liberation. However, he still helped the organization to eliminate the hidden agents of the military command who had been infiltrated into our party for many years, and showed his firmness in his faith. The ending of this drama is embarrassing, but in reality, those who lurk in the opposing camp as undercover agents mostly end up tragic. "Kite" is just the first time that this situation is shown in the style of a film and television drama.
In addition, there are two spy war dramas, although they are worse than "Latent" and "Kite", but they are also very good overall, which can be regarded as masterpieces. One is "Cliff", which was launched in 2012, directed by Liu Jin, translated by Zhang Jia, and starring Song Jia. The overall atmosphere of this drama is very dignified, even a little depressing. Zhang Jiayi and Cheng Yu, who plays the villain Gao Bin, the chief of the special service section of the Police Department, have very good acting skills, which add a lot to this drama. But the acting skills of the female first Song Jia are relatively crotch-pulling, and the plot is still a bit logically problematic, especially in the end, Zhou Yi threw himself into the net in order to save Gu Qiuyan played by Song Jia, which was obviously illogical and violated the discipline of the underground struggle at that time. So in general it is inferior to "Latent" and "Kite".
There is also a "Secret Calculation" launched in 2005, directed by Liu Yunlong, starring Liu Yunlong, Wang Baoqiang, and Chen Shu. The whole play is divided into three chapters: "Listening to the Wind", "Watching the Wind" and "Chasing the Wind", of which the first two "Listening to the Wind" and "Watching the Wind" are respectively based on the themes of listening and deciphering codes, which is also relatively rare in domestic spy war dramas, so it is very fascinating. However, the third "Chasing the Wind" tells the undercover story of the underground party breaking into the Kuomintang in the 1930s, that is, it is full of loopholes, so it lowers the level of the whole drama.
Although "Cliff" and "Secret Calculation" are a notch worse than "Latent" and "Kite", they are still much higher than most domestic spy war dramas. Therefore, these four dramas can be regarded as the top works of domestic spy war dramas.
And the vast majority of domestic spy war dramas, there is no logic in logic, there is no common sense in common sense, and it is not in line with historical truth, except for pretending to be mysterious, there is nothing to say. And these spy war dramas are basically based on the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation. However, it was precisely these two stages that were not the most glorious period in the history of the CCP's intelligence, especially during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the erroneous influence of the previous "left-leaning" ideology, coupled with the fact that the main force of the Red Army abandoned the Soviet area for the Long March, and cut off contact with the underground party in the white area, which caused serious damage to the underground party.
After the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in July 1937, the CCP began to restore the underground party organizations in the white areas. On May 4, 40, Mao Zedong pointed out that the 16-character work policy in the Kuomintang-ruled areas (including the occupied areas occupied by the Japanese army) was "to hide the capable, lay in ambush for a long time, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity", which ran through the entire War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and could be called the general policy of underground struggle. Especially during the Anti-Japanese War, the underground party mainly restored its organization and accumulated strength. Except for Pan Hannian's contact with Wang's puppet high-level and the secret service headquarters No. 76 through Guan Lu to obtain intelligence - it is precisely because of this that Pan Hannian was imprisoned for 22 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and finally died in prison, there are almost no very bright classic cases.
For example, in the Huaihai Campaign, He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia, deputy commanders of the Third Appeasement Zone, led their troops to revolt, Liao Yunzhou, commander of the 110th Division of the 85th Army of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army, led his troops to revolt, and in the Battle of Crossing the River, Wang Derong, chief of staff of Jiangyin Fortress, Wu Guangwen, chief of staff, and Tang Binglin, chief of staff of the fort, led the Jiangyin Fortress to revolt...... These uprisings all had a significant impact on the course of the war.
In addition, intelligence was also obtained through high-level Kuomintang officials, such as Liu Fei and Wu Shi, deputy chiefs of staff of the Kuomintang, and Guo Rugui, director of the War Department of the Ministry of National Defense......
And like the underground party that appears in many spy war dramas, there are gunfights with the Japanese army, No. 76 and military commanders, and even firefights on the streets of the downtown area, which is almost unprecedented in history.
In the history of the underground party struggle, the real thrilling is the Central Special Branch from August 1927 to February 1933, which is the intelligence and security agency created by Zhou Enlai, although the Special Branch only existed for eight years, and the really active period was only five or six years, but it was of great significance to the intelligence and security work of the Communist Party of China. The Investigation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Political Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of State Security, which were established after the founding of the People's Republic of China, are all inherited by the Special Branch, so the Special Branch is the originator of the CCP's intelligence and security organization.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Special Branch consisted of Section 1 (General Services Division) and Section 3 (Operations Division), and later the Second Section (Intelligence) and Section 4 (Telecommunications) were added. Among the four sections of the Special Branch, the Third Section Operations Section is the most famous, and the Third Section is responsible for two major tasks, one is the security of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the main leaders, which is also the reason why the leader of the Special Branch, Gu Shunzhang, was arrested and betrayed, resulting in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China being unable to gain a foothold in Shanghai and being forced to withdraw to the checkmate Central Soviet District. The second is to punish traitors and enemy personnel who have caused heavy losses to the Chinese Communists, among which the action team responsible for punishing traitors is called the "Red Team", also called the "Red Terror Team", and has the alias of "Dog Fighting Team", which was definitely well-known in Shanghai at that time.
At the beginning of its establishment, there were only four pistols and five or six people, and by August 1929 it had grown to more than 40 people, not only revolvers, shell guns, but also tear gas grenades (called chemical grenades at that time), and even machine guns that could be transferred from the Kuomintang troops stationed in Pudong through connections.
He Jianqing, Ma Shaowu, Qian Yizhang, and others, important personnel of the Kuomintang Party Affairs Investigation Bureau (the predecessor of the later Central Unification) who were assassinated by the Red Team, among whom Ma Shaowu, formerly known as Shi Jimei, was the head of the Shanghai District of the Special Service Headquarters of the Party Affairs Investigation Bureau, and the highest person in charge of the Party Affairs Investigation Section in Shanghai.
The traitors who were punished by the Red Team were more famous: He Jiaxing, He Zhihua and Bai Xin, who were also responsible for defending the National Soviet Regional Congress secretly held in the Shanghai Concession, and organized the armed rescue of Luo Yinong's "robbery of the law field", but unfortunately it fell short because the grease used to save the guns was too late to be removed.
The underground party's famous "Top Three Heroes of Longtan" Qian Zhuangfei, Li Kenong, and Hu Di are all members of the special department, and their stories are also thrilling and thrilling.
These actions of Teko are extremely legendary, and they can't even be filmed in Hollywood blockbusters, which are far more exciting than the plots made up behind closed doors in domestic spy war dramas, and it can be said that they can kill any current spy war drama in seconds. But it's a pity that this part of Tekko's history is rarely expressed in film and television works.
As for the spy war in the Anti-Japanese War, it is mainly the spy war between the military commander and the headquarters of Wang Puppet No. 76, as well as the hoeing and rape operations of the military unification series, each of which can make a wonderful spy war drama. For example, Ang Lee's film "Lust and Caution" is based on the historical incident of Zheng Pingru, a peripheral member of the Central Union, who lured and assassinated Ding Mocun, the director of No. 76, to be pseudo-medical-sourced. However, due to well-known reasons, these are also difficult to be made into film and television dramas.
Today's domestic spy war dramas don't use so many thrilling real historical materials, but they just make things up behind closed doors, which is really sighing.
(The picture in this article comes from the Internet)
Lao Zhou, whose real name is Zhou Ming, once used the screen name Guangting, has been engaged in the study of military war history for a long time, and has served as a guest on military columns on Phoenix Satellite TV and Shanghai TV many times. He has published more than 20 military books, which can be consulted and purchased on the micro-store "Zhibingtang Bookstore" and a treasure online store "Zhibingtang Bookstore". Now there is a personal column "Lao Zhou Military" on Himalaya, which produces military audio programs. The "Old Zhou New Observation" video account has been set up on major video platforms to interpret military hot spots, please support.