The movie "Chosin Lake" is undoubtedly a huge film of the year. Even if it is placed in the entire library of war-themed films at home and abroad, it can be called a rare masterpiece. The film highlights the revolutionary heroism of the war scenes portrayed well, the battle storyline is delicately depicted, and the war fight scenes reflect the big production. Generally speaking, the "Chosin Lake" movie restores the truth and cruelty of that kind of war well. Nevertheless, we still have to say that compared with the real Battle of Chosin Lake, there are a few points that may not be easy to restore.
The first is that the extremely cold battlefield weather cannot be restored.
The Chosin Lake Campaign was launched at the end of November 1950, coinciding with the extremely cold weather that had not been encountered in decades, and the temperature reached minus 30 or 40 degrees. Although the extreme cold of the battlefield environment is created and laid to a certain extent in the film, it actually feels like a battle in an artificially set environment. For example, the thickness of the battlefield snow is not enough, and the wind and snow stab the face and scrape the face is not enough. Therefore, the feeling of "extremely cold, extremely cold" is not very strong. Shuai Ke believes that in the visual effect of the cold picture of this movie, the "cold energy" and "cold energy" of "Chosin Lake" are not as realistic and powerful as "On the Cliff", which was released a few months ago.
Perhaps, it is precisely because the extremely cold battlefield environment is not paved enough, when the film finally appears ice sculpture company, it is inevitable to give people a feeling of jumping and abruptness. This makes what should be the most tearful picture have some discounts in effect because of this jump and abruptness.
However, the contradiction of things is that if it is really shot at minus thirty-four degrees, it is really shot in the extremely thick snow and extremely strong cold wind, obviously, a lot of the action and realistic effects of the film can not be filmed. Anyone who has stayed in the northeast knows that when they reach minus twenty or thirty degrees, people are reluctant to go out. Minus thirty or forty degrees is even more imaginable, not to mention shooting movies and doing various tactical actions in such extremely cold conditions, even if you stay outside for an hour or two.
In view of this, we can imagine that in the real minus thirty or forty degrees, such a big war scene as the Battle of Chosin Lake is actually not easy to do, it can be said that it is almost impossible to complete. Therefore, the extremely cold battlefield environment cannot be restored, whether from the perspective of the weather itself or the perspective of the film itself, it is understandable.
The second is that the extremely disparity in equipment generation gap cannot be restored.
In the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we fought against the world's number one powerful enemy, and our weapons and equipment were simply incomparable with those of the US military. Later, with some Soviet-aided equipment, it was improved to a certain extent. In particular, the 9th Corps secretly entered the Dprk to fight, and it was put into the chosin lake battlefield under the urgent military situation. Therefore, in the case of such long-distance and long-distance maneuvers, in this rugged mountainous road condition, under the requirement that only night marches for the sake of secrecy, multiple pieces of equipment are either too late to be brought, or they cannot be brought at all.
Originally, our weapons and equipment could not be compared with those of the US military. Coupled with the fact that heavy weapons were not brought up, this made the comparison between the equipment of our army and the equipment of the US army actually form a generation gap. That is, you have to use rifles and grenades to deal with The Tank Cannons of the American Army.
Thinking of the equipment in the "Chosin Lake" movie, the actual level of company equipment is actually not up to the same level as the equipment interspersed with 7 companies in the movie. The precision of the sniper rifle, the hit of the mortar, the non-stop strafing of the submachine gun. Film art can be embodied in this way, but the real chosin lake battle of the 9 corps of the troops can not do.
Zhang Yixiang, commander of the 20th Army, later recalled: "At that time, the battlefield situation was very favorable to us, but we could not fight it. Why? Because there was no air superiority at that time, the transportation conditions were poor, heavy weapons could not be transported, and heavy machine guns could not be used. Insufficient firepower was the direct cause of the inability to fight, and the heavy weapon of the 20th Army in combat was the grenade."
The 27th Army also said in their post-war summary report that seventy percent of the mortars of the troops could not be fired.
That is to say, the real equipment generation gap is indeed serious. But this gap is unlikely to be fully restored to the movie. If it is completely restored to the film picture, it is bound to affect the visual and effect impact of the film. In other words, if the mortars could not be fired, then the image of Lei Gong, the platoon leader of the 7th Company of Artillery, would have no rationality or necessity.
Third, the extremely weak logistical support cannot be restored.
It should be said that the film "Chosin Lake" gives a certain portrayal of the weakness of the logistics support of the volunteer army. The handling, including eating frozen potatoes, is realistic and delicate. But in the real Chosin Lake Campaign, the logistical support was much more serious and lagging behind than this. Zhang Yixiang, commander of the 20th Army, Liao Zhengguo, deputy commander of the Army, and others said this: The hardships of the Battle of Chosin Lake exceeded the Long March, especially the cold hunger for so many days, and the Long March never passed.
We can see that the soldiers of the volunteer army in the film are always full of vitality and vitality, but in fact, because our army's logistical support capability is very weak, especially because there is no air superiority, the logistical support of the campaign cannot be implemented at all. The warriors had to fight and pursue with hunger, sometimes for a day or two, and as high as two or three days. Even the level of security shown in the movie with only a few frozen potatoes cannot be reached.
Perhaps, the film's weakness in logistics can be increased a little more, but it is actually not easy to achieve the real Battle of Chosin Lake. Because, we can't imagine the logistical support that is even more difficult and serious than during the Long March of the Red Army, which is fully reflected in the movie, and what the lens picture will look like.
It seems that the weak logistics cannot be restored, and from the perspective of film art, we should also give a certain understanding.
Main References: History of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, History of the 20th Army, And History of the 27th Army