In today's film and television circle where anti-Japanese dramas are rampant, people are more and more nostalgic for the classic anti-Japanese movies that once shocked us. In that era when there were no special effects, many film and television producers brought us not only a lively battle scene, but also an immersive restoration of that period of history.
Of course, the anti-Japanese drama of conscience is not only those positive dramas, those funny anti-Japanese movies also accompany us through childhood and adolescence, such as the "Raise Your Hand" series that many people like, Teacher Pan Changjiang makes people laugh through humorous performances, especially the image of the Japanese army with his circle legs instantly becomes a screen classic. However, this is not pan Changjiang's first creation in the anti-Japanese comedy, as early as the 90s, he successfully made his own popularity with the classic movie "Desperate Circumstances", and even this movie of that year also attracted countless follow-up productions, the bridge sections and various funny memes in it, until today, when Yutian Jun thinks of it from time to time, he still laughs.
Classic funny anti-war movie, raise your hand" stills
In fact, the background of the film is very simple, that is, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians accidentally found and rescued the soldiers of the US submarine stranded in a certain sea area of the East China Sea Island, and at the same time, under the siege and interception of the Japanese army and its spy personnel, there was a story of the rescue submarine that was safely transferred back to the US military.
Stills from the 1994 film Desperate Circumstances
This plot may be said by many people to be fabricated, but in fact it is indeed adapted from real events, in history, my Zhoushan anti-Japanese military and civilians, and really allied forces rescued behind enemy lines, such as in the fire "Decisive Battle of Midway" some time ago, our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians rescued Doolittle's aviation team members, and the U.S. Navy in the anti-Japanese military camp rescued the wrecked submarine in this "Desperate Situation".
In "Decisive Battle of Midway", the Anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians rescued the American army
So what is the background of the story of this "Desperate Situation"? What is its historical prototype, this issue will come with Yu Tian Jun to see the historical hook behind the movie!
<h1>Rescue Lisbon Pill Number</h1>
After conquering Southeast Asia in 1942, Japan transported the wealth it had plundered from Southeast Asia and the large number of captured Allied soldiers back to the Japanese mainland in batches. On September 27, 1942, the Japanese merchant ship "Lisbon Maru" carried a large amount of gold and silver jewelry and about 2,000 British prisoners of war (one said 1,800 people) under the cover of three gunboats to prepare to sail to Kyushu Island, passing through the waters of Zhoushan in China at 7 o'clock in the morning of October 2.
Like the scene at the beginning of the movie "Desperate Circumstances", the merchant ship was attacked by a torpedo launched by a US submarine, and the hit merchant ship was suddenly blown open, and the Lisbon Maru slowly sank with the early morning sun. However, unlike the movie, the American submarine that had completed the torpedo had long escaped and fled, and was not sunk by the Japanese army. Along with the Lisbon, in addition to the looted treasures and artifacts, there were also 2,000 British prisoners of war on board.
Lisbon Pill Oil Painting
Since the sea area of the incident was near The Qingbang Island in Zhoushan, fishermen who got up early in the morning to catch the sea were attracted by the sound of the explosion. Many people saw the bodies of Westerners drifting to the island with the currents of the ocean, and immediately guessed that the ship might have been shipwrecked. Therefore, the fishermen on the island saw that people's lives were at stake, and it was important to save people, and they gave full play to the tradition of the people of Our Maritime Frontier to help people in danger and rescue, and spontaneously organized their own fishing boats to search for survivors in the sea area where the incident occurred. Soon, more than 10 fishing boats came to the vicinity of the shipwreck site, fisherman Li Chaohong, back and forth twice, saved 25 British prisoners of war, after several round-trip fishing boats, in the evening, together with the fishermen of other islands, a total of 380 British prisoners of war were rescued, of which the fishermen of Aohama Island rescued nearly 200.
Fishermen in eastern Zhejiang who were oppressed by the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
After being rescued ashore, these terrified British prisoners of war used crappy pidgin Mandarin (in favour of Shanghainese) and painted on sand to state to the fishermen of our island that they were Allies, captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Hong Kong, and were ready to be sent back to the Japanese mainland to work as laborers. At the same time, with the help of Mr. Teaching on the island, they made initial communication with the fishermen on the island and prepared to contact the anti-Japanese troops behind our enemy lines to transfer them.
Learning to Chinese was a life-saving skill for many Allied forces in World War II
<h1>The people of Zhoushan are resisting Japan</h1>
On the other hand, after learning that the merchant ship sank, the Japanese side believed that the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians were behind the planning, so they sent planes to bomb the islands around the sea area of the incident, and several bombs exploded on the islands, which was enough to see how cruel the invaders' methods were.
At that time, there were only 1500 inhabitants of Aohama Island, and after the Japanese invasion, they carried out cruel rule, not only arresting people on the island, but also expropriating violently, and many fishermen's grain was forcibly expropriated by the Japanese army, so the resources and grain on the island were not rich. Sweet potatoes can only be grown on the island, but the vicinity is rich in fish and shrimp and mussels. But even if the resources are scarce, the fishermen on the island see that these prisoners of war are our anti-Japanese allies, and naturally they cannot be treated badly. After the rescue, the more than 200 people were arranged in the only temple on the island. And save money to give them the only rice, eggs, dried fish and sweet potatoes in their homes. In this way, the British prisoners of war settled down on the island temporarily, waiting for the anti-Japanese army to move them.
In "Desperate Circumstances", I am an anti-Japanese fisherman and an ally
On October 4th, that is, 2 days after the shipwreck, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came to the island, but these people did not come to pick up the British army, but the Japanese army came to arrest them, it turned out that after the Japanese army salvaged the shipwreck, there were many fewer people in the wreck's body, and immediately thought that some of the prisoners of war were rescued, and their suspicions were also confirmed in the intelligence of the reconnaissance plane circling over Aohama Island a few days ago, so they immediately gathered troops to capture these prisoners of war. After going to the island, the Japanese army immediately exerted its brutal nature, not only going door to door to check and rob things, but even harassing and wantonly insulting the women on the island by the "flower girl", and the few chickens and ducks left on the island were also robbed. Because the island was small and unfamiliar with the terrain, the British troops inside the temple were quickly discovered, and the desperate British prisoners of war had to follow the Japanese back to the warship.
Prisoners of war who were recaptured by the Japanese served as laborers
However, even in the face of Japanese persecution, the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians on our island still risked their lives and secretly hid three British officers, namely Evans, Jamestown and Farrence. Subsequently, in order to avoid the leakage of information, under the arrangement of the islanders, they were hidden in a pirate-proof sea cave, brought them food and tea every day, and a month later, escorted by the guards of the guerrilla area behind enemy lines by the Nationalist army, they passed through the Xiangshan Peninsula to Chongqing, where they were picked up by the British Embassy in China.
After 70 years, prisoners of war and anti-Japanese elderly people were rescued
<h1>Yu Tian Jun said</h1>
To this day, on Qingbang Island in Zhoushan, there is still a monument commemorating the rescue of British prisoners of war by our fishermen at that time, which is now the site of the Rescue of British Prisoners by dongji people. The story behind the stele also reflects the determination of our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians to fight against Japan with the same hatred and resistance, as well as the humanitarian spirit that the Chinese nation has always had behind it...
Just like the Japanese army that fought against aggression in the movie "Desperate Circumstances", the rescue of British prisoners of war by the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians on Qingbang Island was only a corner of our fishermen's anti-Japanese resistance in the Zhejiang and Fujian regions, and in fact, in the War of Resistance Against Japan, our fishermen in Zhejiang and Fujian made a stubborn resistance in the face of the oppression of the Japanese invaders.
In addition to rescuing these Allied wrecked pilots and prisoners of war, the anti-Japanese guerrilla zone was also established, and the tactics used by the little quick spirit and the heroic and tenacious fighting style soon became an anti-Japanese cavalry cruising at sea.
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