This National Day file, "Chosin Lake" is simply explosive.
The box office soared to 5 billion.
Once riding the dust, even "My Father and Me" jointly created by Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng and Shen Teng is beyond reach.
Everyone thinks that this is a good film, magnificent, and the visual impact is incomparably strong, so that every viewer is deeply infected and shocked.
But the movie is good or bad, but I always feel that there is some unfinished business.
I always felt that halfway through the story, it suddenly stopped. Let the audience's heart hang halfway, and it can't fall down again.
In fact, the entire "Battle of Chosin Lake", in the movie "Chosin Lake", really only talks about the first half. There are still some left parts that are not covered. The story about the hero Yang Gensi, the story about the volunteer army's three bombings of the Watergate Bridge, and the story about the ice sculpture company, in fact, are more tragic and more tragic, all of which occurred in the second half of the battle. If it is made into a movie, it will definitely look better.
It is understood that the sequel to "Chosin Lake", "Watergate Bridge", is stepping up production. The main creative team is still the original team of "Changjin Lake", Lan Xiaolong and Huang Jianxin are still acting as screenwriters, and the directors are Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian. The main actors are still composed of Wu Jing, Yi Qianxi, Duan Yihong, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, and Han Dongjun. It is expected to be released during the Spring Festival next year.
So what kind of story is "Watergate Bridge" telling?
Today, Yaqing will come to talk to everyone.
It is said that we have learned from "Chosin Lake" that the once invincible US Army First Division was defeated by the volunteer soldiers who were like divine soldiers descending from heaven, and fled south in a hurry.
In order to open a passage for the retreating American troops, MacArthur sent locust-like bombers to force indiscriminate bombing, barely driving a flight route.
Their target was the port of Nanxing, where 7 aircraft carriers and 193 ships were ready to receive their deserters.
On November 25, 1950, the second campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began to divide and annihilate the AMERICAN forces in South Hamgyong Province. On November 28, Yang Gensi, then the commander of a company of our volunteer army, was ordered to lead a platoon of soldiers on the task of capturing and holding the position of Xiaogaoling, southeast of the 1071.1 highland on the outskirts of Hagaru-ri, Jangjin County, South Hamgyong Province.
This is the only passage for American troops to escape south, so it is also a position that the volunteers must hold.
But the enemy's offensive was unusually ferocious.
On 29 November, the U.S. 1st Marine Division began an onslaught on Little High Ridge. Heavy artillery fire destroyed most of the fortifications in our positions. Yang Gensi quickly led the whole platoon to repair the fortifications and prepare for battle.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the target, he waited for the enemy to approach a distance of only 30 meters, then led the whole platoon to shoot suddenly, and quickly repelled the enemy's first attack.
However, more fierce fighting is yet to come.
The U.S. army quickly organized two companies of troops, and under the cover of 9 tanks, launched another attack on The Little High Ridge.
In the face of the enemy's powerful offensive, Yang Gensi calmly and calmly commanded the soldiers to rush into the enemy group and kill the enemy with bayonets, rifle butts and shovels. During the battle, another swarm of American troops swarmed. Not afraid of danger, Yang Gensi led two squads of fighters to attack the enemy from the front on the one hand, and on the other hand, sent another squad of fighters to go around the enemy's rear, attack the enemy, and once again repel the US army.
After that, the U.S. army began to concentrate its firepower, bombarding the small high ridge from the air and the ground, and then launched a group charge. In the face of the menacing enemy, Yang Gensi shouted the slogan of "people are in the position" and led the entire platoon of fighters to fight bravely.
In this way, they repelled 8 crazy attacks of the US army in succession. At this time, on the position of Xiao Gaoling, only Yang Gensi and the other two wounded and sick were left, and their bullets and grenades had all been destroyed. Just then, Yang Gensi saw that more than 40 More American Troops had climbed up. In a pinch, he picked up the remaining explosive packet, pulled the fuse, and jumped for life, dying with the enemy. He is only 28 years old.
"Smoke billows and sings heroes, listening to them from all sides..." Who is this popular "Hero Hymn" singing? It is Yang Gensi who sings.
Who is the prototype of Wang Cheng, who jumped into the enemy army with a blaster in the movie "Heroes and Children"? It is also Yang Gensi.
Why is the battle flag so picturesque that the blood of the hero stains it red! Why is the earth always springing, and the life of the hero blossoms!
Only by understanding the story of Yang Gensi can we truly understand the meaning of "Hero Hymn".
On the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there were many, many heroes like Yang Gensi.
For example, like Wu Qianli in "Chosin Lake".
The Seventh Steel Company led by him received a new order after completing the task of blocking Chosin Lake, that is, to quickly reinforce the Watergate Bridge.
The Watergate Bridge is not far from the position yang gensi is holding.
Here, too, is the only way for the US military to flee south.
The Pratunam Bridge, strictly speaking, is not a real bridge, but a dam built by the Japanese at the Huangcaoling Hydropower Station, but the flat and wide top of the dam can also be used as a road traffic channel.
The span of the bridge is 8.8 meters, and under the bridge is an abyss.
That is to say, this bridge, for the American troops fleeing south, is simply the only way to save their lives.
This point, Song Shilun has already seen.
Long before the Battle of Chosin Lake was launched, he had already set his sights on this place. Therefore, while blocking the American troops, he sent a reconnaissance battalion and the 180th Regiment of the 60th Division to quickly penetrate this area, and its mission was to destroy the railway bridges and road bridges around Huangcaoling. Blowing up the Watergate Bridge is the top priority of this mission.
Carrying out this mission was the seventh company led by Wu Qianli in "Chosin Lake." He will die heroically in this operation, and his younger brother Wu Wanli will grow into a volunteer soldier as brave as his brother.
Guo Rongxi was a volunteer soldier known for his explosives skills, and his position at that time was that of a divisional combat staff officer. On the night of November 29, he received orders to rush to the Huangcaoling area for reconnaissance. On December 1, he led a team to blow up the bridge and successfully blew up the bridge.
However, what Guo Rongxi did not expect was that it was not long before the US army arranged for the engineer battalion to quickly arrive at the Watergate Bridge, and under the cover of heavy fire, a wooden bridge was built.
Seeing this scene, Guo Rongxi naturally did not give up, so on the night of December 4, taking advantage of the dark wind in the moon, he led the bombing team to blow up the water gate bridge just repaired by the US army.
However, we underestimated the repair capabilities of the U.S. military. They soon built a bridge of simple steel bridges under the cover of aircraft.
The troops fleeing south of the U.S. army are getting closer and closer. At this time, the superior issued an order: at all costs, blow up the Watergate Bridge!
In order to carry out this mission, Guo Rongxi took two companies, each soldier carrying a large amount of explosives, and on the night of December 6, they wore cotton jackets, broke through the enemy's heavy defenses, and placed the explosives at the bottom of the steel bridge base, and with a loud noise, the steel bridge disappeared.
In just a few days, the Watergate Bridge was bombed three times, which made the U.S. army Smith angry.
And he was really anxious.
At that time, when they retreated to Gutuli, the total number of troops was more than 14,000, and the number of vehicles of various types reached more than 1,400. At this time, if they want to successfully reach the port of Nanxing, they must pass through the life-saving bridge of Shuimen Bridge. Therefore, if the Watergate Bridge is not repaired in time, then the US First Marine Division, known as the "world ace", is likely to die.
Faced with the victorious pursuit of the volunteers, Smith finally came up with the idea of airdropping the finished steel beams to the Watergate Bridge. He quickly contacted the US troops stationed in Japan, and then issued a death order to the Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that 8 sets of M-2 steel and wood standard bridge kits must be produced overnight, and then 8 transport aircraft were used to fly more than 1,000 kilometers and put them into the US defensive positions. After a day of intense construction, the Watergate Bridge once again regained its capacity.
After the Watergate Bridge opened, Smith breathed a sigh of relief.
He arranged for more than 10,000 men and more than 1,000 tanks and vehicles of the First Marine Division to safely cross the Watergate Bridge, and then ordered it to be blown up, the purpose of which was, of course, to prevent our army from pursuing.
But he did not expect that not far away, he was greeted by a barrier, that is, after crossing the Watergate Bridge, under the Valley of Huangcaoling, there was a two-kilometer-long "U" shaped single lane.
The terrain here is dangerous, from the bottom of the hill to the top of the mountain, all steep slopes, which is an excellent position for the volunteer army to ambush and block the enemy. If you concentrate your firepower on a fierce attack, it is bound to form a situation of encirclement and blockade for the enemy.
In fact, this is indeed how our army is deployed.
They deployed 2 companies of 1 battalion, 180 regiment of the 60th Division, on the 1081 high ground of Huangcaoling, waiting for the US army to "drill the pocket".
When the battle began, the U.S. army also launched an attack on the 1981 heights, but a day passed, and the 1801 highlands could not be attacked for a long time. This put the US military in a desperate situation again.
However, there are too many factors that affect war. Take bad weather, for example.
That night, the temperature plummeted to minus 53 degrees. What is this concept? Water can turn to ice in a second.
And our volunteer soldiers, they still wear extremely thin uniforms.
How to resist the ice, snow and cold like that?
On December 9, 1950, when the Americans launched another attack on Hill 1081, they found that there was not a single shot around them.
But they obviously saw my volunteer soldiers, lying in the snow, each one taking aim with a gun, or holding a grenade, maintaining a neat battle formation and fighting posture.
When they carefully took a closer look, they found that our warriors, because they had been lurking motionless for a long time, had already frozen into ice sculptures.
This is the origin of the "Ice Sculpture Company".
Smith was greatly shaken in the face of this situation, and he faced the "Ice Sculpture Company" and solemnly took off his hat and saluted.
I am reminded of the line that Lei Gong said in the movie "Chosin Lake": Let your enemies look up to you, that is called hardness.
And there is more than one "ice sculpture company" like this. Further on, the US military encountered a "company of ice sculptures." But this time they were unlucky, because they met the moving Iceman. Only to hear the trumpets of the charge have been sounded, and all the volunteer soldiers have jumped out of the snow. Some of the warriors' legs were already frozen, but they still jumped forward with the only leg they had left, and some even had two legs broken, so they climbed forward.
In the face of this divine soldier-like force, the US military was terrified.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we finally won victory.
What do we rely on? Is it an advanced weapon? Is it strong international support?
Of course not.
We rely on the invincible spiritual strength of the Chinese people.
Later, we read a suicide note left by a martyr named Song Amao in the Battle of Chosin Lake: I love my relatives and the motherland, and I love my honor even more, I am a glorious volunteer soldier. Ice and snow, I will never submit to you, even if I freeze to death, I will stand proudly on my position.
From his words, I read about the iron will and the indomitable pride.
My tears, without warning, rushed out.
Yes, this is the story that was not told after the movie "Chosin Lake". I'll tell you about it today. These stories are obviously more tragic and tragic, and will appear in the next episode of Chosin Lake, "Watergate Bridge". I'm looking forward to the release of this movie, and I believe it will bring us more shock and infection like "Chosin Lake".