The soldiers present did not forget Xu Wangqiu and them, and after shouting the slogan, they applauded Xu Wangqiu and them vigorously. The soldiers were deeply moved by the movie, and they were also deeply infected by the Falcon squad in the movie, and they all felt their blood boiling. They had no other way to express their gratitude to Xu Wangqiu and them, so they could only pay tribute to Xu Wangqiu and them with applause.

Xu Wangqiu and the others heard the applause that came like a tide, and their hearts swelled with pride and excitement that could not be described in words. In the process of making this movie, they encountered a lot of difficulties and endured a lot of hardships, but now hearing this wave of applause, they feel that their own efforts and hard work have not been in vain.

While applauding, the political commissar excitedly said to Xu Wangqiu: "Your film is too real and exciting. It shows the heroic and fearless spirit of our soldiers and the determination to regain the land to the death, and this is what we have to do. It's really an uplifting movie. In the next battle, we will be like the warriors in the movie, bravely move forward and reclaim our land!"

The head of the regiment also said with excitement on his face: "Thank you, thank you for bringing us such a good movie." ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head with a smile and said: "It is we who should say thank you, if you are not stationed at the front, if you are not defending peace, how can we make movies in the rear with peace of mind." Thank you so much!"

After speaking, Xu Wangqiu called the main creators of the crew together and bowed deeply to the soldiers present, in order to express their reverence for the soldiers in front of them. The soldiers present saw the crew members bowing and thanking themselves, and applauded even more, and the applause of the mountain and tsunami made the quiet night sky tremble.

In the next few days, Xu Wangqiu and the others communicated and celebrated with the soldiers during the day, and showed movies for them at night. Xu Wangqiu and his family were always warmly welcomed wherever they went, and the soldiers took out their notebooks and asked them to sign autographs, ask them to sing songs, perform programs, and ask them to talk about what Beiping is like and what is new recently.

Since the troops were about to leave for the front line, the soldiers would gather at the door of the canteen every day to learn 10 words of Vietnamese for combat use with Vietnamese instructors. Xu Wangqiu didn't learn all ten sentences, only learned the simplest three sentences, and when they were fine, they shouted to others: "Norbu Song Kongye (raise your hand)", "Zongdui magnanimous poison soldier (we are lenient prisoners)", "Tropical Company (surrender the gun and not kill)".

At 6 p.m. on the 30th, the Central Military Commission officially signed an order, ordering the 42nd Division to "strike punitively at Vietnam and recover part of the high ground occupied by the Vietnamese army." At half past seven in the evening, the 126th Regiment urgently assembled and climbed onto the trucks that had been waiting in line on the large playground. At eight o'clock in the evening, with the order of the superiors, hundreds of military trucks carrying soldiers drove out of the station.

As the troops passed through the county seat of Mengzi, the streets were quickly filled with people seeing them off. The whole scene was crowded, but it was extremely quiet, there was no uproar or shouting. The farewell crowd silently watched the soldiers go away, with faint tears in their eyes.

Xu Wangqiu and Su Bai went into the city to buy things, just in time for the 126th Regiment to go to the front. Xu Wangqiu stood in the crowd, looking at the young and resolute faces of the soldiers on the military vehicle, and his heart was a little sour. He knew that if he went, many soldiers would have to sleep on the front line. He felt a little regretful, if he knew that he would encounter the battle to recover Koulin Mountain, he would definitely call Zhang Yimou and let him carry the camera and take pictures of these soldiers in front of him.

On the morning of the next day, Xu Wangqiu and his family set off for Kuolin Mountain in Malipo County to screen "Falcon" for the border guards stationed in Kuolin Mountain. Before setting off from Beiping, Xu Wangqiu had already decided to release "Falcon" for the border guards, and now our army is about to launch a battle to recover Kuolin Mountain, and he does not plan to change it. He remembered the words of the deputy commander of the military district, and some soldiers may not have the opportunity to watch movies in the future. Although the 162nd Regiment was the main attacker, the border troops in the Kuolin Mountain area would definitely participate in the battle, and if they participated in the battle, there would inevitably be casualties, so he felt that the soldiers should be shown a show and let them watch a movie no matter what.

After arriving at Malipo, Xu Wangqiu and his entourage first went to the Malipo Martyrs Cemetery. The cemetery is located on a hillside, surrounded by hundreds of martyrs' tombs guarded by tall pine trees and unknown weeds. In the center of the tombs, there is a monument, the front of the tower is the inscription of Taizu during his lifetime, "the people's heroes are immortal", eight golden characters, and the back is the inscription of Commander-in-Chief Zhu during his lifetime, "You live in our hearts, we live in your cause" 20 golden characters.

Xu Wangqiu carried a wreath made of pine branches and wild flowers to the monument and bowed in silence, and then they went to the martyrs' tombs to see the lives of the martyrs. In front of each tomb is a tombstone engraved with the life of the martyr, and a red star is carved on each tombstone. Countless red stars, sparkling in the soft sunlight of late autumn.

Looking at the heroic face of the martyr and silently praising the life of the martyr, Xu Wangqiu's eyes were a little moist, and his heart could not be calm. They are all Xu Wangqiu's peers, the youngest is only 16 years old, and when the country needs it, they all stand up, selflessly dedicate their young lives to the motherland and the people, and sprinkle their blood on the land of southern Xinjiang.

Xu Wangqiu thought to himself, what can we do for them? The only thing we can do is to make a movie about their deeds, so that future generations will never forget them.

After finding Li Qianping's tombstone, Xu Wangqiu took out the wine and put it on the table, lit a cigarette, and put it in front of the tombstone. And Su Bai also took out the sample book of "Faces" she wrote, placed it in front of the tombstone, and then sang softly: "It's a sunny morning, and the pigeon whistle is accompanied by the sound of the wake-up horn......"

After paying tribute to the martyrs, Xu Wangqiu and his entourage drove to the regimental headquarters of the border regiment stationed in the Kuolin Mountain area. The officer of the Propaganda Department of the Military Region introduced the main creator of the "Falcon" crew to the regiment commander and political commissar; but when Su Bai was introduced, the regiment commander and political commissar both laughed: "Su Bai doesn't need to be introduced." She stayed with us for almost half a month last year, and the fighters liked her. Su Bai saluted and said with a smile: "Regiment leader, political commissar, you won't diswelcome me, right?" The regiment commander laughed and said: "We welcome you to come at any time." ”

At the station, Xu Wangqiu met six female soldiers in the communications squad. They were very excited to see Su Bai, holding Su Bai's hand and chattering non-stop, just like sisters they hadn't seen for many years. Su Bai took out "Faces", flipped to a few of their stories, and let them watch them. The six female soldiers were excited: "Haha, we are in the book." "Sister Su Bai, you are really amazing. ”

The six female soldiers knew that Xu Wangqiu was Su Bai's boyfriend, and told Xu Wangqiu with a smile that he was a little different from what Su Bai said. Xu Wangqiu asked curiously, what's different? The female soldiers smiled and said, Su Bai said that you are not only talented, but also very handsome, it is difficult to find with a lantern, I don't think you are so handsome, just a little handsome. Xu Wangqiu laughed and said, there is no way, this is called Xi Shi in the eyes of the lover.

In the following days, Xu Wangqiu and they held a party during the day, a party with the soldiers, and a screening of "Falcon" for the soldiers at night. Since this is the front line, the troops are scattered and stationed, and the Vietnamese army is on the opposite side, it is impossible to gather the whole regiment together for screening, as in Mong Zi, but only disperse the screening.

As a participating unit fighting against the Vietnamese army, the fighters responded particularly enthusiastically when they watched "Falcon". When the Vietnamese army shot and killed overseas Chinese, there would be scolding at the scene; when the soldiers of the Falcon squad were sacrificed, there would be sobbing at the scene; and whenever there was a salvo of 10,000 artillery guns of our army on the screen and the soldiers rushed to the enemy's position like a mountain in a sea of mountains, the scene could always hear "whooshing" applause and uncontrollable cheers. After the movie is over, they will also shout "Take back my territory!" like the 126th Regiment.

In the days following the screening of "The Falcon", many soldiers asked for war letters, and even many soldiers bit their fingers and wrote blood letters, demanding that the invading enemy be severely punished and the territory recovered. Some soldiers wrote in their petitions: "Now the Vietnamese still occupy the main peak of Kulin Mountain, which is a shame for the soldiers and a shame for the soldiers!"

Xu Wangqiu stayed in Kuolin Mountain for four days, but until they left, they did not hear from the 126th Regiment, nor did they hear that our troops were exchanging fire with Vietnamese troops in other areas. Xu Wangqiu didn't know what was going on, didn't he want to launch a battle to recover the territory? Why didn't there be any movement at all.

After finishing the screening in the Kuolin Mountain area, Xu Wangqiu and the others went to the estuary to conduct a screening for the 13th Frontier Regiment stationed at the estuary. Later, Xu Wangqiu and the others left for Wenshan to screen for the troops who assisted in the filming of "Falcon".

The soldiers of this unit stayed with the crew in the estuary for two months and met Xu Wangqiu and them. After seeing Xu Wangqiu and them, they all hugged them with joy, asked how the movie was going, asked when they could watch it, and hugged them and walked towards the regiment headquarters.

Regiment Commander Wu was also very excited when he saw Xu Wangqiu, rubbing his hands and saying, "Why are you here?" Xu Wangqiu smiled and said: "When you left, didn't we say that when the movie is finished, we will come over to do a special screening for you!"

The fighters of the artillery regiment reacted somewhat differently from the 126th regiment and the border guards when they watched "Falcon". They participated in the filming of the film, and when they watched the movie, they were not only watching the story, but they were staring at the screen with wide eyes one by one, to see if they could find themselves on the screen. Most of them didn't find themselves, and only a few lucky ones saw them on the screen. Even though it's only a second or two, it's just a flash, but it's enough to make them laugh from ear to ear.

This is not only the case for ordinary soldiers, but even for Regiment Commander Wu. There was no shot of him showing his face, but when our troops opened fire, they shouted "Ready! He had a loud voice, and his shouting was particularly imposing, and Xu Wangqiu used his voice. He heard his voice appear in the movie, and that smugness was almost needless to mention.

The next morning, Xu Wangqiu and the others went to the tank regiment that assisted in the filming of "Falcon" and made a special screening for them.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Wangqiu and the others were having a party with the soldiers in the army camp, when the correspondent of the regiment headquarters ran over and said that he should go to the regiment headquarters. Xu Wangqiu asked what was going on, and the correspondent said he didn't know. Xu Wangqiu guessed that Wang Lanxi might have asked him to return to Beiping, after all, he had been out for more than ten days, and the Cannes Film Festival was about to open, so he came to the Youth League headquarters with the correspondent.

When the regiment commander saw Xu Wangqiu coming in, he said with a serious face: "Aren't you very concerned about the situation of the 126th Regiment? I just received news that in the early hours of this morning, they launched a battle to recover Kuolin Mountain, and after eight hours of hard work, they have regained the main peak of Kuolin Mountain. ”

Xu Wangqiu hurriedly asked, "What are the casualties?"

The head of the regiment shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet. ”

Xu Wangqiu saw the youthful and smiling faces of the soldiers of the 126th Regiment in front of him, he didn't know what to say, he could only pray for the soldiers in his heart, hoping that they would all be safe and sound, and that they would all return triumphantly!