Chapter 781: Changjin Lake!
It's snowing, and that's what it looks like on the big screen, so how does this fantasy come out?
Boom, boom, boom!
Ahhh
Tick tock, tick tock!
In an instant, the picture began to shake, and people clearly felt the shock, as if a cannonball had exploded around them.
It's just a moment, the shot that was still shooting heavy snow suddenly rises, and after it rises, it shoots down, so that the audience can see the whole battlefield!
That's right, it's the battlefield, our Lei Yang classmates have started to fantasize, and the battlefield at this time is very different, because it's mainly white.
Snow is the medium of this conversion, after Lei Yang was dumped just now, and the current situation on the battlefield, there is snow, so this conversion can also be said to be relatively smooth.
And in this conversion, Wu Xiang uses the angle of the lens, and there is also a seamless editing technique, that is, it feels like it is just one shot to the end, but in fact, from the snow outside the shooting at the beginning to the battle scene, it is already an aerial perspective at this time, so it is absolutely impossible to be a single shot.
But now, this technology is still no problem, we can use this technology to make a very long shot, such as "Birdman", which won the Oscar for Best Picture before, this movie is said by many people to be one shot to the end, in fact, this is completely nonsense, there are many cuts in it, but the current technology can make people's eyes unable to see the seams in it.
Why use aerial photography?
Because aerial photography is necessary, and not only aerial photography is used, Wu Xiang also used subtitles in this picture for the first time. This subtitle doesn't have many words.
"November 1950, Changjin Lake"
It's just such a few short words. And just a few words, that illustrates a qiΔ. And if you know a little bit about the history of this war, you will definitely understand why you must use aerial photography!
Changjin Lake, this is a place name, then everyone knows, but more than 60 years ago, in this place, China and the United States fought a bloody battle, this bloody battle, both China and the United States claimed to have won.
Right. This is the case, as long as anyone who knows the history of this war is aware of this matter, both sides say that they have won, and both sides have their own reasons.
The reason for the American side is particularly simple, that is, the number of casualties among the people killed in the war is relatively small, while the casualties on the part of the volunteers are relatively large, especially the wounded, mainly frostbite. Just after this war. The Ninth Corps, in which the Volunteers participated in the war, replenished 40,000 recruits, which restored its combat effectiveness.
This is true, however. We, the Chinese side, say that we have won this battle, and there is a basis for that, because from a strategic point of view. We achieved our combat objectives, although we did not completely annihilate the 1st Marine Division of the United States. However, it also drove the 1st and 7th Marine Divisions out of Changjin Lake, and even after that, these two divisions were defeated all the way. Deserted and fled.
Yes, the purpose of the battle was achieved, and it was indeed a great price, but from the perspective of war, there is no big problem in saying that you won. In addition, the U.S. military actually suffered more than half of the casualties, but their statistical method is more interesting, at first they said that they had 2,000 to 3,000 killed, then more than 1,000, and finally nearly 5,000 missing.
There is no way, the Americans are tall, and it is not so easy to die in battle.
It can be said that both sides have their own words, so let's look at the number jΓΉ like this, but what about the real situation?
Changjin Lake is a very interesting place, you know that this is a lake, but this lake is not only a lake, but also mountains, a lot of mountains, and such a terrain, the 1st and 7th Marine Divisions of the United States Marine Division are deep in it, which must be taken by aerial photography, because the entire battlefield is actually divided into small pieces!
That's right, the place is very large, but the departments are scattered, the US army is stationed like this, and the volunteer army can only fight like this, this is scattered, so how can you do it without aerial photography?
Therefore, the picture on the big screen now, it is one battlefield after another, just like this, one by one, there is no duplicate, aerial photography for a long time, and this is finally on the ground.
"Rush!"
Our classmate Lei Yang appeared again, and I saw him rushing forward with a gun, but some of his comrades-in-arms around him couldn't move.
"What's wrong?"
"Comrade!"
A comrade-in-arms next to him called a few times, but there was no response, obviously, this volunteer soldier was frozen to death.
"Comrades, rush!"
But even so, the charge did not stop, and the volunteer soldiers were trembling and running forward, although this posture was not very beautiful, but they still did not hesitate!
Weather, this is the biggest enemy of the volunteer soldiers, the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, this is an elite unit, it is really the elite of the elite, this unit has fought Meng Lianggu, liberated the magic capital, and has been praised by the people of the whole country, they are sentinels under neon lights...... But as soon as the motherland called, they immediately rushed to the Korean battlefield.
I didn't even have time to change my winter cotton clothes!
The Ninth Corps was under the jurisdiction of the 20th Army, the 27th Army, and the 26th Army, and they were originally stationed in the south, and their original mission was to liberate the treasure island opposite. By the time they received the order to go to North Korea, they had only thin southern winter coats on them.
Why is there such a hurry?
It's very simple, it's because the opponent is coming quickly, and this opponent is mainly the 1st Marine Division!
At this time, the First Marine Division of the United States was still called the First Cavalry Division, but this division was very powerful, known as the First Division of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, it had never been defeated before, and its equipment was extremely good.
The mission of the 1st Marine Division was very simple, after they landed in Korea, they quickly went north, wanting to attack Huanglong directly. Because the place where they landed is Wonsan, which is a good port, and as of today, this place belongs to North Korea, so. From here, you just have to go all the way north. It didn't take long to cross Changjin Lake and hit the river boundary. The distance is very, very close, almost a day away if there is no mountain barrier.
The city of Gangjie is now the headquarters of North Korea, that is, all the big cadres, Jin Sun, they are all in this place, the key is that the current Jin Sun is finished, and there is only one regiment by his side now!
And this place is also very close to our China, you can look at the Yalu River. Historically, there have been American generals taking photos on the banks of the Yalu River.
So, judging from this arrangement, although MacArthur is more arrogant, this guy also has some real skills. He arranged the most elite 1st Marine Division in such an attempt to penetrate the enemy's heart as quickly as possible and encircle the Jiangjie, so to speak, if this plan is really achieved. Then bringing American GIs home before Christmas, this is definitely not an empty phrase!
The military situation is so urgent, the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Corps naturally have no time to change their uniforms, in fact, there is a very interesting scene in real history. That is, when they were leaving for Korea, they passed through the northeast, and at this time, the officers and men in the northeast along the way knew about this situation. So in the process of the train stopping, the officers and soldiers of the Northeast threw their cotton clothes into the train!
This way. It can only be said to be a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing. It's just this shot. Wu Xiang thought about it for a long time, but in the end it was not used, because it was necessary to consider coherence and the entire movie time, so he chose the method he is using now, directly using snow as a medium to convert reality and fantasy.
And the terrain of Changjin Lake is very interesting, after the landing, the 1st Marine Division was resisted, and it was the volunteers who did it, so they were still more careful, because there are many mountains in this place.
This natural environment has caused such a result, the US military must be dispersed, and everyone can't be crowded into one col, right?
Therefore, this provides a necessary natural condition for the volunteers to divide and encircle them, and there are many mountains, and they can't see them when we intersperse them, and they themselves have become small troops, that is, they have already divided them first.
The whole historical battle situation is like this, and the whole natural conditions are like this, and when Wu Xiang was filming this plot, he wanted to show all these things very skillfully, so he had to spend a lot of thought.
Aerial photography, this is just a means to show that the first division of the US Marine Army is divided and surrounded, and in terms of natural conditions, there is also the problem of equipment on the volunteers, that is, the lack of warm clothes, which requires the use of freezing to death.
There are people who freeze to death, and some fighters who are physically weak really can't stand it. There are two main reasons for this, one is that most of the fighters are from East China, and not many people have such experience in surviving in the cold zone.
A real example is that when a company entered North Korea, it immediately marched in a hurry, because it was going to Changjin Lake to surround the opponent, but they had no experience in keeping out the cold, and when they rested at night, they washed their feet according to their previous habits, and the next day they came together, and the company, out of 140 people, there were 120 people, and they couldn't put on their shoes, and their feet were all frozen and swollen!
Even many soldiers had never seen snow, and another reason was that the winter of 1950 was also a rare cold day in North Korea, with temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees!
Therefore, the trembling posture may not be good-looking, but this is indeed the state at that time, before the start of the Battle of Changjin Lake, the volunteer soldiers carried out a ten-day rapid march, not good-looking, not good-looking.
On the whole, the use of the camera in this plot is still good, at least Wu Xiang said a lot of things, but the details in this will not be understood by fans, whether they feel it or not, then I don't know, but Wu Xiang can do so much.
On the third day of the battle, the 1st Marine Division found that their opponent was not ordinary and could not continue to fight like this, so they chose to retreat, so at this time, the combat goal of the Volunteer Army became to completely annihilate the 1st Marine Division!
Annihilation, what can I do?
"You said that we are so bitter, fighting in such cold weather, how good it is in the country, at this time in the country, I'm afraid we should eat? Eat something hot. β
"Hahaha...... You kid just make it up. β
"No, if you want me to come and see, you should let the motherland, send some individuals, businessmen, workers, students, send some representatives, let them watch us from a hidden place, see that we are so hard now, and we are still fighting against the American devils, we are not afraid, we are not afraid!"
"Hey, that's a good idea, but I don't know if it's going to happen. β
"Comrades! Now that we are fighting stubbornly, Chairman Mao will definitely know! The people of the whole country will definitely know! When this war is over, we will return to China! When the time comes, I will wear a big red flower for you!"
"Hahaha, that's a good feeling!"
"I don't want any big red flowers, as long as I can eat meat buns!"
"It's really useless!"
"Hahaha......"
On a white snow, the volunteer soldiers were huddled together, they were lying on their stomachs, it was really cold, they could only use this way to keep warm, and in order to distract themselves, they were chatting with each other, talking about some dream things.
Naturally, there was Lei Yang in this group of fighters.
"A cigarette?"
"Good ......"
"Come on, smoke?"
"......" The soldier who was still chatting and smoking just now was already unresponsive at this time.
Sacrificed, frozen, a living life was gone, but we didn't have time to do anything about it.
"The enemy is coming!"
"Comrades, open fire!"
Dada, dada...... Boom! Boom!
Another battle has begun, and the American troops will continue to experience such blocking battles on their way to retreat...... (To be continued......)
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