Photographer of the Anti-US Aid Korea Photography Team

Some time ago, a video of the battle of Changjin Lake shot by a so-called American photographer was circulated on the Internet. In the video, several American soldiers are next to frozen volunteer soldiers. Friends who are slightly familiar with the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea know that the video is the "Ice Sculpture Company" of the Volunteers in the Battle of Changjin Lake.

65438+On the evening of February 27th, this TV series will meet with you on CCTV 1. Friends who are familiar with CCTV- 1 prime-time TV series know that this TV series is very heavy.

As we all know, this year marks the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. There have been some movies and TV series with related themes before, such as the famous movie Sacrifice, and the TV series War Furnace with good evaluation but low publicity (the movie version is The Companion of Heroes).

In fact, there are many films and TV works with the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, which were first released this year. However, due to the epidemic, the shooting was affected, so I can only see you later.

The most anticipated movie is the Battle of Changjin Lake, which should be shown on 202 1. In addition, based on the story of Zhang Fangtao, a volunteer sniper in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, The Coldest Gun directed by Zhang Yimou is also worth looking forward to.

However, these movies and TV dramas about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which have been shown or not, are generally centered around a certain battle, a certain hero or a certain volunteer detachment. I haven't seen the movies and TV works about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea with you.

In fact, we also know that many years ago, China filmed a TV series "Resisting US Aggression and Aid Korea" with a grand perspective. However, due to many reasons, this film and television drama has not been broadcast.

Now, with the shooting and broadcasting of the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River", this gap has finally been filled. For this kind of TV series, the public's expectations are also high.

Judging from the news reported so far, the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" started shooting in August this year, only four months before it was officially broadcast. From the production cycle, it is still relatively tight.

Because the content of the TV series is grand, it starts from the strategic level, the campaign level and the battle level, focusing on the commander-in-chief, the volunteers generals and the grassroots cadres and soldiers, and then forms a perfect whole from three levels, showing everyone a three-dimensional war to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

If you have seen the same type of TV series, you will be familiar with it. After all, the Red Army, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation all had similar works.

According to previous reports, the specific shooting principle of the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" is "big things are not empty, small things are not limited". That is to say, he is extremely serious in the layout planning, but he does not stick to the inherent model in the depiction and details of grassroots characters.

This kind of TV play is very different from the film and television works we have seen before, such as War Sacrifice and Furnace. It can be said that its focus is not only on battle scenes, but also on planning, layout and decision-making.

Because there are many factors involved in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there are not many related film and television works and books. Therefore, unless friends who are particularly concerned about these decisions are relatively familiar, most of them are not familiar with them.

How did we decide to send troops before the war? How to implement the deployment of five campaigns in mobile warfare; How did the tunnel fortifications and the "zero-knock candy" tactics come into practice in tunnel warfare?

In fact, it is not easy for most friends to fully understand these things. Especially the transitions between some battles, if not clear, are actually difficult to understand.

Now, after the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" is broadcast, many decisions and arrangements are actually condensed together, which is very helpful for everyone to understand how the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was fought.

Especially for some friends who don't like reading texts and documentaries, it is actually a very good way to understand these through serious TV dramas.

But since it is a film and television work with a war theme, war scenes are essential.

Although the production cycle of TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" is relatively tight, it has also made a lot of efforts in the war effect.

According to CCTV military reports:

This TV series was shot by five groups in five provinces and cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Heilongjiang. In order to pursue the effect of ice and snow fighting, the crew filmed in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province at MINUS 20 or 30 degrees.

The video mentioned at the beginning of the article is actually a part of the footage shot by the crew, showing the scene of the soldiers of the 9 th Corps of the Volunteers freezing to death on the Eastern Front in the second battle of 1950.

In that arduous battle, the 9 th Corps of the Volunteers fought a total of 3 "ice sculpture companies". Except for the soldiers who died in the whole system, almost every participating unit suffered a lot of sacrifices and attrition due to frostbite.

Song Amao, a martyr of the Ninth Corps from Shanghai, wrote such a poem:

I love my family and my motherland, and I love my honor even more.

I am a glorious volunteer soldier.

Ice and snow! I will never give in to you!

Even if I freeze to death, I will stand proudly in my position!

At that time, the battlefield of Changjin Lake was extremely cold at MINUS 40 degrees. From the high temperature of nearly 40 degrees Celsius to the cold around zero, I believe most of my friends have experienced it. But from zero to MINUS 40 degrees, it crossed 40 degrees again. What should it feel like?

We all know that the US military's warm clothes, warm conditions and heat supply far exceed that of our 9th Corps, but in that cold environment, even the 1 division of the US Marine Corps suffered from frostbite of more than 7,000 people, wearing East China cotton-padded clothes, exposed to the ice and snow, and only one or two volunteer soldiers with frozen potatoes to satisfy their hunger every day also suffered from the cold.

This kind of difficulty is unimaginable. Many soldiers died of hunger and cold, many soldiers were disabled by frostbite, and even many weapons failed to function or were blown up in cold environment. However, our volunteers are still fighting bloody battles, and many troops will continue to fight even if there are only dozens or even one or two people left.

Want to break through our position, unless all the volunteer soldiers in this position have all died, they are too cold to stand up!

This spirit and fighting will can be said to be extremely rare in the military history of mankind.

Therefore, we say that the frozen and snowy Changjin Lake is also the frozen and snowy Changjin Lake!

In the previous TV series "The 38th Parallel", "Marshal Peng" and "The Furnace of War", we all watched the plot of the ice and snow soldiers of the volunteers, but in "Crossing the Yalu River", these soldiers also existed.

We are never afraid of the recurrence of heroic deeds, but we are too few.

In recent years, people have been smearing heroic deeds. What we have to do is not only inherit the spirit of heroism, but also publicize heroic deeds to let more people know. Only in this way can the activities of those who covet profits fail.

As a CCTV drama at the end of 2020, we naturally hope that more people can see the hardships of the martyrs on TV. This is definitely a spiritual baptism.

Judging from some films released at present, the TV series Crossing the Yalu River includes not only the ice and snow of Changjin Lake, but also the battles of fighting Hufei Mountain, fighting bloody battles to loosen Gu Feng and sticking to Shangganling. Yang Gensi, Qiu, Huang Jiguang and other heroic images are also reproduced in the TV series.

We can think about it, besides documentaries, how many films and TV works about these heroes and heroes are there?

In fact, there are really not many!

The classic film and television works to resist US aggression and aid Korea that we often discuss are Shangganling and Heroes and Children many years ago. Now that there are more film and television works on the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, we naturally hope to see more good works to show the deeds of the volunteers in those days.

As we all know, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is an extremely fierce war. Our opponents not only have absolute air and sea control rights, but also surpass us in ground firepower by dozens or even hundreds of times.

A regiment-scale attack by the US military often consumes tens of thousands of heavy artillery shells a day. However, during mobile warfare, the total number of artillery shells fired by mobile artillery units was only 20 127.

In order to show the cruelty of war, the TV series Crossing the Yalu River has more than 30,000 bombing spots,13,000 bombing spots, and more than 5,000 people have been shot. So judging from the effect of the current film, the scene can be said to be very hot.

Because it involves many battles and battle scenes, this TV series uses more than 40,000 performances, more than 400 scenes, 375 named characters and more than 80,000 bullets.

In order to better show the war scene, Crossing the Yalu River has an art set team of more than 500 people, and has also made 4 prop planes, 9 prop tanks, armored vehicles, cars and more than 1000 prop guns.

Generally speaking, although the shooting cycle of this TV series is relatively short, it still takes a lot of effort. As far as subject matter is concerned, it is unique.

It's really gratifying to see this TV series released at the end of 2020.

We expect this TV series to let more people know about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and we also hope that there will be more and more good film and television works about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in the future. Only by not forgetting the heroic spirit and the arduous and great history can we have a better future!