Compared with Utah Beach, Omaha Beach is a far cry from heaven. It is the most severe loss among the five landing beaches. It is known as the "bloody Omaha". This is the history to be reproduced in the movie "Save Private Ryan", and it is absolutely hot.

Here the Allies made a series of mistakes. The Allies believed that the defenders here were a regiment of the 716th Coast Defense Division, which had neither armored troops nor motor vehicles, and mostly reserves, and had poor combat effectiveness. In fact, in mid-March, Rommel transferred the elite field force, the 352nd Infantry Division, from Saint-Lo, to strengthen the defensive power in the Normandy area. A main regiment of the division was deployed here.

The landing troops were scheduled to arrive at the transfer area at 3 a.m. on June 6. At that time, the wind was level 5 on the sea surface and the waves were 12 meters high. Ten landing crafts were overturned due to the strong wind and waves. The 300 soldiers on the craft were struggling on the sea surface. Most of the soldiers on the landing craft who did not overturn were fainted and vomited constantly. In addition, the Shanghai water hit the craft, and the soldiers were cold and wet. When they arrived at the beach, the soldiers were exhausted.

It can only be said that crew members' work, especially soldiers who need to conduct amphibious landings, are not something that ordinary people can bear. Even after some training, they still can't bear it when they encounter it. Regarding this, Tang Shu has marked it in the script, so be sure to seek truth.

What's worse is that in the fire preparations before landing, the Allied forces initially failed to bomb this area in advance in order to achieve tactical suddenness. At 5:50 on June 6, several battleships, 4 cruisers, and 12 destroyers formed the ground gun fire support ship, and forty minutes of naval gun fire preparation. However, because they were afraid of the German shore gun counterattack of Cape Hawk, the warships only fired at long distances, with very low accuracy.

After the war, it was found that these so-called shore artillery were just made of cement columns. At 6:00 480 B-26 bombers carried out direct aviation fire preparations on the German defensive positions. The bombs dropped 1,285 tons, but the clouds were low and thick at that time, and the pilots were afraid of accidentally hurting their troops. They deliberately delayed the bomb drop by 30 seconds, and as a result, the 1,285 tons of bombs landed 5 kilometers away. Therefore, most of the German defense fortifications and firepower points were intact.

As soon as the Allied fire preparations were finished, German artillery fire began to fire. The amphibious tanks planned to be accompanied by landing troops to provide timely fire support. In the western section, 27 of the 32 vehicles in the western section sank due to the strong wind and waves within a few minutes after they were launched. Two of the remaining five vehicles were driven by the driver's skill and the driver was able to overcome the wind and waves on the beach. The remaining three vehicles can only be said to be God's blessing. It can be seen how embarrassing this largest landing in the world was.

The first wave of 1,500 soldiers began to attack the land, because there was an eastward tide in the sea and the smoke of gunpowder on the shore, which made it difficult for the soldiers to distinguish the direction and the formation became chaotic. When landing, the soldiers had to wade through shallow waters more than one meter deep and 50 to 90 meters wide, and then pass through a beach 180 to 270 meters wide without any cover. They could get close to the embankment, and all of this was under the dense and fierce artillery fire of the German army.

This place has become a collective slaughterhouse for the US military. These 1,500 soldiers were unable to enter the battle at all. They had no heavy firepower and long-range firepower. They just struggled to survive in shallow water. Among the first eight companies that landed, only 2 companies boarded the scheduled beach, but were also overwhelmed by the German firepower. The underwater blasting team composed of engineers and naval divers had heavy casualties and serious equipment loss and damage.

But he still overcomes difficulties and braves the German artillery fire to start clearing obstacles. Two paths were opened in the eastern section and four paths were opened in the western section. Unfortunately, the paths were not marked before the high tide. The subsequent landing craft could not find the paths and were congested on the beach and allowed the German artillery to be bombarded. It can be said that the sacrifices of engineers and naval divers were completely wasted. This also illustrates the chaos of this landing.

Real wars will always have all kinds of accidents. No matter how detailed or complete the military plans made before, there will always be many mistakes in the real battlefield. This is also one of the charms of war.

"Save the Soldier" reflects this history, and the battles Ryan, the paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division, is actually part of the battle waiting for the land.

"There are only two types of people left on the beach, one is the dead, and the other is the one who is about to die. Come on! Come and fight with me!" This was the shout of Brigadier General Kota, deputy commander of the Fourth Division of the US Army, on the flying beach. Tang Shu thought about the scene at that time, and couldn't help but shake his head. War, especially this cruel battle for landing, was really miserable. It can even be said that when the landing, these soldiers lined up to go to hell!

But it has to be said that this deputy commander is a soldier with great vision and courage. Of course, he is also very courageous and responsible.

Soldiers can only survive on the battlefield with courage. If they don’t live, they will die, or escape from death. This is something a soldier tries to figure out. For a soldier, other people’s lives are not more important than themselves, nor are generals. This is a thought that normal people have. Soldiers are not crazy believers. Although they have a sense of honor, they still have selfish intentions. Moreover, the different treatment between soldiers and superiors is also a problem.

In a sense, soldiers are just an Arabic numeral in the eyes of those generals who are strategizing. If the war movies only discuss the words and deeds of generals and politicians, and ignore the soldiers who are struggling through the rain of bullets, they will give up human nature, give up the real protagonists and real nobles in the war. Without soldiers, no general is of power, and because the former is high and the audience has no real emotional understanding,

After all, more audiences are ordinary people, and what ordinary people pay attention to is naturally the emotions they can experience, and these can only be brought by soldiers and low-level officers. This can resonate with the audience. No matter any movie, you must find a place that can resonate with the audience, which is one of the necessary factors for success. Most Hollywood movies have done a very good job in this regard.

"The sense of reality must be realistic enough! It is necessary to make the audience feel suffocating and turning around and want to escape when watching a play. Cannonballs, machine gun bullets hit iron tools, steel helmets, sand, water surfaces, cut through the air, and the sound and effect of hitting the human body must have a strong visual and auditory deterrence. It must be presented to the audience in three-dimensional form, and everyone must understand that this is hell, so that the audience will feel like they are in hell at any time!"

Before filming, Tang Shu specifically emphasized this point when communicating with some of the group leaders of the crew.

Although we have arrived at this beach, the shooting is not immediately possible. There are still many things that need to be coordinated or even previewed. It is not easy to settle more than a thousand people here. Once the shooting starts, the teams must cooperate smoothly, because arranging so many people to put on orderly makeup is a problem that cannot be ignored. The special effects team must survey the terrain in advance, design the soldiers' movement routes in advance, and calculate the blowing points to be buried. This is not only for the smooth shooting, but also for safety.

Moreover, in order to allow the actors, especially the extras, to adapt, several drills have to be performed, which is very troublesome. Fortunately, the Tang Shu crew is very staffed, and in order to shoot this classic scene well, Tang Shu also specially transferred some people with sufficient military experience to cooperate and command, so as not to make any mistakes that make people complain.

For this reason, although there was no formal filming for more than ten days, Tang Shu was still busy. After all, he needed to coordinate in all aspects. To be honest, Master Tang never had the experience of directly controlling so many people, especially this kind of experience similar to a military team. Fortunately, he had enough excellent people to assist him, and Tang Shu also controlled a huge enterprise, which also had some similar experience. In addition, he had enough brains, so after some minor mistakes, Tang Shu was already very skilled, which made the crew members very impressed.

The special effects team indicated the explosion spots to be buried on the beach in advance. The actors must move according to the prescribed route, otherwise it will not only be chaotic and destroy the sense of the camera, but may also bring unsafe factors. After all, explosives are not eye-catching, but they are definitely indispensable in war movies.

The photography team also looked for the camera and movement routes during the official shooting based on the situation on the scene. Thousands of temporary actors were divided into 20 groups, one for each 50 people. The order of each group eating, changing clothes and putting on makeup must be completely staggered. These programs must be like a well-functioning machine, and there must be no deviation. Otherwise, it will be a mess again. This is definitely a big scene!

After the formal drill began, Master Tang, who was in a good mood, was full of dark lines. He held a loudspeaker and started to command. Under the command of him and his assistants, many actors kept jumping off the landing craft, charging, falling down, and getting up. When they encountered a preset explosion point, they simulated the "tragic" state in the rain of bullets, or were "shot" to pretend to fall. Then they came back to life and started again.

Tang Shu looked at the many extras below and was speechless. Please, big brothers, you are regular Ireland soldiers, why are you so unprofessional? Some people are messy everywhere, like rats with tails on their tails; some jumped off the landing craft, drank several sips of sea water, and almost choked to death; some people were obviously beaten up, but they rushed to death without hesitation, as if they would never die; some people ran around and turned around.

This low-level performance made Tang Shu deeply doubt the quality of Ireland's soldiers. Well, after careful research, especially communicating with the extras, Tang Shu learned that many of the many low-level mistakes were caused by excitement. Well, although these guys were soldiers, they were still very excited about participating in movies, especially those of Tang Shu, and they also wanted to experience the addiction of movie actors.

This is the result. Of course, not only because some people are excited, but also because of professional issues for military personnel. Although the Ireland provided regular soldiers, regular soldiers did not mean they were elite enough and versatile enough. At least these landing crafts during World War II also made many soldiers unable to adapt, and they did not have contact with similar training in the army.

This gave Tang Shu a headache, but finding the reason would make it much easier to deal with. At least these soldiers are obedient and disciplined, and as long as they explain it carefully, they can still ensure the effect. There is no way, so they can only practice a few more times.

The drill lasted for seven days in total. Even the temporary soldiers felt that they could go to the battlefield and charge like a soldier. The drill was very effective. At least a picky guy like Tang Shu thought he was qualified. As long as he gave the order, he should run away with his head and pretend to be dead. He should be unrecognizable and would not even recognize his own mother when he came. The teams, props, costumes, makeup, explosions, fireworks, and photography have been initially adapted to the requirements and can keep up.

Everything went smoothly, but there was one thing that even Master Tang, who could not control now, could not control it, that is the weather. The wind and sunny days have been bright and bright, which is definitely a good weather for the drill, but if you want to shoot it formally, it would not work. If you want to reproduce the situation back then, not to mention tides and undercurrents, at least the weather should be similar.

So at this time, all you need to do is wait. The crew is on standby. As for the soldiers and actors, you can relax. Tang Shu was walking around the beach casually, looking at the sky from time to time. According to the inquiry, there were often strong winds and waves here in previous seasons, but unexpectedly there was an accident this year. The entire crew could only continue to wait for this. It can be seen that making a movie is really not an easy thing.

Especially, it is even more difficult to shoot movies with big scenes. It not only requires consideration of the venue, but also the climate. Moreover, in special environments, the climate can often cause great trouble. The negative example is Coppola. He encountered a typhoon while shooting the "Apocalypse of Modern Times" and suffered huge losses in various equipment. It can be seen how unlucky it is.

Looking at the sky, Tang Shu felt a little regretful. For today's human technology, it was able to simply interfere with the weather. But that simplicity was obviously not accepted by Tang Shu, and this situation also reminded him of something. Regarding the Starlight World Tree, the Starlight World Tree has many functions, but it has not been shown because of the juvenile stage. When it enters the growth stage, various effects of the Starlight World Tree will appear one by one.

Tang Shu had known this matter very well before. The minimum ability of the Starlight World Tree is to regulate the climate and land. With the Starlight World Tree, things like good weather are completely natural, and the Starlight World Tree can also affect the weather through wonderful means. Therefore, Tang Shu doesn’t care about the strange and hot climate in Africa at all. As long as there is the Starlight World Tree, the so-called latitude and longitude and so-called common sense are not worth mentioning. At that time, as long as Tang Shu thinks, even in Central Africa, it can give you heavy snow.

Cleaning the land, earthquakes and other things, you can also be completely controlled and resolved by the Starlight World Tree, etc. Of course, these all have a range. The scope of the Starlight World Tree at the beginning was not large, and as it grew, the range continued to expand. But even if the earthquake could not be controlled and resolved, as long as the Starlight World Tree entered its growth stage, it could detect the global earthquake situation. This is the most accurate earthquake prediction.

Well, this is also one of the killer weapons of future religions! Think about it, if Japan learned about this effect, they would definitely be willing to pay for it in order to get a forecast. Thinking of these things, Tang Shu showed a smile on his face, and he was really looking forward to it. However, it has not been long since he held a world tour last year, Tang Shu has obtained a huge amount of spiritual energy, and in the process of purifying the essence, the Starlight World Tree has also gained great benefits.

Tang Shu even directly absorbed nearly one-third of the amount of it. As long as it absorbs these spiritual energy, it will naturally enter the growth stage. It can be said that it will be completed in a few months at most. This time cannot be accurately predicted, but it may enter at any time. In such a short time, Tang Shu could wait with peace of mind.

After the Starlight World Tree entered its growth stage, Tang Shu's plan in South Africa could be officially launched, and the timing was just right, because today's Britain and other countries with interests in South Africa could not tolerate the struggle between blacks and whites after all, and they would definitely have to adjust. At that time, the Chinese arranged there obviously had lost enough room for development. Moreover, the political stability was also unfavorable to Tang Shu's plan, uh, it was last year's plan. Tang Shu's plan now does not care about those problems.

However, Tang Shu has already regarded South Africa as his own. Seeing other countries encroaching on this land, he obviously feels intolerable.

He shook his head gently, and these things cannot be tolerated and can only wait. Fortunately, Tang Shu didn't have to wait too long.

While waiting, Tang Shu was visiting around here casually. Not only him, but also other actors also had the same choice. After all, such weather can be called the rhythm of vacation in such an environment. These soldiers were not so comfortable in the past, and there were additional rewards, so these Irish soldiers performed very happily.

Moreover, under George's reminder, Tang Shu also knew something very interesting. It also happened in Ireland. The filming here is not only Tang Shu, but also another crew. The films filmed by that crew can also be said to be familiar with Tang Shu. This is an interesting experience. But Tang Shu didn't wait for Tang Shu to think about it much.
Chapter completed!