Chapter 171 It's the place where I grew up 'My Motherland'
Chapter 171 This is where I grew up "My Motherland"
Author: The falling knife on a rainy night
Chapter 171 This is where I grew up "My Motherland"
After the First World War, Yue Weiguo followed the large army and successfully broke through.
Gather with the large troops at a small mountain col.
This time, Yue Weiguo saw our legion-level unit.
When Yue Weiguo saw their equipment, he couldn't help but have a fierce quarrel with the regimental guards.
"Why, why are three people in the third platoon assigned a gun, which is still a gun made fifty years ago? Why do you all have guns, and they are the best rifles, with so many bullets, and sweet potato mines?"
???”
The other party saw that Yue Weiguo was a stupid young man, so he was too lazy to pay attention and continued to stand guard.
Then Yue Weiguo used the trumpet to hit his head.
A pair of rough hands grabbed Yue Weiguo's wrist.
Turning around, it was Captain Li played by Li Hansheng.
Commander Li stared at Yue Weiguo: "Is the bugle used to beat comrades?"
The third platoon leader hurriedly came to take Yue Weiguo away, while apologizing: "Captain, I picked this kid up on the way. He was originally going to be a lieutenant platoon leader with the Kuomintang, but I left him behind."
"The new guy doesn't know the rules."
Commander Li looked at Yue Weiguo: "Recruit Lieutenant Danzi, platoon leader?"
The commander of the third platoon laughed: "Air force cadet."
Commander Li: "The Kuomintang planes did not take off in the early stage and did not resist. They were all blown up at the airport. They sent these raw melons and eggs to die later."
"But it's normal to not follow the rules, it's the style of the Kuomintang."
"He's the trumpeter of the third platoon now?"
Yue Weiguo did not accept the official title, but asked: "You are not good either."
"They say that everyone in the GM army is equal, but the result is that the regiment headquarters all have good guns, and the third platoon all have bad guns."
Commander Li smiled: "I took all my guns and artillery from the enemy. Do you want it? Do you want to take it yourself?"
Yue Weiguo turned to look at the third platoon leader in confusion.
Commander Li: "I told you that we are affiliated with the 18th Army and belong to the National Combat System, but your bald boss has not issued a single meter or bullet to me."
"The third platoon has just been rebuilt. It's normal not to have guns. After this battle, won't there be guns and artillery?"
"You guys still question our army?"
The instructor came over and stopped Captain Li: "It's normal for newcomers to not know. Just study and you will understand."
The third platoon leader also said that during the breakout, it was only because Yue Weiguo picked up the trumpet and blew the order that he was able to successfully break through.
Captain Li didn't have any idea about Yue Weiguo's disrespect. Instead, he was very happy: "You have the guts to stay with us."
Yue Weiguo joined our army in a daze.
Then, his military career began.
Time flies and comes to 45 years.
There are constant frictions between the two armies in the country, and a fight is about to begin.
This time, Yue Weiguo received a brand new task.
Stationed next to a friendly military station, he still served as a bugler.
The friendly troops got up at six-thirty by blowing the trumpet, and here Yue Weiguo blew the trumpet at six o'clock.
The friendly forces complained a lot.
The two sides were right under each other's noses until the civil war broke out.
At this time, Yue Weiguo also became a teacher in the teaching troops, educating the prisoners: "Are there any in North China? Write a letter home and ask, whose family has not been allocated land? In the past when the Kuomintang, your family had
land?"
"You are fighting in the front. The front is tight and the rear is tight."
"It doesn't matter that our army's food is not particularly good, but we are suffering at the front, and your families are at the rear. You no longer have to go hungry."
"Why do you serve as soldiers for the Kuomintang? Isn't it just to have enough food to eat? Now our army allows your families to have food to eat. As for you, if you are willing to stay, you can stay. If you don't want to stay, just stay.
Wait here and I will send you back after the battle is over."
Yue Weiguo convinced many people to join our army.
He also selected two brave and courageous ones, took them with him, and taught them how to play the trumpet.
Two prisoners joined our army, and they couldn't understand. It was just a matter of blowing a trumpet. Why should we choose the bravest one?
It wasn't until the war started, when the machine guns were blazing, the cannons were roaring, and Yue Weiguo picked up the trumpet and stood at the highest place and blew the charge horn that they knew what kind of job a bugler was.
In sharp contrast to our army's buglers, the other party's commander ran away as soon as the fight started. What could lead to this?
What's the difference between 800,000 and 600,000, and I have the advantage? It's just a joke.
The superiors also commended Yue Weiguo, a bugler, for his courage to withstand three enemy platoons.
In this world, fighting to the end, the higher authorities decided to cross the Taiwan Strait and complete unification.
Five years have passed since the youth set out for the expedition.
Yue Weiguo's unit was to be moved to the rear, and Yue Weiguo also had the opportunity to go home.
Here, melodious singing sounded.
"A big river has wide waves
The wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides of the bank
My family lives on the shore
I'm used to hearing the boatman's slogans
I’m used to seeing white sails on ships…”
When the singing started, many people were stunned.
What is shown here is not only the story of Yue Weiguo's return home, but also the scenes of many people returning home.
Xie Fu, who was watching the movie in the front row, said, "Han Zhou, do you know, because your song, the edited version of the movie, is twenty-seven minutes longer."
Originally, during the filming of the movie, the scene of returning home was filmed.
But it was just to pave the way for Yue Weiguo to go out to fight against the United States as soon as he got home.
But with this song, Xie Fu completely kept "My Motherland" in the movie, edited many scenes, and made direct adjustments to the subsequent storyline.
Han Zhou had not seen this paragraph and raised his head to stare at the screen.
The song and the picture fit perfectly.
A big river has wide waves, and many people are thinking about what kind of river it is. Many people say that it must be the Yellow River, but it is not.
When writing, the lyricist deliberately wrote a big river instead of a Yellow River because someone asked him a question.
If we write about the Yellow River, what should we do about the soldiers who were born on the Yangtze River?
Don't they deserve the song?
The lyricist thought hard and finally wrote "A big river with wide waves."
This big river can be the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Pearl River, the Xiangjiang River, the Heilong River, or any other big river.
When this song plays, everyone can think of the river in their hometown, and everyone has a different sense of the scene.
Some people think of reed marshes, some people think of lotus pods, and some people think of long water plants.
"This is a beautiful motherland
It's where I grew up
in this vast land
There are beautiful scenery everywhere..."
The collaboration between the choir and the national band, when the words "on the vast land" came out.
That kind of enthusiasm reached its peak.
Hearing these words, many people couldn't help but feel goosebumps on their arms.
In the cinema, the older people felt a breath reverberating in their chests for a long time.
For those who are slightly younger, listening to the songs and looking at the pictures, their thoughts seem to have returned to that war-torn era and witnessed the dedication of their predecessors to this country.
He strengthened his ideal of fighting for this country in the future.
When a song can be written to this level, there is nothing else to ask for.
This is beyond the scope of art, it is a spiritual monument.
And many celebrities looked down at the first row.
What young man actually wrote this kind of song? No wonder Xie Fu was all around him at today's premiere.
This... is no different from Huang Yi back then!
Many people have thought of the possibility that the man in the first row, who was nicknamed mentally ill by netizens, may love this country far more than they imagined.
If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to write a song like this.
"Girls are like flowers
What a big heart this guy has
To break new ground
Awakening the sleeping mountains..."
In the picture, Yue Weiguo returns to his hometown and meets his female classmates again.
The female classmate who was in her green years back then is now a graceful lady, holding her hair behind her ears with her hands, lowering her head and looking up at Yue Weiguo with a smile on her face.
Yue Weiguo and his female classmate got married in his hometown. This time, the female classmate put on the same military uniform as Yue Weiguo.
At the wedding, the female classmate showed her certificate of becoming a military nurse, and Yue Weiguo had become an instructor.
The first thing the two received at the wedding was not the blessing.
But two transfer orders.
The United States intends to launch a war in the north, threaten the banks of the Yalu River, and prevent the country from taking back the Taiwan Strait.
It has been decided from above that if the United States wants to fight, then it will fight!
"This is the motherland of heroes
It's where I grew up
in this ancient land
There is the power of youth everywhere..."
All soldiers who returned home gathered again with orders.
Sitting on the train, the train passed by the great rivers and mountains of the motherland under the sunset, inside and outside the Great Wall, with red flowers and red leaves.
In the cold winter of the north, Yue Weiguo's troops crossed the Yalu River and launched an attack in anticipation of the enemy's estimation that "they did not dare to fight."
The US Army's ace unit, the Cavalry Division, was completely covered in dumplings.
The singing also comes to an end here.
"Friends are here and there is good wine.
If the jackal comes
It was greeted with shotguns
This is a strong motherland
It's where I grew up
in this warm land
There is sunshine of peace everywhere…”
The song was intense and lyrical, representing the determination of the Chinese people to defend their beautiful country, and it ended slowly.
It was replaced by a roaring bombing sound.
The troops led by Yue Weiguo were ordered to destroy the enemy's traffic arteries, trap the enemy in an encirclement, and eat them in one bite.
Yue Weiguo led his soldiers and exchanged fire with the enemy again and again.
However, the enemy's firepower was far beyond everyone's expectations.
Yue Weiguo's troops died on the battlefield one by one, their bodies wrapped in horse leather, and they destroyed the enemy's road construction time and time again.
However, the enemy built the road very quickly. Various pre-assembled bridge materials were sent over and the road was repaired many times.
At the end of the fight, only a few people were left in Yue Weiguo's unit.
In the midst of ice and snow.
Under the vast night.
Yue Weiguo picked up the trumpet, stood on a small cliff under the bridge, and blew the charge horn.
Several soldiers, carrying the last gunpowder, rushed to the bridge.
At the same time, Yue Weiguo was penetrated by bullets and fell to the ground just like the trumpeter in the past.
The enemy had no idea that only a few of Yue Weiguo's troops were left, and they all retreated to business after being beaten, so they only dared to use heavy firepower to suppress them.
This time, the bridge exploded again.
But then, the American army discovered that all of this unit had died on the ground.
Another bridge pre-assembly was delivered and the bridge was repaired again.
Yue Weiguo, who was hit by a bullet, lay next to the burning gasoline, but he did not freeze to death and woke up.
Looking at the repaired bridge, my vision went dark, I picked up the charge horn and blew the charge horn again!
However, it is not the enemy on the bridge, but one of our own.
One-third of the enemy's troops had already fled after crossing the bridge. After the enemy withdrew, none of our own people who were cleaning up the battlefield found Yue Weiguo.
Because he was seriously injured, Yue Weiguo was sent to the rear.
Reunited with my wife.
As the troops prepare to head to the front again.
Order troops before the battle.
Yue Weiguo stood alone on the train platform.
"The seventh company was supposed to have 184 people, but it actually turned out to be 137."
No one doubts why they are so short of staff. It is not tardiness, but sacrifice.
"The fifth company was supposed to have 178 people, but it actually turned out to be 92."
"Three companies!" Yue Weiguo held a gun in his left hand and a trumpet in his right hand, with a determined expression: "One hundred and eighty-four people were expected, but one person actually arrived!"
Although there was discipline, the nearby soldiers couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
Captain Li, who was already a general, stepped forward, straightened Yue Weiguo's hat, then turned and left.
In this war, all units achieved brilliant results, so only those with a very strong record will be honored.
Yue Weiguo's company did not completely succeed in its mission and did not even receive a commendation.
However, everyone knows that this task is originally an impossible task, but some people are determined to do it and some people try with their lives.
Local sacrifices are made in order to improve the winning rate of the entire war.
Just like the trumpeter, it is obviously the most dangerous military position, but it rarely receives awards.
However, Yue Weiguo had his military medal, which was the bullet hole left on his chest.
At this point in the movie, the drama has reached its limit.
However, Xie Fu did not deliberately continue to exaggerate his heroism.
It's more about inheritance.
Soon after, the troops were reorganized, Yue Weiguo's brigade received a large number of new soldiers, and his company was also replenished.
After three years of war, the two sides finally declared a truce.
Yue Weiguo, who has become a middle-aged man, returned to his hometown with injuries all over his body and his missing right hand.
If the plot ends here, then this movie should not be called "Charge" but should be called "A Soldier in the Chinese War".
At this point, the whole film has been two hours long, but it still hasn't ended.
Yue Weiguo was discharged from the army due to injury. At this time, he was already a battalion commander.
The superiors decided to transfer him to Su Province to be a county magistrate.
But Yue Weiguo refused.
Yue Weiguo returned to his hometown, put on a robe and became a teacher.
I can't see the turbulent years and the bravery of those years.
So elegant.
It's just that I'm missing one right hand, so I can only write beautiful chalk calligraphy with my left hand.
Time passed slowly, and this year, Yue Weiguo was sixty-six years old.
A student showed the newspaper to Yue Weiguo.
"Our Army Cancels the Bugler Service".
With the changes of the times, it is no longer necessary to blow the charge horn before the war, nor the reveille horn, nor the assembly horn, just the whistle. It seems that electronic signals and trumpets can replace the bugler. In this case
, in a war, there is no need for someone to stand up straight with his life in a hail of bullets and issue an order with an assault ship in his hand.
This is 90 years.
The old Yue Weiguo put on his old military uniform and was taken into the military camp by a new generation of soldiers.
When Yue Weiguo came, he only had one thing to do, and that was to apply to the country to consider restoring the bugleman service.
Because the bugler is not just a simple branch of the military, but also a symbol of our army’s spirit, a symbol of our army’s tradition, and a symbol of our army’s courage.
When New China was born, more than three generals, three lieutenant generals, and six major generals served as trumpeters.
But they have already passed away.
And it is precisely because Yue Weiguo later persistently wrote a letter to apply for the restoration of the bugleman service that this movie will feature him as the protagonist.
The movie scenes end here, replaced by real shots.
From 1990 to 2021.
Every year Yue Weiguo goes to the military camp, and the pictures are all real shots taken by the military for Xie Fu.
Every time, Yue Weiguo put on his military uniform, took the application letter, and entered the military camp.
This year Yue Weiguo was ninety-seven years old.
At the agency, a middle-aged officer in his forties wearing military uniform and wearing glasses excitedly picked up the phone and dialed Yue Weiguo's number.
He wants to tell veteran Yue Weiguo that our army has restored the bugler service!!!
Ever since this middle-aged man in his forties entered the army, he has seen and visited Yue Weiguo every year, but there has never been any good news.
Until today, the good news came.
After the call was made, the person who answered the phone was not Yue Weiguo, but Yue Weiguo's son, Yue Yuanchao.
Just one month before this order was issued, veteran Yue Weiguo passed away and he was going to reunite with his former comrades.
Soon after, the National Day military parade team invited Yue Weiguo’s son, Yue Yuanchao, to come to Yanjing to participate in the military parade on behalf of Yue Weiguo.
In the stands, veterans waved their hands.
Although he is old, his spirit is extremely good.
This scene of Yue Weiguo's son Yue Yuanchao was actually shot, not an actor, and the military parade was also a real military parade.
However, many people are confused.
Because last year’s military parade, it seems that the theme song was not this one, right?
Why is this symphony so exciting?
It seems like countless tanks are rolling away into the distance right in front of you?
The movie ends abruptly with the actual footage of last year's military parade.
"March of Steel Torrent" is still playing.
On the blacked-out screen, a row of large characters appeared, 'This is a film to commemorate veteran Mr. Yue Weiguo's outstanding contribution to the inheritance of the trumpeter branch'.
Then the carousel of subtitles begins.
The lights on the scene came on, and some people were still staring at the scrolling subtitles.
Interlude "Farewell"
Lyrics and music: Han Zhou
Accompaniment: Central Orchestra
Singer: Yanjing Youth Chorus
Theme song "My Motherland"
Lyrics and music: Han Zhou
Accompaniment: National Orchestra
Chorus: National Choir
Ending theme "Steel Torrent March"
Lyrics and music: Han Zhou
Performed by: National Symphony Orchestra
When the movie ended, the audience burst into applause.
Xie Fu took the stage and invited the creative team to take the stage again to accept interviews and interviews.
But before that, Xie Fu said: "I would like to invite Mr. Yue Yuanchao, the son of Mr. Yue Weiguo, to appear."
Han Zhou leaned over and tilted his head to look. An old gentleman in his late seventies was invited to the stage.
The old gentleman first shook hands with Xie Fu excitedly for a while and talked a lot.
Then he came over and found Han Zhou.
Seeing that the old gentleman was very excited, Han Zhou stepped forward and supported his arm.
Yue Yuanchao: "Thank you, thank you. My father must have particularly liked "Farewell" and "My Motherland". When my father was alive, he loved listening to music the most. Thank you for this movie!"
Han Zhou: "We should be the ones thanking your father."
“That’s why we have the life we have today, we have the space and time to create, and we have such a rich life!”
After the old man thanked a lot of people and was interviewed by the media, Xie Fucai whispered to Han Zhou: "Yue Yuanchao is now a retired cadre of the Southern Military Region. If you want to make military-themed movies in the future, you can contact him."
Han Zhou's eyes widened. Is there any unexpected gain?
However, let’s talk about it when we have a chance.
Han Zhou felt that the movie "Charge" did not disgrace these three songs and was much better than the edited version he had seen before.
Perhaps, this is called complementing each other.
During the interview, a fan representative asked: "Old Han... Teacher Han Zhou, may I ask, what was your inspiration for composing these songs?"
Han Zhou: "Inspiration? No inspiration. I just saw the finished movie and then I thought of writing these songs."
Fan representative: "If you say that, other creators may be very sad."
"It sounds easy."
Han Zhou smiled: "Writing songs is not difficult, the difficult thing is to make songs with your heart. I hope everyone likes the soundtrack of this movie."
This movie not only has three songs, but also more than 20 music clips, all of which Han Zhou found as soundtracks from various war-themed movies.
This time, it can be said that the reputation of film soundtracks has been established.
Why are these two different concepts of gold medal songwriters?
What's more important is that next, the national orchestra, military band, and national choir will begin to perform these songs.
However, Han Zhou has no time to enjoy the joy of success now, because Han Zhou is about to go to the Yangma Building to attend an internal meeting in the prime time office of Yangyi.
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My great-grandfather participated in aiding Korea, and my great-grandmother worked as a nurse on the front line.
I borrowed part of their experiences when writing this paragraph.
In addition, I started writing early today, planning to write one more chapter, but at this point, I feel that this chapter has consumed all my energy and energy, and I cannot write another chapter.