Chapter 555 He is sixteen years old, but he is a veteran!
National Library of Beijing.
A long red carpet had been rolled out early.
Although it was just the premiere of a movie, its scale and momentum were no less than those of some film festival awards ceremonies.
As one of the most popular directors in China, Li Yi's movie has an absolutely luxurious lineup of stars who came to support it.
Most of the top stars from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places who could come came.
But what's interesting is that the premiere of "War Meridian" also invited a group of special audiences.
A group of children wearing red scarves! It can be regarded as a unique scene at the movie premiere.
At the same time, many movie fans came with their children to attend the premiere.
This is the embodiment of the effect of movie promotion.
Many people present at "War Meridian" are familiar faces.
Including movie fan groups and film critics and media groups.
Such as Chen Jingning and Liu Fei, such as Lu Xinguang and Chu Xixi, such as Li Wen and Zhou Qingquan, such as Du Xianghai and Fang Long.
Especially Lu Xinguang and Chu Xixi. Chu Xixi came to the premiere with a big belly.
Li Yi's movies have become an indispensable part of their lives for Lu Xinguang and Chu Xixi.
The two met, fell in love, then got married, and now they are about to have their first child, but they have never missed any of Li Yi's movies.
It can be said that he is definitely a die-hard fan of Li Yi.
At the entrance, Li Yi was really generous this time. There was a staff member who would hand out a pack of tissues and a bottle of mineral water to every audience member who entered the venue.
"This stubborn director actually handed out tissues. Why do I have a bad feeling?" Liu Fei took the tissues and mineral water and said to Chen Jingning.
In fact, many movie fans and insiders who received tissues and mineral water had almost the same idea as Liu Fei.
The fact is, what should I say about the movie "War Meridian"?
There are indeed a few truly sensational parts, but the whole movie can be said to be accompanied by death along the way.
From the beginning to the end of the movie, death is the eternal theme.
Hand out tissues and mineral water, okay, this time Li Yi nodded in approval.
It was originally only prepared for those children, but you can't favor one over the other, otherwise the group of movie fans will probably say that the dog director is discriminating against adults?
Premiere scene.
There weren't many performances or anything like that, just Li Yi taking the creative members on stage and chatting about some interesting things they encountered during the filming process.
Then, the movie officially started.
The bright lights dimmed, and a picture appeared on the big screen.
"Director Li Yi's work!"
These six familiar subtitles have even become sentimental among old movie fans.
Li Yi probably never imagined that one day he would also become a sentimental person.
Then, a line of subtitles appeared on the big screen.
"History will never forget the unknown soldiers who were minors in the Anti-Japanese War!"
"I would like to dedicate this film to the underage Eighth Route Army soldiers who were in the Anti-Japanese War!"
What followed were old photos full of a sense of time, including underage soldiers who fought against the Communist Party of China, as well as young soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.
They look so immature, at this age, in this era, they may all be reading books in spacious classrooms...
But at that time, they were already warriors!
There was a solemn atmosphere in the theater, especially some special guests, the surviving old Red Army soldiers and the Old Eighth Route Army who came through the Anti-Japanese War.
It has been so long ago that the only remaining old Red Army and Eighth Route Army soldiers who came here were just children in that era.
One of them, an old lady with gray hair, couldn't help but burst into tears just seeing these old photos.
Others can't understand it, but they can see it in their minds, their little comrades and friends who are no longer very clear.
This movie does not start from the perspective of the old Red Army and veteran soldiers, but from the eyes of the immature children to experience the cruelty of this war.
At the beginning of the movie, in the original version, it was said that the winding Great Wall could be seen on the moon, but in fact it later proved that this was impossible.
The Great Wall cannot be seen at all on the moon.
Therefore, Li Yi used an aerial video of the Great Wall here.
The Great Wall has meandered for thousands of years, and its magnificent rivers and mountains showcase Chinese civilization. It has witnessed the history of China, its rise and fall, and the sufferings of the Chinese nation!
In the hospital, an old man with gray hair was lying on the bed and was pushed all the way into the operating room.
In front of the shadowless light in the operating room, a nurse appeared. Seeing the old man waking up, she turned to the doctor and said, "She's awake!"
"Prepare for surgery!" The doctor was not in the picture, only the voice came.
"Don't be nervous, count with me, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... very good!"
The nurse pulled up the sheet and covered the camera!
The picture on the big screen went dark!
From outside the screen, there were bursts of machine gunfire and explosions.
Screams, screams...
A little girl wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform appeared in the camera. She turned her back to the sun and looked at the camera: "She's awake!"
The camera moves sideways, slowly unfolding like a scroll.
The figures in the picture gradually become clearer.
Children of different heights appear in the picture. The oldest among them is only sixteen years old, and the youngest is only eight years old!
The picture is frozen, like an old photo.
Many viewers immediately understood that this was the scene in the memory of the old man in the hospital bed.
Each one of them looked so immature, and each one looked so embarrassed. It was completely unimaginable what these children had gone through.
The camera changes again.
Begin to explain the historical background.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Since the summer of 1942, the Japanese army launched a large-scale raid on the anti-Japanese base areas in North China. As the Eighth Route Army troops were in urgent need of medical personnel, in November 1942, Peiping
The underground party mobilized 13 progressive young people in hospitals and schools, and they were escorted by the Ninth Detachment and Three Columns to the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area!"
In the picture, Eighth Route Army soldiers are escorting a group of female progressive young people, sitting on a carriage.
They looked so young and full of expectations for going to the anti-Japanese base area.
"Hey, look!" On the carriage, a young woman pointed at the distance and shouted happily.
The camera followed the direction of her finger, which was a winding section of the Great Wall!
At this moment, the roar of the plane broke the calm, making the young women who were still smiling turn pale.
The escorting soldiers also quickly shouted: "There is an enemy plane, take cover quickly!"
It's just that these progressive young people who have never been on the battlefield have not been trained at all.
The sound of bombings rang out and the shells fell. They were frightened and ran away.
And everyone knows that at this time, running away irrationally will only become a target.
One after another fell down. When they came, they were very happy, but they never understood the cruelty of war.
The theater was eerily quiet.
Many movie fans and guests had no idea that the beginning of the movie would be so cruel, without even giving everyone any chance to buffer, and directly showed the cruelty of war!
The soldiers protected the young people while running towards the Great Wall, but along the way, people kept falling. Under the gunfire, life seemed so fragile.
The young people who were facing their longing and hope for the future a moment ago are falling down one after another with unfinished beliefs at this moment!
There were Japanese planes in the sky constantly bombing and strafing.
Behind them, countless Japanese troops formed a skirmish line and pursued them. The whistle of bullets echoed in the wilderness, and people kept falling.
On the other side, a soldier was seriously injured, but he still swung his whip wildly to make the horse run faster.
On the carriage, an older young woman held another young woman in her arms and advanced amidst the gunfire.
As they break out towards the Great Wall, with disparity in strength and encounters, their fate seems to have been sealed!
Those who fled to the Great Wall were surrounded by Japanese troops and were eventually wiped out!
There were no prisoners, and no one surrendered! Corpses were lying there in pieces, and the blood stained the Great Wall red. On the mottled walls of the Great Wall, bright red blood was still flowing.
The title of the film "War Meridian" is revealed on this bloody Great Wall!
I don’t know if this part of the original version was presented in the form of a stage play due to lack of funds, which gave the impression that it was more exaggerated than tragic.
Li Yi didn't know what the director of the original version wanted to express through such a scene.
But in his version, there are only extremely tragic war scenes, not overly exaggerated or overly sensational.
There is only tragedy and sacrifice!
The picture appeared again, still at the edge of the Great Wall.
The only difference is that we are in modern times here, and children are planting trees here.
They are in sharp contrast to the children in the frozen picture at the beginning of the chapter.
They were all wearing bright and fashionable clothes, happily digging soil and planting trees on the edge of the Great Wall.
Suddenly a group of children seemed to have dug something special and shouted for the teacher to come over.
The children excitedly discussed what the iron lumps they dug were. Some said they were cultural relics from the Ming Dynasty, because this section of the Wild Great Wall was repaired by the Ming Dynasty.
The teacher saw it, it was a landmine, and quickly called the police.
The police car roared over. On the bus, the old man who had been lying on the hospital bed sat on it and looked out the window.
The crisis is over.
Everything seemed to be back to normal again.
Tourists took photos, rode horses...
Tourists rode horses and roared past the bus, but the sound of horse hooves took the old man back to a period of time that was unforgettable for her.
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The Eighth Route Army soldier driving the carriage fell down.
The horse still kept running forward.
Planes struck again, strafing at low altitudes, the horses were shot, and the carriages were overturned.
The female nurse looked up again. Everyone had died, and she was the only one left.
Camera switch.
On another battlefield.
The child who appeared in the shot before was lying in the grass.
The sound of gunshots coming from time to time tells the audience that this is still a battlefield.
The child got up and found the old military doctor in the grass. There were wounded people lying everywhere along the way.
A wounded man said to the old military doctor: "You guys, hurry up and run out one by one. Enough people have died for us!"
The whistle of bullets echoed in the wilderness. An Eighth Route Army soldier ran forward while turning back to fight back. Behind him were countless Japanese troops pursuing him.
He rushed to this makeshift camp, where were the wounded and some children.
But he was still shot and fell!
He was supported by the little female warrior and arrived at the temporary camp.
It's a pity that the soldier only breathed his last. When he was dying, he said: "The order is for the Ninth Company. Are there any Ninth Company here?"
A "soldier" with an injured leg stood up with difficulty: "I am from the Ninth Company, give me your order."
"What mission?"
It's a pity that the soldier only said "Westward along the Great Wall..." and died before finishing his sentence.
The old military doctor found a half-burned military order from the soldier's bag.
The military order read: "Order, the Third Battalion and the Ninth Company, urgently order your troops,...before ten o'clock on the same day, to go west along the Great Wall to...the highway...at all costs
..."
This is an incomplete order.
The only information available is westward along the Great Wall.
The specific mission content has been burned!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There is also a map attached at the back, with a red line drawn on the map, heading west along the Great Wall...
The old military doctor asked: "Where is the Ninth Company now?"
The soldier who was wounded in the leg and using a branch as a cane silently accepted the order, lowered his head and hid the order in his arms, then looked up at the old military doctor and said: "I am the only one left in the Ninth Company...
..”
The old military doctor wanted to take a look at the front, but when he turned around, he saw the wounded soldiers distributing grenades one by one. They were ready to sacrifice.
The bullets were still whistling, and nameless petals were flying in the wind. The Japanese soldiers lined up in a skirmish line and killed all the wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers they saw with bayonets. They did not take prisoners, and none of the wounded soldiers surrendered.
The wounded soldiers and a group of troops were separated, and they met children gathered together on the road.
The eldest among the children is a veteran, sixteen years old.
The youngest is Cao'er. She said she was annexed and her mother left her at a fellow villager's house and said she would pick her up tomorrow. She didn't say anything later, but everyone knew that she didn't wait for her mother to pick her up.
As for why she was carried out alone by the veteran, she didn't say anything about what happened at the fellow's home.
But the audience in the theater could already guess it.
"Xiaocao" is a seven-year-old girl. She always stands next to the "veteran". She has big eyes but no energy.
The veteran took two steps and looked back. There were only a group of wounded soldiers and children of different ages.
But they did not give up on the wounded soldiers, but lifted up the stretchers one by one with their little arms.
So the surrounded wounded soldiers broke out with all their strength, accompanied by 12 children, among whom the 16-year-old veteran was the oldest.
Why a veteran? Because the veteran said that he participated in three anti-mopping operations and has been in the army for seven years. Of course he is a veteran!
On the way to break through, they fell one by one. Even the old military doctor died on the railway blockade. Before he died, he held the stretcher and shouted to the "veteran": "Child, I will leave the wounded to you."
Got it!"
From the beginning to the present of the movie, artillery fire has been accompanied by death and sacrifice!
On the other side, the nurse who narrowly escaped death also came to the edge of the Great Wall. She picked up a box cannon.
On the Great Wall, children and wounded people were resting.
But at this moment!
The old military doctor died, leaving only six children and only two wounded soldiers!
They are just children. In peacetime, this is the age to study, to enjoy childhood and happiness, but now, they have to shoulder the responsibility, not only to take care of the wounded soldiers, but also to avoid the Japanese army...
..can they do it?
No one knows!
"Two grenades, one shell gun, and only one bullet! One rifle, with eleven bullets!"
Children are counting the remaining guns and ammunition in their hands!
Shan Pao said: "Go east, you know? My dad said he would pick me up after this raid. My dad said he would pick me up after this raid. My dad said..."
The art troupe retorted: "Come on, there are devils in the east!"
While the children were discussing in a hurry.
The platoon leader stood up with his crutches and ordered the children to go down the mountain to the base area!
But the children didn't listen.
The 16-year-old veteran, who has served for seven years, said: "As long as there are people alive in our army, there is no rule of leaving the wounded behind!"
The platoon leader said: "It's not about throwing away, it's about completing the mission and heading west along the Great Wall!"
The veteran came to the platoon leader and asked: "What mission?"
The platoon leader originally wanted to take out the mission order, but after looking at the veteran, he shook his head and said, "It's for us... it's a mission for me!" Yes, it was originally for their Ninth Company.
mission, but he is the only one left in the Ninth Company, so this is a mission for him!
The veteran said: "You can also reach the base area by heading westward along the Great Wall!"
But the platoon leader refused: "You can't walk on the mountain roads of the Great Wall!"
The veteran smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have participated in three anti-mopping up operations!"
"Collect the weapons of the wounded, carry the stretcher, and head west!"
This sentence reflects his poise and maturity that are inconsistent with his age, but this is what makes people feel sad.
He is only sixteen years old. The cruelty of the war has made him grow up rapidly. Among these children, he must shoulder the burden of being a "veteran" and lead them to complete the mission westward along the Great Wall!
One wounded man shouted inarticulately: "Leave me alone!"
Cao'er, who was only seven years old, was innocent and kind. She stepped forward and gently touched and comforted the wounded soldiers.
"Uncle, let's walk together. When I had good eyesight, my uncles would carry me on their backs!"
On the 45-degree steep Great Wall, even if the children climb by themselves, their bones will be shattered if they are not careful, not to mention that they have to carry wounded soldiers.
But the children still gritted their teeth and climbed up!
Many people in the theater covered their mouths.
They are just children!
However, this is not the most difficult thing. What is even more difficult is the lack of food.
They have to break a piece of steamed bun into small pieces and eat it separately!
On the other side, the nurse who had narrowly escaped death saw two fellow villagers. She originally wanted to go forward for help, but at this time, two wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers stepped forward. They told the fellow villagers that they were Eighth Route Army soldiers who had been injured and fell behind.
When the nurse heard that they were soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, she immediately wanted to step forward with joy on her face, but she did not expect that the two fellow villagers were actually Japanese soldiers pretending to be soldiers.
They took out their guns and shot dead the unsuspecting wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers!
The nurse could only cover her mouth, with tears in her eyes, and quickly fled in the opposite direction!
