15 mind-wandering details, Watergate Bridge is broken.

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After a lapse of four months, Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake, a sequel and finale, landed in the Spring Festival file.

The story of the seventh interlude ended in the tough battle of Watergate Bridge, and the box office achievement of breaking 1 billion in two days also led a number of new films with absolute advantage.

Today is the third day of the film’s release, and many plots and details in the film have also triggered discussion.

Special topics of 2022 Spring Festival moviesIn the sixth issue of "Details Control", Xiaowan sorted out 15 details that can’t be missed, which are not only connecting The Battle at Lake Changjin in series, but also connecting that period of history and remembering those most lovely people.

Tip: This article involves a comprehensive spoiler. It is recommended to read it after watching the movie.

Brother troops cooperate tacitly.

"Watergate Bridge" begins with The Battle at Lake Changjin and ends. In the next corner, the soldiers of the Seventh Company join forces with their brothers to attack the airport where the First Marine Division is located.

This is also the first time in the series of two films that Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s troops have cooperated tacitly and worked together to wipe out the enemy.

Remember The Battle at Lake Changjin’s opening, Yu Congrong got into a fight with the artillery battalion, and the two sides were full of gunpowder and almost fought. In the battle of Xiajieli, the artillery battalion led by Lao Yang (Geng Le) became an important fire protection to cover the charge of the Seventh Company. The two brothers and companies cooperated tacitly and went straight into the enemy base.

There is also the ninth company that carried out the task of bombing the bridge together, led by the old company of the seventh company, Tan Zi. When the Watergate Bridge was bombed, Tan Zi insisted on summing up the lessons because he was seriously injured, deployed the next action plan, and finally lost too much blood and died. Thousands of miles led the rest of the soldiers to continue the task of bombing the bridge.

Tan Ziwei’s sacrifice is the first tear in Watergate Bridge. In the eyes of the soldiers, the "immortal hero" broke the Watergate Bridge, echoing the words he told Wan Li at the beginning-"There are no heroes who can’t be frozen, and there are no heroes who can’t be killed, only the glory of the soldiers."

In memory of Lei Gong

The Battle at Lake Changjin created a veteran, Lei Gong, who is a father and a brother, and he is also the spiritual pillar of the entire Seventh Company. Although he died in the battlefield of Xinxing Li, everyone in the Seventh Company continued to fight with his shadow.

In Watergate Bridge, Wan Li’s iconic goggles were given to him by Lei Gong. When Wan Li was trying to fight the enemy, Lei Gong stopped him and taught him that it is more important to be calm than brave on the battlefield-"A bastard who wants to die will never be a hero".

When the Watergate Bridge was bombed three times, Mei Sheng drove an armored car full of bombs from the hillside to the enemy, attracting fire for the last fight of bombing the bridge a thousand miles away, which echoed the heroic behavior of Lei Gong in shifting the focus with a truck carrying enemy flares at the end of The Battle at Lake Changjin.

The foreshadowing of booty

In the face of well-equipped United Nations troops, we should not only rely on tenacious spiritual strength, but also have the ancient wisdom that stones from other mountains can attack jade. Many details in Watergate Bridge reflect this point and echo The Battle at Lake Changjin.

In World War II, Yu Congrong, who was in charge of the attack on the headquarters, fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, accidentally shot in the head, but escaped with the American helmet he had seized before.

If Yu Congrong dies here, no one can save thousands of miles buried in the ruins, and the Seventh Company will lose two generals. A small helmet of the enemy became a fulcrum to save the war.

There is also the M1911 pistol passed among the soldiers. After joining forces in Xinxing Li, Tan Zi gave the captured M1911 to Qianli. After joining forces in Xiajiao Li, he lent the pistol to Battalion Commander Yang for self-defense, and returned it to Wan Li.

In addition, the bazooka rocket launcher that Pinghe used many times was also given to him by Tan Zi. The passing of spoils not only boosted morale, but also brought soldiers and troops closer together.

"Secret" of Pinghe River

Pinghe is a seven-company sharpshooter, and his combat effectiveness is not lost to veterans such as Lei Gong and Yu Congrong. There is not much ink on Pinghe in The Battle at Lake Changjin, and Pinghe is just watching lightly when his comrades are booing.

The reason of Pinghe’s reticence is explained more abundantly in Watergate Bridge. Before the second bombing of Shuimen Bridge, Pinghe found Wan Li, and finally revealed the past that he had been oppressed in his chest: the commander of Baili in Huaihai Campaign died heroically to cover Pinghe’s retreat.

These plots were foreshadowed in The Battle at Lake Changjin. After Wan Li joined the army, Pinghe tried to tell the story, but failed to speak.

Pinghe always apologized to the Wu brothers, and did not open his heart until the decisive battle. And his guilt was also forgiven by Wan Li: "Baili is my brother, you are my brother, and the whole company is my brother."

The Watergate Bridge could not be attacked for a long time, and the United Nations tank reinforcements arrived. The plan to sneak attack the commander thousands of miles also failed, and it was about to be exposed under the muzzle of the tank.

At this critical juncture, Pinghe rushed directly into the bottom of the tank with the explosive charge, enduring the pain of being crushed by the tank crawler. Pinghe finally blew up the heavy tank at the expense of himself, and also saved a life of a thousand miles, and reported the life-saving grace of a hundred miles that year.

Teenagers in Shui Piao

"Laozi is a gun!"

Wan Li’s roar in the war not only echoed Lei Gong, the platoon leader who took care of him in Changjin Lake, but also pointed out one of Wan Li’s talents-the god pitcher.

In The Battle at Lake Changjin, although Wan Li’s first pitcher, Lei Kong, exploded, he threw two grenades for the second time and directly hit the enemy bunker. The rapid progress made Qianli, Yu Congrong and other main forces admire him.

In Watergate Bridge, Wan Li gave full play to his specialty and won many opportunities for the team that bombed the bridge.

Wan Li’s first scene was a splash of water by the river, and there was already a hint here. Wan Li’s last scene was also a splash of water by the river in his hometown. Stones skimmed over the water, but the people who made the splash burst into tears, and their mood was completely different.

"Wanli" brothers have a tacit understanding

The growth of Wan Li is an important hidden line outside the main line of the battle story of Changjin Lake. From the comparison of "Wanli" brothers fighting hand in hand in the upper and lower films, we can more intuitively feel the transformation of Wan Li from an ordinary teenager to a soldier in just two months.

For the first time since Wan Li joined the army, he fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, and his brothers and comrades were put in a disadvantage by the enemy. The burden of breaking the deadlock fell on the shoulders of the recruit Wan Li. At this time, Wan Li was shaking with a gun and couldn’t aim at it. He handed the dagger to Wan Li for thousands of miles and didn’t dare to stab it, which almost caused the body count squad to be killed.

When the enemy grenades were thrown in front of him, Wan Li instinctively avoided protecting himself, and had no time to consider his comrades-in-arms and brother. Finally, it took thousands of miles to jump on the Grenade with the enemy’s body to make the comrades escape.

After a series of gunfire, Wan Li in Watergate Bridge is obviously more calm and experienced in the battle. When attacking the headquarters on the bridge, Wanli brothers grasped the commander with tacit cooperation, and once again used the strange trick of human flesh bunker to stop the power of grenades.

Photos of Mei Sheng’s daughter.

Mei Sheng is a very special role in the two films of Changjin Lake-not only a soldier, but also a husband and father.

When driving an armored car down the high ground, Mei Sheng held her daughter’s photo tightly in her mouth, and ended up with the enemy with the thoughts of her wife and daughter.

In the face of national justice, the concern for the small family has not been weakened. "If we don’t fight this battle, our next generation will fight it. We risked our lives for them not to fight any more. "The photo of our daughter is the carrier of this great sense of family and country.

When chatting with comrades-in-arms, Mei Sheng always talks about her daughter. For the first time, the Seventh Company was attacked by enemy air and rescued materials. Mei Sheng did not hesitate to choose photos among a thick stack of military medals and photos of his daughter. After supporting the brothers, I found only half of the photos left in the ruins, and said "Dad is not good" to the photos while crying.

"Watergate Bridge" flashed back to the scene where Mei Sheng’s wife put her daughter’s photo into Mei Sheng’s hand, which further explained the iron-hearted tenderness of giving up a small family to protect everyone.

Change of appellation

Before the second bombing of Watergate Bridge, Wan Li gave a standard military salute to Qianli, shouting "Company Commander", which seemed to have faded from his childishness when he first joined the army.

However, Qianli completely put down the majesty of the head, rubbed Wan Li’s shoulder, and charged his younger brother as an "elder brother": "I didn’t let you run around before because I was afraid you would get into trouble. You can decide how you want to run today."

In The Battle at Lake Changjin, the young and ignorant Wan Li joined the army out of admiration for his brother, but the feelings of serving the country came second. When he first joined the army and was booed by veterans, Wan Li would complain that "Brother, they bullied me"; In the first battle, Wan Li disobeyed orders and left the big army to find a thousand miles, only "because you are my brother".

For Qianli, his younger brother suddenly left home to join the army, which brought him a heavier responsibility. Only by demanding him with strict military discipline is the best protection for Wan Li, so he insisted that Wan Li call himself the company commander again and again.

From "brother" to "company commander", Wan Li sublimated his dependence on his brother into respect for the head and trust in his comrades; From "company commander" to "brother", the growth of my younger brother has also made Qianli put down his worries and sincerely revealed the truest brotherhood.

The inheritance of Wu’s three brothers

The Battle at Lake Changjin’s story begins with visiting relatives with the ashes of a hundred miles away, and the story of Watergate Bridge ends with Wan Li returning home with the ashes of a thousand miles away. The fate of the two brothers has formed a cycle.

The Battle at Lake Changjin Zhong Qianli once said that the eldest brother asked his brothers and sisters to "help him" on his deathbed, and Wan Li also asked to charge with him. Even if he was killed, he had brothers around to help him.

"Watergate Bridge" staged another scene of brothers’ life and death. Thousands of miles swallowed their last breath in Wan Li’s arms, and they clung together in the snow.

There is also a very clever setting for the death of a thousand miles: the frightened American army used a flamethrower to repair the body of a thousand miles, and the frozen Wan Li and his brother’s burning body rolled down the cliff together, but they accidentally recovered their life because of the high temperature of the flame. By mistake, the sacrificed brother once again blessed his younger brother.

Red scarf

At the end of the film, the red scarf flying by the Watergate Bridge not only led Zhang Yingchang to save Wan Li who was alone, but also was a subtle finishing touch in the film.

Before the Seventh Company went to war, a female soldier who saw her off threw the red scarf into Wan Li’s hand. When she was attacked and retreated, Wan Li wanted to wear this scarf, but she was stopped by thousands of miles for "targeting enemy planes". Later, Wan Li brought it out in the chaos of Zhang Xiaoshan, the first friend of the Seventh Company.

This scarf bears the youthful spirit of Wan Li in the first film-to friends, to girls and to the world outside my hometown.

The cherished red scarf was finally left in the wilderness of ice and snow, and it was also Wan Li’s complete farewell to the once immature boy. From then on, he was entrusted by his comrades-in-arms who died behind him, and the expectations of the people in the distant motherland started again.

Inheritance of the seven-company system

Qianli entrusted his newly enlisted brother to Lao Lei and told him, "Teach him how to live." Finally, under the protection of all his comrades, only Wan Li survived in the seventh company.

When "Watergate Bridge" finally assembled soldiers, Wan Li’s sentence "The seventh penetration should be connected to 157 people, and actually one person" made countless audiences cry. The commander agreed to Wan Li’s request to retain the organizational system of the Seventh Company, and gave Wan Li the banner that he had promised to award to the Seventh Company.

The Seventh Company in the Changjin Lake trilogy is inextricably linked with the Seventh Company in Soldier Assault. In Soldier Assault, it is said that the Seventh Company was almost completely annihilated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and it was only after three soldiers narrowly escaped death that they kept their titles. Xu Sanduo was the 4956th soldier of the Seventh Company, and the seventh interspersed company was the predecessor of the Seventh Company.

In addition, in Soldier Assault, the serial number of the Seventh Company of Steel was removed during the great disarmament, leaving only one person in the whole company, Xu Sanduo. This ending also has many similarities with Wan Li.

Lan Xiaolong, the screenwriter of The Battle at Lake Changjin series, is also the screenwriter of plays such as Soldier Assault, My Head and My Regiment, and The Line of Life and Death. These works have jointly created a "steel seven-connected universe" belonging to China soldiers.

The Bow of Commander Song Shilun

　

Commander Song Shilun, played by Zhang Hanyu, salutes Changjin Lake at the end of the film, which is based on real historical moments.

In September, 1952, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea came to an end, and the 9th Corps returned to China. At the bank of the Yalu River, the commander Song Shilun asked the driver to stop. After getting off the bus, he stood silently in the direction of Changjin Lake for a long time, then took off his hat, bent down and bowed deeply.

This incident has also brought a lot of inspiration to film creators. In Watergate Bridge, a scene in which the soldiers of the Seventh Company salute in the direction of the motherland was temporarily added by directors Jerry Lee, Elvis Han and Tsui Hark on the set.

The ending song pays tribute to the ice sculpture and martyrs.

In the lyrics of the theme song "I have been to Heaven and Earth" by Sun Nan, there is a passage that reads "Hold on to this position and honor/shed this blood and never give up/stand proudly under the snow and ice".

This is actually adapted from the last poem of Song Amao, a famous ice sculpture martyr:

I love my relatives and my motherland.

Love my honor more.

I am a glorious volunteer soldier.

Ice and snow! I will never yield to you.

Even freeze to death.

I will also stand proudly in my position.

In The Battle at Lake Changjin, even the enemy US Marine Division was in awe of the ice sculptures encountered on the way to evacuation-"In the face of enemies with such determination, we can never defeat them."

　

The foreshadowing of the background of the times

The Battle at Lake Changjin spent a lot of space depicting the background of the Seventh Company’s expedition to Changjin Lake, from the dispatch of the United Nations troops to the decision-making of China leaders, which gave the audience a more detailed knowledge of the cause and effect of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Watergate Bridge focuses more on the details of several bridge bombings, but it is also interspersed with some descriptions of senior leaders’ decisions.

For example, MacArthur put forward a plan to use the atomic bomb to force the volunteers to retreat when the United Nations army was defeated. After being rejected by President Truman, the radical MacArthur even openly opposed Truman, and he was finally dismissed by the White House in 1951.

The atomic bomb that was almost used, the differences between MacArthur and Truman, and interested friends can learn more about it themselves.

Tsui Hark Style

Unlike The Battle at Lake Changjin’s three directors, more than 90% of the scenes of Watergate Bridge were finished by Tsui Hark, who has a strong lens thinking and is familiar with special effects.

Although Tsui Hark is a director in Hong Kong, he is no stranger to the theme of the main melody. As early as the 1990s, he came up with the idea of putting "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" on the big screen, and "Taking Tiger Mountain Outward" in 2014 also became the leading work of the main melody blockbuster trend.

The snowstorm in Watergate Bridge is an upgraded version of "Taking Tiger Mountain Outward", and the collective battle of the seven soldiers has also achieved a transcendence over Yang Zirong’s lone hero.

In a word, Watergate Bridge, which is full of details during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, is worth every audience’s feeling when they walk into the cinema.

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