Among the many anti-Japanese serials in China, "Bright Sword" can be regarded as a masterpiece. When the Internet and smart phones were not yet popularized, "Bright Sword" broadcast by major television stations has become a household TV series. To this day, people still look back at this TV series from time to time, and the image of the protagonist Li Yunlong is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Li Yunlong, played by the famous actor Li Youbin, is a big old man with no culture, but he has brought soldiers and fought battles, he does not care about any small sections, but he has the national righteousness in his heart. In the play, Li Yunlong led his subordinate independent regiment to win one arduous battle after another, including a classic battle, the total annihilation of the Yamazaki Brigade, which made the audience see the blood boiling.
A classic battle in Bright Sword
The battle of the all-annihilation Yamazaki Brigade can be described as a classic battle in "Bright Sword". In this battle, Li Yunlong led an independent regiment to meet the Yamazaki brigade. The main weapon used by the Independent Regiment was the grenade, while the Yamazaki Brigade was equipped with a large number of grenadiers. In terms of equipment alone, the independent regiment was not dominant. But at that time, it was not easy to be equipped with 3600 grenades.
Because bullets are difficult to build and used shell casings are recycled, recruits often do not have a few bullets and are equipped with only two grenades. But Li Yunlong felt that this was not enough, so he "borrowed" 20 boxes of grenades. In this way, the grenades equipped with the Independent Regiment barely made sense.
Although the weapons were slightly inferior to those of others, Li Yunlong relied on his own command strength to win the battle. In the play, Li Yunlong ordered his troops to dig trenches and constantly excavate the Japanese army, leaving only a combat distance of tens of meters. This distance, in the words of Li Yunlong: "Even a lady can throw it over!" ”
Of course, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were not vegetarians, and under the command of Li Yunlong, the soldiers threw grenades in an orderly manner, and the overwhelming number of grenades attacked the enemy in waves, hitting the Japanese army in a down-to-earth manner. In the end, with the blessing of 3600 grenades, the Independent Regiment completely annihilated the Yamazaki Brigade and successfully won the battle.
Prototype battle - Battle of Guanjia'an
The prototype of this battle is the Battle of Guanjia'an during the Hundred Regiments War, but the historical Battle of Guanjia'an was fought very hard. The commander of the Battle of Guanjia'an was General Peng, and at that time the Eighth Route Army had eight regiments of about 10,000 people, and the Japanese Okazaki Brigade had more than 500 people.
Judging from the number of people involved in the battle, the Eighth Route Army seems to have a significant advantage. But in fact, okazaki's brigade was stationed high up and used enough time to prepare for defense, while the Eighth Route Army, despite its large number of people, had no place to build fortifications. Therefore, the Japanese army relied on its terrain advantages to disintegrate wave after wave of attacks on our side.
Commander Peng's commander Guan Jia'an used the "battle of adding oil", that is, sending a small wave of people every time to fight upwards little by little. The heroic soldiers of our army charged upwards many times, and finally rushed into the depths of the Japanese army and engaged in close hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. However, at that time, most of the soldiers of our army were thin and weak, and their combat ability was not as good as that of the elite Japanese soldiers. Therefore, the "oil war" was fought very hard.
We also underestimated the strength of the Japanese resistance, although the Japanese army has been besieged on the top of the mountain, but the Japanese soldiers are still arrogant, they still have machine guns and other advanced weapons. For a while, the Eighth Route Army was unable to attack repeatedly, and even increased the arrogance of the enemy army.
After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, our army finally won the battle, but suffered heavy casualties. The Okazaki Brigade was not completely annihilated, but withdrew after receiving reinforcements from large Japanese troops.
An unreasonable fragment of Bright Sword
Comparing the plot of "Bright Sword" with the prototype battle, it is not difficult for us to find that there are irrationalities in the TV series.
The first is combat distance. In the play, the independent regiment under Li Yunlong's seat carried out flat bulldozing work and dug the trenches until they were only a few tens of meters away from the enemy army. However, the flat bulldozing industry is very dependent on the environment and can only be achieved in the vast plains, and the northwest of Jin in the play is mountainous and does not have this condition. Worse still, the Japanese could not allow us to dig trenches in their faces. Therefore, the distance between the "ladies can also be thrown over" mentioned in the play is obviously exaggerated.
The second is the weaponry and combat methods. In the play, under the command of Li Yunlong, the independent regiment threw about 3600 grenades and successfully annihilated the Yamazaki Brigade. Some people have asked why the Guanjia'an battle did not take this approach. In fact, in the historical Battle of Guanjia'an, there was no place to dig trenches, and there was no room to throw thousands of grenades at the same time. The way of fighting in Bright Sword is only the result of idealization, and the reality is often more brutal than in the TV series.
epilogue:
Film and television drama works often carry the shadow of history, but they cannot completely restore the real historical facts. "Bright Sword" also adopted many artistic techniques when filming, although it is not a historical chronicle, but it successfully shaped the image of a group of heroic and fearless Eighth Route Army, and also planted the seeds of defending the family and defending the country in the hearts of the audience.