Of course, it is not that simple to film "Eight Hundred".
Li Yi still has a lot of work to do.
The first is the four-line warehouse. This is easy to say, just build one at a 1:1 ratio.
But there are still many things that need to be studied. In that era, what weapons did the "Eight Hundred" use?
What was the combat deployment at that time?
How did the battle go?
Although the movie will certainly not reproduce the actual historical battle process, after all, to this day, the details of the battle back then cannot be studied.
But some basic things must be understood.
Another issue is the script of the movie. Li Yi's current idea is to at least have a beginning and an end.
No matter what the movie is, since it takes Eight Hundred as its proposition, it must clearly explain the final outcome of the "Eight Hundred Heroes". In the original version, due to some well-known reasons, this information was not emphasized in the end, even in the subtitles. There is no real historical facts about these people.
For Li Yi, he definitely couldn't shoot like this. After all, he watched the original movie himself and felt that the ending was anticlimactic.
Li Yi hasn't finished the script yet. As a result, I have to say that there are really no secrets in the entertainment industry about some things.
No, before the movie has even been written, word has spread that Li Yi is preparing for a new film.
Of course, everyone must not know what movie Li Yi is going to make at this time.
However, it does not prevent them from doing work in advance and asking for information.
After all, the opportunity is rare. If you get it, you can reach the sky in one step.
Look at Tian Rongrong, didn’t she soar into the sky with “Love Letter”?
The most beautiful short hair hangs directly on her head. The key is that although "Love Letter" has a lot of interpretations, no one doubts that her acting is not good.
But to put it bluntly, in the entertainment industry, there are many people with better acting skills than Tian Rongrong, but why is it that she, Tian Rongrong, has the most beautiful short hair?
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These things all come with filters. Tian Rongrong may not be really stunningly beautiful, but she can’t stand up to the camera and character bonuses.
In the past, Li Yi didn't often hold auditions, but for "Love Letter", he held an audition and chose a new person?
Of course, no one can directly reach Li Yi for the time being, and Li Yi is too busy.
Today he made an appointment with someone and planned to come visit him.
The opponent is the descendant of Battalion Commander Yang who was one of the "Eight Hundred Heroes" in the "Sihang Warehouse Defense Battle".
The descendants of Battalion Commander Yang naturally knew the purpose of Li Yi's visit. Li Yi had communicated with him on the phone before.
After sitting down, Li Yi took out the recording pen and opened it, and then the other party started talking.
"When he was defeated on the Songhu battlefield and was about to make a strategic retreat, Lao Chang planned to leave a division of troops behind, saying that he wanted the whole world to hear Shang Hai's gunshots, creating the impression that Shang Hai was still resisting, so as to help China Gaining bargaining chips at the international negotiation table. The commander of the 88th Division, Sun, who took over the order, believed that the people left behind would surely die for the country. Instead of doing this, why waste more lives?
So with a stroke of a pen, a division was changed to a battalion, haha. "
Lao Yang couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.
Li Yi asked: "Some say that the lone soldiers back then were all elites, while others say that they were actually all new recruits. I have checked some information here, but there is still no clear conclusion. How much do you know about this?"
"Actually, it's both true and false. When it comes to being elite, the Solitary Army at that time had a total of 3 infantry companies and 1 machine gun company. It was indeed the elite troops of the Guo Army. They were active on the battlefield as early as the early days of the Songhu War. They fought bravely and suffered casualties. The disaster was so heavy that they added troops five times. By the time of the Four Lines Defense War, there were only a dozen people left in the original team. Therefore, these people must be regarded as elites. They are all veterans who have spent the rest of their lives in hundreds of battles, but they are new recruits. Danzi, because the rest are fresh blood, half of them are from the Tongcheng County Security Group in Hubei, and some are from Hunan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although they are not recruits, their education level is indeed not high, and the security group at that time, Everyone understands." Lao Yang said.
He was not a witness to that battle, and he was not even born at that time, but as a direct descendant, he naturally knew more about this aspect.
This is also true. Li Yi saw a lot of information about the battles that his grandfather participated in, of course not only the battle to defend the Sihang Warehouse.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Li Yi specially came to visit.
He didn't mean that he would take pictures as the other party said, nor did he think that what the other party said was true history, but at least it could provide him with more reference.
He didn't say much about the details of the battle to defend Sihang Warehouse.
"The old man doesn't like to mention that battle. Just like when the reporter interviewed him, he said, unfortunately, not many enemies were eliminated. We were neither successful nor benevolent."
Then he mentioned what happened after crossing the bridge.
“On the evening of October 30, 1937, after four days and four nights of fierce fighting, the lone army completed the so-called strategic mission and successfully retreated into the concession.
At that time, the highest administrative body of the concession was called the "Ministry of Industry and Industry Bureau", which had a board of directors composed of representatives of the major powers to oversee the affairs of the concession. Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau is the "Wanguo Business Group", which is a paramilitary force of the concession authorities and is responsible for maintaining the rule of the concession. The merchant corps of all nations was composed of troops sent by the great powers, among which the "White Russian Regiment" was the most special.
The White Russian mercenaries, also known as the White Russian mercenaries, were the Tsar's troops who fled to our country after the October Revolution. As exiles who lost their own country, they were once integrated and then dispersed. At their most miserable moment, they were begging on the streets. Therefore, extra efforts were made to implement the orders of the commander of the merchant group who was in charge of the affairs of the lone army most thoroughly and fiercely. "
"The cell prepared for the lone soldiers in the concession is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Jiaozhou Road and Singapore Road, covering an area of 15 acres. It was originally the barracks of the Italian team of the International Merchant Group. It was later abandoned and turned into an execution ground. Finally, it became a pile of garbage and a place where dead babies were thrown. A piece of wasteland. The wasteland is overgrown with weeds, reaching waist high. There is a smelly pool in the middle, filled with black water flowing from the garbage.
I have also collected the original photos here. "
He said and found a few photos among the pile. It was indeed as he said, that was simply not a place for people to stay.
These are things that Li Yi has never learned about before, or has not deliberately thought about.
For many people, they may not pay attention to these things.
“After the Songhu War, there was a surge of refugees in the concession, and it was once a gathering place for homeless people. Later, the refugees were driven away, and a barbed wire fence was put around it, and two sentry towers were installed, turning it into a camp to confine lone soldiers.
When they first arrived at Gujun Camp, due to the lack of food and clothing and the humidity in the camp, many soldiers were sallow and thin and suffered from beriberi. It was only through donations from all walks of life, providing meals and donating winter clothes that we managed to survive the difficult situation.
But even so, in less than a year from 1939 to 1940, 11 soldiers still died of illness. The oldest among them is 24 years old, the youngest is 17 years old, and the average age is only 20 years old. Among them, 3 died of tuberculosis, 2 died of typhoid fever, 1 suffered from mental disorder and fell to death from the fourth floor of the hospital, 1 was killed by a quack doctor who misused strong medicine, and several others could not even explain the cause of death. "
