Era: Beginning from the Modu Translation Studio

Chapter 433 A great responsibility from heaven
"Then let's make it clear that Railway Guerrillas is a program produced by our factory."

In the conference room of the dubbing studio, Shi Fangyu, deputy director of Pujiang Film Studio, also made the decision:

"It's appropriate to sing "Play My Beloved Tu Pipa" during the Chinese New Year."

"Um,"

Gu Zhengzheng nodded slowly, and after thinking for more than ten seconds:
"In my opinion, how about we just make "Classic Movie Songs Medley" the theme of our party?"

"A medley of songs from classic movies..." Director Shi thought for a moment and said, "I think that's totally fine!"

Xie Jin: "Once the theme is established, the direction of the evening party will be determined."

Jiang Shan: "And then add some singing, dancing and crosstalk on this basis."

"Yes," Gu Zhengzheng said, "Since Guangdong has invited Ma Ji and his apprentice... then we can go and invite Hou Baolin and his son."

"And Ma Sanli,"

Xie Jin pointed to Gutai's small notebook and asked him to write it down: "I just love listening to their crosstalk."

"Since everyone likes to listen, let's invite everyone," Jiang Shan suggested, "We're all recording it anyway!"

The art form of "sketch" was originally a way of teaching and rehearsal for art groups such as film schools and drama troupes.

It can be both tragedy and comedy, and can be performed by one or multiple persons.

Later, it was brought to the Spring Festival Gala by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao and became well-known to the public.

It’s not time yet, so let’s just enjoy the crosstalk.

"Yes, we are recording it,"

Gu Zhengzheng thought to himself how could he have forgotten about this, and the next second:
"Wait a minute, if this is recorded... I suddenly thought of a treasure."

Jiangshan: "What treasure?"

Hu Xiao: "What treasures can he have?"

Xie Jin: "Say it out loud so that everyone can hear it."

"Does anyone remember..."

Gu Zhengzheng looked mysterious: "The officer chorus from 1959?"

Xie Jin: “Oh~”

Hu Xiao: "This is really a treasure."

"Officers' Choir?"

Zhang Lu quickly looked at Jiang Shan: "Have you seen it?"

"No," Jiang Shan had never seen it before: "General Political Department or Navy Political Department?"

"It's nothing political,"

Gu Zhengzheng: “At that time, our station and CCTV had just been established for a year.”

Hu Xiao: "There are only a few televisions in the country."

"So most people don't know about this,"

Gu Zhengzheng looked at the 'most people' in the room and said:

"In 58, the PLA Higher Military Academy established an amateur chorus for officers. Do you know how many officers were in this chorus?"

Jiangshan, Zhang Lu... shook their heads.

“230!”

"How much?" It was the first time Zhang Lu heard of it.

"A total of 230 officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force went there."

Zhang Lu was shocked: "Oh my God, if this is sent out to fight, what will happen!"

"It would be great if they were sent out to sing," Gu Zhengzheng said:

"The choir was established to hold a performance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of New China.

We practiced together for half a year, and then performed four choruses at the Yanjing Gymnasium.

"Do you have complete video footage?" Jiang Shan became very excited when he heard this.

"Of course," Gu Zhengzheng said, "otherwise why would I mention it!"

"That's great. What songs did you sing?"

"The first one is the Red Army Discipline Song,"

Gu Zhengzheng remembers this chorus of officers very clearly:
"The rest are 'I am a Soldier', 'On the Taihang Mountains' and 'We Must Plant the Flag of Victory on the Bend of Taiwan'!"

When everyone heard the title of the last song, their expressions did not change at all.

But no one spoke first.

After all, the fifth "Letter to Compatriots in Taiwan" was sent just last year to express concern and condolences.

Finally, Jiangshan, who was still not satisfied, spoke:

"Since this is a Spring Festival Gala, let's play the upbeat song 'I am a Soldier'."

"I think this song is good, too," Hu Xiao nodded in agreement. "It's just right, and it allows the people and officers to celebrate the New Year together."

"Play My Beloved Tu Pipa, I Am a Soldier,"

Gu Zhengzheng threw the notebook to Zhang Lu: "Write down these two, and let's think about what other programs we have."

"And there's the Peking Opera piece Comrade Xiao Jiang and I sang!" Xie Jin reminded.

Nowadays, many people like this.

There was always opera playing on the radio.

"Dingjun Mountain,"

Jiang Shan accompanied Zhang Lu to write: "How about "A Sister Falls from the Sky" in the Yue Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions"?

Gu Zhengzheng pointed to the notebook and said, "Write it down!"

Tong Zirong: "The Couple Returns Home Together."

"I'll make a note of it."

“And those nursery rhymes.”

"Write them all down first."

At this moment, the room was filled with the sound of humming.

"In addition," Liu Chi, who closely follows the market:

"The movie interludes in the past two years are also very good, such as "Camel Bells" and "Wild Geese Flying South"."

"These two songs were performed at the New Star Concert," Gu Zhengzheng thought for a moment.
“But since it’s a song that the audience likes, we should play it over and over again.

Including Jiang Shan's "Climbing Spring Mountain" and "Young Friends Come to Meet."

"Indeed," Hu Xiao said, "these two songs also fit the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year."

"what? What,"

Liu Chi heard another important point: "The song "Shang Chunshan" was written by Comrade Xiao Jiang."

"He wrote both the music and the lyrics."

Hu Xiao was so proud of what he said, as if it was all his doing: "How is it, awesome, right?"

"The young are to be feared!" Liu Chi finally understood why there was a young man among the group of old cadres.

"Not at all," Jiang Shan quickly took off his armor: "It's all because the leaders were willing to give me the opportunity."

"Now the opportunity has come again,"

Gu Zhengzheng threw a cigarette over and said, "Xiao Jiang, do you want to compose a song to sing this time?"

"You think composing music is your job, how can you just do it without any effort?"

Liu Chi, who knew that composing music was not easy, had already regarded Jiangshan as his own:
“When I was composing music for The Battle of Shangganling, I locked myself up in the small white building in Changying.

There was a sign on the door saying 'Liu Chi is dead', and he wrote My Motherland only after he was completely isolated from the world.

"It's not easy, Xiao Jiang..." Gu Zhengzheng raised his voice: "Do you want me to lock you up for a while too?"

"no, I'm fine,"

Jiang Shan smiled and waved his hands: "I'll just lock myself up at home."

"Teacher Liu's two songs are the highlights," Gu Zhengzheng ordered directly, "I will give them to you."

"No problem," Jiang Shan said, "I will definitely take good care of My Motherland and Ode to the Heroes."

"in addition,"

After humming for a long time, Xie Jin finally thought of an idea: "How about the song "Tunnel Warfare"?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone applauded.

Especially Jiangshan:
"Your suggestion is really timely. Tunnel Warfare can perfectly link the movie Shangganling with the story."

It just so happens that Jiangshan can interview someone about this matter.

"Tunnel Warfare and The Battle of Shangganling?"

Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, then he knew what the boy wanted to say: "Are you talking about tunnel warfare?"

"Yes, yes," Jiang Shan said, "To be honest, our newspaper originally wanted to interview the prototype of Tunnel Warfare."

"You still know about this?" Xie Jin looked at Jiang Shan: "It seems that the reporter is indeed extraordinary?"

"What does he know?" Hu Xiao looked around: "Is it related to Tunnel Warfare?"

"During the time when the Bayi Film Studio was filming Tunnel Warfare," Xie Jin said, "there was not much work in our factory."

"It was all the same then," Director Shi shook his head, "Every film studio was idle."

"So when we were filming Tunnel Warfare, we often went to the Bayi Film Studio to play,"

Xie Jin said: "At that time, the Bayi Film Studio shot "Land Mine Warfare" and "Tunnel Warfare" as military education films.
The plot was added to increase the viewing experience, but it was still difficult to write the script for "Tunnel Warfare".

Even the third version was rejected.

In the end, no one dared to write it, so the then director of the Bayi Film Studio let director Ren Xudong decide for himself.

And told him that he had the final say in everything.

After getting the imperial sword from his leader, Ren Xudong finally let go..."

"But when it came time to start shooting, Director Ren still encountered difficulties,"

Director Shi continued, “So, the organization sent a general to help him.

Unexpectedly, this person not only instructed the crew on how to dig tunnels on the spot, but also personally helped them prepare explosives.

Yibuxusui was well versed in tunnel warfare.

After further questioning, I learned that it was this leader who invented the underground warfare.

He is the forefather of engineers, Wang Yaonan, who is known as the King of Engineers, the King of Bridge Building, the King of Mine Warfare, the King of Tunnel Warfare, and the King of Engineering Construction. "

After the king of the water was thrown out, a flock of gulls and herons were startled.

"So awesome? He's the founder of the engineering army?"

Hu Xiao asked in surprise: "Could it be that he was the one who formed our country's engineering corps?"

"Oh~ you are right."

Xie Jin: "The earliest Red 1st Regiment's engineering company was organized by Comrade Wang Yaonan..."

Liu Shuai once said: As long as Wang Yaonan has cigarettes to smoke, there is no slope that the Red Army cannot overcome;
As long as Wang Yaonan has wine to drink, there is no river that the Red Army cannot cross.

"Old Liu," Xie Jin smiled and looked at Liu Chi:

"Just like when you were in the Buddhist temple, you completed your music training.
Comrade Wang Yaonan was already quite capable before he joined the Red Army."

"No way..." Liu Chi was a little bit unconvinced. After all, he had been to Yan'an before:
"The skills of an engineer are much more difficult than my craft."

"Listen to me and I'll tell you slowly,"

Xie Jin said calmly: "Wang Yaonan's family has been making fireworks since their ancestors.
When he was 4 or 5 years old, he began to learn how to make firecrackers from his uncles.

When he was eight years old, he went to Anyuan Coal Mine to live with his father who was a blaster there..."

So, while learning how to blast, Wang Yaonan also learned how to dig tunnels.

Not only that, Wang Yaonan, who follows his parents in doing high-intensity physical labor every day, has also developed endurance.

When everything is ready, a great mission will come.

In 1921, the historic moment of Anyuan Coal Mine arrived.

This command center of the "Autumn Harvest Uprising" also changed Wang Yaonan's life path.

After the Anyuan Children's Group was established, Wang Yaonan signed up without hesitation.

A few years later, because of his outstanding personal qualities, the boss appointed him to form an engineering company.

From then on, the name Wang Yaonan has been inseparable from the history of the development of our army's engineering corps.

As we all know, the status of engineers in the military system, whether in terms of geographical location or risk factor, ranks first.

Its difficulty is no less than that of front-line combat troops.

Not to mention, it was a founding company of engineers with no experience at all.

But Wang Yaonan is like a timely rain sent by God to our army.

The engineering company he led was capable of building roads through mountains, building bridges over rivers, using local materials, and carrying out blasting...

Later, due to his repeated meritorious services, Wang Yaonan was awarded the "Second Class Red Star Medal", which exempted him from the death penalty for life.

But because he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he was promoted eight times and demoted eight times in a row.

Even so, he did not agree to accept a group of children's corps members into the engineering company.

After saying to the special envoy, "I won't use children as cannon fodder", he was directly promoted to the leader of the kitchen squad.

Afterwards, the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea broke out.

Because the casualties of our army were too heavy, Wang Yaonan, the "King of Engineers" who had long since retreated to the second line, was urgently recalled.

When Wang Yaonan arrived at the area and inspected it, he found that our army’s position was very easy to recognize.

Whichever mountain is bare is ours.

More than 200 pieces of shrapnel can be picked up from one square meter of the battlefield.

Under this kind of firepower coverage, the Volunteer Army's positions were basically left with no grass.

The stones turned into powder!

Without further ado, Wang Yaonan quickly set up the fortifications and laid out the formation.

Thus, the tunnel defense tactical system that armies around the world later competed to learn was born.

"In fact, tunnel tactics appeared long before the Korean War,"

When Xie Jin picked up the teacup, Director Shi added a little: "It's just that Wang Yaonan has made a lot of upgrades and innovations."

Jiang Shan nodded: "I guess this method was also forced out by the heavy artillery of the Americans."

"That battle was really brutal," Xie Jin agreed:
"Although tunnel warfare also had its shortcomings, it significantly reduced the number of casualties among the volunteers."

"I heard that by the time the Korean War ended," Jiang Shan said, "the entire mountain range along the 38th parallel had been basically hollowed out."

"This is where Wang Yaonan is great," Xie Jin admired him. "It is said that the Hundred Regiments Campaign was also his suggestion."

"There was a saying at that time," Director Shi said:
"There were two 'gunless kings' on the battlefield of the Korean War.

One of these ‘Wangs’ is Wang Yaonan, who single-handedly strengthened the defense of the Volunteer Army by a hundred times.”

……

In the director's office of the dubbing film factory, Hu Xiao, sitting on a chair, silently looked at Jiang Shan who was on the phone.

"Yes, a palm-sized one is about right," Jiang Shan said while holding the phone.
"As for the material... let's use paper, thicker paper, so that the five-star red flag can be unfolded.

How many sides? You won’t scold me if I tell you, right? "

In the Light Industry Bureau office on the other side, Xu Muchun glared and said, "Hurry up and report the number?"

……

Yanjing, in the office of the Tourism Bureau.

Whatever Lu Xuzhang said while holding the phone, the comrades next to him quickly wrote down.

"Sui Hongqi from the Shandong Military Region Art Troupe, Bai Dajun from the Jinan Avant-garde Drama Troupe..."

Lu Xuzhang, who was sitting in a big horse and golden sword, couldn't help laughing:

"That's great, Xiao Jiang. You've learned how to assign tasks to me..."

(End of this chapter)