Expedition to Europe

The faces of the Chinese soldiers on the screen are indeed full of longing for the future.

Before the Battle of Chalon-Champagne, it can be said that the foreign legion led by Qin Zhiyuan, which was mainly Chinese, had always been smooth sailing. Until the afternoon when the Battle of Chalon-Champagne broke out, everything was different.

In fact, the current dubbing is all about the sound of cars and marching footsteps. Although some Chinese soldiers are talking on the screen, no one knows what they are saying.

The narration at this time is still the same without ups and downs, just like the person dubbing has no emotions. He uses this voice that belongs entirely to a bystander to state the parts that need to be explained in this war, which sounds particularly shocking.

It’s really shocking. In fact, all the previous movies were silent movies. Due to the limitations of silent movies, many things cannot be expressed. In addition, the film director is unprofessional, and the narrative of many movies cannot even be guaranteed. From a 21st century perspective, it is indeed shoddy.

This attempt by Lanfang Royal Pictures is simply a subversion of movies. Not only did a sound film appear for the first time, achieving the perfect combination of sound and picture, but it also greatly improved the narrative and artistry, especially the film soundtrack. , and has become a classic of the entire film.

You know, in the past, in order to make the movie better, filmmakers usually set up a live orchestra on the stage to improvise as the plot of the movie progressed.

Yes, it is improvisation. There is no score or rhythm. No matter what wild ideas the musicians have in their minds, they can express them in the form of music. And the improvised music is often incompatible with the plot being played out on the screen. Out of touch.

The movie "Champagne Salon" has a soundtrack, and the soundtrack of this movie is a carefully composed version performed by the Lanfang National Orchestra. This is completely different from the improvisations of those grass-stage troupes.

Just as military vehicles and groups of soldiers passed by the screen, the first soundtrack sounded, which was "March of Vladivostok".

To be honest, the song "Vladivostok March" is not suitable as a military song for the navy. It is more suitable for the military song of the army, especially when there are weapons of war such as tanks and large-caliber artillery flashing on the screen. When passing by, it was particularly majestic with the "March of Vladivostok".

Less than ten minutes after the movie started, the audience was already dumbfounded, including the envoys stationed in Lanfang who had already seen the movie. They had no idea that the movie could be made with such excitement, and that the elements in the movie were so exciting. It can be so colorful.

For those Lanfang people who watched the movie, it was a baptism of the soul, a sublimation of the spirit, and a huge improvement in national cohesion. It was the first time for many people to watch the movie and the first time to see the Foreign Legion. What it was like to see the European continent ravaged by war for the first time on the screen.

To be honest, from the shots on the screen, mainland Europe is really not as good as Lan Fang.

So, unconsciously, a sense of pride emerged from the bottom of my heart.

The pace on the screen is still very fast. After careful editing by the director team, many shots taken at that time were used in the film, truly reproducing the entire process of the Battle of Chalons in Champagne.

For the first 30 minutes, the film has been describing the preparations before the war. There are many bright smiling faces of Chinese soldiers on the screen. The photographer seems to want to record more people so that more people can leave image data, even if it is just a flash. The lost scenes may be the memories they leave to this world forever.

Starting from the 31st minute, with the exploding shells on the screen, the war finally started. At this time, there were a lot of shaking shots. The photographer was obviously running, constantly looking for a camera position, trying to take more and more shots. Valuable shots, even in an explosion shot, the screen suddenly darkened, although the narration at this time was still emotionless, but It is particularly heart-wrenching: "...During the Battle of Chalon-Champagne, a total of 12 photojournalists and videographers were active in the Chalon-Champagne area. During the entire battle, a total of 9 reporters were killed. The shot just now is The moment a photographer was hit by a shell, our film was protected by a steel case, but the photographer only had flesh and blood..."

Just such a narration brought tears to many people's eyes.

As the battle progressed, more details of the "Battle of Chalons-Champagne" were revealed.

Group after group of Chinese soldiers shouldered their rifles and rushed to the battlefield with a silent and decisive attitude. In sharp contrast to them were the British soldiers and Senegalese soldiers. Many of them collapsed on the screen. Crying in front of the camera unscrupulously, or insisting on saying that he was injured and asking to go back to the rear for treatment even though his clothes are still intact.

This is in stark contrast to those Chinese soldiers who continued to return to the battlefield after being simply bandaged.

Especially when the scene of the British commander Hamilton Gordon finding Ankang and demanding an immediate retreat appeared on the screen, loud curses suddenly rang out in the auditorium, which made the British Embassy in Lanfang who came to watch the movie Ambassador Owen Joiner was livid.

"I protest, I protest seriously, this kind of film cannot be released to the public... it must be modified, and such scenes that are detrimental to the British Empire must be removed, otherwise it will definitely affect the relationship between us." Owen Jonah immediately found Qin Zhiyuan expressed his stance.

"It's just a movie. It's too much of a fuss. There was even a scene just now of General Dennis Duchene fooling around on the eve of the war. I didn't have anything to say!" Before Qin Zhiyuan spoke, Bastian took over first. Hua Tou.

Denis Duchene, the French commander at the Battle of Chalon de Champagne. The day before the Battle of Chalon de Champagne, the British commander Hamilton Gordon discovered the German attack plan and reported it to Denis Duchene, but Denis Duchene ignored it and even returned to Paris that night to have a tryst with his mistress. If it was embarrassing, this kind of thing seemed even more humiliating.

"You can be shameless, but we still want it!" Owen Jonah said without hesitation.

"Do you really want to fight? Believe it or not, I'll beat you until you cry and go back to your mother?" Bastian got so angry that he immediately got up and started rolling up his sleeves.

In fact, Bastian's combat effectiveness is not very high, but Bastian is a soldier after all. Although he has been a governor for more than half a year, he still has some muscles and looks stronger than the gentle Owen Jonah.

"Oh my god, can you please be quiet? I want to watch a perfect movie. Don't you know how terrible it is for you to do this?" Glinton Augustine hit 80 each.

Well, there's nothing American about this movie.

"Boy, don't leave until the show is over. I'll be waiting for you at the door." Bastian was ready to swallow the soft persimmon of Owen Jonah.

France and the United Kingdom are still the world's top two countries in terms of influence in the world.

With two countries like this, no one is convinced by the other. If given the opportunity, neither the French nor the British would mind pulling each other's hindrances from behind.

"Your Majesty, if you don't give us an explanation for this matter, I think it will definitely affect the relationship between our two countries." Owen Jonah's face was still livid. Although he sat back again, the expression on his face did not ease at all. .

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In fact, after such a scene appeared on the screen, in the hearts of Lanfang people watching the movie, their disdain for the French and British had reached the extreme. As long as one person cursed, it would immediately cause a sound that shook the auditorium. Amidst the deafening scoldings, the superior image that the Western powers had spent hundreds of years establishing in the East has been wiped out. For Easterners, Westerners are no longer as noble and fearless as they used to be. They are also They can be afraid and flinch, but they are also living people.

This is Qin Zhiyuan's purpose.

The plot continued to advance. Xiang Ankang, with bloodshot eyes on the screen, gritted his teeth and sent the last soldier to the battlefield. At the same time, he ordered the staff to send a telegram to Lance indicating that the entire army was about to be annihilated. Then he pulled out his pistol and commanded. Surrounded by department staff, they are ready to go forward as the last force at any time.

At this moment, two people suddenly appeared on the screen, two young men wearing military uniforms and war correspondent logos.

On the screen, a reporter seemed to say something, so another person walked to the table and found half a piece of white paper from the brazier that was almost burned to ashes. He immediately bent over the desk and wrote quickly. Soon, the half piece of paper was still covered with ashes. of paper is shown to the camera.

"My name is Tang Chungui, his name is Xie Baozhang, I am 20 years old, and he is 21 years old. We are journalists, and we are soldiers. Now there are only two of us left in the headquarters. I think we have completed all the work of being journalists. , it’s time for us to fulfill our military duties!”

At the end of the note, three exclamation points were used to express strong feelings. When the two young people in front of the camera saluted side by side, there were only low sobs in the auditorium, even Owen, who was making a fuss just now. ·Jonah stopped unconsciously.

It is indeed worthy of respect.

The voice of the narrator interjected: "Tang Chungui and Xie Baozhang died in the battle that day. Tang Chungui was hit by a stray bullet and died heroically during the battle. Xie Baozhang fired the grenade in his hand at the last moment of his life and died together with the German soldiers who rushed to the position. ... This video was later obtained by the Germans, and after the Second Battle of Reims, this video was returned to the hands of the Foreign Legion. "

This simply added fuel to the fire, and the target of the audience's anger immediately turned to the Germans.

Then Ribbentrop's face became extremely ugly.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan and William III had a good relationship after all and did not embarrass Ribbentrop for too long.

At the end of the film, a German girl appeared on the screen and said in standard Chinese: "I am German, but at the same time I am also from Lanfang. I don't hate Germans, I don't hate French people, I don't hate British people, and I don't hate them either." Chinese, what I hate is war. It is precisely because of war that we have lost everything. But I want to say that although we Lanfang people love peace, we are never afraid of war. If something can only end with war , then let the war come!"

The girl is Girardine.