The "Railway Guerrillas" were an anti-Japanese armed force that appeared in the Lunan area of ??Shandong Province during the "Japanese War of Aggression against China". Also known as the "Flying Tigers", it must be made clear that since they are railway guerrillas, they are not the "Flying Tigers" of the Hong Kong special police that often appear in Hong Kong police and gangster TV dramas.
The history of the railway guerrillas is not widely known. It is mainly a small guerrilla armed force established by our party in Shandong during the Anti-Japanese War. What is the situation with such a small number of people? At most, the number of people only reached 300.
Other historical allusions to the anti-Japanese history of the railway guerrilla martyrs will not be described in detail, and everyone is invited to consult historical information on their own.
There have indeed been many literary and artistic works about "railway guerrillas" in China.
For example, in 2016, "Railway Tigers" was directed by Ding Sheng and starred by Jackie Chan, Wang Kai, and Huang Zitao. That's right, it's a railway again, and it's connected to Feihu. Yes, the protagonists of the movie "Railway Tigers" are based on the historical "Railway Guerrillas".
There is also an important plot in "Railway Tigers". When the male protagonist Ma Yuan, played by Jackie Chan, led a group of team members to sing in the reed swamp, the lyrics he hummed were:
The sun is about to set in the west, and it is quiet on Weishan Lake. I play my beloved Tu Pipa and sing that moving ballad——
But in the feature film, the song is never finished. Among the lyrics, there is a line that should be familiar to those born in the 70s, 80s and even the 90s, that is:
The one who flies over the car uses a machine gun, and the one who crashes into the train blows up the bridge, just like a steel knife Insert into the enemy's chest and beat the enemy to death -
This lyrics is familiar and very simple, because students of our age have either been taught this popular song in school or have seen this song during their teenage years The song is the source of a literary and artistic work, which is also the earliest and most influential film and television work about "Railway Guerrilla".
It can even be said that "Play My Beloved Iron Pipa" has been running through the "Railway Guerrilla" film and television works.
In 1956, the movie "Railway Guerrillas" appeared. "Play My Beloved Pipa" was the episode of this movie and was widely circulated at the time.
After this, "Play My Beloved Iron Pipa" will be chosen as the theme song or song for "Railway Guerrilla". In addition to the latest Jackie Chan movie "Railway Tigers" listed above, it also includes:
The 2005 TV series "Railway Guerrillas" directed by Wang Xinmin and starring Zhao Hengxuan, Shi Lanya, Liu Changchun and others.
In 2011, the TV series "Railway Guerrillas 2" was directed by Wang Xinmin and starred by Zhao Hengxuan, Liu Changchun and Shi Lanya.
Other film and television works about "Railway Guerrilla" include the 1985 TV series "Railway Guerrilla" filmed by Shanghai Film Studio.
As for the anti-Japanese war dramas involving "railway guerrillas", there are even more, so I won't give examples here.
When it comes to "Railway Guerrillas", in addition to real history, literary and artistic works have the greatest impact on later generations. I have to mention the novel "Railway Guerrillas" written by the writer Liu Zhixia, published in 1953. It had a huge impact on later generations of film and television cultural works.
In any case, as a real anti-Japanese armed force in history, the "Railway Guerrillas", just like the "Five Warriors of Langya Mountain", are a display of the perseverance of the Chinese people in fighting the invaders. Many war dramas were filmed, but the anti-Japanese dramas tarnished the reputation of heroes.
I hope that the Chinese film and television industry can face up to the historical reality, and that the spirit of the anti-Japanese martyrs in history will last forever.
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