The most impressive scene is the ancestors who traveled to distant Europe from our land more than a hundred years ago. In this one and a half hour documentary, they appeared for three seconds.
During the First World War, 140,000 Chinese workers became "envoys" sent by China to the world by chance and came to France to participate in the war. The Chinese workers are hard-working, ingenious, experts in digging trenches, building railways, and even fighting on the front lines, winning a high reputation for China.
They are the representatives of civilian participation in the process of China's internationalization, and made indelible contributions to China's participation in the war and the Paris Peace Conference, although we have suffered humiliation at the Paris Peace Conference.
Going back to the documentary itself, "They Don't Get Old Anymore" is really aptly titled.
War is terrifying and cruel, but sometimes we have to face war, make young people a sacrifice of flesh and blood, and have to admire the strength of Britain as an old capitalist power.
1. In the beginning, it was an atmosphere of mobilization of the whole people to join the war. What impressed me more deeply was a boy who said that he could not join the army before he turned 19, and the lady threw him the feather symbolizing cowardice; many people who were under the age of conscription falsely declared their age to join the army , and the instructors in charge of training acquiesced in this behavior.
2. Among the troops of the Empire on which the sun never sets, there are native Scots, Englishmen, Sikhs of Indian descent, blacks from African colonies, and soldiers from Canada and Australia. Of course, I also saw Chinese workers.
3. We think war is hard work, but often it is waiting, waiting for the next attack, waiting for the next meal, waiting for tomorrow, mud, rats, moldy food, sudden shelling, gambling, prostitution are all to deal with boredom way of mitigation.
4. We have to admire the supply capacity. On the front line where the trenches are interlaced, ordinary soldiers can still eat bread with jam and tea. In Shangganling, more than 40 years later, our volunteer army only has fried noodles, and the road to national rise is not easy.
5. It seems that it is difficult for the soldiers to be satisfied with the placement of veterans after the war; but the most shocking thing is that everyone feels that the war is meaningless, as long as it ends, no matter who wins; but when it really ends , Some people are worried and feel like they are unemployed.
6. I feel that for a nation, more people should know about their heroes and sons and daughters. They once shed blood and sweat for their country. There are countless heroes and martyrs in our nation. The necessity of oral history of the Anti-Japanese War, their figures are worth recording, and their names are worth spreading.
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