"Siege of Yadauville" movie review, warriors, politicians, and bitches

I rarely watch movies adapted from real events, but because of men’s preference for war and weapons, I didn’t hesitate to watch this war-themed movie that looks a bit mediocre from the name. The story probably tells the story of an Irish peacekeeping force of about 100 people sent by the United Nations to the Congo to carry out peacekeeping missions in the Congo. When the station was besieged by the local government armed forces, a guard war was launched. There is no suspense, and it can be made into a movie. , This must be a battle that wins more with less and wins the final victory. This is why the plot of the whole movie is clear at a glance (just like the Taierzhuang victory during the Anti-Japanese War. You have seen history a little, as long as one Listening to the name, you know how a group of people can use wisdom and overcome difficulties to win a victory against their opponents. There is almost no suspense.










Any great movie is not single. Even if the director and screenwriter themselves have a very simple idea, it is not difficult for us to read some side things from the story and the environment.
First of all, the picture of the whole movie is clean and beautiful. The vast grasslands of Congo and the distant sunset are picturesque. The Irish peacekeeping force sleeps on the open-air roof. At night, you should hear insects and cicadas. I wake up from the fresh morning light on the open-air roof in the morning. If it weren’t for the almost desperate local war later, I think it would be It is a very fond memory of the soldiers of the peacekeeping force in a foreign country. It's like watching the crowded traffic in the city, listening to the roar of cars all day long, and suddenly coming to a quiet and vast place, it's a completely different kind of life.

Another line of the story is a political game between relevant UN officials and General Tshombe of Congo. The Congolese General Tshombe wanted to take Katanga Province, which had the richest resources of cobalt and copper in Congo at that time, as his own, to achieve independence, and to be legally recognized by the United Nations. General Tshombe used his mercenaries to launch a military attack on Irish peacekeeping forces. For UN officials and Congolese General Tshombe who wants to fight for the independence of Katanga Province, this battle is like a game of chess between the two sides. General Tshombe sent mercenaries far superior to the Irish peacekeeping forces in terms of firepower and quantity to attack the Irish peacekeeping forces, and dispatched artillery shells and aircraft. Relatively speaking, the Irish army was surrounded, weapons and physical objects were not effectively supplied, and the camp was also built on a flat ground with almost no danger to defend. There were many scenes of the leaders of the Irish army requesting support from the UN officials, but they were only ordered to stick to them. In the end, the UN officials simply did not answer the phone... This is a bit painful, because at this time the Irish army It has been tortured so much, the water source has been poisoned, the physical objects and ammunition are almost exhausted, and the order to request support or retreat (in fact, it also means to surrender), the answer from the UN official is always to stand on the ground. This is exactly the rhythm of letting these Irish people go shit on their own. Another detail is that this battle is actually just a job for the UN official. He hopes that the peacekeeping force will be wiped out by General Tshombe’s mercenaries, and then he can find an excuse to add more troops to the Congo. Quell the war. If things are handled well, they will appreciate if they don’t handle it well, just leave the job by themselves. I can’t help but think of an operation and maintenance project I have done before. Several systems of more than ten servers have problems. The managers of 5 or 6 teams will hold meetings for about an hour every day to discuss how to solve the problems at the time. The problem reached, and the real operation and maintenance below is my own person, with the least salary, carrying the front-end pressure of the customer, those managers have not even figured out where the system problem is, but they can be killed. Order, let the people below do something meaningless.



However, as far as the main line of the story is concerned, the Irish army originally wanted to maintain order, but I didn’t expect that I really needed to take my head to take the risk. I stepped back and said that Katanga is not independent. For Ireland, It is only related to honor, and has no substantive meaning. I still remember that Huawei’s friends said that in the Middle East or Africa’s peacekeeping forces, Chinese troops are generally sent to poorer places to repair water conservancy and roads. Chinese troops are relatively hard-working and hardworking. At the same time, they occasionally send local people some Chinese small things, so the local people have a good impression of the Chinese troops. In contrast, the Japanese peacekeeping troops have been hiding in their camps. I pull the grass every day, pull the grass clean in the camp, never leave my camp, try to avoid communicating with the locals, and then just squat in the camp for a few days back home. The Irish army is very unfortunate. It was clearly sent out to travel. Now let us ask 100 people who only have grenades and light machine guns to fight with more than 1,000 people who have planes and cannons. Fools can see that it is a dead end. Therefore, after the fierce battle (the fierce battle includes: 1. The machine gun has only one bullet as a sniper rifle and uses the white clothes leader to sniper the opponent; 2. The heavy machine gun vehicle rolls over to the ground and is used to shoot the aircraft; 3. .Collect bullet shells and act as bombs, which is extremely lethal;). After the mountains are exhausted, all the soldiers decided to fight to the end, but the head of the Irish peacekeeping force chose to surrender and ended the battle. Later, the peacekeeping force was arrested by mercenaries and sent back to Ireland. This was regarded as a shame by the United Nations at the time. The Irish soldiers who returned home did not receive the corresponding honor. It was only years later that the Irish government awarded this peacekeeping force the Medal of Honor. , To rectify the name of the troops. The soldiers defended their honor with their own resistance and fighting, and finally surrendered and defended their lives. And those UN officials, including General Tshombe, actually regarded the bloody and sacrificed soldiers below as chess pieces. Winning or losing was actually just the rise and fall of their job positions. For soldiers, these were the price of life.


At this point, the subtitles rise and the movie ends.

Off-topic: In fact, there is a big discrepancy between the outside world and the whole movie. This is indeed an adaptation of a real incident, but the fact is that the total strength of the mercenaries at that time was only about 1,000. It was impossible for the entire army to be dispatched to the Irish peacekeeping force. It was the plane bombing of the camps of the Irish peacekeeping forces. The Irish army surrendered directly without any resistance, so this was regarded as a shame by the United Nations. The general Tshombe in the movie was defeated by the Indian peacekeeping forces at the time. At that time, during the Sino-Indian border war, everyone knew how India was abused by the Chinese army. Therefore, there is still no way to clarify the layers of history, nor can we know whether this movie was conceived by Ireland in order to save its own face, such a heroic battle, with less than more, and on the other side’s plane. Under the attack of cannons all over the mountains, he had almost no casualties, and the opponent had countless casualties in an excellent battle. But for the surrender of the Irish peacekeeping forces, I think it is not harsh. After all, this is not the Irish defense war. After all, even if it is won, it will not bring any other benefits except for bringing a medal to Ireland. After all, every peacekeeping force’s Soldiers still have family members and parents. There is no need to lose their lives for nothing because of the interests or face of other countries. Let's just take an artistic eye and watch the sunset and dawn of the Congo, and watch the picturesque war scenes.

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