First, Mel Gibson took a team of recruits to train at the base. A captain was very concerned about his soldiers during training. He told his assistant (veteran of World War II) that this man would be a good commander. Then the captain was in the church by himself before departure. The captain asked Mel Gibson how he handled the relationship between being a father and the officer in charge of the battle. Mel Gibson knelt down and prayed with him. The words were very interesting, and the main idea was to ask God. Bless his soldiers, bless them to beat the Vietnamese to hell.
Later, as soon as a battalion led by Mel Gibson entered the Vietnam battlefield, it accidentally landed in a staging area of a whole division of the Vietnamese army. The leading patrol was cut off on a hill and suffered heavy casualties. Mel Gibson correctly commanded his subordinates to occupy the important dry riverbed and control the Vietnamese offensive. Then, they even organized people to rescue the patrol... The American army's thinking is very different from the Chinese army seen in the movie. Even if there are few people, he still pays attention to the tactics and the sentiment of the team, and does not leave anyone behind.
Mel Gibson's tactics for helicopter operations are to continuously send follow-up troops from the rear, and then transport the wounded back to the base. In the meantime, the helicopter flew back and forth, and one was shot down. After returning to the airport, more people washed the cabin with water, and all the blood shed...The soldiers led by the captain successfully rescued the patrol team, and could have retired completely. In the end, in order to save the soldiers who fell behind, the captain was shot...This is like the section in "The classic", which is very touching. We rarely have such details portrayed in our own films.
Later, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the US military had the advantage of artillery and air cover. Mel Gibson led the remaining people to counterattack preemptively. When the enemy's heavy machine guns were ready to attack the charging US troops, the US helicopters appeared at the right time and completely defeated the Vietnamese troops. It seems that air superiority is really too important. A dropped napalm can clean a large area like sweeping a carpet, which is terrible.
In the end, the US army commanded by Mel Gibson was victorious, and the Vietnamese army retreated. It's just that both sides were shocked by the tragic battle. Speaking of it, this movie is a bit like "Black Hawk Down". In such a war, no one is the final winner.
Uh, let's not talk about things beyond the movie itself.
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