Tell the Americans what these brothers did and how they died.
As we all know, the Vietnam War still has hot spots in the United States and the entire world; this disparity of power also changed the development process of the two countries. In other words, there are still many witnesses who have not come out of the pain at the time. I hope that over time, when people can learn more about this history, don’t forget these real witnesses, TAs are the ones who Real history. Because we cherish peace, we must look back on wars. Good war films should also be like this-cold-blooded, numb, but also scary and cause reflection...
If you remember correctly, this film is also based on novels/news reports. Real people and real stories are more convincing and appealing. Therefore, I have always admired the profession of war reporters-TAs must not only do their job as reporters, but also work on the battlefield of bullets; recording the battlefield, reporting the truth, and even become hunted and killed. Target... Thanks to war reporters, people can see the cruel, cruel, and bloody battlefield, instead of the "inspiring" under the propaganda of the movie.
The title of the film "We used to be warriors" reminded me of General MacArthur's words, probably "The veteran is not dead, but gradually withered." The protagonist Lieutenant Colonel Moore led his boys in the Delang Valley with the already ambushed North Vietnam. The army fought a tragic encounter. The battle lasted for several days and nights. Both sides suffered huge casualties, and finally each retreated. According to statistics, the exchange ratio between the US Army and the North Vietnamese Army exceeds 1:5. It seems that the rookie armed to the teeth does not lose to the veterans of the perennial guerrilla warfare.
After watching the movie at first, I didn't understand why Lieutenant Colonel Moore and his party had to retreat, why not send more reinforcements? Later, I learned that the lonely intrusion of feelings is not only a tactical innovation, but also a big chess game under the high-level/command level. According to this, Westmoreland, the then commander-in-chief of the US military, believed that it was contending and consolidating in guerrilla warfare. It is not feasible to occupy the area. In future operations, tactics similar to the Battle of the Delang Valley will be used-to break into the enemy's position and attract firepower, and then use absolute superior equipment to surprise and destroy it, making the North Vietnamese Army unable to make up for the huge loss of personnel. And then succumbed. The North Vietnamese general Wu Yuanjia made a similar wishful calculation. He hoped to use manpower and geographical advantages to cause huge casualties and eventually force the US military to abandon Vietnam. The strategies are so "great" that there seems to be no one who died in battle. Whether the fighters of both sides are fighting for their lives on the battlefield or fighting bravely, all the family members can do is pray, wait, and endure pain, and be company with fear. From this point of view, it is really impossible to say that one side’s battle is just, and this is also true. The important role of literary and artistic works of related themes is to record and allow people to reflect freely according to their own understanding.
Regarding the causes and consequences of the "Vietnam War", I am not qualified to define who is and who is not. I don't know much about reading and understanding. I only know that the aftereffects of this war are still suffering today-the "agent orange" remaining in Vietnam and the United States. Veterans suffering from PTSD (refer to Rambo in "First Blood"). And the bloodshed on the battlefield at that time had to make people feel the ruthlessness of the battlefield. In this film, there is an old sergeant major role I like very much. He is Lieutenant Colonel Moore’s most powerful assistant in this film, but he is very repulsive of new weapons. He ridicules that M16 is a plastic toy and would rather use his own M1911. Melee.
But the plastic toys in the eyes of this veteran will still leave tearing wounds when hitting people, and it will be fatal. Similarly, the North Vietnamese armed with Soviet-made equipment (there are AK47 and SKS) launched into the US military positions again and again, these crude rifles are also extremely lethal weapons.
In addition, there are white phosphorous grenades. After the explosion, the burned parts had to be cut down with a knife, which was very painful.
The U.S. Army also opened up general ground-to-air fire support-Lieutenant Colonel Moore is best at using mortars to attack the North Vietnamese Army. When the firepower is insufficient and it is difficult to continue to resist, he can also use the "Broken Arrow" password to summon nearby aircraft carriers to deliver. A large number of propellers, single-engine, double-engine and even B-52 bombed the North Vietnamese Army with napalm bombs at a distance of 3000 meters to 100 meters.
The power of napalm bombs is directly demonstrated in this film. A Japanese-American soldier who was accidentally injured by a friendly army was swallowed by flames. When he was transported, he was separated from flesh and skin with force. The pain is better than death...
I also understand why there are always people speaking out against the use of napalm, because this thing is really like a sickle of death, not it will also cause great pain...I also understand why the North Vietnamese Army has a soft spot for guerrilla warfare. Because this kind of face-to-face positional warfare really can't beat the U.S. military. And what Wu Yuanjia can do is indeed only exchange his own huge casualties for time, space, and huge pressure within the United States. Under this "grand strategy", how small and fragile the lives of young soldiers are.
It's hard to imagine/remember that through a few chicken-blood movies, I naively thought that the U.S. military was a "chicken" or that the war was "hot-blooded"... This is really naive. Lenin once said "Soviet power + Prussian railway management system + American technology and trust organization + American national education, etc. = sum = socialism." Therefore, before true "independence", don't be arrogant or fanatical. , Low-key learning, wretched development is true. Otherwise, I'm sorry for those martyrs who died on the battlefield!
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