If you are the commander of a battle and have a very important piece of information to be sent to the front line, this information is related to the lives of more than 1,600 soldiers and the victory or defeat of the battle, will you only send two messengers?
No, at least 8 or more will be sent in groups of two, at least 4 groups! In "Bright Sword", there is an episode where all the spies sent by Chu Yunfei were detained by Li Yunlong. The importance of intelligence is self-evident, and it is necessary to send a few more! And battle-hardened generals wouldn't be foolish enough to put such important information on two small soldiers, not to mention that they had to cross the enemy's front lines, trenches where many soldiers were afraid to lift their heads, and the enemy's occupied areas.
At the beginning of the film, Blake and Schofield, resting under the tree, are called to the general's command post, the general explains the situation, very simple, the enemy's new line of defense is setting a trap, you two are to give the order to stop the attack to Colonel MacKenzie, Time is tight, tasks are heavy, and the risk factor is high!
Why give them two 1st class (minimum rank)? Just because Blake understands maps?
No, the general asked who Blake was, because his brother was in the army that was going to attack this time. The general believed that because of the ties of his family, Blake would definitely give his life to deliver the information. The general is very black, that's all, before that, he may have sent professional messengers to convey his orders. For insurance, he needs to send someone over. Who should he send?
Blake is the best candidate, his brother may lose his life in the battle because the order is not delivered!
The fact is also true, the envelope of the order was given directly to Blake, Blake was in a hurry, Schofield was a little hesitant at first, and wanted to act after dark!
The envelope was stuffed on Blake's right chest at first. After Blake died, Schofield took it out and stuffed it on his left chest. Finally, while running in the trenches, Schofield took out the iron box, took out the letter, and finally showed it to the major. The whole movie envelope went through the above. transfer.
Schofield fell into the water, but the envelope ended up intact because it was put in a tin box while making the truck.
But is it possible that Schofield died too? At the end of the gun battle with the German soldiers~
Boldly guessing that Schofield is also dead: he "wakes up" to see the flares flying all the time, shaking like day and night, and the scene of the film begins a new picture, suggesting a different world. He also saw the burning church, like the woman of the Virgin, caring for a baby who came from nowhere. Because of his obsession, he had to leave when he heard the bell. He desperately crossed the dead Black River and finally reached the Second District of Devon.
I have to say that in the singing, the soldiers listened to songs about missing their hometown and their families before the war. All of them were ashes. In fact, they were also dead souls who were just summoned by the song!
Remember the conversation the officer gave Schofield before he got out of the car?
"If you're successful in seeing Colonel MacKenzie, make sure someone is nearby."
"This is a direct order from a superior, sir."
"I know, but some people just want to fight"
When Schofield saw the colonel, the colonel said he had heard it, which meant that someone had already passed the message on, but he didn't listen. Maybe it's because the battlefield has his own judgment, maybe it's because he is belligerent!
The cessation of the attack order did not change everyone's fate, which was also the background of the battle in 1917.
The film tells the story of the Battle of Arras in World War I, when the Germans built a new line of defense behind their own, called the Hindenburg Line. So the two corporals had to cross the line of fire to tell the troops not to attack, because the front-line troops didn't know that the new German defense line was a trap.
The Battle of Arras was launched on April 9, 1917. During the battle until May, the British army suffered heavy casualties but did not break the German defense line . The war was just like what the colonel said, to keep fighting, in fact, it has nothing to do with today or tomorrow. Fight, sacrifice!
So is it possible that Schofield died without seeing the colonel, and what he saw later was a manifestation of his obsession. He wanted to send the letter, that's all. The colonel also received the order to stop the attack long ago, but he also completely saw through this war, the endless meat grinder battlefield, stopped today, and will continue later , there is only one way to end the war, and that is to fight to the end. breath!
In 1917, there was no obvious anti-war banner. It was essentially a real anti- war. The meaninglessness and struggle of the war made people reflect.
Of course, many people feel that a mirror is really a mirror to the end, and the story is just like the movie presented, it is not ghosts and obsessions, and it is understandable. The above is just a personal guess!
But if you look closely at the foreshadowing of the movie, the second half is both true and false!
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