Another big budget blockbuster Korean war moive about to release, tribute to Korean War heroes of the Chinese army

beijingwalker · Jul 17, 2021

Another big budget blockbuster Korean war moive about to release, tribute to Korean War heroes of the Chinese army

“The Battle at Lake Changjin”

The plot is centered on how Chinese soldiers won the battle at Lake Changjin (also known as battle of Chosin Reservoir) in extreme weather conditions. The fight between the United States and China, which took place from November 27 to December 24 in 1950, is regarded as one of the fiercest battles of the Korean War.

Yu Dong, chairman of Bona Film Group and the film’s producer, says the movie is a tribute to the heroic Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean War.

Yu revealed it took them five years to revise and polish the script and two years to prepare for shooting the movie, while up to 70,000 extras were used in the war scenes.

The movie is expected to hit cinemas across China later this year.

Viva_Viet · Jul 17, 2021

ABt Korean war, Mao had to keep begging help from Stalin when PLA were crushed by a smaller French troops :lol:

What a victory for PLA when begging help for fighting against a smaller French troops :lol:

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The US 23rd Regimental Combat Team and the French Battalion fought a short but desperate battle that broke the attack's momentum.[251] The battle is sometimes known as the "Gettysburg of the Korean War": 5,600 South Korean, US, and French troops were surrounded on all sides by 25,000 PVA. UN forces had previously retreated in the face of large PVA/KPA forces instead of getting cut off, but this time they stood and fought, and won.[256]

US Marines move out over rugged mountain terrain while closing with North Korean forces.
In the last two weeks of February 1951, Operation Thunderbolt was followed by Operation Killer, carried out by the revitalized Eighth Army. It was a full-scale, battlefront-length attack staged for maximum exploitation of firepower to kill as many KPA and PVA troops as possible.[251] Operation Killer concluded with US I Corps re-occupying the territory south of the Han River, and IX Corps capturing Hoengseong.[257] On 7 March 1951, the Eighth Army attacked with Operation Ripper, expelling the PVA and the KPA from Seoul on 14 March 1951. This was the fourth and final conquest of the city in a year's time, leaving it a ruin; the 1.5 million pre-war population was down to 200,000, and people were suffering from severe food shortages.[257][200]

On 1 March 1951, Mao sent a cable to Stalin emphasizing the difficulties faced by Chinese forces and the need for air cover, especially over supply lines. Apparently impressed by the Chinese war effort, Stalin agreed to supply two air force divisions, three anti-aircraft divisions, and six thousand trucks. PVA troops in Korea continued to suffer severe logistical problems throughout the war. In late April Peng Dehuai sent his deputy, Hong Xuezhi, to brief Zhou Enlai in Beijing. What Chinese soldiers feared, Hong said, was not the enemy, but having no food, bullets, or trucks to transport them to the rear when they were wounded.