—— Thinking of watching the film "The Grey Hound"

Author: Le Weiting

In 22, the new American blockbuster "The Grey Hound" was released:

People like us who have been soldiers for more than ten years can hardly avoid their interest in war movies;

It's not the first time that Tom Hanks, an American movie star, became a captain in the film history, and there are countless Hollywood sea battles in the United States, because they have participated in two world wars, and the plot and story can never be finished, and the Grey Hound is the first to bear the brunt;

Hollywood films pay great attention to details and realistic stories. Although the film is taken from the fictional novel The Good Shepherd, the author C·S· Forrest doesn't know whether he was a navy or not. However, it is said that a large number of details of naval battles depicted in the novel have been used as teaching materials for the United States Naval Academy for a long time, so the film can also make the audience immersive.

The destroyer "Greyhound" in the film is going to cross the North Atlantic. It is extremely cold at sea, and the cannon is covered with ice, even the glass of the podium is covered with ice .....;

However, the doors on both sides of the podium are open, and the chilly wind passes through the hall, so the cold degree in the cockpit can be imagined. The doors are opened to facilitate Captain Klaus' visual command of the port and starboard, especially at night.

During the battle, the captain appeared on the port side of the ship for a while, and then rushed to the starboard side through the cabin, constantly giving out the password loudly:

Left full rudder-;

drop the depth charge—;

observe the oil pollution on the sea surface.

I didn't work as a navy, but I participated in the trial of the guided missile destroyer 17 of the "51 Project" in the mid-197s, which was later called "Yinchuan Ship".

At that time, I was on the podium all day. It was late autumn in October. Although the captain was still sitting on the podium, I remember that the doors on both sides were always open. Even when the destroyer was driving at a high speed of 38 knots, the doors on both sides were open.

This episode in the film is really realistic.

Another plot in the film is also extremely realistic and awe-inspiring:

When the Grey Hound was engaged with a German submarine, bullets rained on the podium, including those fired by a friendly ship by mistake;

I feel that the people on the podium should "lie down", and the captain should give such an order;

But at this moment, the people on the podium are crouching or hiding behind the facilities, and no one has ever fallen down;

Later, someone was shot and injured on the podium, and the cabin was littered with blood.

doesn't the navy have a tactical password to "lie down"?

come to think of it, they are really "men".

Generally speaking, war movies are indispensable to lyric songs or love;

But there is no song or love in the film. Even Captain Klaus said goodbye to his girlfriend to show his love before he left. Although you are the captain of the destroyer and will sail across the Atlantic on a glorious mission, your girlfriend, Miss Elizabeth, is not used to it at all, so she refused.

I thought this was just a foreshadowing of the plot. After the victory, Miss Elizabeth will hold flowers to welcome the victorious Captain Kalausz on the dock in England.

But at the end of the film, Captain Klaus drags his injured foot and climbs into the bed in the captain's room wearily. He hasn't slept for several days and nights, and he is really tired .....;

There is no love at the end of the film, and there are no flowers and welcome crowds.

In fact, this is the nature of life. As for the hero in the film, flowers and love are bound to be obtained, which are the "mindset" of traditional culture and the disadvantages caused by the "facelift" of film and television.

When it comes to the United States and Germany in World War II, it is inevitable to associate them;

I remember reading an article about the experience of Krupp Group in Germany after World War II, which was related to the Allied Air Force during World War II, and it was intriguing.

In the mid-196s, due to the increasing utilization rate of global petroleum energy and the falling price of steel, the pillar of Krupp enterprises in Germany suffered heavy losses.

At that time, Krupp owed hundreds of millions of German marks, and Alfred Jr, the fourth-generation head, was faced with the dilemma of repaying the loan due to the enterprise. Some people in the board of directors suggested selling several asset projects, such as pharmaceuticals and chemicals, and maintaining the traditional steel and machinery manufacturing industries.

alfred Jr. is very anxious. The family business has been handed down from generation to generation. It embodies the career created by the family ancestors with sweat and sweat, and is also unwilling to ask for help because of the dignity and feelings of the Krupp family.

During that time, he wandered around the Krupp family villa. This ancestral villa survived the Second World War. When the Allied forces attacked Germany, they didn't bomb the villa. Maybe they received orders from their superiors and made it magically preserved.

In order to encourage himself, alfred Jr. loudly played the German musician Wagner's opera "Twilight of the Gods" in this villa, and the song resounded over the villa ...

At last, he overcame his timid worries and found the then West German government. After some negotiations, the West German government generously offered him a discount loan of 3 million German marks from the national bank, and persuaded other private banks to postpone the repayment of Krupp, so Krupp enterprises finally got over the difficulties.

When it comes to the contest between the United States and Germany in World War II, it is inevitable to associate it with other stories. We don't want to make any comments here, but only associate it.

Finally, speaking of World War II, we can't avoid one problem, that is, the Germans;

In the film Greyhound, dozens of American and British warships fought with German U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean, and even several American ships were sunk by German submarines.

It's more than a naval battle in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. On land, the eastern and western camps composed of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France and other western countries all unite to compete with Germany. Are these Germans ...? Are they powerful aliens?

Germany is a defeated country in two world wars. This nation can drive a bomber across the border to turn Europe into a scorched earth, or it can kneel before the whole world to admit its mistakes.

They can be invited to participate in the annual commemoration of the wars in Normandy and Arc de Triomphe. In such places, they deeply know that their nation has paid tens of millions of lives for the two world wars, but they can still talk and laugh shoulder to shoulder with the victorious countries in the past, as if nothing had happened.

I don't know what country and nation has such demeanor and self-confidence.

it seems that only Germany and Germans can do it.

Speaking of The Grey Hound reminds people so much, so stop, goodbye!

September 9, 22