A lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army took the lead in the attack with a 192 rifle. Due to the long-term division between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, as well as the increasing opposition in cross-strait policies and public opinion, the cognitive gap between

A lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army took the lead in the attack with a 192 rifle.

Due to the long-term division between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, as well as the increasing opposition between cross-strait policies and public opinion, the cognitive gap between the two sides, from the government to the private sector, has long become an obvious fact.

A recent Taiwanese drama that caused quite a stir on the Internet due to its subject matter and trailer showed this difference in a very concrete way. In this issue, I would like to take a critical look at the war drama "Zero Day Attack" from a Taiwanese perspective.

▲The prologue of "Zero Day Attack"

The topic of tearing up "window paper"

The perspective and material selection of "Zero Day Attack" are undoubtedly very sensitive but realistic. If I were to evaluate it from my personal perspective My summary of this drama is: "It finally shredded the last 'window paper' between the public opinion on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."

▲Judging from the current situation, there are a lot of "accelerationists" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Whether reunification or not can be said to be a long-lasting topic in the public opinion field on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Everyone knows that "that day will come sooner or later." , but due to various reasons, no one has ever directly created works based on this theme. Now, finally, someone is willing to speak out.

▲Before launching military reunification in the play, mainland China broadcasts precautions to Taiwan

As a film and television work that expresses its feelings about sensitive subjects, it very directly shows the common understanding of many people in Taiwan about the future war across the Taiwan Strait. This kind of understanding may seem naive to us in mainland China, but we have to think about it because "the more you think about it, the more preparations you can make before that day comes."

▲The mainland PLA anti-submarine aircraft sonar officer who was snatched away by the Taiwan Navy in the drama

Below, we will analyze the episode trailers of this drama so far, unit by unit, to see how some forces on the island think, and they How does his thinking differ from the mainland’s actual preparations?

The People’s Liberation Army’s delusional “excuse” for starting war

Judging from the long trailer released so far, the producers of the series on the other side have truly regarded themselves as an independent entity that is completely equivalent to the mainland, because in their From this perspective, the mainland must create a pretext for war through a sufficiently significant "false flag (framing) operation".

This excuse is similar to "Japan's Kwantung Army blew up the Liutiao Lake Railway to frame the Northeast Army" to initiate a partial war of aggression against China; or "A Japanese soldier disappeared during the Marco Polo Bridge exercise, and the Japanese army requested a search in the city" to provoke a full-scale invasion of China. war.

▲Clip from the trailer of "Zero Day Attack", a People's Liberation Army Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft disappeared in the waters of Taiwan

In order to deliberately discredit the top management of mainland China, in "Zero Day Attack", Taiwanese dramatists imagined for the mainland "False flag operation" means that during daily patrol around the island, the People's Liberation Army installed a time bomb in one of its electronic warfare aircraft without notifying its own pilots, causing the aircraft to explode and crash into the sea near Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army Based on this, a sea and air blockade operation against Taiwan was launched...

▲The PLA sonar soldier who was picked up by the Taiwanese army in the play answered all questions asked by the Taiwanese army, and stated that it was an explosion that occurred inside the aircraft

▲《Zero-day attack 》The clip in the trailer

is especially true. The screenwriter of the play still felt that it was not enough, and also added a segment of mainland hackers invading Taiwan's network and tampering with the speeches of Taiwanese leaders, making the whole thing look like "Taiwan was the first to shoot down a mainland army plane. , fired the first shot, and then officially declared war on the mainland. "

▲The live broadcast of the Taiwan leader's speech in the drama was altered by hackers to read "Declaration of War on the Mainland" .

This should be the biggest manifestation of the differences between the two sides in the concept of reunification. After decades of long-term division and independence education, quite a few groups in Taiwanese society have already tacitly accepted the fact that they and the mainland are not the same political entity. , so that when thinking about war, I naturally and naively believed that the mainland would really proceed in the manner of provoking an international war.

▲Hong Kong chaos element and bad actor To Wenze also participated in "Zero Day Attack". It is not an exaggeration to say that the crew is a "hardcore anti-China element group"

This idea is naturally very absurd in the eyes of the mainland, because The reason why the mainland always emphasizes its "since ancient times" sovereign relationship with Taiwan on various occasions, in addition to swearing legal unity, is largely to give the world a "precautionary shot" before reunification by force and clarify this. This war is essentially a continuation of China’s civil war and a fact that is “China’s own domestic affairs.”

Only in this way can commanders and fighters at all levels of the People's Liberation Army be able to confidently and boldly formulate various unexpected action plans, and quickly launch cross-sea operations at the time we deem appropriate. There is no need to find any excuse for "missing soldiers".

▲The frequent flights of large aircraft groups around the island by the People's Liberation Army also serve the purpose of exhausting and paralyzing the air defense alert on the other side.

Fantasy PLA’s “Procrastination”

Judging from the long trailer of “Zero Day Attack”, its plot The structure is similar to a "crisis countdown". Starting one week before the People's Liberation Army's landing, it first shows the origin of the crisis, and then follows the progress of the crisis to show Taiwan's beings in crisis one by one. Finally, in the step-by-step atmosphere, Below, it shows the battle after the People's Liberation Army landed on the island of Taiwan.

This creative technique has no problem if it is a disaster film or a historical film reflecting past wars, but if it can be used to depict a modern war that has been prepared for decades, it clearly looks amateurish.

The reason is obvious. How can the People's Liberation Army suffer from procrastination in such a battle for national destiny? It actually gave Taiwan a week to prepare. To say the least, even if the People's Liberation Army troops are not on the island for a while and do not appear on the Taiwan beach at the first time, the People's Liberation Army's covering firepower will never be delayed.

▲ Taiwan’s naval and air force ship and aircraft clusters will inevitably be evacuated as soon as the war begins. If the People’s Liberation Army’s long-range firepower cannot give them maximum damage in the first wave, they will face a more difficult situation later

If a definite armed conflict does occur between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the mainland is determined to go to war, then the people of Taiwan should see countless "small flying boats of various shapes" flying non-stop in the sky on the first day of the battle. sticks,” as well as air raids and anti-aircraft operations taking place everywhere. Under such circumstances, the quiet escape situation in "Zero Day Attack" is really difficult to stage.

It can be seen that the screenwriter and director of this film do not have a high level of understanding of modern military.

"Addicted" small luck

Due to the early industrial process, Taiwanese society entered a relatively wealthy and comfortable stage very early. After a long period of peaceful life, the pursuit of "small but sure happiness" , has become the life creed of many young people of the new generation in Taiwan. This kind of creed naturally means that the years are peaceful in normal times, but when war comes, it directly manifests itself in a serious lack of understanding of war and a lack of understanding of the cruelty of war. Lack of understanding of sex.

In the pilot film of "Zero Day Attack", the "prelude to the landing battle" in the eyes of many Taiwanese people is nothing more than the military mobilization of some Taiwanese troops on the streets, the closure of banks, and the mass retreat of expatriates from various countries.

▲The "female anchor" (leaning towards the unification faction) set in "Zero Day Attack" was judged by real-life Taiwanese netizens to be based on Alisa, Zhong Mingxuan or the curator.

Even in the scenario of this drama, even if the People's Liberation Army is about to land, people on the island can still enjoy basic services such as "watching live broadcasts of female anchors" online... Taiwan's various infrastructures have always been operating normally. .

▲ A Taiwanese netizen left a message below the trailer of the film, pointing out that the prototype of the female anchor in the drama is

▲ Former Taiwanese pro-green Internet celebrity Zhong Mingxuan was besieged by Taiwanese netizens because he traveled to the mainland twice and found that life in the mainland is not bad. Internet violence forced me to issue an apology to Taiwanese netizens.

These settings obviously extremely underestimate the overall destructiveness of modern warfare.Before the People's Liberation Army sends its vanguard troops to the island, it is impossible not to make any firepower preparations. Some infrastructures that are actually dual-use for military and civilian purposes will inevitably be destroyed by the People's Liberation Army's firepower, like the ones in "Zero-Day Attack" The plot of the young couple running away, not hearing any explosions, and being able to flirt quietly in a convenience store is really "taken for granted".

▲The fleeing couple in "Zero Day Attack"

In addition to underestimating the intensity of the People's Liberation Army's actions, this drama also largely underestimated the resistance of the Taiwan authorities. Because based on the preview trailers we have seen so far, we have not seen the Taiwan Provincial Defense Mobilization Department urgently expand reserve forces, set up military checkpoints at major transportation thoroughfares, build barricades, and investigate "spies" coming and going... …

The People’s Liberation Army is about to attack. How can the Taiwanese army not have any strong men? How about not guarding any intersection? This obviously ignores "the Taiwan military's consistent behavior for decades."

▲The Taiwan military is facing a state of extremely low recruitment of active-duty troops. Without emergency mobilization, it is difficult to fill the front lines.

What is even more ridiculous is that when the war is about to break out, the Taiwanese prison department in the drama actually releases Introducing a bunch of prisoners into society... This behavior is also confusing. You must know that criminals are far more destructive in troubled times than in normal times. Letting them out at this time is really a sign of disdain for the security behind them. Not messy enough.

If calculated according to the real world line, an adult Taiwanese man's experience before and after that day should be like this:

After the conflict broke out, looking up, the sky was filled with cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, long-range rockets, cruise missiles, and cruise missiles. Traces of missiles, glide bombs and anti-aircraft missiles flying by, and crisp or dull explosions came from far or near. Every explosion shook the house back and forth, and the glass doors and windows of my house fell to the ground with the explosion. The shock wave swayed, normal radio and television programs were completely suspended, mobile phone signals were all cut off, and the power outage caused the entire city to plunge into darkness...

▲The movement of this thing landing was still very loud

At this time, if he followed the mobilization he usually experienced If you go to the designated location to report, you should see a large number of fleeing vehicles along the road, as well as many Taiwanese military police armed with live ammunition and taking to the streets to control order (these ordinary military police have not yet been able to receive the first round of precision fire strikes).

▲The Taiwan military military police are an independent branch, with a large number of people, great power during wartime, and a strong will to resist

In the mobilization point set up by the Taiwan military to temporarily requisition civilian houses, he will be stuffed with an old soldier who is older than himself. rifle, and then put on a steel helmet that is older than the rifle, and then is sent to a certain position to fill the line as a "mobilizer" (if the convoy he is riding in is not covered by the People's Liberation Army's long-range firepower halfway) .

▲An old rifle older than himself, and an old-fashioned steel helmet older than the old rifle

On the temporarily deployed position, he will dig fortifications while wielding a pickaxe while hearing countless stories from other conscripts. Rumors, such as: "xxx escaped! Somewhere was bombed by the communist army! I heard that the birds nearby are drones sent by the communist army...". What will he encounter next, a fireball? Is it Armored Torrent? Or an adaptation of the ceremony? It just depends on luck...

▲The Taiwanese machine gun firepower point hiding in the bunker, you see, this M2 old godmother is full of flesh, maybe even older than the machine gunner's father.

▲Sometimes, Taiwanese people will be confused as to why the People's Liberation Army exercises to attack some seemingly unimportant places. This is actually very easy to understand. War strategy is all about fiction and reality, so that you can’t see through it and guess it accurately. This is the primary purpose. In addition to the overall arrangement of the plot, there is also an obvious phenomenon of using oneself to save others in some of the measures taken against the mainland.

In its pilot film, there was actually a scene where the People's Liberation Army bribed local gangs to act as the "fifth column" and carry out preliminary sabotage activities on the island... This is really speechless.

▲The "fifth column" dressed in fancy clothes, carrying red flags and singing the Internationale, blocked various roads in Taiwan in advance.

▲Taiwan gangster gang handed over the blockade task.

For the People's Liberation Army, the troops and weapons that penetrated the island in the first wave are undoubtedly extremely valuable. Distributing these precious resources to the blind flow of the island's market, saying it is a "waste of resources" is secondary. These Those who are greedy for money are more likely to succeed than fail. Hooligans who usually bully the weak and fear the strong are completely unworthy of entrusting national justice! (I think this plot was completely inspired by the Kuomintang's random issuance of letters of appointment to the bandits.) They could only become targets of the People's Liberation Army during the war and during the subsequent control period.

▲The director of the play told the actors who played the gangsters

Before and after "that day", even if the People's Liberation Army had to choose a partner, they must be loyal people who always care for the mainland, are not afraid of the Taiwan independence authority, and have national justice. This plot of "letting gangsters fight against the red flag" is purely a way for the Taiwanese independence forces to use the film to vilify the reunification forces on the island.

▲In Taiwan, there are a group of people who sincerely support the reunification of the motherland, but they are not the hooligans in this TV series at all.

As for the portrayal of the People's Liberation Army in this drama, it is also full of errors and daydreams. Whether it is military uniforms or equipment, they are basically not up to par. This makes me basically have no positive expectations for the actual combat scenes of this drama.

▲I have absolutely nothing to say about the image of the People’s Liberation Army in the play

▲The People’s Liberation Army Airborne Forces In the vanguard, the lieutenant colonel took the lead in the attack with a 192 rifle.

▲It is not as good as the "Force of Force" filmed by college students in the Chinese Sichuan Army fan club a few years ago. Unity》Good

Epilogue

At present, this drama is still in post-production and is expected to be officially released in 2025 When the movie is released, when the feature film is released, we will complain together. We are also very concerned about this kind of "anti-mainland drama" Don't be angry, because it won't hurt us at all, it will only expose some people's naivety and ignorance about war.