"Spine of Taihang" landed on CCTV, reappearing classic battles of the first and ninth divisions

   Thirty episodes of the major revolutionary historical themed TV series "Spine of the Taihang" was broadcast on CCTV's prime time on August 26. Based on the historical background of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the play reproduces the difficult and brilliant history of the 1st and 2nd 9th Division of the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and others. It was ordered to cross the Yellow River east and advance to Taihang. , A series of classic battles that fought life and death with Japanese invaders, and the history of establishing and strengthening the construction of the Taihang Mountain Anti-Japanese Base.

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   In 1937, after the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army used its fast and mobile mechanized equipment to implement the brutal "three lights" policy, and the Kuomintang troops on the frontal battlefield faced the fierce Japanese offensive. At a critical juncture, the reorganized 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was ordered to cross the Yellow River east under inferior equipment conditions. Faced with such a period of history, producer Fan Wenbin said, “Spine of the Taihang” will not be built behind closed doors and made up like other anti-Japanese dramas. Every classic battle case and even every detail in the play is derived from historical truth. In this sense, this is a documentary film that can stand the test."

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   In order to restore history, a large number of war details are laid out in the play, and classic battle cases are analyzed in detail, depicting the first and twentieth ninth divisions under weak conditions, exerting favorable terrain, concentrating superior forces, combining actual combat, and repeatedly breaking the Japanese army's group attack and suppression. , Step by step defeated its "cage" tactics and "three lights" policy, which effectively attacked the arrogance of the Japanese army.

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   The play also focuses on the close cooperation between the commander Liu Bocheng and the political commissar Deng Xiaoping in military and political work, showing their military thinking, decision-making and commanding abilities. Under the leadership of "Liu Deng", the 1st and 2nd Ninth Divisions galloped across the battlefield and won the battles of Yangmingbao, Qigen Village, Shentouling, and Changle Village. They successfully established the Taihang Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area and faced the Chinese nation. The critical juncture of ruining a family has erected the backbone of the nation. In addition to detailed depictions of the older generation of revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Xu Xiangqian, and Chen Geng, the play also portrayed fictional characters such as Wu Dacun, Ouyang Chun, Pei Yong, and Xing'er through artistic creation.