This is a Peking Opera adapted from the real battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea, which records the glorious deeds of thirteen heroic volunteers who bravely broke through the enemy's regimental headquarters. Its name is "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", and it is one of the eight revolutionary model plays.
How did "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment" come about? This has to start from 1957, when the volunteers who had won the victory to resist US aggression and aid Korea had not yet returned to China, and after visiting North Korea, they went to the headquarters of the Volunteer Army, so that the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army could create a Peking Opera as a gift to the motherland and the people when they returned to China.
In order to be able to perfectly complete the tasks assigned by the People's Republic of China, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army collected the heroic deeds of various armies everywhere. After some careful selection,The Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army selected Yang Yucai, deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the Volunteer Army, to lead people to attack the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment of the South Korean Army.
In order to make the plot more real and believable, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army came to Yang Yucai's unit. According to Yang Yucai and others, it was the night of July 13, 1953, and in order to dispel the arrogance of the South Korean Army headed by Syngman Rhee, the Volunteer Army launched a fierce attack on the South Korean Army in the area south of Geumseong.
As the deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon, Yang Yucai received the following tasks at that time:Secretly penetrate into the enemy's rear, find the headquarters of the South Korean Army's White Tiger Regiment, and then terminate it。In order not to expose the target, Yang Yucai only brought twelve soldiers from the reconnaissance squad at that time. He himself dressed up as an "American adviser", while the other fighters dressed up as the "South Korean Army".
Because they had reconnoitred the terrain in advance, Yang Yucai and the others quickly came to the high ground where the White Tiger Regiment was located. Friends who have watched war movies should know that in wartime, in order to prevent the enemy from infiltrating, each unit has its own password, and the simplest and most crude way to get a password is to grab a tongue and come back for questioning.
Yang Yucai. Just when Yang Yucai was about to send someone to grab his tongue, he suddenly found that there was an extra person behind the teamWhat's going on? It turned out that a South Korean army was lost, and he mistook Yang Yucai and others for friendly troops. Ah, this can't blame him for being too stupid, after all, it was dark at the time, and he couldn't see the face clearly, and Yang Yucai and the others were marching silently, so it was normal for him to be unable to tell the difference.
As soon as I wanted to sleep, someone sent a pillow, and Yang Yucai and the others were naturally happy. After taking control of this South Korean army,Yang Yucai asked the Korean translator in the team to ask for the password of the White Tiger Regiment tonight, "Gurum-Oba".
Yang Yucai. After having the password, Yang Yucai naturally had confidence. He told the interpreters in the team that whenever they encountered the South Korean army, he would directly ask them to report the password first, and then match it himself. In order to completely relax the enemy's vigilance, Yang Yucai would pat them on the shoulder and say "good" to express encouragement when he finished the password with the South Korean army.
In this way, Yang Yucai and the others came all the way to Erqing Cave, where the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment was located. When entering the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment, Yang Yucai and others found that the people of the White Tiger Regiment were hurriedly carrying things to the car, apparently preparing to escape.
After touching the station, Yang Yucai found that the "big fish" were meeting in the conference room. In order to put these "big fish" in one pot, Yang Yucai immediately ordered an attack. After a while, gunshots rang out in the conference room and guard room of the White Tiger Regiment, and the South Korean troops outside thought that the volunteers had attacked, so they directly abandoned their leaders and quickly fled in all directions.
In the end, Yang Yucai's squad killed 97 South Korean officers below the regimental commander, and captured 19 people, including the chief of the military section and the deputy commander of the howitzer battalion, while only one member of Yang Yucai's squad was slightly wounded.
After learning the real situation, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army immediately wrote the script. Since there was no full-time screenwriter at that time, the script of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment" was finally written by actors Li Shibin, Fang Rongxiang, and Li Guihua. After the script was written, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army practiced it several times by itself, and then invited the Commander of the Volunteer Army, Yang Yong, the War Department, and Yang Yucai, comrades who had participated in the campaign, and asked them to give their opinions.
Stills from the Peking Opera of the White Tiger Troupe.
After carefully revising the script, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army began to tour the various armies, and everyone who saw it applauded. Later, after the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army returned to China, they toured in Dalian, Qingdao and other places, and also achieved a good response.
Later, the Peking Opera Troupe of the Volunteer Army was merged into the Shandong Peking Opera Troupe. The senior management of the Shandong Provincial Peking Opera Troupe was very optimistic about the repertoire of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Troupe", so they made detailed revisions, and then performed the repertoire at the current drama performance in Shandong Province.
Due to the good results achieved in the performance of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", the Shandong Provincial Party Committee decided to further process it so that it could be promoted throughout the country in the future. The main changes at that time were:Yang Yucai was renamed Yan Weicai, the content of the close relationship with the Korean people was added, and the actors' martial arts and the repertoire were enhanced.
Regarding the Peking Opera "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Troupe", * is commented on as follows:Voices and emotions, it can be seen that *** still recognizes the repertoire very much.