Chapter 43 Appendix V Impressions of Master Tang

Xin Shaoying, director of CCTV At the end of 1994, the day before I went to South America to shoot a film, I accidentally received this booklet "I Return from the Battlefield" from you.Since this is a small-format "pocket" series, I stuffed it into my already full bag without much thought.During the flight, when I opened it inadvertently, I was deeply attracted by your fresh and vivid narrative style.The humor and excitement that dance between the lines vividly brought you onto the paper, as if I heard your eloquent narration again... To be honest, you do have a magical power. Anyone who has touched you, Everyone will be infected by your sincerity and enthusiasm, and you seem to be particularly willing to sway your exuberant energy to all your friends.During the long journey in a foreign country, your little book seems to have a magical power!Then our film crew started passing the book around and it became our best companion on the road.Although you are no stranger, even though I have heard you vividly talk about your extraordinary experience more than once, I can't help being dragged into it by your little book, into your unique The emotional world and the war rhapsody of your fantasies, just like when I first met you...

In 1993, in Cairo, Egypt, our CCTV crew was filming here.In the evening, Mr. Zhu Yinglu, the Chinese ambassador to Egypt, invited us to the ambassador's residence.In the dark kitchen, I stumbled upon a stunned young man who was eating hazel, he looked like a hungry wolf, this is the first impression you gave me.I remember you introduced yourself like this: "My name is Tang Shizeng, nicknamed 'Duck', and I just came back from an interview in Sinai." I was shocked. The Xinhua reporter?That Tang Shizeng who was called "red in action" by China Youth Daily because he loves to wear red T-shirts?Yes, of course you are still wearing a red T-shirt on this day, and the wrinkled shirt is soaked with sweat.I hurriedly asked you about the situation in Sinai, because the next day we will go to the former Middle East battlefield with the famous Barlev Line of Defense to shoot.When it comes to war, your chatterbox immediately opened up: you call yourself the "Desert Fox" Rommel, and based on the comments given to Rommel by the German Imperial Military Academy at that time, "enthusiasm, tenacity, punctuality, self-consciousness, superhuman intelligence, and a high sense of responsibility "And self-discipline.What you admire is Rommel's excellent command ability as a soldier and his dedication to sharing weal and woe with soldiers and leading the way.You also described yourself as the reincarnation of Patton. When you described yourself driving into Israel alone, you said it was "like Patton crossing the Rhine back then."I think you must be proficient in the history of world wars, because you have listed all the previous wars that took place in the North African desert, from the miraculous "Six-Day War" commanded by Rabin to the thrilling battles during World War II. You have very vivid descriptions and unique insights from the Battle of Alamein to the famous commanders of ancient Rome, Caesar and Antony.I guess, the reason why you admire red may be because Julius Caesar wore a red shirt and won many wars.I remember that you once cleverly transferred the theory of the German blitzkrieg to the reporter's interview method: the best communication equipment, the strongest physical strength and flexibility.It is precisely based on this theory that you were equipped with the "Second Brother" in 1987, and you were also the first reporter of the Xinhua News Agency to install a BP machine.It is through this BP camera that your friends have provided you with countless information. With your well-informed information and young and strong physique, you ran around like lightning and took back the "The Wall of the Forbidden City Has Collapsed" for us. ", "The Lion on Lugou Bridge Was Struck by Lightning" and other good news that others don't care about.You compare yourself to a tank with a strong ability to break through.This point has already been confirmed from your successful experience of breaking through the siege again and again and finally interviewing those world-famous figures...

We had a great time in Cairo that night.I remember that it was a moonlit night, you drove us back to the hotel in a jeep, and the quiet streets of Cairo and the moonlit Nile exuded more mysterious and charming scenery.Accompanied by gusts of warm and cool evening wind, you are driving and chattering about him saying that you hope to photograph rare wild animals in China after returning to China... so that the quiet and beautiful peaceful environment around you can't move you at all , I know, what you seem to be fascinated by is only battlefields and adventures. However, I feel more like you have always been a big boy full of fantasy, you seem to only know weapons and various types of cars, as you said, jeeps and Nikon cameras have long been regarded as inseparable by you monogamous.

Later, I once invited you as a guest to participate in the program "Zhengda Variety Show·Egypt Special Collection". I remember that in the studio, in the guest seat under the strong light, you seemed extremely embarrassed, and your hands and feet kept moving. .At that time, I thought on the director's platform, this is not a place for you to gallop freely, only the vast nature and the battlefield full of gunfire really belong to you. Although we don’t have much contact on weekdays, I always follow your footsteps from your articles in the World Expo, and know that you really went to the Shennongjia Nature Reserve to photograph wild men, and that you went to the United States to try Farmers, and even drove across the United States... You are so unrestrained, come and go without a trace, so that even Ren Youqiang, the editor-in-chief of the "World Expo" magazine once said helplessly: "We can only wait for his news."

Last year, at the famous Normandy battlefield site and the tomb of General Patton, I couldn't help but think of you, because of your fantasies about war and your fanatical and persistent pursuit of military genius, so I thought again, maybe you are putting your car at this moment. Tanks with great breakthrough ability rumbled towards the battlefields for interviews, but what I never expected was that you would be admitted to the hospital! As a colleague, I appreciate your talent and respect your dedication to the cause; as a friend, I enjoy your frank friendship and like your childlike innocent and pure heart.At this moment, on the hospital bed, can you still be a tank with a strong breakthrough ability?I think, if God blesses you, then I will pray for you devoutly.But I am even more convinced that you will still create miracles, and I look forward to your miraculous recovery and all the good things about you.

June 1998 in Beijing