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The 317th Platoon
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At the beginning of may 1954, russian, chinese, vietminh, british, US
and french delegations arrive in Geneva to prepare the conference about Indochina
Two months later the armistist is signed
In Dien-Bien-Phu, this is the 50th day of battle
vietminh goes on offensive allover Indochina
It will be the last battles of an 9 years old war
May, the 4th, The North-Cambodia HQ decides to evacuate the isolated place of Liong-Ba
And to retreat 150 kms toward south
The 317th Platoon has to destroy his installations and walk through the jungle to his target
Liong-Ba, May the 4th 6 PM
Weapons off !
Roudier is in trouble
I think it's an ambush
Look ...
All the bullets goes in the same direction
No more enemies ...
No more enemies, maybe ... But Roudier shoots a lot
He can be nervous ...
No help from the south and the north is crowded of viets
Perrin blows out the radio
Koot, gather the 2 groups
Yes sir !
Only this to drink, lieutnant
No more ice, too, i disconnected the fridge
Do you want some ?
Perrin, you put this in a little bottle and you give it to the doctor
I said : your hair cut off !
I know, i know ...
Cheers to Liong-Ba !
They killed Gegene
Ok ! The deal is :
First the HQ group followed by you, Koot
When we'll join Roudier, he'll intercalate himself between the 2 groups
Weapons not armed, total silence and no cigarettes
We have to take the fridge !
What do you think about the fridge ?
It's no heavier than the radio
And i put it on a bamboo stuff
We can try to take it
It's older than you in Liong Ba. It arrived for Christmas
Two guys to carry it !
We have to go !
It's all right, chief !
You think so ?
What are you hiding ?
Nothing sir ...
Well, all bags on the floor !
They are too loaded. They can't walk more than 2 kms
You withdraw yourself all the shit you have
First group, go !
Second group, go !
Don't shoot ! It's me, Roudier !
Sir, my boys are nervous. I was afraid they shot you
And all the shoots, 10 minutes ago ?
Fa-nong met viets above
He says they were numerous.
I saw 1 or 2. We killed one. Do you want to see the corpse ?
And the others ?
Vanished ..
- And the body ? - Right there
- I'm going to use the flashlite - Ok
Really dead !
Yes, it's one of the regular army
Some identifications ? Weapons ?
Nothing but that ... A little piece of ...
Let's go to Tao-Tsay
Wednesday, May the 5th 5h30 AM
Have a drink ?
A cigarette, it will be so great !
What a country !
You're right ! What a country !
You're only here for 15 days ...
I like this country
33 months here, and i don't want to return to France
When i'll quit army, i'll buy a little house along the river
Koot'll choose me a girl
They are pretty ...
They look like teenagers
They have no hairs on the body
An elastic skin
And no hairs ...
I think i can have a smoke, now !
Viets on the track !
I think they are viets, too
Give me the binoculars !
With the scoped rifle, we can kill all of them !
Not a good idea ...
Let's try to capture one of them
Let's go ! We'll run right to the river !
Roudier, along the track !
We'll be on your left to protect the ford
Koot, stay here !
Perrin will stay with you. he have to get a radio communication.
Ok. But we don't know what there is really near the river
Be carefull !
Vietminh, vietminh !
They are coming !
Pfff ... So many !
A supply convoy
Quiet, quiet !
Wait, wait ...
These 2 guys ... They set up a machine gun
We've to go out of here ! Quick !
I'll get this machine gun !
-The "potatoes launcher" ! - Here, sir !
In this clearing ...
Fire !
Missed !
God ! They are coming on Roudier !
Were are right there in their night camp ! All the soldiers are going to come, now !
I want to destroy the ...
We have to retreat NOW !
Ok
Tell Roudier
Do it again !
I want this machine gun !
Retreat, retreat !
Roudier, for hell sake, retreat !
Give me the FM !
Roudier !
Quick quick !
Ammo !
Come on Roudier ! What's the matter ?
Bullet in the belly !
Help him and bring him to Koot by the river
They are coming !
50 meters backward ! Retreat along the river !
Quick, quick !
Shoot, shoot !
Shoot !
Shoot !!
Go, go !
Quick, quick !
You dug holes, good !
Fuck, a lot of other viets !
We have to resist a while
It's an old trick, but it works
2nd company, shoot only on visible targets !
I think i killed one !
What did you do near the river ?
Well ... i helped Koot ...
You're not a rifleman, you're a radio !
What about Tao-Tsay ?
There is a battle since midnight
We have to join Tao-Tsay ASAP
They think it's the viet's great offensive ...
No kidding ?
We don't have to hang around ...
They said the rescue column for Dien-Bien-Phu has retreated
The B26 can help us
They'll land off to bombs the tracks as soon as the weather will be better
Thanks Perrin ...
-You're running out of blood - Huh ?
Look !
Some morphin for you ...
Give it also to this one !
I can't. He has a bullet into the lung. Morphin'll kill him
4 deads. 3 at Roudier's and one ...
Surrender !
Or you'll die !
I surrender !
Now, we retreat !
Koot, Koot !
I go with the HQ group and the Roudier's group with the wounded men on the 924 hill
Bullshit !
Along the river !
You stay here with your group. 15 minutes. Do you have a watch ?
15 minutes and then you retreat with the viets stuck on you.
Then try to go to the 924 hill. We'll wait you until midnight
If there is trouble, i don't know ...
Go directly to Tao-Tsay, ok ?
It's impossible with the wounded men ! They have to stay here with meds !
Sir, if we carry Roudier, we're dead !
I take Roudier and the others !
Fucking bullshit !
If these 2 guys are not in a hospital in 48h, they are dead !
And we too !
There is a vietminh division around us and you want to pass with wounded men !
And with the fridge, also ?
In 44, in Russia ...
They set up the mortars ...
We leave these guys here and we go !
We go WITH the wounded men. Koot stay here. That's all !
Ok ...
I want to stay with Koot
Ok
Stand up, stand up !
Put Ti at the head of the column !
Go, go ! Watch out the wounded men !
Koot, destroy those rifles !
All right ?
I want to speak to Ti !
Ti, go to the end of the column
- How long from Koo's place ? - 500 meters, maybe
- No more ? And you Ti ? - No more ...
Listen, they are no so far ! Listen !
Koot and his guys are all quite dead !
Stop saying nonsense ! There was no other solution
- They don't use mortars no more - You're right !
Either viets are after Koot, or they are just after us
Perrin, watch your watch. We move in 1 minute.
Lieutenant ! Some planes !
The B26 !
A civil plane ... Maybe with pernod to drink ...
Cool iced pernod ...
I'd like a pernod too ...
Well ... Let's go ...
Stand up !
Ti, stay at the end of the column !
Everybody at cover !
Quick, quick !
It'd be a pity to be discovered !
You ! Come here !
Go to the forest : when the rest of the group will arrive, you say them to climb by the left
- Yes sir - You understand ?
- Yes sir ! - Repeat what i said !
When comrades here, i say : straight on, bad, left, good
Good !
On the left, remember ...
We have to sit him. If not, he can't breeze.
Give me the meds !
It's all right ?
I'll give you some morphin
- Here it is ! - Thanks !
Set up your radio and inform me when you get Tao-Tsay
I can't. I gave the radio to Tchan to carry Roudier and Tchan is not still here
Ok. Help me.
Here is the cognac !
Maintain his leg. Upper !
Willsdorf is good in surgery ...
He knows everything, that's true. He learned in Russia
In Russia ?
I have to clean all this stuff ...
You hurt him !
I know ! Maintain him well !
May be some cognac for him ?
I'm not sure ...
Thanks, lieutenant !
We can inject anywhere ...
Hmm ... Good ! Three stars one !
He's going to die ...
They are always running after him ... So he did the Russian Campaign ?
- In the Wermacht ? - Huh ... I don't know
During the war, he was german sub-officer like Roudier ...
Give me the morphin. Willsdorf is not german, he's alsatian.
Only 5 morphins left. Alsatian, yes, but during the war, he was german
All the France was occupied !
It was not the same thing. He speaks german, in fact.
- It's ok, Roudier ? - Yes
- Oh yes, he spoke about Russia ... - Huh ...
A battle in Russia, a little Stalingrad ...
- Willsdorf can't escape - Oh Perrin, and your radio ?
Ok, ok ... I'll go ...
Choose 3 men. The less tired ...
To make 4 stretchers with bambooes
The others will walk
- Bloody british ! - What's wrong ?
There is an interference with an english station, Singapore, maybe ...
And what can we do ?
Nothing nor doing it again and again ...
I said nobody ... Oh, it's you, Ti ...
I think they are near from us. In the little clearing ...
But with the echoe, impossible to be sure
- What's that ? - Soldiers cutting bambooes
The Koot's guys !
The first one is Willsdorf
It's Kantum
- The last one ? - No. Him.
They are 6
But, he's insane, Willsdorf !
Go on, Chan !
Perrin, stop with the radio. Ti, put the wounded men on the stretchers
And the others ? Willsdorf ? We had to wait for them until midnight !
The 4 stretchers, in line ...
Go on !
Roudier, you're mad ! Stop this !
Everybody in the water ! Quick !
- Roudier, you're silly ! - Just one mouthful
Go go ! Quick !
Motherfuckers !
Oh ! It's name was Ti-Peng ...
Don't stay here. And about the man who lose its PM ... So, let's go !
Do you have pills against colic ?
Don't know Sir ...
Don't know ? The colic, you know, the colic !
Lieutnant, we have to be this night in Tao Tsay, because Fa-Long ...
30 minutes rest ...
Perrin, Perrin ... Watch your watch
Ti, sentinels are on their positions ?
Euh ... No ...
You're not serious, Ti.
No thanks ...
A little bit tainted, i think ...
You can eat it. Maybe tomorrow hunting
"France is our mother, She fed us"
"with potatoes and rotten beans"
Watch out, Sir ! There is a leech on your neck !
Don't touch ! I'm going to burn its ass ..
It's a green one. The worse one.
I wonder what they can eat when we are in camps.
Sir, want syringe, sir
Tell the lieutnant, quick
The lieutnant is coming with the morphin
don't worry : this evening we'll be in Tao-Tsay
And tomorrow a plane will come for us.
We are lucky ... The others will stay on the track
When the hospital will bore us, we'll look for girls
Do you remember ?
Give him morphin !
He's dying !
It's useless
I'll go to give him liquid camphor
Smoking, smoking ...
Missed !
Me know his wife. Me tell her him dead
Dig a tomb along the track
Was he your friend ?
He was scared. Me too. I'm going to die
I'm thirsty
Fa-Long was a good soldier. We never forget him.
That's all. We leave in 5 minutes.
There is a village !
Stretchers on the floor !
We stay here Ti. Inform the chief of the village
What are you saying ? The viets came here once ?
Leave with elephants quick. Leave quick !
What are you mumbling ? I tell you if the viets came here once ?
Yes Sir, yes
And they are going to come back ?
Yes. They ask chief of village : "French where ?" "Don't know"
Leave quick, sir !
Where is the chief of the village ?
Here ! Him very scared viets come back
Tell him if Tao-Tsay still resists
Don't know. Leave quick with elephants. Leave quick !
Stay here, not good ! When viets come back, kill everybody !
All wounded men on elephants. Now leave quick !
Ok
Thursday May the 6th 5 PM
Some viets ?
No, sir, viets never come here !
A girl speaks french !
She speaks french !
Good morning, sir
- She's the village chief's daughter - Good morning
Ti, to the elephants. We stay in the village. Perrin, the map and the compass !
Always these bloody british !
Bring me Ti !
Oh Sir : Always the british. I will not be able to join Tao-Tsay
Is it the house of the chief of the Village ?
I don't know. It's the girl's house. The so-called daughter ...
Do you have ... huh ... Colic ? The rice was tainted ...
Sir ... Sir ... Sir ...
Leave now !
Elephants eat well. Good !
Ti, we stay here for the night. Men are too tired and Roudier ...
Check if there are sentinels in the jungle
Ok sir ...
Perrin, try to join Kra-Tsie. Tao-Tsay may be surrendered
I hope not.
I'm trying to join them with morse
Put him here ...
Him very ill
Yes, but we have no more morphin ...
Him very ill. Same thing with japanese.
Sir, him smoke and better after
Opium ? You're crazy !
Opium, good. Japanese smoke and better after.
Do you want to smoke ?
I'm fed up with pain ...
Do you join Kra-Tsie ?
No, but it's time for informations on Radio-France Asia
Violent engagements near Dien Bien Phu where
paratroops resist in spite of heavy losses
In North Cambodia, the Viet offensive grows
and destroys our troops who retreats
The camp of Tao Tsay still resists
Some engagements in the Mekong delta near Kra-Tsie
The Vietminh delegation arrived this morning in Geneva
Paris : Celebration of the german capitulation
The President of the Republic will go to the Arc of Triumph
Roger Banister is the new champion of the mile
She's good for blowjob, is'nt she ?
Sir, give me some tea ...
You must'nt drink, Roudier ...
Just to moisten the mouth ...
What's the fuck ? I'm going to die ...
We can't always win ...
If i knew it was so painfull ...
I never drunk the water of the river
In Marseille, when i came on the boat ...
There was a lot of cops because of the riots
In Marseille ... And also in Saigon ...
I often thougth about that ...
And now it's the time
I'll never know. I just want to sleep a bit.
Friday May the 7th 6 PM
Roudier is dead
Sir, Roudier is dead
Stand up ! Perrin, Ti, Stand up !
Sir, civilians, elephants, gone. All gone !
And the sentinels ?
Sentinel ? Don't know !
Don't know, don't know ? He was sleeping !
Him says not sleeping. 2 comrades go with civilians
What's this mess ! It's incredible !
Ok. FM servants : go to each access of the village.
Ti, get the wounded men. Ready to go.
Roudier is dead this night
Perrin, dig a tomb with 2 men.
The man who lose its weapon in the river ...
He takes one of the given up rifles and all the ammo.
He destroys the other rifle
Stand up !
Dear sir : we scared. Vietminh everywhere, not good.
We already know japaneses, we go mountain, we despaired
I'm very sorry Signature : Li-Ten-Su
If you need rice, you take
Assholes !
Willsdorf !
- Glad to see you - Me too
- Sir, the watch - No, keep it
- No problem ? - It was very hard
Two viet companies were stuck on us. Some casulaties.
At 11 PM, we escaped. Koot sent 2 guys on the 924 hill
You did'nt wait us ? It was a great idea !
The viets were there. One of the guys was killed
Yesterday, in a village, people told us you came there.
So, since, we are after you.
Shit ! There are no civilians here ?
Yes, they ran out with our elephants
Not a good new ...
Roudier is dead. We burry him then we go.
- Hey Willsdorf ! Fine ? - Fine ...
Good ...
Another wounded men ...
Sir, He can't walk ...
Sir, It's a miracle you're here. Tao-Tsay maybe resists no more
- No, at radio, they said ... - Do you join them ?
Tao-Tsay ? No. But infos at Radio-France Asia ...
Listen : Nay-Mi is dying. Soy is dying, too.
You're the boss. but I'll give them up with no hesitation
- You're right ... but ... - You want to carry them !
I'm a pro of war. Plus two campaigns in Indochina ...
Ok ... before this evening we'll be naked ...
Stand up ! Koot : at the head ! Ti, stay with me !
Perrin, you're deaf ?
- But .. I am ... for Roudier ... - Give up !
Shit !
Don't be upset : viets would unburry him to know who he was
Go, now ...
You're right. You're always right.
Thanks Willsdorf ...
Ti, help me !
When viets will touch him, it will blow them out !
Willsdorf, what do you think about Roudier ?
He was quite never talking. A good guy. Why ?
I'm here for 18 days. I thought i knew him, but ...
I was surprised. He was very brave ...
You're a weird guy, Willsdorf. I saw you in the clearing
You got the FM, but you'd give up Roudier
Why do you think i got the FM ? To preserve it from the viets ?
I did'nt care !
A FM with good servants is a fine stuff. What was the value of Roudier ?
The speed of a snail. And he died nevertheless
Keep the distance !
What a pretty valley !
In 2-3 weeks, all the trees will be red
The cambodians'll celebrate the red, they'll drink and dance with girls
Sir : when you make war, you must be sure of one thing :
the target justifies the casualties. If not, you can't rule.
Keep the fucking distance !
Sir, sir !
A village. With no civilians. I sent a man to explore.
- Viets ? - Mois ...
Let's go !
Not good ! Civilians all gone everywhere !
Shut up Koot !
Civilians scared !
What's this mess ? Drop that !
Don't worry ! Koot told them they can take what they want
So, you're ok with this plundering ?
I'm going to explain : the civilians thought we were viets ...
... So they gone. They'll imagine the viets'll have made the plundering ...
You're very smart Willsdorf, very smart ... But we'll take nothing !
Ok, ok ... Koot, stop what you're doing !
I'm going to tell you a funny story
In 1946, during my first campaign in Indochina ...
Look, sir !
What is it ? St Estephe 1950 ...
- Where do you find it ? - Here !
We can't drink this wine and oblige this guy to drop its pan ...
It's quite disgusting ...
But it's better than a kick in the ass ...
So, in 1946, the company was in the Mekong delta ...
The captain - killed in 1949 - decided to organize a big raid in the jungle
He had a wood leg. In the pubs, he always planted forks in it.
With the pants, it was so funny ...
Well, well, well : let's go !
5 meters between each soldier !
Thanks !
In the villages, all civilians used to wait us with little flags
When we returned, at the first village, nobody. Same as here.
The captain said : each empty village was a rebel one and had to be burned
Finally, a rebel village ! We burned it. Immediatly the civilians came back howling.
They were waiting us at the other side of the village !
They still had their little flags !
Willsdorf, it's a cruel story !
Yes ...
- A viet camp ... - They were numerous !
- When did they leave ? - Not many times
- What do you think about, Willsdorf ? - Koot is right
Have a cigarette ? Chan took mine
Thanks !
Sir, me scared ! Don't want to be at the head !
Fucking coward ! Koot, come with me at the head !
What's this mess ? You're scared about the viet camp ?
Give me your PM and the ammo !
I don't like to be half-naked
I imagine a viet who says to his buddy : look, i'm going to shoot this guy.
This one ? No, the naked one !
Silly, is'n it ?
We have to cross here. Maybe with 2 FM to cover us.
- Ok. Do you think ... - I don't know. I'm upset !
There are marks in the mud, overthere.
When we'll be on the other side, send 4/5 guys ...
Keep the distance !
Keep the fucking distance !
Hold the fire ! Hold the fire !
- Ti, take the FM ! Stay here ! - Yes Sir !
Let's go !
Hide yourself !
Han, give me the FM ! I know where they are !
They are about 10. With only 4 or 5 rifles.
2 viets killed. With your gunfight, they are scared, now ...
Sir, sir, civilians very scared !
What are they saying, those civilians ?
Overthere, there is the Vietminh captain. Fights around Tao-Tsay.
So, Tao Tsay still resists ...
Anything wrong ?
Tell Ti to come here with the rest of the group !
Hooo ... My belly is so painfull !
Some tropical deasease. Opium is a good medication.
- What do they say ? - Quite nothing
They were enroled to carry rice for the viets
Viets told them Dien-Bien-Phu has surrended. Tao-Tsay too.
But they heard some shots during the night
Don't drink like that !
Tao-Tsay, is it still far ?
2 hours on the track. But we can't use it.
Excuse me ...
Ti, follow them !
Hold the fire ! Hold the fire !
You're silly ! And your radio, idiot ?
Oooh shit ! I wanted to take a PM ...
I took it, and ...
It's nothing. But you're really a asshole !
Now, go !
Tao-Tsay !
It was quite sure ...
Shit ! No more cigarettes !
You surprised me
I did'nt think we can reach Tao-Tsay
Shit ! I've got smoke in my eye !
I knew it. I always knew it.
Tao-Tsay is down. We continue towards Kra-Tsie.
We made half of the trip. It'll be easier, now ...
The dakota of Royal Air Cambodia. Perrin, the radio, the radio !
Yes sir. I'm going to try to contact them on 5400 KC ...
I don't care how ...
The pilot is Delpierre. A civilian. He dropped them the mail at Liong-Ba
- Perrin ? - 2 minutes. Chan, Go on !
What is his flight code ? Dakota, Lima Bravo speaking ...
Answer, Dakota ! Answer !
Lima Bravo. Dakota speaking ...
Plug me. Dakota, Willsdorf speaking. Delpierre, do you hear me ?
Willsdorf ? You're alive ? Everybody thought you're dead !
Great ! Ask him a drop procedure !
Drop us ammo, food and meds ! Roger !
Ok, Lima Bravo. Tell me where and when.
ASAP ! I don't know where. Yes : where we hunted tiger last year.
Yes i remember
Perfect !
Tomorrow, around 5 PM. I'll drop what you want
Ok ! Go to Pelgrin's and drink an iced cognac !
The tiger ?
French soldiers of Lima Bravo ! Surrender !
Stop this silly war !
Fucking viets !
It's a very bad trip ...
Nobody on the crest ! Clean the weapons !
Koot, check the ammo ! Ti, look after the sick guys !
Radio-France Asia :
After a 57 days battle, Dien-Bien-Phu has surrendered
Pilots of the supply planes say after 6 PM, the vietminh DCA stops to shot.
They notice long columns of prisonners
At this time, in all Indochina, vietminh divisions run towards the south
Tomorrow, in Geneva, the conference about Indochina begins
So, they win ...
Well ...
There is a long trip to our lines
I don't think we can join Kra-Tsie
So, i think ... Willsdorf, a cigarette please ...
So ... Tomorrow, we'll attack the viets of the village
The village where they stock the rice ...
You'd better smoke with a water-pipe, like me ...
It's a little bit harsh at the beggining, but it's cool
And about the attack ?
You're the boss. I hear you.
Tomorrow, we'll attack the village !
Don't be upset. I have a deal ...
Fucking mosquitoes !
You're right. It's impossible to join Kra-Tsie.
We can only escape towards north-east
We can join the moi villages. They are organised for the guerilla.
It was our goal with Koot until we arrived in the village of the elephants
That's the tiger means : telling Delpierre we go north-east
What's the deal with this tiger ?
Last year, Koot killed a tiger with its PM
We gave the skin to Delpierre, who sent it to his wife
Because of the holes, she can't make a coat with this skin,
So, she made a bikini ...
Can you believe it ? A bikini !
Something for the colic ...
Drink it. Be careful : it's hot. It's good for you.
The moi guerilla. Good idea.
But we can attack the village before.
Our guys are exhausted !
Exhausted ... Exhausted ... Sure, were are running like rabbits ...
Exhausted ... My foot ! Cowards in fact !
Listen, tomorrow, we'll leave the wounded men and we'll attack the village !
The charge of the light brigade !
And we'll be naked at the end ...
What do you think, Koot ?
Better run north-east !
I'd go with you, Sir !
Shut up !
If we'll be lucky, 10 of our guy will be dead. So what ?
Do you want some of this disgusting tea ?
Willsdorf ... The attack ... It'll be so cool ...
Then we'll go to the hunt of bikinis ...
Woooh ... The weather is quite cool ...
You look like a guy i met. He was injured. The arm, like Perrin.
But, he was like you ...
It was in Berlin. In May 1945. He also wanted to be an hero ...
But i ran. He said : we'll be hung. All of us !
Viva la muerte ! He said. And he laugh ...
When i escaped, the viets .. No, the russian used howitzers to kill them
If we remain alive, we'll go to this pub in Kra-Tsie ... What's name ?
Ah, yes ... The Bungalo, AKA Pelgrin's
Yes, that's it. Pelgrin's ...
A big big fiesta at Pelgrin's !
We'll smoke big cigars ... Willsdorf ...
Hmmm ?
Do you think they will conquer Hanoi now ?
If they want ... There is nothing between Dien-Bien-Phu and Hanoi
- And all Indochina ? - I don't think so
How do you cope loosing wars ?
But you know that. You were in the Wermacht ...
- By conviction ? - I was enroled !
Alsace was a german territory !
Ok, i was in the german army ... It was a piece of shit ...
And fuck ! Smolensk, Voronej, Koursk, Kharkov ... Not a little business !
Saturday May the 8th 09h15 AM
We go, now ? The charge of the light brigade.
There are 8 viets. But some may be hidden.
What is this guy doing ? Talking about their victory ?
I think it's a political officer
- OK ... Listen ... - No. You listen ..
Look at the last house, overthere. The peasant told me it's the rice stock.
I'll go there and i block the main exit. You watch out this house.
The 2nd sentinel may hang around the house.
When i'm in position, crac !
I believe you want to hunt tiger right now !
Perrin !
Give me that. I was a good sniper at Coet ...
Go !!!
The sentinel, the sentinel !
Take it and stay here ! Follow me !
Watch out the civilians !
Watch out the viets !
Ti, bring me everybody here !
Koot, go to burn the rice stock !
Stop that ! Stop it now !
Robbery is strictly forbidden ! Ok ?
The fiesta is over ! 3 men with Koot !
Others men destroy the rifles.
This woman is dying. I told them to give her opium. I took a bit for you.
Sir, he was trying to escape. Me kill him ?
No, he'll carry the wounded men.
Victory ... How many viets dead ?
9 here. With the 2 sentinels. And i don't know how many in the house
3. So, 12. 3 are missing. No, 2 with the prisonner ...
Sir, house burned ! Run out now !
But what was this guy doing ?
I know, sir !
He say : cambodian, yellow. Not good with French white men.
Good with yellow vietminhs
He say : French ran out at Dien-Bien-Phu
He say : white run out.
Yellow stay.
That's all
That's all ?
So, translate what i'm going to say to this laughing guys
The blood is red. And the red will stay here. Always !
Dig tombs ! In the village !
Nice show ! But a little bit simplist, the egg trick, no ?
Don't believe it !
In 1946, the rebels did'nt dare to shoot the white "gods".
Because they though the bullets return back to them.
You know, in Cambodia ...
Perrin ! Come here !
Good, good, good ...
It seems british cigarettes ...
So ... In Cambodia, they like fairy tales
Fate signs ... Symbols ...
They are poets ...
You are a poet, too. A tragic one ...
Koot, let's go !
Oh, Chang, shut up and go on !
Lima Bravo, Lima Bravo speaking ...
Eh ! Look at this guy staring me !
Do you want my portrait ?
Smoke ! Good cigar !
I've got it, sir !
Lima Bravo i'm just over Tao-Tsay. Over.
Fly on 350 ... Tell him, Perrin !
Lima Bravo, i don't understand. Repeat !
Go on Chang ! Faster !
Quiet !
He's coming !
Dakota, i see you. Turn right !
120° right ! We are behind you, now !
You are too far. Turn back !
Lima Bravo, i see your beaconing. I'm going to drop !
What is he doing ?
Contact him ! He's being mistaken !
Dakota, we are behind you. BEHIND you !
Dakota, you're insane ! You are dropping among the viets !
We are behind you, behind you !
He's turning. He understood. We are now on your left !
Keep turning left ! It's ok. Just straight on !
Lima Bravo. Very bad reception. We'll make only one more drop.
Ok, and thank you !
Dakota, you're going to see us on your left
Lima Bravo. I see the beaconing at 11 h. Roger !
Dakota. In 5 seconds. 4 .. 3 .. 2 ... 1 .. Go !
Great job ! See you later !
Lima Bravo : good luck, guys !
Stay calm ! 5 men by parachute !
Koot destroy the beaconning ! It's a too visible target !
The beaconning ! The beaconning !
- Koot, what a mess ! - Pernod all broken !
This guys in columns !
Take it !
- Sir ... You, first ... - Oh ... It's the Ritz !
Koot, 2 packs of ammo per man ...
Look after your radio instead of playing clown !
Sir, sir !
Sorry, i dropped the meds among the viets. They are numerous in the valley. Delpierre.
A chicken ? Stop it ! Now ! The viets are on the other side !
STOP IT ! From where is coming this chicken ?
Oh yes ... It's you, Ksun. It's obvious ...
Take in village. him happy to sleep here !
The lieutnant said : don't take chickens ...
take it before lieutnant !
Get out !
Ti, 2 more ammo packs for him !
Monday May the 10 th 3 PM
Let's go, Koot ...
Koot ! Go, go !
The temperature is fucking so hot !
Do you suffer ?
It's disgusting !
What do you mean ? Disgusting ... Yes, it's war ...
They are good for war, these assholes !
Great soldiers !
Do you think you can stay stuck on me ?
They are going to come and see their job
Go, Willsdorf ... Go ...
We'll go in the jungle. We'll find bambooes to make a stretcher.
Go ...
I don't care now ... I'm so tired ...
Give me a cigarette and go ...
Sir, sir ! Run out !
I'm coming !
Goodbye, sir !
Go away ... You too ...
Come on, Ti !
Willsdorf ...
Willsdorf ... This night ... The animals ... I'm scared ... The animals ...
Let's go !
Monday May the 10th 1954. It's 3h30 PM
The 317th platoon is over
On December the 7th 1960 Willsdorf will be shot down
In the Amour Djebel in Algeria
Translation : jcv_vidal - 10/2006