Readers of The Nanjinger thinking about pulling off an armed heist anytime soon would be well advised to go elsewhere. For Nanjing’s police SWAT team is at the top of their game, so much so that they were recently chosen to consult for a nationwide television drama series.
Last Thursday, 11 March, saw the TV drama, “You Are My Stronghold” (你是我的城池营垒), broadcast to the whole country. Generally, viewers found the medical and police scenes to be “hard core”.
To thank for this, producers had the China-Nanjing Longhu Assault Brigade, who served as the prototype for the Tigers assault team featured in the show.
Also known as Dragon and Tiger Assault Team, the Nanjing-based unit provided the TV makers with technical guidance. Such strengthened the professionalism and authenticity of the show and brought the excitement levels up a notch.
You Are My Stronghold is an emotional drama starring Ma Sichun (马思纯) and and Bai Jingting (白敬亭). The show tells of the love story between special police captain, Xing Kelei (Bai), and surgeon, Mi Yan (Ma).
Just as soon as the trailer was released, viewers picked up on the professionalism of the special police equipment presented. The finer points of the SWAT team’s life, together with their training routines, were also found to be exciting and realistic. Behind all this was the support of Nanjing’s real-life SWAT force.
This past Sunday, 14 March, reporters for Nanjing Daily learned that the production crew had spent considerable time with the Dragon and Tiger Assault Team. Among the insider info gleaned was the fact that the SWAT team’s actual combat equipment appears in the show.
The Longhu Assault Brigade is located at the Qilihe Training Base in Jiangbei New Area, not far from the Nanjing Yintian Avenue Yangtze River Tunnel. This is where many of the scenes from the drama were filmed, while some of Nanjing’s SWAT team also make guest appearances.
And those more intimate moments in the show? They’re based on real life too. Perhaps Nanjing’s daredevil SWAT team members lead the lives of movie stars after all.
