古德明英語軍事小故事：飛虎隊(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。飛虎隊
during the summer of 1941, three hundred young americans secretly trained in the jungles of southeast asia under the leadership of claire chennault, a retired american fighter pilot employed by chiang kai-shek to build an air force to defend the barma road. this air force came to be known as the flying tigers.
on 18 december 1941, when chennault and his pilots arrived in kunming, they saw the streets littered with the body parts of women and children, struck down by unchallenged japanese bombers. two days later, the japanese returned with ten bombers. for the vaunted nippon air warrior such missions were routine. but this time, nine of the ten bombers fell to fire from a few out-dated p-40s flown by chennault's men. only one p-40 was lost. in fact, when attacked, the japanese pilots at once jettisoned their load and ran for home.
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