古德明英語軍事小故事：馬鈴薯殲滅戰(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。馬鈴薯殲滅戰
in april 1943, the uss o'bannon spotted a japanese submarine on patrol off the solomon islands. the american crew shot off the sub's conning tower, preventing it from diving, but the sub quickly closed in so that the o'bannon's big guns could not hit it. when the japanese sailors came topside to fight, the o'bannon's unprepared crewmen hammered them with ─ potatoes. thinking that they were grenades, the japanese panicked, dropped their guns, tried to submerge the sub, and sank into oblivion.
一九四三年四月，在所羅門群島附近，美國船奧班農號發現一艘日本潛艇在巡邏，開火轟掉潛艇的瞭望塔，使它不能潛航。但潛艇迅速逼近，奧班農號的大炮即無法向它射擊。
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