古德明英語軍事小故事：埃文斯艦長(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。埃文斯艦長
on 25 october 1944, when the americans were trying to reconquer the philippines, the destroyer uss johnston and a handful of lights ships spotted the approach of a huge japanese fleet off samar. ernest evans, the johnston's skipper, headed directly towards the enemy, and told his crew over the intercom:"this will be a fight from which survival cannot be expected."
after inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, the johnston was reduced to a complete wreck by gunfire. but when evans saw a japanese cruiser began pounding on the uss gambier bay, he gave the following order:"commence firing on that cruiser, draw her fire on us and away from the gambier bay."
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