古德明英語軍事小故事：炮兵指揮官之死(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。炮兵指揮官之死
the chinese communists played a vital part in the battle of dien bien phu, 1954, which marked the end of french power in indochina.
french estimates were that the viet minh had minimal artillery support, and france was bound to win. the french artillery commander, colonel piroth, was so confident that he rejected the offer of additional artillery, and promised he could defend dien bien phu with artillery alone, totally unaware of the viet minh's possession of heavy artillery, captured by the chinese communists from the us in korea. consequently, the french were surrounded by plenty of hidden artillery units on the mountain crests overlooking them, who proceeded to rip the french to pieces. piroth's artillery were rendered powerless.
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