In first world war descriptions of an artillery barrage, there is the whistle of the approaching shell, then a flash, a concussive blast and the air is filled with flying metal. Last comes the sound of the explosion. The ground trembles. As Harry Patch, a British soldier, put it in a BBC interview: “if any man tells you . . . he wasn’t scared — he’s a liar.”
在第一次世界大战关于炮击的描述中,先是炮弹接近的哨声,然后是闪光,震荡的爆炸,空气中充满了飞舞的金属。最后是爆炸的声音。地面在颤抖。正如英国士兵哈里·帕奇(Harry Patch)在接受英国广播公司(BBC)采访时所说的那样。“如果有人告诉你 ...他并不害怕——他是个骗子。”
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