cities 城市
there Hughey uh-1b helicopters often 那里经常有Hughey uh-1b直升机
flew long distances and thousands of 长途飞行，成千上万
hazardous missions to airlift the 空运危险任务
wounded to mass units back at base 重返基地的群众单位
the Douglas a 1e Skyraider was 道格拉斯1eSkyraider是
particularly effective when the target 当目标特别有效
was clearly defined this was Westie 明确定义这是韦斯提
Westmoreland's war of attrition designed 威斯摩兰的消耗战设计
to wear down the enemy 消灭敌人
after the artillery barrage the infantry 大炮弹幕后的步兵
were airlifted forward but the Americans 被空运但美国人
often got a nasty surprise as Viet Cong 越聪常常让人讨厌
or main force regulars emerged unscathed 或主力部队正规兵毫发无损
to be put out of action they first had 被淘汰，他们首先有
to be located then pinned down and 被定位然后固定下来
engaged 订婚
baffled by such an elusive enemy the 如此难以捉摸的敌人感到困惑
Americans fell back on statistics after 美国人在统计数据下降后
six weeks of engagements the first 六个星期的约会
cavalry reported enemy casualties at 骑兵报道敌军伤亡的
over 1,300 dead with more than 600 超过1,300人死亡，超过600人死亡
prisoners and suspects in custody by mid 囚犯和犯罪嫌疑人将于年中
1967 the so-called 1967年所谓
crossover point had been reached with 交叉点已经达成
Vietcong casualties allegedly exceeding 越共伤亡据称超过
recruitment but the imperative to report 招聘但必须举报
a sizeable body con drove some American 巨大的身体驱使一些美国人
commanders to cost the attacks like that 指挥官为此付出了代价
on up B are better known as hamburger B上的汉堡更广为人知
hill 爬坡道
often the helicopters landed units 直升机经常降落单位
behind communist lines like these 像这样的共产主义路线背后
special force green berries the 特种部队绿色浆果
communist tactic was to draw the 共产主义的策略是
Americans into a well-prepared defensive 美国人做好了充分的防御
fire trap with camouflage deeply dug 深陷迷彩的消防陷阱
trenches and bunkers experienced 战es和掩体
American officers learn to avoid 美国军官学会避免
attacking on their numbers of enemy 攻击敌人数量
troops in such positions instead they 部队在这样的位置
prefer to fall back and call in 宁愿回落并打电话
artillery or air strikes 火炮或空袭
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the Communist melted easily into the 共产党很容易融入
jungle cover but initially lack of 丛林覆盖，但最初缺乏
modern communications sometimes led them 现代通讯有时导致他们
to adhere to rigidly to prearranged 严格遵守预先安排
plans but by and large they simply 计划，但总的来说，他们只是
disappeared into border sanctuaries 消失在边境庇护所
where United States forces were 美国部队在哪里
forbidden to follow more ingenious still 禁止仍然遵循更多独创性
were the tunnel systems the most 隧道系统最多
important being the coochie complex west 重要的是库奇复杂的西部
of Saigon Search and Destroy missions 西贡搜寻与摧毁任务
dominated the ground above but safely 主宰着地面但安全
hidden below were labyrinths that could 隐藏在下方的迷宫可能
conceal hundreds of troops they served 隐藏他们所服务的数百名士兵
as a storage area a springboard for 作为存储区域的跳板
surprise attack and an assembly area for 突袭和集结区
the offensive that turned the war even 使战争连连的攻势
when discovered much of any complex 当发现任何复杂的东西
survived attempts to destroy it because 幸存下来试图摧毁它，因为
the tunnels were made of laterite play 隧道是由红土游戏
which sent like concrete they were 其中发送如混凝土，他们
unaffected by the weather and while 不受天气和同时
surface attacks continued guerrillas 地面攻击持续游击队
moved to the flanks to escape or mount a 移动到侧面逃生或安装
surprise counter-attack 突击反击
booby traps included mines planted on 诱杀装置包括在其上种植的地雷
the paths and sharpened bamboo poles and 路径和削过的竹竿
poisoned Ponzi traps these accounted for 中毒的庞氏陷阱，这些占
one in ten of American deaths 十分之一的美国人死亡
the North Vietnamese said American 北越人说美国人
troops were clumsy and Vaman relaxation 部队笨拙，瓦曼放松
was rare and life compared the Americans 是罕见的，生活比美国人
was primitive with little socialising 很原始，几乎没有社交
fresh food especially depended on the 新鲜食物尤其取决于
slenderest and most labor-intensive of 最苗条，最劳动密集的
supply lines for Porter's for each man 每个人的搬运工补给线
under arms in August 1967 the united 在1967年8月的武器美国
states air path was allowed to strike at 国风路被允许在罢工
their route nepal dumare ridge 他们的路线尼泊尔杜马雷岭
f-105 thunderchiefs were among several f-105的雷电是其中几个
types of fighter bomber used against 打击的战斗轰炸机类型
this target crossing the red river the 这个目标渡赤水河
bridges road and rail arteries carried 公路和铁路的桥梁
tons of supplies from China the Bombers 从中国吨物资 的轰炸机
usually turned in to attack from the 通常是从
northeast banking away over Hanoi is 在河内的东北银行
northern suburbs 北部郊区
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though hit many times improvised 虽然打很多次临时
pontoons ensured that the flood of 浮桥确保洪水
supplies never slackened 耗材从未减缓
long columns of lorries threaded through 长列货车穿过
the crowds of people repairs were highly 维修的人群非常多
labor-intensive though and diverted 劳动密集型但改行
people away from perhaps more important 人们远离也许更重要
tasks further south military material 任务进一步南方军事材料
headed on to the most famous supply 前往最著名的供应
route of any war the Ho Chi Minh Trail 任何战争的路线胡志明小道
sometimes arraigned sudden tracks 有时会突然突击
sometimes a road always the much used 有时道路总是大量使用
link between the north and its invading 北方与其入侵之间的联系
armies in the south 南方的军队
the first monsoon period saw a major 第一个季风时期发生了重大变化
buildup of main force units in south 南部主力部队的建立
vietnam prompting a wave of airstrikes 越南引发空袭浪潮
against its traffic the Americans didn't 美国人没有面对它的交通
yet realize it but this was the prologue 尚未意识到， 但这是序言
to the decisive battle of the war the 进行决定性的战争
Tet Offensive 春节攻势
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objectives along the supply route were 供应路线的目标是
hit with pinpoint precision 命中细微的精度
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but the North Vietnamese buildup 但是北越的集结
continued with major incursions into 继续大举入侵
South Vietnam Central Highlands 南越中央高原
culminating in one of the wars bloodiest 在一场最血腥的战争中达到顶峰
encounters the Battle of docto 遇到docto战役
outnumbered six to one 六比一
the Americans hit back with sustained 美国人持续反击
airstrikes seven battalions of 空袭七个营
reinforcements were airlifted in and if 空中增援，如果
the three weeks of fighting cost the 三周的战斗使
Americans nearly 300 dead they cost the 美国人近300人死亡，他们的成本
North Vietnamese over five times as many 北越的五倍
these were the diversionary attacks 这些是转移攻击
designed to draw the Americans away from 旨在吸引美国人远离
the cities targeted for Phase two of the 第二阶段的目标城市
Tet Offensive 春节攻势
the Tet Offensive was North Vietnam's 春节攻势是北越的
attempt to defeat the Americans by a 企图用一种方式击败美国人
surprise attack supported by a civilian 平民支持的突袭
uprising spearheaded by regular 经常带头起义
divisions of the Vietcong from 从越共的分歧
springboards along the Ho Chi Minh Trail 胡志明小道的跳板
communist troops mounted assaults on Khe 共产党军队对K族发动了进攻
Sanh airbase the old imperial capital of 葬身空军基地的老帝国的首都
way and the modern capital Saigon as 方式与现代首都西贡一样
well as other provincial capitals the 以及其他省会城市
attack on Saigon was perhaps the most 对西贡的袭击也许是最多的
significant revealing an ability to 显露出的能力
strike at the very heart of United 罢工在美国的心脏
States influence its embassy a Suicide 国家影响其大使馆自杀
Squad into the compound and they're 小队进入大院，他们是
quickly eliminated their exploits seen 很快就消除了他们看到的漏洞
on American television shocked a nation 在美国电视上震惊了一个国家
lulled into believing its Search and 懒得相信它的搜索和
Destroy tactics and rendered a major 消灭战术并提出重大
attack impossible it turned Vietcong 攻击不可能变成越共
defeat into victory 战胜胜利
most attacks they were aimed principally 大多数攻击主要是针对
at Arvin installations like this 在像这样的Arvin装置中
ammunition dump militarily slight their 军事上的弹药库轻微
psychological impact in the United 美国的心理影响
States was out of all proportion and was 州不成比例，并且
felt immediately like the fires that 立刻感到像大火
rage and the southern suburb of : 愤怒和南部郊区：
attacked by three Viet Cong battalions 遭到三个越共营的袭击
altogether thirty-five battalions some 一共有35个营
12,000 men attacked targets in Saigon 12,000名男子袭击了西贡的目标
and it was five weeks before all were 才五个星期
cleared out of the city they included 被清除出他们所包括 的城市
the elite Vietcong c10 sapper battalion 精英越共C10工兵营
Arvin troops fought many brave actions 阿尔文部队进行了许多勇敢的行动
during what was the Vietnamese most 在越南人当中最
sacred holiday Tet the Lunar New Year 春节，农历新年
but the popular support the Communists 但民意支持共产党
relied on was absent and Vietcong losses 赖以生存，越共蒙受损失
were enormous over 45,000 dead virtually 几乎有45,000多人死亡
eliminating the movement as a fighting 消除运动作为战斗
force as the Americans brought their 美国人带来他们的力量
firepower to bear on the Communists the 火力对共产党人的影响
only surprise but that they had chosen 只是惊喜，但他们选择了
to attack we're United States forces 攻击我们是美国部队
were strongest 最强
their opposition was stubborn few places 他们的反对者固执地很少
more so than here at Duke far east of 比这里更远的杜克大学
psycho 心理
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even after napalm attacks small-arms 即使在凝固汽油弹袭击小武器之后
fire continued to answer the armored 火继续回答装甲兵
cannibal 食人族
armored flamethrowers were used to burn 装甲的火焰喷射器被用来燃烧
off the fur eh and ground cover 脱掉皮毛和地面
conceiving the enemy forces infantry 构想敌军步兵
then moved in to clear out their 然后搬进来清理他们的
positions with grenades and rifle fire 手榴弹和步枪射击的位置
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an island stronghold in the Mekong River 湄公河中的一个岛屿据点
was tackled by the mobile riverine force 用流动的河流力 解决
one of the few American units operating 工作的为数不多的美国单位之一
in the Delta its patrol boats were armed 在三角洲， 它的巡逻艇是武装的
with 40 millimeter cannon and manned by 配备40毫米加农炮并由
elements of the 9th Infantry Brigade the 第九步兵旅的元素
island was evacuated to minimize 岛被疏散到最小
civilian casualties 平民伤亡
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although American firepower again 尽管美国再次拥有火力
crushed from here the Communists were 从这里粉碎 共产党员
unwittingly winning an overall strategic 不知不觉中赢得了整体战略
victory Arvin assault craft on the 胜利阿文突击艇上
Perfume River approach way the Vietcong 越江香水河
now occupied the city hampered by poor 现在占领了这座城市，穷困
communications they demonstrated the 他们展示的沟通
rigidity that flawed their operations by 僵化行为破坏了他们的运作
digging in instead of maintaining their 挖掘而不是维持他们的
offensive 进攻
the reliable Skyraiders made pinpoint 可靠的Skyraiders精确定位
bombing raids as American reinforcements 轰炸突袭作为美国增援
were airlifted in 被空运进来
and the Antos anti-tank vehicle was 而Antos反坦克车​​是
brought against troublesome machine-gun 遇到麻烦的机关枪
nests as reinforcements poured in the 筑巢，如钢筋浇筑在
pattern was set for the rest of the 模式被设置的休息
battle 战斗
three marine companies began the 三家海洋公司开始了
street-by-street process of retaking the 街道由街道反攻的过程
city every early and street corner was a 城市的每个早期和街角都是
deathtrap being mostly young and 死亡陷阱主要是年轻的
inexperienced troops the Americans took 美国人没有经验的军队
heavy casualties there was more civilian 惨重的伤亡有更多的平民
misery as the destruction mounted the 毁灭加剧了苦难
old city door was modeled on P Kings 旧城门仿照P Kings
forbidden city now it was the center of 故宫现在是中心
the guerrillas greatest resistance the 游击队最大的抵抗
grenade launcher with a 400 yards range 400码射程的榴弹发射器
was especially feared and the Marine 特别害怕， 海军陆战队
using it a mark now 现在使用它做标记
the canal bridge blown by the Vietcong 越共吹的运河桥
remained possible to American tanks as 美国坦克仍然有可能
well as pedestrians the main bridge over 以及行人的主要桥梁
the Perfume River was another story 香水河是另一个故事
people fleeing the fighting left the hi 逃离战斗的人们 离开了喜
and scenes of heartbreaking devastation 和令人心碎的破坏场面
the Imperial Palace 故宫