威克岛之役(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
威克岛之役
on 8 december 1941, the same day as the attack on pearl harbour, the japanese attacked wake island. during three straight days of japanese bombing, us marine and civilian defenders tricked the bombers into bombing fake positions.
believing that they had knocked out all american defences on the island, a japanese fleet went to take wake island without any air support. the marine commander waited until the ships were within artillery range, and then ordered his men to open fire, sinking one destroyer in less than 15 seconds. the fleet then retreated out of the gun range, only to be attacked by the four american airplanes that were still intact. the planes sank another destroyer, forcing the japanese to retreat even further. this was the first american victory in world war ii, though japan would take the island later that month.

一九四一年十二月八日，日本偷袭珍珠港，并于同一天进攻威克岛，连续轰炸了三天。岛上美国海军陆战队和参与抗敌的平民用计，使日本轰炸机误炸了伪目标。
日军以为岛上所有美国防御设施已告摧毁，派舰队前去占据威克岛，也不用空军支持。美国海军陆战队指挥官待日本战舰进入大炮射程之后，才下令开火，不过十五秒钟，就击沉一艘驱逐舰。日本舰队退到大炮射程之外，不料又被四架仍然完好的美国战机攻击，再有一艘驱逐舰沉没，只得再往后退。这是第二次世界大战美军的第一场胜仗。不过，同一个月内，威克岛终于落在日本手上。