兵不厌诈(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。
兵不厌诈
One morning in 1944, when two French cyclists watched four GIs pick up a huge tank and turn it around, the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion almost blew its cover. The tank was inflated rubber, and the 603rd belonged to the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, whose job was to fool the Germans.The special weapons of the battalion included dummy planes, tanks, and antiaircraft guns. To enable a combat unit to change positions or to attack while the Germans thought it had not moved at all, the 1800 men of the 23rd impersonated entire divisions. They would move in at night, and inflate their rubber dummies. Meanwhile the troops they were replacing sneaked away.When the 9th Army was trying to cross the Rhine in 1945, the 23rd created the illusion of a huge buildup at Viersen. Consequently, the real crossing took the Germans completely by surprise.
一九四四年一天早上，四个美国军人把一辆巨型坦克车轻轻提起，转过来，刚巧给两名骑着脚踏车路过的法国人看见。第六○三工兵伪装营几乎就露出庐山面目。那辆坦克车只是充气橡胶，而六○三营隶属第二十三支司令部特别部队，这支部队的任务，是愚弄德军。六○三营的特别武器包括假的飞机、坦克车、高射炮。第二十三支部队的一千八百人，可以伪装成一师师的军队，这样，战斗部队转移阵地或进击，德军都不会知道，还以为对方还在原地。第二十三支部队会乘夜而来，把橡皮道具充气，取代悄悄离去的战斗部队。一九四五年，第九军计划渡过莱茵河，第二十三支部队就在菲尔森区摆出军队大规模集结的假象。第九军渡河时，德军完全没有准备。