取义成仁,何难何易(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。
取义成仁,何难何易
when germany invaded poland in 1939, captain wladyslaw raginis, polish commander of the wizna area, swore that he would defend his land and would not leave it alive.
he made his stand with 720 men against an army of 42,000 soldiers. the poles had six pieces of artillery, 24 heavy machine guns, 18 machine guns, and two anti-tank rifles, while the germans had more than 350 tanks, 180 howitzers, 58 pieces of artillery, and many other heavy weapons. yet the poles managed to hold off the german army for three days, and took out ten tanks, a few armoured cars, and an untold number of infantrymen.
when the situation became hopeless, raginis agreed to surrender to prevent unnecessary deaths of his soldiers, and then blew himself up with a grenade.

一九三九年,德国侵略波兰,维茨那地区的波军指挥官瓦迪斯瓦夫.拉吉尼斯上尉誓言护土,决不活着离去。
他率领七百二十人对抗四万二千将士的军队。波军有六门大炮,二十四挺重机枪,十八挺机枪以及两支反坦克步枪,而德军则有三百五十辆坦克车,一百八十门榴弹炮,五十八门大炮,以及很多其他重武器。波兰将士死守三天,令德军不能东进一步,还歼灭了德国十辆坦克车、几辆装甲车以及无数步兵。
最后,大势已去,拉吉尼斯答应投降,以免手下将士无谓牺牲,然后用手榴弹把自己炸死。