古德明英语军事小故事：投笔从戎 (中英对照)
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。投笔从戎
vasily zaytsev, a soviet sniper during world war ii, was notable particularly for his part in the battle of stalingrad. before going to stalingrad he served in the russian navy as a clerk, but upon reading about the brutality of the fighting in stalingrad, he volunteered for front-line duty.
zaytsev was credited with 242 verified kills during the battle, but the real number may be much higher. some argue it might have been as many as 400. he fixed a standard moisin-nagant rifle scope to a soviet 20 mm anti-tank rifle for use against germans hiding behind walls under window sills. the 20 mm rounds easily penetrated the brick and the soldier behind it.
zaytsev died in 1991 at the age of 75.
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