古德明英语军事小故事:盗地图
<p><span word="On">On</span> 8 <span word="May">May</span> 1942, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="painter">painter</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Rene">Rene</span> <span word="Duchez">Duchez</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="offices">offices</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="organisation">organisation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Normandy">Normandy</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="Hitlers">Hitlers</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="colossal">colossal</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="defences">defences</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Allied">Allied</span> <span word="invasion">invasion</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="momentarily">momentarily</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pile">pile</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="maps">maps</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="desk">desk</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="realised">realised</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="top">top</span>-<span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="chart">chart</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Normandy">Normandy</span> <span word="coastline">coastline</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="fortifications">fortifications</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="flamethrowers">flamethrowers</span>.</p><p>一九四二年五月八日,法国一位叫勒内.迪谢的房屋油漆匠来到诺曼底一家机构的办事处:这家机构负责为希特勒建造规模庞大的「大西洋长城」防御系统,以备盟军进攻。迪谢有一段短时间无人监视,看见桌子上放了一迭地图,其中一幅是极端机密的诺曼底海岸线图,显示了大型防御工事以至个别喷火器的位置。</p><p><span word="Duchez">Duchez</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="map">map</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slipped">slipped</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mirror">mirror</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wall">wall</span>. <span word="Five">Five</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="decorating">decorating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="offices">offices</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="retrieved">retrieved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="map">map</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="smuggled">smuggled</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="paint">paint</span> <span word="tin">tin</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="map">map</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="conveyed">conveyed</span> <span word="secretly">secretly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fishing">fishing</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="invaluable">invaluable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Allied">Allied</span> <span word="chiefs">chiefs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="D">D</span>-<span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="invasions">invasions</span>.</p><p>迪谢拿起那幅地图,藏在壁上挂着的一面镜子之后。过了五天,他把办事处油漆好了,就取回地图,藏在旧油漆罐里,偷偷带走。那幅地图由一艘渔船秘密送到英国。后来,盟军参谋长拟定法国北部登陆计划,那幅地图的参考价值无与伦比。</p>
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