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Source Language: Simplified Chinese, Target Language: english, Translation Time: 2026-05-01 03:30
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| Written/Drafted On | Day of the Week | Time Period (24H) | Published On |
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| 2024/9/29 | Thursday | N | 2024/10/7 |
When doing exercises, I suddenly recalled the story of Zhang Haibin's grandfather from the novel "The Three-Body Problem". His grandfather participated in the Korean War and attacked an American "Panzers" tank with hand grenades. The tank remained unharmed, but his grandfather was hit by machine gun fire and had his legs crushed by the tank's tracks, spending the rest of his life on a hospital bed. Compared to his two comrades who were killed instantly, he was considered lucky.
The Three-Body Problem original text
Zhang Haibin: "Respected Commander, I am more qualified to talk about that army, because my family's three generations have all served in it. My grandfather once attacked an American 'Panzers' tank on the Korean battlefield with hand grenades. The grenades hit the tank and slid down, exploding but leaving the target unscathed. After being shot by the tank's machine gun, my grandfather's legs were crushed by the tracks, and he spent the rest of his life in bed. But compared to the two comrades who were crushed into meat by the tank, he was still lucky... It is precisely this army's journey that made us deeply remember the technological gap between ourselves and the enemy in war. The glory you know is from historical records, while our wounds are made of the blood of our ancestors and elders. We know more about war than you do."
Before reading "The Three-Body Problem", I often heard stories about the Red Army and Eighth Route Army in my childhood. The lyric "No guns, no cannons, the enemy makes them for us" reflects people's optimism, their fearlessness against difficulties, and their spirit of hard work. But what I saw was full of sorrow. There was a shortage of firearms and ammunition, and they would run out of bullets after a few shots. Supplies had to be seized from the enemy's hands. The huge equipment gap... I don't know how many unnecessary sacrifices and how many lives were lost to bridge this gap. I feel overwhelmed with grief.
I don't know how many lives it took to fill this gap. I don't know what feelings the fallen souls had after death. They might have been fighting to the death in their final moments.
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