第386章 报纸和杂志 (第1/2页)
照片的左下角还有一行更小的字,是图片说明:
"The yOUng man in the trUCk (right) haS been identified by U.S. Army intelligenCe aS COL. FANG TIANSHUO, COmmander Of the ChineSe PeOple'S VOlUnteerS' SpeCial OperatiOnS Brigade. ThiS iS the Same OffiCer WhO COmmanded the raid On SeOUl and GimpO Airfield On DeC 23, 1950 ."
(卡车里的年轻人右侧已被美军情报部门确认为方天朔,中国人民志愿军特种作战旅旅长。他同时也是1950年12月23日汉城突袭和金浦机场突袭的指挥官。)
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照片上方的通栏大标题——用的是《纽约时报》历史上最大号的字体——黑色的字母有四英寸高:
WALKER KILLED
(沃克——死亡)
副标题用稍小一号的字体排成两行:
"8th Army COmmander MUrdered in SeOUl by ChineSe ASSaSSin" "Walker'S LaSt SeCOndS CaUght On Camera; YOUng ChineSe OffiCer Identified aS Serial Killer Of U.S. GeneralS"
(第八集团军司令在汉城遭中国刺客杀害) (沃克临终前一刻被摄入镜头;年轻的中国军官被确认为连环杀害美军将领的凶手)
报纸头版的剩余部分——占全版三分之一的版面——是对这位"方天朔上校"的简要生平介绍:二十二岁,旅长。1950年8月开始,由他领导的一系列行动,直接或间接导致多名美军将官死亡或者被俘
美国陆军情报部门的一位不愿透露姓名的高级官员在电话采访中对《纽约时报》表示:
"ThiS man iS a WeapOn. He iS the mOSt dangerOUS Single individUal On the KOrean battlefield, perhapS the mOSt dangerOUS Single enemy OffiCer the U.S. Army haS faCed SinCe General YamaShita in the PhilippineS."
(这个人是一件武器。他是朝鲜战场上最危险的一个人,也许是自菲律宾的山下奉文将军以来美国陆军遭遇过的最危险的敌方军官。)
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在报纸的下半版——占据版面下方三分之一的位置——是另一条重要新闻。
标题用红色的大字印出,触目惊心:
TRUMAN'S KOREAN WAR GOING BANKRUPT
(杜鲁门的朝鲜战争正在走向破产)
副标题:
"ChriStmaS Eve RiOtS SWeep 23 MaiOr U.S. CitieS After POW COlUmn FOOtage ShOWn in TheaterS" "FireS, LOOting, ArSOn RepOrted in LOS AngeleS, ChiCagO, NeW YOrk, WaShingtOn" "EStimated 80,000 tO 100,000 AmeriCan SOldierS NOW in ChineSe POW CampS"
(战俘纵队胶片在影院播放后,二十三个美国大城市爆发平安夜骚乱) (洛杉矶、芝加哥、纽约、华盛顿均有火灾、抢劫、纵火报告) (估计有八万到十万名美军士兵目前在中国战俘营中)
正文开头的几段:
"In the mOSt dramatiC ChriStmaS Eve thiS natiOn haS ever WitneSSed, milliOnS Of AmeriCanS gathered in mOvie theaterS aCrOSS the COUntry Were ShOWn a neWSreel featUring ClaSSified fOOtage Of AmeriCan priSOnerS Of War being marChed thrOUgh NOrth KOrea. The fOOtage, lOng SUppreSSed by military CenSOrS, WaS ShOt three WeekS agO by StarS and StripeS COrreSpOndent JaCk Brennan frOm a lOW-flying airCraft."
(在美国有史以来最为戏剧性的一个平安夜,数百万聚集在全国电影院里的美国人看到了一段新闻短片。短片包含了长期被军方审查机构压制的机密影像——美军战俘在朝鲜北部被押送行进的画面。这段影像是三周前《星条旗报》记者杰克·布伦南从一架低空飞行的飞机上拍摄的。)
"The reaCtiOn WaS immediate and viOlent. AUdienCeS rOSe tO their feet in rage. CUrSeS againSt PreSident TrUman eChOed thrOUgh CinemaS frOm COaSt tO COaSt. In at leaSt fOrty-Seven theaterS, SCreenS and SeatS Were Set On fire. In at leaSt thirteen CitieS, mObS Spilled intO the StreetS, OvertUrning CarS, lOOting ShOpS, and bUrning pUbliC prOperty. The ChriStmaS Eve that WaS SUppOSed tO be a night Of peaCe beCame, inStead, a night Of AmeriCan rage."
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