《美军作战手册—墨菲法则》(8)

很实际的道理

100. Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

对目标的火力密度与目标的好奇程度成正比。

101. Odd objects attract fire - never lurk behind one.

奇怪的物体吸引炮火 － 不要躲在这种东西后面。

103. The self-importance of a superior is inversely proportional to his position in the hierarchy (as is his deviousness and mischievousness).

长官的自大程度与他的官职成反比（还有他的不值得信任程度和有害程度）。

104. There is always a way, and it usually doesn't work.

任何事情都有一个解决方法，尽管通常是不管用的。

105. Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the General is watching. 没人关注的行动通常是成功的；被高级长官关注的行动通常是失败的。

106. The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel. 在你使用不安全的频道发布之前，敌人都不会监听你的无线电频率。

107. Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your ammo and grenades always fall the farthest away, and your canteen always lands at your feet.

如果你战斗中掉了装备，你的子弹和手榴弹一定离你最远，而水壶总是掉在你的脚边。

108. As soon as you are served hot chow in the field, it rains.

战场上，你只要搞到热东西吃，就总是要下雨的。

109. Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.

不要告诉副排长你无事可做。

111. Walking point = sniper bait.

可行的路线 ＝ 狙击手的诱饵。

112. Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.

你夜间的宿营地是你白天行军累了的地方。

113. If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution. 如果一个战场上的问题只有一种解决方案，这一定是个愚蠢的方案。

115. What gets you promoted from one rank gets you killed in the next rank.

在低军衔能让你升官的行为会在新军衔杀死你。

116. If orders can be misunderstood they will be.

如果命令可能被误解，那它一定会被误解。