《美军作战手册—墨菲法则》(9)

很实际的道理

117. Odd objects attract fire. You are odd.

奇怪的东西吸引炮火。你就是奇怪的。

118. Your mortar barrage will put exactly one round on the intended target. That round will be a dud.

迫击炮弹幕只有一发能命中目标，这一发是哑弹。

119. Mine fields are not neutral.

雷场不是中立的。

120. The weight of your equipment is proportional to the time you have been carrying it. 装备的重量与你需要扛着它的时间成正比。

122. If you need an officer in a hurry take a nap.

军官总是在你犯错误时出现。

123. The effective killing radius is greater than the average soldier can throw it.

投掷武器的杀伤半径总比一般士兵能扔的距离大。

128. When you have sufficient ammo the enemy takes 2 weeks to attack. When you are low on ammo the enemy attacks that night.

你弹药充足的时候，敌人两个礼拜也不进攻；你缺弹药的时候，敌人马上就进攻。

129. The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

军需官那里的东西只有两个尺码：太大的和太小的。

130. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

压制火力唯一管用的时候是用来对付废弃的阵地的时候。

131. When a front line soldier overhears two General Staff officers conferring, he has fallen back too far.

如果一个前线士兵无意中听到两个参谋在讨论，他后退的太远了。

132. Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything. 不要做第一个，也不要做倒数第一个，更不要志愿干什么事。

133. If at first you don't succeed, then bomb disposal probably isn't for you.

如果你进攻失败，轰炸计划不是帮你忙的。

134. Any ship can be a minesweeper...once.

所有船只都可以当扫雷艇……一次性的。

135. Whenever you lose contact with the enemy, look behind you.