这个多的很。其实经历过的人的叙述就=回忆录,如果你家里有参加过抗日战争的长辈,你假期和他吃顿饭询问一下,那也等于看了一本亚洲战场口述回忆录。
要看美方的尽量选1970年之后的书,之前的质量比较蛋疼。
海军那几位大哥的传记都可以看看,我推荐尼米兹官修传记(作者E•B•波特)和斯普鲁恩斯官修传记(一共2本,记住一定看晚出的那一本,1970年前出的那本跪舔得我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩,弗莱彻提督您说对吗)。尼米兹那本其实也是二战太平洋战场观察史,有很多详尽的记述;斯普鲁恩斯那本你可以当成小说看,就假设有一个架空世界里有个这主角,有2个国家分别叫美国日本,那就是一本优秀的主旋律反战文学,讲了一个心理素质极强的正常人如何被战争扭曲,执念越来越深,变成一个精神病(真没贬义)之后却飞黄腾达,步步高升,又在自己的执念彻底落空,战争结束后终于恢复了正常,得到了解脱。和很多好莱坞大片一样的。
精彩片段:
1942年:
此人执行任务时遇上了一艘落单的日军炮艇,于是就下令击毁它:
Spruance stood among the crowd of witnesses, steadying his binoculars by leaning his elbows on the windshield. Still not a shot, and the tension grew. Finally Long said, “I pity those poor devils.” Spruance straightened up, his binoculars falling to his chest, and he turned his back on the scene as if he couldn’t bear to watch. He walked slowly to the opposite side of the bridge. “Yes,” he remarked, “I feel very sorry for those poor men.”
斯普鲁恩斯站在舰桥观察人员中间,通过将手肘靠在挡风玻璃上来稳固双筒望远镜,手下暂时还没开炮,空气紧张起来。最后,舰桥人员朗说:“我真可怜那些小鬼子。”
斯普鲁恩斯站直了,双筒望远镜落在了他的身上。 他转过身来,仿佛不忍心看这一幕。他慢慢地走到舰桥另一头。“是的,”他说,“我同情那些可怜的人。”
1944年:
年末陆军实验了一种新的毒气,目标是:这种毒气可以被美军防毒面具防护,但能透过日军的防毒面具,并且认为实验成功。之后他们将相关资料呈送给了高层,当时在后方负责策划作战计划的斯普鲁恩斯将军就给战术官写了如下书面材料讨论下:
“After viewing the picture, I remarked that if we could be allowed to use this new gas mask at Iwo Jima, we would save a lot of American lives. The Japanese defenders of Iwo would die anyway, and there was no civilian population. Being killed quickly by gas was at least as merciful as being killed by flamethrowers, bullets, bombs, and shells,” Spruance recollected to Savvy Forrestel.
看过相关资料后,我在思考能否将这种毒气用于硫磺岛。硫磺岛上没什么平民,那些日本守军反正是要死光的,被毒气迅速地杀死起码和被火焰喷射器,子弹,炸弹和炮弹杀死一样仁慈。
1945年:
3月31日,此人旗舰“印第安纳波利斯”号被神风,之后此人和舰长谈话,希望船尽快修好:
The flagship also had to be expendable. He wanted a close view of the landings and fighting ashore and thereby would deliberately hazard his flagship to enemy fire. Should it be hit and put out of action, he did not want its loss to seriously weaken his fleet. The twelve-year-old heavy cruiser Indianapolis fitted his specifications.
(我)选择重巡洋舰(而不是战列舰)作为旗舰的重要原因之一,就是自己座舰在必要的时候必须可以被炮灰掉(expendable),如果此舰真的被打击导致整条船都必须退出战斗,那这损失对舰队的削弱也应该尽量小。
读者自己体会吧。
李莫愁一生倨傲,从不向人示弱,但这时心中酸苦,熬不住叫道:“我好痛啊,快救救我。”朱子柳指着天竺僧的遗体道:“我师叔本可救你,然而你杀死了他。”李莫愁咬着牙齿道:“不错,是我杀了他,世上的好人坏人我都要杀。我要死了,我要死了!你们为甚么活着?我要你们一起都死!”
—— 金庸《神雕侠侣》 第三十二回