还指望他支援咱们 旅长 下命令撤退吧 要不撤退
“You still expect them to support us? Brigadier, give the order to retreat. If we don't retreat,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“There are so many Japs outside now. The 159th Division can barely protect itself.”
还指望 他 支援 咱们 旅长 下命令撤退 吧 要不 撤退
“You still expect them to support us? Brigadier, give the order to retreat. If we don't retreat,”
“all the brothers will be left here. The division commander's order is to hold.”
“Reinforcements are not coming; wake up and pull us out before we all die here pointlessly.”
In Chinese military culture, officers and enlisted men often refer to each other as 'brothers', highlighting collective survival over abstract bureaucratic duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to count on / to pin one's hopes on
Often used in rhetorical or skeptical statements to express unreliability of support.
to give an order / to issue a command
Common spoken and formal phrase for issuing authoritative instructions.
otherwise / or else
Used to introduce severe consequences if the suggested action is not taken.
Softens an urgent demand into an earnest plea directed at a military superior.
