古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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on the night of 28 november 1944, the american submarine archerfish was patrolling off the coast of tokyo. the watchstanders on the bridge had visually sighted the island of inamba shima when the boat's radar officer joe bosza reported, "radar contact 030 degrees."
"joe, no matter what your radar shows, inamba shima is at 060 degrees," the captain said dismissively.
"aye, aye, sir," came the meek reply from below.
but only a few seconds later, bosza announced, "captain, your island is moving."
the radar had detected japan's aircraft carrier shinano, built in the utmost secrecy. archerfish fired six torpedoes, and sank shinano, which was only 17 hours into her maiden voyage. shinano was the largest aircraft carrier ever constructed before 1954.
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