We couldn't shoot at them unless they shot first-because the rural communists didn't wear uniforms. They wore what everyone else in the countryside wore. We feared that if we shot first, we might injure civilians and felt we couldn't take that risk.
「… … 他們不先開火，我們就不能反擊；因為土共不穿軍服，穿著和每一個鄉下人一樣，假若我們先射擊，恐怕誤傷了老百姓，那可不是玩的。