Unless the generalissimo could beat his way across this plain and link up his capital with his isolated troops in the north, he could not hope to unify China.

• 蒋介石据守平、津和华北一些地方，但除非他能在这个平原上打开一条通路，使他的孤处华北的部队同他的首都连成一气，否则便休想统一中国。