If we concentrate our forces on a narrow front for a defensive war of attrition, we would be throwing away the advantages of our geography and economic organization and repeating the mistake of Abyssinia.

• 如果我们集中兵力在一个狭小的阵地上作消耗战的抵抗，将使我军失掉地理上和经济组织上的有利条件，犯阿比西尼亚的错误。