后卫战斗 meaning in English
rear guard action
Examples
- Pursued by the french army of a hundred thousand men under the command of bonaparte , received with hostility by the inhabitants , losing confidence in their allies , suffering from shortness of supplies , and forced to act under circumstances unlike anything that had been foreseen , the russian army of thirty - five thousand men , under the command of kutuzov , beat a hasty retreat to the lower ground about the danube
库图佐夫统率的三万五千官兵的俄国军队，在波拿巴指挥的十万法国军队追击时受到怀有敌意的居民的冷遇，深感军队粮饷的不足，已不再信任盟国，俄军不顾预见到的战争环境，被迫采取军事行动，遂经由多瑙河下游仓惶退却，而在敌军追赶的地区却停止前进，仅为配合撤退，不损失重型装备才开展后卫战斗。