讲纪律 meaning in English

stress on discipline

Half of the army was lost without a battle . at this period of the campaign the soldiers were without boots or fur - lined coats , on half rations , without vodka , camping out at night for months in the snow with fifteen degrees of frost ; while there were only seven or eight hours of daylight , and the rest was night ; where discipline could not exert the same influence , and men were put in peril of death , not for a few hours , as on the field of battle , but for whole months together were keeping up a struggle every moment with death from cold and hunger
那时白天只有七八小时，其余时间是无法维持纪律的黑夜，那时，作战时，人们进入不讲纪律的死亡边缘只有几个小时，而当时一连数月每分钟都害怕被冻死或饿死那时一个月时间军队要死去一半的人，历史学家在讲到这一阶段战役时，他们说，米洛拉多维奇应当向侧翼某地进军，托尔马索夫应当向某地进军，奇恰戈夫应该向某地转移在没膝的雪地里转移，某某应当击退和切断敌军，等等，等等。