可不是么，竹斋，他们就在陇海线上分个雌雄也算了罢，何必又牵惹到共党遍地的湖南省呢?”

• Really, Chu-chai, I don't see why they can't be satisfied with a final showdown along the Lunghai line, instead of carrying the war into Hunan as well, when they know quite well that the whole province is just riddled with Communists."