But an old military saw holds that no plan survives contact with the enemy.

但是一名年老的军事观察家确信，同敌人接触的计划是无一存活得。

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"I got tired of sleeping in tents, " he tells me, "but what we did was very important because we knew our guys were down below, in contact with the enemy."

“我厌倦了睡帐篷，”他告诉我说，“但我们做的事情非常重要，因为我们知道，我们的人在下面，与敌人面对面接触。”

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Whenever you lose contact WRTH the enemy, look behind you.

如果你失去了敌人的踪迹，转头看看。

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The incident did not appear to be combat-related, the military said in a written statement, and there was no enemy contact in the area.

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No battle plan survives the first contact with the enemy, according to German Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke.

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They should remember military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's dictum that all military plans evaporate after first contact with the enemy.

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