They preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
他们宁死也不愿向敌人投降。
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Surrender to the enemy? We will die first .
向敌人投降？我们宁死不屈。
Put another way, forcing an enemy to surrender requires boots on the ground, or at least in the offing.
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