劳伦斯的阿拉伯之旅 - 拉努夫·菲恩斯

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1967年，年轻军官拉努夫·菲恩斯在冷战背景下遭遇职业迷惘，收到驻阿曼部队的长官来信后，决心申请前往与阿拉伯诸部并肩作战。随后他在英国军校接受阿拉伯语与形势培训，被告知多佛尔地区的内战与苏联、共产党力量的介入将威胁波斯湾油路。任务要求他率阿拉伯排在多佛尔山区对抗“adoo”，学习山地游击战术，面对缺乏经验与部队内部矛盾的挑战。

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages279

Reading Time7 h 10 min

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Introduction

冷战时期的个人危机与转机

来信中的阿曼战地与对“劳伦斯”的想象

阿曼任务培训与语言准备

多佛尔局势：苏联与中国势力、油路与海峡威胁

由领导阿拉伯排到学习山地游击战

[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) To Eduardo Goncalves, a champion of animals! Eduardo has dedicated his life to the defence of endangered species worldwide I salute you Eduardo! [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Introduction In the summer of 1967, I was facing a personal crisis. Five years previously, I had joined the Royal Scots Greys as a tank troop leader, hoping to see some action. It was the height of the Cold War, and everyone seemed to be on red alert. But instead of being thrown into the excitement of battle, I spent most of my time in the muddy Prussian plain of Westphalia. We barely saw any Marxists, let alone fired a weapon in anger. I was bored stiff and, at twenty-three years old, already wondering what on earth I was going to do with the rest of my life. And then, out of nowhere, came a letter. It was from a major in my regiment who had spent the last twelve months on a posting to the Omani Army. His letter told of desert patrols in unexplored regions, terrorist arms caches found buried in the sand, and daily fights with Marxist rebels alongside Arab tribes. More officers were needed, he said. Why didn’t I apply for a posting? His life there certainly sounded colourful, a far cry from the mud and greasy tank engines of which I was heartily sick. Yet all I knew about Oman was that it was somewhere in Arabia. But that one thought immediately conjured up an exciting image: the legendary T. E. Lawrence thrillingly leading the Arab tribes on his camel, his white robes flowing behind him, roaring them into action against the Turks. In fact, the image in my head was that of actor Peter O’Toole, who had so brilliantly played Lawrence in the movie of his life released just five years earlier. Like many others, I loved the movie and revelled in Lawrence’s adventures in the desert. Nowhere it was, an opportunity for me to also fight side by side with Arabs in afar-flung country, and actually see some action against the Marxists, no less. Suddenly, my blood was pumping with excitement. Without further thought, I immediately went to the orderly room and filled in the relevant application form. To my surprise, the colonel eagerly signed it, which I found slightly disconcerting. Soon after, I joined eight other officers from various regiments at an Army school in Beaconsfield. We were there to learn Arabic, of which I didn’t speak a word, and to understand what we would face in Oman, of which I knew very little. ‘Fiennes, have you had any experience of action?’ the instructor asked, sensing my fresh-faced innocence. ‘No, sir,’ I answered.‘None.’ His bulging biceps twitched in his well-ironed shirtsleeves. ‘Do you know anything at all of the current situation in Oman?’‘Not really, sir,’ I replied, sensing the rest of the class sigh in dismay. Muttering under his breath, and with a shake of his head, he walked to amap on the wall and set me straight. In June 1967, under Harold Wilson’s expert guidance, Britain withdrew from Aden. Within three months, the Russian and Chinese imperialists moved into the resulting power vacuum and looked to spread Marxism as far and wide as possible. Dhofar, a province of Oman, was their nearest target, where they found a receptive audience. Many Dhofaris were already rising up against the aging Sultan of Oman, who they blamed for their country’s impoverished living standards. Oil had been discovered in 1964, and the country suddenly received huge revenues, but the Sultan had retired to his palace and kept the country in the dark ages. The Dhofar Liberation Front was subsequently formed, and, after being infiltrated by Marxists, the guerrilla fighters were sent to Moscow and what was then known as Peking to be trained and supplied with stateof-the-art weapons. Soon there were over 2,000 insurgents supported by the Soviet Union fighting the Sultan’s meagre forces in the Dhofar mountains. Revolution looked inevitable. And once Dhofar fell

FAQs

为什么菲恩斯在1967年决定申请前往阿曼？

他厌倦了西德的平淡训练，长官来信描绘的沙漠巡逻、武器掩埋与与阿拉伯诸部作战的可能性点燃了他对“亲历行动”的渴望。

多佛尔战局为何被认为对西方至关重要？

苏联与游击力量若夺取多佛尔与阿曼，将掌控波斯湾油路的关键通道霍尔木兹海峡，从而以石油供应威胁西方。

教官对菲恩斯的具体作战任务与难点是什么？

他需率领阿拉伯排在多佛尔山区对抗“adoo”，并在出发前教会部队山地游击战术；同时他缺乏行动与山地指挥经验。

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