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修改建议：课文要求讲广西文化，而整篇简述《七剑下天山》故事，需说明与广西文化的关系。如果要讲梁羽生，建议讲他、他的武侠小说和广西文化的关系。Unit 1 Text 4The?record?of?the?Guangxi?troops?was?by?no?means?unmarred.?Troops?sometimes?fled?in?panic?when?strafed?by?Japanese?aircraft.?Instances?occurred?of?troops?breaking?too?easily?under?attack?by?Japanese?ground?forces.?These?lapses?were?attributed?to?a?sometimes?too?lenient?attitude?among?lower?cadres,?and?to?the?occasional?failure?of?supply?units?to?reach?the?front?lines.??Evans?F.?Carlson,?nonetheless,?stated?about?1939?or?1940?that?The?Guangxi?troops?are?the?best?of?the?provincial?forces.?These?troops?were?organized?and?trained?by?Generals?Li Zong-ren and?Bai Chong-xi,?two?of?the?best?soldiers?in?China.?The?men?receive?excellent?care,?their?morale?is?high,?and?they?have?given?a?good?account?of?themselves?in?battle.?? The?Japanese?suffered?heavily?in?battles?against?Guangxi?troops?and?commanders.?At?Tai-erh-chuang,?Li Zong-ren,?commander?of?the?Fifth?War?Zone,?delivered?the?most?humiliating?defeat?to?the?Japanese??that?they?suffered?during?their?eight-year?campaign?in?China.?Two?crack?Japanese?divisions?were?nearly?annihilated.?Li?spoke?of?the?fighting?as?too?fierce?and?tragic?to?be?described?accurately.?20?News?of?Tai-erh-chuang?caused?jubilation?all?over?China;?it?was?the?best?news?China?had?received?since?the?beginning?of?the?war.?Li Zong-ren?became?a?national?hero.?Even?later?in?the?war,?when?Chinese?morale?sagged,?Guangxi?units?are?said?to?have?continued?to?serve?bravely.?During?the?Japanese?Ichigo?offensive?against?the?American?airfields?in?Hunan?and??Guangxi?in?June?1944,?the?Guangxi?New?19th?Division?is?reported?to?have?suffered?losses?of?more?than?50?percent?defending?Heng-yang.?In?August?1944,?the?luckless?Guangxi?131st?Division?stood?defending?Kuei-lin,?on?its?home?soil.?The?division?reputedly?refused?to?withdraw?and?suffered?annihilation,?the?division?commander?dying?with?his??men.?The?Guangxi?135th?and?170th?divisions?are?reported?to?have?suffered?such?heavy?losses?at?Kuei