The vietminh attack came as a complete surprise .

越盟发动的进攻让人大吃一惊。

Hundreds of vietminh dead lay unburied in front of the wire .

铁丝网前尚未埋葬的越盟成员数以百计。

Even when the author is rattling through fairly familiar territory , such as the failures of the french against the vietminh , he usually finds something fresh or pithy to say .

即使作家一带而过向我们讲述那样已经相当熟悉的地区，比方说法国对付越盟的失败，他也会找到一样新鲜的或是精练的东西可讲。

No longer ragged guerrillas , the vietminh by the early 1950s were armed by the chinese with the latest weaponry .

50年代初，越盟装备了中国最新式的武器，不再是衣衫褴褛的游击队。