It goes without saying in a world of war

不用说在一场大战中
that is becoming more industrialized,

它变得更加工业化
more modern in its weaponry and,

武器也更加先进
to some extent, its tactics--

某种程度讲战术策略
although that's one of the reasons,

虽说这只是伤亡的原因之一
of course, casualties in this war were so ghastly

当然战争中的伤亡非常惨重
because they were fighting with much more modern weapons,

因为他们用更先进的武器去战斗
repeating rifles and of course

连发步枪
the rifled musket that could actually hit something at 800 yards

步枪的射程能够达到八百码[731米]
and it could be deadly at 2 to 300 yards.

而在两三百码[180-270米]间是致命的
Think of that, 2 to 300 yards.

想想看两三百码
You could hit something and see it.

你可以试试看效果