You want the other side to see this big bonfire on the beach

你故意让对方看到海滩上的熊熊烈火
and to know that the boats are no longer available.

让他们知道船已经被烧毁了
Just as in Dr. Strangelove, it's crucial,

但是在电影《奇爱博士》中
and it's a terrible mistake for the Russians

苏联人却犯了一个致命的错误
not to tell the Americans that they've built this machine.

他们没有告诉美国人他们建造了那个机器
So knowledge here is crucial, knowledge of the other side.

让对方知道这一点很重要
Now I should just complete the history of this.

我把这个历史故事继续讲完吧
This didn't work in the case of the Battle of Hastings.

实际上在黑斯廷斯战役里这并不起作用
The Saxons attacked anyway and it just turned, it was a big blood bath,

萨克逊人选择了抵抗到最后血流成河
and the Normans really only won this battle because

而诺曼底人之所以取得胜利
somebody got a lucky shot and hit King Harold in the eye.

是因为某人侥幸射穿了哈罗德国王的眼睛
So this is a good story but as a military tactic not actually a true story.

这是个军事策略好案例而非好故事