Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 8:45 A.M. Danny wasn't dead. His head felt like it had been split in two. His hands and knees throbbed. His mind swirled. His mouth was filled with sand and blood; he'd bitten his tongue. His ears were ringing. But he was all in one piece.

第十章上午8:45丹尼没有死。 他的头感觉像是被劈成了两半。 他的手和膝盖隐隐作痛。 他的脑子一片混乱。他的嘴里满是沙子和血;他咬了自己的舌头。 他的耳朵在嗡嗡作响。但他还完好无损。

He had no idea how much time had passed since that plane appeared. The plane was gone now. The attack seemed to be over. As his mind cleared, he managed to sit up. Over the harbor, one of the battleships was a ball of fire. That was the huge explosion: An entire battleship had been blown apart. That's what had knocked him down. Danny finally struggled to his feet and staggered across the beach toward the road. He saw a car parked at the edge of the beach, the front end partially hidden in a prickly bush. It was covered with bullet holes. The back window was shattered. He didn't see anyone; probably the driver had run away. Danny wondered if the guy would mind if he borrowed it. Earl had not only taught Danny and Finn how to drive. He'd shared a secret for starting a car engine without a key. But as Danny got closer to the car, a man's face appeared through the shattered driver's window. "Hey, kid," he called. "You okay?"

他不知道从那架飞机出现到现在已经有多久了。 飞机已经飞走了。进攻似乎结束了。 头脑清醒后，他设法坐了起来。 在港口上空，一艘战列舰变成了一个火球。 那是一场巨大的爆炸:整艘战舰被炸得粉碎。 这就是把他打倒的原因。 丹尼终于挣扎着站了起来，摇摇晃晃地穿过海滩朝大路走去。 他看见一辆车停在海滩边上，车头部分隐藏在多刺的灌木丛中。 上面布满了弹孔。 后窗被打碎了。 他没有看见任何人;可能是司机跑了。 丹尼不知道那人是否介意他借一下。 厄尔不仅教会了丹尼和芬恩如何开车。 他分享了一个不用钥匙就能发动汽车引擎的秘密。 但当丹尼走近那辆车时，一个男人的脸从破碎的驾驶座车窗里露出来。 “嘿，孩子，”他叫道。“你没事吧?”

Danny couldn't believe his eyes. It was his mother's friend, Mack. "Dan!" Mack said. "Is that really you? Are you okay? Were you hit?" "I'm okay," Danny said. "Where is your mother?" Mack asked. "She's at the hospital," Danny said, his voice shaky. "At the base. I think it was hit. I need to get there." Mack looked nothing like a fancy Sutton Place man trying to impress Danny's mother. His expression was fierce and determined. "Let's go," he said. "That's where I'm heading. You come with me. We'll find her." When Danny got into the car, he noticed blood spattered on the doors. Mack's arm was bleeding badly. "You're hurt," Danny said. Mack glanced at his arm. "I got grazed by a bullet," he said. "I've had worse." He pulled the car up onto the road and they drove off. "They caught us by surprise," Mack said. "The Japanese blindsided us."

丹尼简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。 是他母亲的朋友麦克打来的。 “丹!”麦克说。“真的是你吗?” 你还好吗?你被击中了吗?”“我没事，”丹尼说。 “你妈妈在哪儿?”麦克问。 “她在医院，”丹尼说，他的声音颤抖着。 “在基地。我想它被击中了。 我需要到达那里。”麦克看起来一点也不像一个想给丹尼妈妈留下好印象的萨顿区男人。 他的表情凶狠而坚定。 “我们走吧，”他说。这就是我要去的地方。 你跟我来。我们会找到她的。” 丹尼上车后，发现门上有血迹。 麦克的手臂流血不止。 “你受伤了，”丹尼说。 麦克瞥了一眼他的胳膊。“我被子弹擦伤了，”他说。 “我经历过更糟的。”他把车停在路上，然后他们开走了。 “他们让我们措手不及，”麦克说。 “日本人让我们措手不及。”

"Why?" Danny said. "To knock out our ships and bombers," Mack said. "To cripple our entire Pacific fleet. That way they can take over whatever they want in the Pacific — China, the Philippines, Korea. Japan is a small country, but they want to be powerful. They need more land. So they're taking over other countries, like Hitler has been doing in Europe. And now we won't be able to stop them." "But didn't we know they would do this?" Danny said. "Shouldn't we have known?" "Some people talked about it," Mack said. "But nobody thought they could pull it off." Mack looked at Danny. "I'll tell you what," he said. "The Japanese made a mistake. A big mistake. They have no idea what they've started. This country is going to rise up and crush them. You'll see." "And what about Hitler?" Danny said. "Him too," Mack said. Mack sounded so sure. And Danny wanted to believe him. But now he was thinking about Mrs. Mills's map, stretched across the classroom wall.

“为什么?”丹尼说。“摧毁我们的船只和轰炸机，”麦克说。 “削弱我们整个太平洋舰队。 这样他们就可以占领太平洋上任何他们想要的地方——中国、菲律宾、韩国。 日本是一个小国，但他们想要强大。 他们需要更多的土地。所以他们占领了其他国家，就像希特勒在欧洲所做的那样。 现在我们无法阻止他们了。” “但我们不知道他们会这么做吗?”丹尼说。 “我们难道不应该知道吗?”“有些人谈到了这件事，”麦克说。 “但没人认为他们能成功。” 麦克看着丹尼。“我告诉你，”他说。 “日本人犯了一个错误。 一个大错误。他们不知道自己惹了什么祸。 这个国家将奋起镇压他们。 你会看到。”“那希特勒呢?”丹尼说。 “他也是，”麦克说。麦克听起来很肯定。 丹尼想要相信他。 但现在他想起了米尔斯太太的地图，那张地图横在教室的墙上。

How could America fight two wars on opposite sides of the world? As Hickam came into view, Danny could see smoke and flames rising from the base. Mack swore under his breath. They pulled up to the gate, which was blocked by a smashed car, still smoldering. "Let's go," Mack said, opening his door. Danny followed Mack around the burning car and toward the gates at the base. Ahead, the base reminded Danny of a photo he'd seen in Life magazine of a town that had been hit by a tornado. There was wreckage everywhere — twisted metal all over the ground, shattered glass, pieces of burned wood. He stepped over a tattered hat. He wondered what had happened to the man who'd been wearing it. Some of the buildings had been destroyed; two were still burning. The air was hard to breathe. It smelled like burned rubber and plastic. And everywhere he looked, Danny saw wrecked planes. Some were cut right in half. Two armed guards stood at the gate. They both saluted when they saw Mack, and then they both

美国怎么能在世界的两端打两场战争呢? 当希卡姆进入视野时，丹尼看到基地升起了烟和火焰。 麦克低声咒骂着。 他们把车停在大门口，门口被一辆仍在冒烟的破车堵住了。 “我们走吧，”麦克说着打开了门。 丹尼跟着麦克绕过燃烧的汽车，朝基地的大门走去。 前方的基地让丹尼想起了他在《生活》杂志上看到的一张被龙卷风袭击的小镇的照片。 到处都是残骸——扭曲的金属，破碎的玻璃，烧焦的木头碎片。 他踩到了一顶破帽子。 他想知道戴着它的那个人发生了什么事。 一些建筑已经被摧毁;其中两个还在燃烧。 空气令人难以呼吸。 闻起来像烧焦的橡胶和塑料。 丹尼放眼望去，到处都是失事的飞机。 有些被切成两半。 两个武装警卫站在门口。 当他们看到麦克时，他们都敬了个礼，然后他们就

started talking at once. "We were hit bad, sir!" "We've lost about a dozen men, sir!" "About a hundred are wounded." "They destroyed the barracks and the mess hall. Two hangars are gone." "We lost a lot of planes, sir. They torched them right on the runways." Mack listened closely to the rush of information. Finally he held up his hand to quiet the men. "Did we get any planes into the sky?" Mack asked. "No, sir." "Hospital okay?" Mack said, reading Danny's mind. "Hospital's fine, sir. No hits. They're treating the wounded." Danny closed his eyes with relief. And then he heard a ferocious roar. Another wave of Japanese bomber planes roared out of the sky, whistling through the smoke, right over their heads. Bombs started pouring down.

马上开始说话。“我们被打得很惨，先生!”“我们损失了十来个人，先生!”“大约有一百人受伤。” “他们摧毁了兵营和食堂。 两个机库不见了。”“我们损失了很多飞机，先生。 他们在跑道上就把它们烧掉了。” 麦克仔细听着这一连串的信息。 最后，他举起手让大家安静下来。 “我们让飞机飞上天了吗?”麦克问。 “不,先生。”“医院?”麦克说，读懂了丹尼的心思。 “医院没事，先生。没有受伤。” 他们在治疗伤员。” 丹尼如释重负地闭上了眼睛。 然后他听到一声凶猛的吼声。 另一波日本轰炸机呼啸着从空中飞过，呼啸着穿过烟雾，就在他们头顶上方。 炸弹开始倾泻而下。