Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 In an instant, a bomb exploded on the runway. A man disappeared in a blaze of flames and black smoke. Danny and Mack and both guards hit the ground hard. Mack came over and shielded Danny's head and shoulders with his body. He waited for a lull in the explosions and then he scrambled to his feet. He grabbed Danny's hand, yanking him up.

一瞬间，一枚炸弹在跑道上爆炸了。 一名男子消失在火焰和黑烟中。 丹尼、麦克和两名后卫重重地摔倒在地。 麦克走过来，用他的身体挡住了丹尼的头和肩膀。 他等着爆炸声平静下来，然后爬了起来。 他抓住丹尼的手，把他拉了起来。

"We need to get out of here!" he shouted to the guards. "We need to find cover!" Turning to Danny, Mack yelled, "Come on!" Mack held Danny's hand tight as they ran. "Keep your head down!" But where could they go? Bombs were exploding all around them. Boom! A truck exploded. Boom! Three men fell to the ground. A plane flew in low. Pom, pom, pom, pom, pom. A spray of bullets ripped apart a car. Soldiers were crouched behind bushes and under cars. Some had small handguns and were firing uselessly into the sky. One soldier threw rocks. Danny couldn't believe it; did they really think that would stop the planes? But he understood too. There was nothing they could do. Mack dragged Danny behind what was left of a huge airplane hangar. Through the enormous holes in the walls, Danny saw U.S. bomber planes — shattered and burning. In the lawn behind the hangars, bombs had blown craters into the grass.

“我们得离开这里!”他对警卫喊道。 “我们得找个掩体!”麦克转身对丹尼喊道:“加油!”麦克紧紧地抓着丹尼的手跑着。 “把头低下!”但他们能去哪里呢? 炸弹在他们周围爆炸。 繁荣!一辆卡车爆炸了。繁荣!三个人倒在地上。 一架飞机低空飞来。砰，砰，砰，砰，砰。 一束子弹把一辆汽车撕成了碎片。 士兵们蹲在灌木丛后面和汽车下面。 有些人拿着小手枪，对着天空胡乱射击。 一名士兵投掷石块。丹尼简直不敢相信;他们真的认为那样就能阻止飞机吗? 但他也明白。他们什么也做不了。 麦克把丹尼拖到一个巨大的机库的残骸后面。 透过墙上的大洞，丹尼看到了美国 轰炸机——粉碎燃烧。 在机库后面的草坪上，炸弹在草地上炸出了弹坑。

Mack pushed Danny into one and then jumped in after him. "Get down!" Mack said. Danny curled up against the dirt wall, and Mack crouched next to him, shielding Danny with his body. Men shouted all around them. "He's hit!" "Watch out!" "We need help!" "They're coming in low!" Danny pressed his head against the side of the hole. Mack held him tight. "It will be over soon!" Mack said. But the planes kept coming. Danny peered up, knowing he'd never forget the sight of those planes. They were small and gray, like killer birds. A whistling sound cut though the air, and then — Kaboom! Dirt, rocks, and metal rained down on them. Something sharp stabbed Danny in the calf. He reached around and pulled out a small piece of metal, tossing it behind him.

麦克把丹尼推了进去，然后跟着他跳了进去。 “下来!”麦克说。丹尼蜷缩在肮脏的墙上，麦克蹲在他旁边，用他的身体保护丹尼。 人们在他们周围叫喊。 “他的!”“小心!”“我们需要帮助!”“他们飞得很低!”丹尼把他的头靠在洞的边上。 麦克紧紧地抱着他。“很快就会结束的!”麦克说。 但是飞机不断飞来。 丹尼抬头看了看，知道他永远不会忘记那些飞机的景象。 它们又小又灰，像杀人鸟。 一阵呼啸声划破了空气，然后——砰!泥土、岩石和金属像雨点一样落在他们身上。 有锋利的东西刺伤了丹尼的小腿。 他伸手掏出一小块金属，扔在身后。

Danny closed his eyes tight, praying for the attack to stop. Suddenly he thought of Finn. He could almost feel that Finn was with him there, telling him to be brave. The feeling was so powerful — it filled Danny's entire body. And finally the thundering stopped. The attack was over. The roar of the planes was replaced by the shouts of men. Danny turned, and Mack fell back, his eyes dazed. "I'm hit," he rasped. "My back. I think it's bad." Danny looked at Mack's back. His stomach heaved as he saw a jagged wound. And more blood than he had ever seen. Mack wouldn't last long, bleeding like this. A blond soldier appeared above the crater. His glasses were cracked and he had a gash on his face. "Everyone all right here?" he asked. "He's bleeding bad, sir!" Danny said. The soldier shouted for help, and within seconds he and another man were helping Danny

丹尼紧紧地闭上眼睛，祈祷袭击停止。 突然，他想起了芬恩。 他几乎能感觉到芬恩和他在一起，告诉他要勇敢。 这种感觉是如此强烈，它充满了丹尼的整个身体。 最后雷声停了。 攻击结束了。飞机的轰鸣声被人的喊叫声所代替。 丹尼转过身来，麦克倒在后面，眼睛发呆。 “我中弹了。”他粗声说。“我回来了。 我认为这很糟糕。”丹尼看了看麦克的背。 当他看到一个参差不齐的伤口时，胃里一阵痉挛。 他从未见过这么多血。 麦克流这么多血撑不了多久的。 一个金发碧眼的士兵出现在弹坑上方。 他的眼镜裂了，脸上有一道口子。 “大家都没事吧?”他问。 “他在流血，先生!”丹尼说。 士兵大声呼救，几秒钟后他和另一个人开始帮助丹尼

lift Mack from the crater. Mack winced in pain as they pulled him onto the grass and laid him on his side. The soldier pressed against the wound with his bare hand, trying to slow the bleeding. "Hang on, sir," the blond soldier said. "Help is on the way." But Danny didn't see any help. "Are there ambulances?" Mack asked. "All the ambulances are out, sir." Mack nodded grimly. His jaw was clenched and his face was very pale. "What about that car?" Danny asked, pointing to a red Studebaker parked next to the hangar. "That belongs to our colonel," the soldier said. Danny leaped up and rushed to the car. "Wait!" the soldier shouted. But Danny ignored him. The car had been spared any hits. It barely even had a scratch. Danny lifted the hood and studied the engine. He easily found the two ignition wires Earl had shown him. "You never know when you need to get somewhere quick," Earl had said with a smile.

把麦克从火山口抬起来。 当他们把麦克拉到草地上，让他侧身躺下时，他痛苦地抽搐着。 那个士兵赤手捂着伤口，试图减缓出血。 “等一下，先生，”金发士兵说。 “救援马上就来了。”但是丹尼没有看到任何帮助。 “有救护车吗?”麦克问。 “所有的救护车都出动了，先生。” 麦克阴沉地点点头。他咬紧牙关，脸色苍白。 “那辆车怎么样?”丹尼指着停在机库旁边的一辆红色斯图德贝克问道。 “那是我们上校的，”士兵说。 丹尼跳起来冲向汽车。 “等等!”士兵喊道。 但是丹尼没有理睬他。那辆汽车没有受到任何撞击。 它几乎没有一点划痕。 丹尼掀开引擎盖，研究引擎。 他很容易就找到了厄尔给他看的两根点火线。 “你永远不知道什么时候你需要快速到达某个地方，”厄尔笑着说。

As usual, Earl had been right. Danny carefully touched the wires together. The engine sputtered to life. Danny flung open the door and jumped inside. He drove the car around holes and chunks of glass and metal, pulling up as close as possible to where Mack lay. The blond soldier looked worried. But Mack managed a smile. "Good work, kid," he said. "I won't ask where you learned how to do that. But I'm darned glad you did."

像往常一样，厄尔是对的。 丹尼小心地把电线碰在一起。 发动机噼里啪啦地发动起来。 丹尼猛地打开门，跳了进去。 他开着车绕过破洞、玻璃和金属块，尽可能靠近麦克躺着的地方。 金发士兵看上去很担心。 但麦克挤出了一个微笑。“干得好，孩子，”他说。 “我不会问你从哪儿学来的。 不过我很高兴你这么做了。”