16 The Attack

CHAPTER 16 The Attack As soon as Silver disappeared, the Captain turned on us and gave us all his fury for having left our posts. All of us were ashamed except for Gray, who had stayed fast. We then loaded our guns and got ready for what was to come. "I don't have to tell you what's coming," said the Captain. "We're outnumbered but we can fight if we hold to our discipline." Each refreshed himself with a cup of cool water from our spring and got ready. We

第十六章攻击西尔弗一消失，船长就对我们大发雷霆，因为我们离开了岗位。 我们大家都感到羞愧，除了格雷，他没有离开。 然后我们上了膛，准备迎接即将到来的一切。 “我不必告诉你接下来会发生什么，”船长说。 “我们寡不敌众，但只要我们坚守纪律，我们就能战斗。” 每个人都从我们的泉水里舀了一杯凉水来提神，然后准备好了。 我们

doused the fire but the smoke still lingered in the air. We each took our positions and then Joyce, the servant, asked if he was to shoot if he saw a man. "Of course!" shouted the Captain. He then sat fuming and waiting. Without wasting time, Joyce shot into the woods, and his shot was returned by three smoking rounds of fire. "Did you hit him?" asked the Captain. "No sir," answered Joyce, "I believe not, sir." From that moment, we knew the attack was on. Suddenly, a cloud of pirates began to run out of the woods straight for our fence. They swarmed over it like monkeys and we all fired. Three men fell but one nimbly jumped up and disappeared. Four others had made the fence and seven or eight continued to fire toward us with little effect, their shots falling short.

扑灭了火，但烟仍在空气中徘徊。 我们各就各位，然后仆人乔伊斯问，如果他看到一个人，他是否要开枪。 “当然！”船长喊道。 然后他坐着等着。 没有浪费时间，乔伊斯朝树林里开了一枪，他的子弹被三发烟雾缭绕的火力还击。 “你打他了吗？”船长问。 “没有，先生，”乔伊斯回答，“我想没有，先生。” 从那一刻起，我们知道袭击开始了。 突然，一群海盗从树林里跑出来，径直向我们的篱笆跑去。 他们像猴子一样蜂拥而至，我们都开了枪。 三个人倒下了，但有一个敏捷地跳了起来，消失了。 另外四个人已经越过了栅栏，还有七、八个人继续向我们射击，但收效甚微，他们的子弹没有击中目标。

Soon, however, the four pirates fell on us fiercely, and our whole position was reversed. We had gone from having secure cover to being openly exposed. There were shots everywhere and groans and curses and the Captain called for us to draw our swords and fight hand-to-hand in the smoke. I grabbed my sword and cut my knuckles and saw a pirate grab Hunter's gun and smash him with it. I saw the doctor slash a mutineer across the face and I heard the Captain yelling in an injured voice. I turned to find Anderson, the pirate, scrambling above me, his sword high above his head. I had no time to be afraid, for I lost my footing and fell, head over heels, right down the hill. When I landed, I saw that one of the pirates was coming over the fence with his dagger in his mouth. And then, suddenly, the fight was over.

然而，不一会儿，那四个海盗就向我们猛烈地扑来，我们的整个处境被逆转了。 我们从安全的掩护变成了暴露无遗。 到处都是枪声、呻吟声和咒骂声，船长叫我们拔出剑来，在烟雾中短兵相接。 我抓起我的剑，划破了我的指关节，看到一个海盗抢过亨特的枪，用枪砸了他。 我看到医生在一个反叛者的脸上划了一刀，我听到上尉用受伤的声音大喊。 我转过身来，发现那个海盗安德森正从我上方爬过来，他的剑高高地举过头顶。 我没有时间害怕，因为我失去了立足点，头朝下摔了下去。 当我上岸时，我看到一个海盗嘴里叼着匕首正从栅栏那边过来。 然后，突然间，战斗结束了。

Gray had cut down one, and another had been shot just as he entered the house. A third, the doctor had cut down. The fourth was now turning tail and climbing over the fence. The doctor cried for us all to fire, but we were finished for now. Suddenly, as they fled, they were all gone, and I saw the cost we had paid. Hunter was laid out, stunned. Joyce was dead, shot through the head, and the Squire was holding the pale Captain. "The Captain is wounded!" said Mr. Trelawney. "How many did we take down?" asked the Captain. "Five," answered the doctor. The Captain was grimly satisfied with this. "Well, now our chances look better, with our odds at four to nine. We were seven to nineteen before."

格雷砍倒了一只，另一只刚进屋就被射杀了。 第三根，医生砍掉了。 第四只正在转身爬过栅栏。 医生叫我们都开枪，但我们现在已经结束了。 突然，当他们逃跑时，他们都不见了，我看到了我们付出的代价。 亨特躺在地上，惊呆了。 乔埃斯死了，头部中弹身亡，乡绅抱着脸色苍白的船长。 “船长受伤了！”特里罗尼先生说。 “我们击落了多少架？”船长问。 “五个，”医生回答。 船长对此非常满意。 “好吧，现在我们的机会看起来好多了，赔率是四比九。 我们之前是7比19。”