25 The General’s Opinion

CHAPTER 25 The General's Opinion There was open space around them. In the distance there were many loud noises, but in this part of the field there was sudden stillness. They thought they were free. The small band of soldiers drew a long breath of relief and gathered together to return to their lines, where the rest of their army camped. In this last part of their journey, the men began to show strange emotions. They hurried on, very anxious. Some of the men who had not shown any emotion in the

第二十五章将军的意见他们周围有一片空地。 远处传来许多响亮的声音，但在这片田地里，突然寂静了下来。 他们以为他们是自由的。 一小群士兵长长地舒了一口气，聚集在一起，回到了他们的战线，其余的军队在那里扎营。 在他们旅程的最后一段，这些人开始表现出奇怪的情绪。 他们急着赶路。 一些在比赛中没有表现出任何情绪的人

middle of the fight now could not hide their nervousness. Perhaps they were worried about being shot now, after the main battle was over and when they were so close to safety. As they approached their lines, soldiers in a troop that they passed made fun of Henry and his friends. "Where have you been?" one soldier yelled at them. "Why didn't you stay out there?" called another. "Going home now, boys?" yelled a third. There was no reply from the bruised troop, except for one man who challenged the others to fistfights. But the lieutenant prevented that from happening. Henry was angry over those remarks. He saw that many in his troop walked as if they felt guilty, moving along with sudden heaviness. They turned around when they arrived at

战斗进行到一半，他们已经无法掩饰自己的紧张。 也许他们现在担心自己会被枪杀，毕竟主战已经结束，他们已经很接近安全了。 当他们接近他们的防线时，他们经过的一个部队的士兵取笑亨利和他的朋友们。 “你们去哪儿了？”一个士兵对他们喊道。 “你为什么不在外面呆着？”另一个人喊道。 “现在回家吗，孩子们？”第三个人喊道。 受伤的队伍没有回应，只有一个人向其他人发起了拳击赛。 但中尉阻止了这一切。 亨利对那些话很生气。 他看到他的队伍里有许多人走起路来好像感到了内疚，走起路来突然感到很沉重。 当他们到达时，他们转过身来

their old position and looked at the ground where they had charged. Henry was astonished. The distances were tiny. It amazed him that so much had happened in such a small space, and he began to feel proud of his actions during the recent battle. As the troop lay resting, the officer who had called them mule drivers came riding along the line. He had lost his cap, and his hair flew wildly. His face was dark with anger. He immediately began yelling at the troop. "Oh, thunder," he screamed. "What an awful mess you made of this thing!You stopped about a hundred feet away from a great success. If you men had gone a hundred feet farther, you would have made a great charge." The men now turned to look at their colonel. He was about to speak. He looked as if he had been insulted. Then his manner

他们回到原来的位置，看着他们冲锋过的地方。 亨利大吃一惊。距离很短。 在这么小的空间里发生了这么多事情，这让他感到惊讶，他开始为自己在最近的战斗中的行为感到自豪。 当部队休息时，那个叫他们骡夫的军官沿着队伍骑了过来。 他的帽子掉了，头发乱飞。 他气得脸色发黑。 他立即开始对部队大喊大叫。 “哦，天哪，”他尖叫道。 “你把这件事弄得一团糟！”你在离成功只有一百英尺的地方停下了脚步。 如果你们再往前走一百英尺，你们就能冲锋了。” 士兵们转过身来看着他们的上校。 他正要说话。他看上去好像受到了侮辱。 然后是他的态度

changed suddenly, and he shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, well, general, we went as far as we could," he said calmly. "As far as you could?" yelled the officer. "Well, that wasn't very far, was it?You were supposed to draw away the enemy's attention and you failed completely." Then he turned his horse and rode away. The colonel muttered angry words to himself. The lieutenant, who had listened with quiet rage to the general, now spoke loudly. "I don't care what a man is—whether he's a general or any other rank. If he says the boys didn't put up a good fight, he's a fool."

突然变了，他耸了耸肩。 “哦，好吧，将军，我们已经尽力了，”他平静地说。 “能跑多远就跑多远？”警官喊道。 “嗯，那不是很远，是吗？”你本应该分散敌人的注意力，但你完全失败了。” 然后他调转马头，骑马走了。 上校自言自语地咕哝着几句气话。 中尉本来是带着怒气静静地听将军讲话的，现在他大声说话了。 “我不在乎一个人是什么人——不管是将军还是别的军衔。 如果他说孩子们没有好好战斗，那他就是个傻瓜。”