45 Breaching the Spire

45 Reaching the Spire ARTILLERY, PREPARE TO FIRE!" shouted Mrs M in their headphones. Several Resistance operatives pushed the giant charcoal missile into the trebuchet's cradle, stepped back and held their arms aloft. The hamsters emerged from inside the wheel and did the same. "READY... FIRE!" A white rabbit wearing red dungarees pulled a lever at the machine's base, and the trebuchet sprang into action, whipping the arm up and over, and flinging the round missile towards the Spire at a frightening speed. A few seconds later it hit the tower twenty metres from the ground, smashing through the brickwork and making a large hole in its wall.

45 抵达尖塔 “炮兵，准备开火！”M夫人对着众人的耳机喊道。 几名反抗军特工把巨型炭制导弹推进投石机的弹座，退到一旁高高举起了手臂。 仓鼠们从滚轮里出来，也跟着做出了同样的动作。 “预备……开火！” 一只穿红色背带裤的白兔拉动了机器底座的操纵杆，投石机立刻运转起来，悬臂猛地向上甩过，将圆形导弹以惊人的速度朝着尖塔飞掷出去。 几秒钟后，导弹命中塔身上距地面二十米的位置，砸穿砖墙，在墙面上撞出了一个大洞。

"WHOA!" shouted Little-Bit. "That was INCREDIBLE!" And look over there!" cried Rockwell, pointing to their left. They all turned to the siege tower and saw two horizontal walkways shooting out of the raised doorways. They extended rapidly through the air towards the Spire, the lower one meeting the newly made hole in the wall perfectly. "Nice!" said an appreciative Rockwell. "I can only imagine the calculations that went into making that happen.

“哇哦！”小不点喊道。 “这也太不可思议了！” “快看那边！” 罗克韦尔喊道，伸手指向自己的左侧。 众人全都转头看向攻城塔，看到两座水平栈道从抬起的出口伸了出来。 栈道在空中快速向尖塔延伸，下方那座正好对准墙上刚砸出来的新洞。 “干得漂亮！”罗克韦尔赞赏地说。 “真想不到，得做多少精准计算才能做到这一步啊。”

The Resistance operatives who had been waiting patiently inside the siege tower ran out on to the walkways armed with the ink bombs from their bandoliers. At the same time, several RAZERs appeared at the hole in the Spire at the other end and also began to make their way across. "Oh my goodness, they're going to meet in the middle!" said Little-Bit. "Looks like it," said Peanut. She glanced over at Dora and Tony, who were standing near the cabin of the truck

一直在攻城塔内耐心等候的反抗军特工，顺着栈道冲了出来，每个人都带着装满油墨炸弹的弹药带。 与此同时，好几台剃刃机器人出现在尖塔那头的洞口，也开始向栈道这边走来。 “天呐，他们会在栈道中间碰上的！”小不点说。 “看起来是啊。”花生说。 她瞥向站在卡车车厢旁的多拉和托尼。

and looking out of the window, mesmerised by what was happening on the battlefield. Meanwhile, the agents on the siege tower's upper walkway had started raining ink bombs down on the RAZERs below them. Three of the robots took a direct hit and were knocked off balance, falling into the Rainbow Lake with a fizz of electricity and a puff of smoke. The rest of them continued advancing towards the Resistance operatives, who were being led by a heavily muscled man wearing a Viking helmet and carrying a huge missile launcher. "It's Agent Odin the Stormbreaker!" said Rockwell. "He must have escaped from the Spire!" All of a sudden, the agent stopped running, knelt down and raised the bazooka to his shoulder. "PRINCIPLE. DROP ONE HUNDRED. RIGHT ONE HUNDRED. PREPARE TO FIRE," came the order over the earpieces. Agent Odin the Stormbreaker

正望着窗外，完全被战场上的战况吸引住了。 与此同时，攻城塔上层栈道的特工开始向下方的剃刃机器人倾泻油墨炸弹。 三台机器人被直接命中，瞬间失去平衡，滋滋漏电、冒着烟掉进了彩虹湖里。 剩下的机器人继续朝反抗军特工挺进，反抗军的领队是个体格壮硕的男人，他戴着维京头盔，扛着一具巨大的导弹发射器。 “是风暴粉碎者奥丁特工！”罗克韦尔说。 “他一定是从尖塔里逃出来的！” 突然，奥丁停住脚步，单膝跪下，把火箭筒扛到了肩上。 “准星。 下调一百。 右调一百。 准备开火，”耳机里传来了命令。 风暴粉碎者奥丁特工

adjusted his aim slightly, as directed. "READY... FIRE!" said Mr M via the earpieces. A massive blast of pink and blue paint flew towards the remaining RAZERs, totally drenching them, Two fell from the walkway into the water, while the others stopped dead and attempted to clear the paint from their eyes with tiny wiper blades that dropped down from their helmets. "Come on," said Peanut. "This looks like a good time to make a break for it." "Excuse me?" whispered Rockwell. "You heard what Dora said. We're meant to stay right here!" Peanut turned to face her friend. Listen. Not only do I have a whole bandolier full of art equipment, but I also happen to be in possession of the most powerful pencil in the world. Those fighters out there need all the help they can get, and I am going to offer some. We've got to do something! Come on, let's go!"

按照指示稍微调整了瞄准的方向。 “预备……开火！”M先生通过耳机下令。 一大团粉蓝相间的颜料轰然飞向剩下的剃刃机器人，把它们浇了个透。两台机器人掉下栈道掉进水里，剩下的瞬间僵住，试图用头盔降下的小雨刮擦掉眼睛上的颜料。 “走吧，”花生说。 “现在正是冲出去的好时机。” “啊？你说什么？”罗克韦尔小声问道。 “你明明听到多拉说的话了。 我们就该待在这儿！” 花生转过身面对自己的朋友。 “听着。 我不光满满一弹药带都是画具，还刚好拥有世界上最强大的铅笔。 前线的战士们需要一切能用上的帮助，我必须过去帮忙。 我们总得做点什么！ 走吧，我们出发！”

Checking to make sure that Dora and Tony were still distracted by the battle, Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit went through the open canvas flap, jumped off the back of the truck and ran towards an old-fashioned motorbike and sidecar parked behind a small tank a few metres away. "This'll do," said Peanut, leaping on the bike. "Come on, you two!" Rockwell and Little-Bit jumped into the sidecar as Peanut started the engine and zoomed off towards the front. They weaved between the empty vehicles, and stopped a couple of minutes later behind the lorry that had been carrying the siege tower. "OK. Rockwell, get the jumpsuits out," said Peanut as she got off the bike. "Seriously? They were only to be used in case of emergency!" he replied, reaching inside his rucksack. "Er, we need a disguise if we don't want the Markmakers to send us straight back to the truck," she replied. "If this isn't an emergency, I don't know what is!" Rockwell pulled out several hand-painted items, all made by Peanut just before they'd left the bunker. The children slipped the camouflage jumpsuits on over their clothes and put on the sunglasses. Peanut then pulled a piece of charcoal from her bandolier and drew thick black lines across their cheeks. "Right, commandos," she said. "Time to win this battle."

确认多拉和托尼还在看战况分心，花生带着罗克韦尔和小不点掀开敞开的帆布门帘，跳下卡车后斗，朝停在几米外小坦克后方的老式摩托边车跑去。 “就它了，”花生说着跳上摩托。 “快来，你们两个！” 罗克韦尔和小不点跳进边车，花生发动引擎，轰鸣着朝着前线冲去。 他们在空车之间穿行，几分钟后停在了运载攻城塔的卡车后方。 “好。 罗克韦尔，把迷彩服拿出来，”花生下车后说道。 “没搞错吧？ 这可是只有紧急情况才能用的！” 他一边回答，一边伸手往背包里摸。 “嗯，我们要是不想被印记制造者直接送回卡车，就得伪装一下，”她回答道。 “这都不算紧急情况的话，还有什么算！” 罗克韦尔掏出好几件手绘物件，全都是他们离开地堡前花生亲手做的。 三个孩子把迷彩跳伞服套在衣服外面，还戴上了墨镜。 接着花生从弹药带里掏出一块炭，在他们的脸颊上画了粗粗的黑线条。 “好了，突击队员们，”她说。 “是时候赢下这场战斗了。”