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After the fort falls, people scramble to catch the last train to Paris.
要塞陷落后，人們倉皇趕路開往巴黎的最后一班火車。
In the French capital, the Red Cross is swarmed.
在法國首都，到處都是紅十字會的義工。
Belgium refugees are transferred to cattle cars heading south.
比利時難民坐上載牲畜的車廂，向南方轉移。
As the Germans enter Liege, panic grows and spreads.
德軍進入列日時，恐慌加劇，進一步擴散。
Faced with such a show of force, there are only two options: obey or flee.
面對這等武力展現，只有兩個選擇：歸順或是逃亡。
Many of the refugees are people from the countryside.
許多難民來自鄉間。
As in many times in history, famers have always been the last flee loath to abandon their crops and their animals.
一如歷史上的許多時候，農夫總是最晚逃離，他們不想拋下作物和牲畜。
The great Belgium poet Emile Verhaeren wrote:
比利時大詩人愛彌爾·凡爾哈倫寫道：
"The people around here have nothing at all. Nothing before them but the endlessness of the open road."
“這兒的人一無所有。除了無盡的道路，他們眼前是一無所有。”
"The people who work the fields. The people around here have only endless misfortune."
“耕地為生的人們。這兒的人們只有無盡的不幸。”
The Germans unleash their air offensive destroying strategic crossroad, airfields, refineries and fuel supplies.
德軍發動空中攻擊，摧毀具戰略意義的要道、機場、精煉廠以及燃料補給。
Cities in northern and eastern France are bombed.
法國北部和東部城市遭到轟炸。
The French are now facing the reality of modern warfare.
法國正面臨現代戰爭的事實。
