The last of the German supply ships had been sunk on 23 June 1941.
1941年6月23日，他们击沉了一艘德国运输船。
But that day there was something else to think about.
那一天，还有其它的事情需要思考。
Tweedledum had turned upon the slumbering Red King.
叮当兄现在把剑对准了沉睡的红国王。
It was not only Stalin who was caught napping;
不但斯大林毫无准备，
the Luftwaffe Enigma evidence pointing to an imminent German invasion had been the subject of another fight between GC and CS on the one hand and the service chiefs on the other.
政密学校在得到海军谜机破译出来的情报后，也与部门领导陷入了争执，
They had not been able to believe their ears.
因为后者无法相信自己的耳朵。
But now the world war had begun.
世界大战真的爆发了。
From now on the Atlantic lay at Germany's back, and the Mediterranean was a sideshow.
从现在开始，大西洋成了德国的后线，而地中海成了边线。
The game had changed, and the period of anarchy was over.
游戏的局势变了，迷雾时代结束了。
In the spring of 1941 Alan developed a new friendship.
1941年春天，艾伦结交了一段新的友谊，
It was with Joan Clarke, a fact which presented him with a very difficult decision.
是与琼·克拉克，这是一个艰难的决定。
First they had gone out together to the cinema a few times, and spent some leave days together.
起初他们一起去了几次剧院，并一起度了几天假。
Soon everything was pointing in one direction.
接着一切都走上了另外一条路。
He proposed marriage, and Joan gladly accepted.
艾伦提议结婚，琼欣然同意。