A Candle in the Outskirts of Moscow
Written by Limin BaoTranslated & Edited by Satoshi TakashiroIn an extremely dark, cold night, sounds of the bombs and guns died down. Critter threw away his gun and firmly pressed on his badly-injured left arm, looking at the Moscow City in the dark and lost himself.
It was the winter of 1941, when the German Army got stuck in the war against Soviet Union. Critter and his mates were beaten in the outskirts of Moscow for several times, struggling with the Death.
Around them were only boundless darkness and silence. Critter found the burning grass and trees were already disappeared. There wasn’t even a breath of life, but full of freezingly cold bodies of his mates.
He hated the war. He was forced to join the army at that time. Now he despaired, staggering aimlessly. After a long walk, he was so completely frozen that his blood froze as soon as dropping down. A fire flashed when he was about to shot himself. He rubbed his eyes and confirmed that there was really a fire!
He got up his spirit and ran to the light.
To be Continued....
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