The 532nd troop transport train was trapped in the heavy snow.
Train conductor Nikolai had no choice but to order the soldiers on board to get off and clear the snow to make way.
However, the soldiers only had sapper shovels and no specialized snow-clearing equipment, so progress was extremely slow, and the train could only move forward at the pace of a walking human.
Nikolai was so anxious that he went to shovel snow himself, but the snowfall was too heavy. No sooner had he cleared a small area than a few centimeters of fresh snow fell upon it.
As the train was on the verge of being buried by the snow, a soldier trudged through the snow to report, "Train conductor, people are coming from behind, a lot of people!"
"What? Have the Prosens crossed the river to attack us?" Nikolai asked with a tense face.
"No, look!" The messenger turned around, pointing behind them.
Nikolai looked and indeed saw a large group of people approaching through the snowstorm, holding flags.
