"November 22, 0100 hours, in the southwestern village below Perka in Abawahan.
The roaring of engines made the residents push open their windows, looking out at the village road piled with snow.
A T34 came from the northwest of the village road, its tracks flinging snow directly onto the faces of the infantry closely following the tank.
The infantry on the back of the tank had nearly filled up the radiator grille, probably because it was a bit warmer on the grille. Anyway, with the temperature at minus forty degrees, there was no need to worry about covering up the grille and causing the engine to overheat.
The tank rumbled toward the central square of the village—the square in front of the church to be precise, where village assemblies were held for any events, and so over time, it came to be called that.
